Bio-based nail tips

Abstract

A nail tip includes an integrally layered plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, at least the bottom surface including a texture on the microscale including a plurality of ridges, and a contour at a proximal end and a distal end, the contour having a rounded edge at the proximal end and a free edge at the distal end having a complex shape.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A nail tip comprising:
 an integrally layered plate having
 a top surface and a bottom surface, at least the bottom surface including a texture on the microscale including a plurality of ridges; and 
 a contour at a proximal end and a distal end, the contour having a rounded edge at the proximal end and a free edge at the distal end having a complex shape. 
   
     
     
         2 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface includes a texture on the microscale and an additional texture on the millimeter scale. 
     
     
         3 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface includes a set of identically-shaped recesses spaced apart from one another. 
     
     
         4 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface includes a set of identical indentations extending through an entire depth of the plate. 
     
     
         5 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the top surface includes a set of raised portions regularly spaced throughout the plate. 
     
     
         6 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the complex shape includes a contour of a flower petal. 
     
     
         7 . The nail tip of  claim 1 , wherein the plate includes a UV-curable soy-based plastic. 
     
     
         8 . A nail tip system including:
 a set of customizable contoured nail tips comprising a plant-based resin/plastic, at least some of the nail tips having a bottom surface including a first texture and a top surface including a second texture, the first texture having a plurality of regularly spaced apart intermittent ridges measuring about 50-100 μm each.   
     
     
         9 . The nail tip system of  claim 8 , wherein the second texture includes a pattern of protrusions, recesses, indentations, or a combination thereof on a millimeter scale. 
     
     
         10 . The nail tip system of  claim 8 , wherein the first texture further includes a plurality of formations corresponding to nail plate structures of a user. 
     
     
         11 . The nail tip system of  claim 8 , wherein the second texture includes a set of identical recesses spaced apart from one another. 
     
     
         12 . The nail tip system of  claim 8 , wherein the resin/plastic has elongation at yield point of at least about 5.54%+−10% according to ASTM D638. 
     
     
         13 . The nail tip system of  claim 8 , further comprising at least one of a nail adhesive, a coating composition, and nail stickers. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the nail tips have a free edge having a customized contour including a complex shape. 
     
     
         15 . A plant-based nail tip comprising:
 a soy-based 3D printed material with elongation at yield point of at least about 5.54%+−10%, according to ASTM D638, shaped into a layered nail plate having a top surface and a bottom surface, at least one of the top and bottom surfaces having an intermittent pattern of ridges on the microscale throughout an entirety of the surface.   
     
     
         16 . The nail tip of  claim 15 , wherein the top surface includes a plurality of indentations extending through an entire depth of the plate. 
     
     
         17 . The nail tip of  claim 15 , the nail tip further including a contour having a free edge at a distal end with a complex shape. 
     
     
         18 . The nail tip of  claim 15 , wherein the top surface includes the intermittent ridges pattern on a microscale and an additional texture on a millimeter scale. 
     
     
         19 . The nail tip of  claim 15 , wherein the first texture further includes a plurality of formations corresponding to nail plate structures of a user. 
     
     
         20 . The nail tip of  claim 15 , wherein the nail tips are bio-based and bio-degradable.