define press on nails
Acrylic Fingernail. Background. Acrylic nails are used to artificially enhance the appearance of natural fingernails. The term acrylic nail covers a range of product types, including press-on nails, nail tips, and sculpted nails. The first press-on acrylic nails were developed in the early 1970s; these were nail-shaped pieces of plastic that were glued on over natural nails.