gel

A sound recording of gel coated nails being filed by an electric nail filing machine . This was the second stage of the filing process that shapes and smoothes out the gel after it has been applied to the natural nail. The sound was created in a very small individually owned spa.

A sound recording of gel coated fingernails being manually filed by a professional nail technician. The file used was an orange puffer nail file. This was a one on one appointment, with no other clients waiting, in a small, individually owned spa. The environment was minimally relaxing due to the many interruptions by the technician's three young children.