Abstract: An artificial fingernail/extension for attachment to a natural fingernail includes a flexible polyethylene body that is flexible to conform to the shape of the nail and having a lower surface contacting the upper surface of a natural fingernail over the activator. The body is sized to provide a forward extension from the natural fingernail and the body. The body is made of a porous material that wicks applied adhesive from the top surface of the body to the lower surface of the body to bond to the fingernail. The polyethylene body can be provided on a strip of material carrying a plurality of material bodies separated by perforations and having scallops formed therein.

Abstract: An artificial fingernail/extension for attachment to a natural fingernail having an upper surface. The artificial nail comprises a flexible polymeric body having an upper surface and a lower surface, the lower surface contacting the natural fingernail upper surface. The body is sized to provide a forward extension from the natural fingernail. The artificial fingernail further comprises a plurality of pores dispersed throughout the body, the pores adapted to quickly wick liquid adhesive throughout the body, from the body upper surface toward the body lower surface, wherein the adhesive contacts substantially the entire upper fingernail surface in contact with the body lower surface to form an integral bond therebetween.