Buyers say ABS, gel, soft gel, acrylic look, handmade gel art, gloss, matte, cat-eye. Those words are useful only when they describe the sample you will approve. This page is how to write that into a brief. It is not a chemical inventory, not a HEMA treatise, and not medical or allergy advice.
Name the visible object
Name the base look, surface finish, art method and the wear story your brand sells. A hard press-on, a softer gel-look plate, a flat printed finish and hand-painted 3D art are different sample questions.
What I will not put on this site
No ingredient guarantees, no HEMA-free blanket claim, no hypoallergenic, medical-grade or safe-for-children language. If your brand already prints a specific warning or formula note, send that text and it becomes part of the packaging brief.
How this changes the route
Hand-painted gel art and a flat printed machine plate are different plants. Use the handmade versus machine-made and factory-versus-trader pages to keep that distinction visible.
Disclaimer
This page is specification language for sourcing. It is not safety, medical, allergy or regulatory advice.
Frequently asked questions
Can you confirm a set is HEMA-free?
Not from this page. If a brand requires a written statement, that is a document request to the manufacturer on a named SKU after the sample exists.
Is soft gel press-on one standard?
No. It is a shopper phrase. Put a reference photo and a wear expectation in the brief so two quotes mean the same thing.
Written by Allen Zhao. Last updated 2026-08-30.
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