The Manicure That Strengthens: Choose the Base for Your Nails First, Then the Colour

• Thin, soft or brittle nails: start with Mava-Strong Base, then your colour and a top coat.
• Weak tips that split or break: Scientifique K+ on the tips, then your usual manicure, or keep nails natural.
• Ridged or uneven nails: Ridge Filler, then your colour, or just a top coat.
• Nails that yellow under dark polish: 002 Base + Silicium, to prevent it, then your colour and a top coat.
• You want the colour itself to care: 002 Base + Silicium, then Mini Bio-Colors and a top coat.

Mava-Strong is a strengthening base for thin, soft and brittle nails. It is designed for weak nails and protects them from the damage caused by frequent contact with water and detergents. Its formula holds micro-encapsulated actives, including tea tree oil, vitamin E, plant proteins and arginine, and a crystalline resin that aids natural keratinisation, leaving nails thicker, stronger and healthier.

Shake the bottle first to spread the micro-beads of active ingredients, then apply to clean nails at least twice a week. Wear it under your polish, or on its own for a glossy, natural look. Once your nails are stronger, you can use it less often.

If the problem is at the tip, treat the tip. Scientifique K+ is our expert treatment for brittle or splitting nails, and it strengthens the most delicate part of the nail. Apply it from the centre of the nail to the tips only, away from the cuticles, keep your hands facing down for a minute, then carry on with your manicure or leave your nails natural. Its crystalline resin tears and mastic tree extract help nails become stronger, harder and more resistant.

Ridges stop polish from sitting smoothly and lasting. Ridge Filler smooths out an uneven nail surface to give a flawless base, so polish goes on better and wears longer. Apply one coat to clean nails and let it dry completely; on very uneven nails, apply a second. Then add your colour and top coat, or wear Ridge Filler with just a top coat for a natural, satin finish.

Dark shades can leave nails yellowed. Mavala 002 forms a protective barrier between your nails and the pigments in polish, preventing yellowing, and its silicon-enriched formula enhances nail quality and strength. It also helps polish grip and last longer. It is designed to stay slightly tacky when dry, and it is not meant to be worn alone: always put colour or a top coat over it.

Our Mini Bio-Colors, the ones with white caps, are made with at least 85% naturally derived ingredients, including sugarcane, rice, beetroot, wood pulp and corn, and they are enriched with organic silicon to improve nail quality and strength. There are 12 shades, and they do not compromise on shine, durability or care.

For the best result, start with a Mavala protective base coat on clean, oil-free nails, apply two thin coats of Mini Bio-Colors, then finish with a Mavala top coat. They can be used from age 10.

If you want the plumped, glossy look of gel, Gel Finish Top Coat gives a gel-like finish without a UV lamp, with long-lasting shine and without compromising nail health. It comes off with ordinary nail polish remover.

1. Remove every trace of old polish and oil from your nails.
2. Apply the base for your nail problem: Mava-Strong, Ridge Filler or 002 Base + Silicium (and Scientifique K+ on the tips first, if they split).
3. Apply two thin coats of colour; for colour that cares too, choose Mini Bio-Colors.
4. Finish with a top coat: Gel Finish for a gel look without a lamp, or Colorfix for shine.

A colour on its own is mainly there for colour. What strengthens is what you put underneath and how often: a strengthening base such as Mava-Strong, used at least twice a week, or Scientifique K+ on weak tips. Our Mini Bio-Colors add care to the colour itself, as they are enriched with organic silicon to improve nail quality and strength.

Yes. Mava-Strong can be worn under polish or alone for a glossy, natural look.

No. Gel Finish Top Coat gives a gel-like finish without a UV lamp and comes off with ordinary nail polish remover.

Pigments in polish can stain the nail. A protective base such as 002 Base + Silicium forms a barrier between the nail and the pigments to prevent yellowing.

Everything in the manicure that strengthens, in one place.

Mavala UK product pages for Mava-Strong Base, Scientifique K+, Ridge Filler, 002 Base + Silicium, Mini Bio Color, Gel Finish Top Coat and Colorfix (mavala.co.uk), read 18 October 2026.