Saturday, January 9, 2010

What's a good way to get acrylic nails off at home?

My fake nails are starting to come off, and I want to get rid of them. What could I use/do?What's a good way to get acrylic nails off at home?
Best way is to soak them off in acetone, that is what they would do at a nail salon and then charge you 10.00


Sometimes I get impatient and use nail clippers and try to lift them myself. That is not the best way but the lazy way!What's a good way to get acrylic nails off at home?
cut them down to your natural nail and soak them in acetone.


it takes a while, so be patient. but they do come off.
Soak in acetone. Acetone's not nice on your skin, but it's the only way to get the job done.





Here's what you do:


1. Trim the tips off your nails. Use nail clippers to get down to where your natural nails begin.


2. Either buy an acrylic nail remover tub (both Sally Hansen and Nailene make them- it's basically just a pot filled with acetone with velcro-type stuff on the sides) or just pour acetone nail-polish remover into a bowl. Use a glass or ceramic bowl and wash it really, really well afterward.


3. Put your finger(s) so they're sitting in the nail polish remover.


4. Sit there, doing nothing (I recomend tv or a magazine for this step).


5. The acrylic should be a bit softer now. Wipe off any gooey yuckyness then use a nail file to wear the acrylic down even more.


6. Soak in the acetone again (more doing nothing)


7. Repeat steps 4-6 until there's no more nail left or until you can pry what's left off. They say you're never supposed to pry the fake nail off and that doing that can damage your real nails. I've damaged my real nails prying old acrylics off before, but it's hard to resist sometimes.
Super glue remover. they use super glue to stick the nails on, I'm figuring you might want to break down the super glue. just a guess
Get a bowl and pour nail polish remover in it. Soak your nails in it for 10 minutes, then try to pick them off with nail clippers or nail scissors. Keep on soaking to completely get them off along with the glue.

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