How To Take Gel Nail Polish Off Of Acrylic Nails

Soak your cotton balls in acetone.

How to take gel nail polish off of acrylic nails. If you have gels on use some acetone with a cotton pad and itll wipe off without effecting your. Today Im showing you how I remove my gel nails at home without breakage. For gel polish and acrylic nails let it sit for at least 20 minutes.

If you have just applied an acrylic coat of nail polish you may need to strip your nails down to the bare flesh to get rid of the fake nails. Cut your foil in squaresenough. File or buff off the shiny top surface completely.

Its best to take it out with acetone says an OPI brand trainer who shares her go-to six step process. Next gently scrape the nail dry with an uncooked pasta fork. Use nail file to remove shine top layer off of gel or nail polish color.

Use a cuticle pusher or orange stick to gently pry off any large clumps. Once youve got as much off as possible using either method use a coarse nail file to file the remaining gel or acrylic. This method can be used on acrylic and polygel nails as well.

But never to worry I have some tips on how you can successfully change your nail polish without your acrylic nails coming off. Wrap each nail with foil and cover all the cotton swabs. Use a nail tip clipper to cut off the excess length of your acrylics.

Remove the aluminium foil. You should then be able to lift the false nails off. The best method for removing gel ishands downthe filing method says Krystal Tait a licensed nail technician with over 10 years of experience and owner of Brooklyn-based salon Noir NailsIn nail salons this particular method can be referred to as drillingthe tool itself in fact looks something like a power drill.