How To Take Off Acrylic Gel Nails

Youll be soaking your nails in acetone to dissolve the acrylic.

How to take off acrylic gel nails. Fill a bowl with acetone. Once all of the acrylic nail is off take the orange stick and scrape off all the acrylic glue. It gradually melts the acrylic to make removal easier.

File off the gels. If youd rather just soak the nails off you can do that too says Punjani. File or buff off the shiny top surface completely.

Once youve filed away the top layer of polish put your fingers in a shallow bowl of warm pure acetone. The reason is that this chemical tends to be a very strong cleaner for your nails and it is very possible that you may get your hands really wet even in the shower. Remove Acrylic Nails At Home.

Gently push the acrylic off your nails using a steel cuticle pusher. With a metal cuticle pusher gently push the polish off your nails pushing from your cuticles downward. Gel nails tend to be easier to remove than acrylics.

Next make sure that you keep the area around the cuticles moist and avoid drying it out as this can cause the nails. Make sure to clip only small pieces at a time and do not try to pry open too much. Acetone softens the acrylic explains Choi.

Cut them as close as possible to your natural nails. Here are the most effective and least damaging ways to do it. This method can be used on acrylic and polygel nails as well.