How To Take Gel Polish Off Acrylic Nails

Before you break out the nail polish remover you will need to take off the clear glossy.

How to take gel polish off acrylic nails. Soak your nails in a bowl of acetone for 5 minutes. Take care to rub only the nail and avoid rubbing the surrounding skin. File or buff off the shiny top surface completely.

For gel polish and acrylic nails let it sit for at least 20 minutes. Next apply a small amount of acetone or nail polish remover to the tip of your nail. Use a nail file to remove shine top layer nail polish or any colour to avoid creating any mess or get your hands full of colour.

Buff the shine of your polish using a nail file. To do this simply use a cotton tip or cotton swab to soak up some of the excess gel and gently squeeze it out of the cuticle. Gel polish is applied like a regular nail polish onto natural nails but uses a special base coat 2 or 3 coats of colour and a special top coat.

The slight penetration the acetone has can be used to remove a very thin layer of the buff off gel on the natural nail after you have removed the bulk of the gel with a file but to avoid any possible damage to the natural nail it is best to leave this thin layer and let it grow out. Keep moving the file around your nail and focusing on different areas until the gel polish is removed. Picture SourceHow to Take Off Acrylic Nails At Home Without Acetone.

This method can be used on acrylic and polygel nails as well. Adigun soaking your nails in acetone wrapped in aluminum foil is what leaves them dried out and weak post-gel mani. Acrylic nails should be finished with a top coat preferably anti-fungal to prevent infection if.

If youre comfortable maneuvering an at-home drill you can start by filing the gel polish off with swift strokes in one direction at a time until the gel polish starts to come off. Do it for each finger. Acetone offers the most effective way to remove gel nail polish at home says board-certified dermatologist Shari Lipner MD FAAD.