Many women love the sexy and glamorous look of long acrylic nails and its nothing new we love things that make us feel beautiful sexy and confident. Ladies love glamour.
However wearing acrylic nails too often can cause some top damage to our nails and it can be disastrous. We don’t want to destroy our nails and have them looking like we’ve been in the kenkey cooking business for like forever.
No! Acrylic nails are held to your natural nail bed with glue. When they start growing out or look thick with too much polish, it's time to take them off.
Clip your nails. Use a nail clipper to trim the tips of your acrylic nails short. Cut off as much of the acrylic as possible. But make sure you don't catch any of your nail bed because it will bleed.
File the topcoat off of the nails. Use a fine-grade buffer to file off the paint and remove as much of the acrylic as possible. Use long strokes that run the length of the nail.
Warm up some acetone. Pour the acetone into a small glass bowl and cover the top of the bowl with plastic wrap or foil. Use an elastic band to hold the plastic wrap or foil in place. FYI acetone is just nail dissolving liquid.
Apply petroleum jelly to the skin surrounding your nails. Acetone dissolves plastic and is also hard on skin, so it's important to protect yourself. This step will prevent your skin from becoming irritated by the acetone, particularly if you have hangnails.
Apply the acetone to your nails. Saturate one cotton ball per nail in the warmed acetone, then place the cotton balls on the tips of your fingers. Wrap them tightly against the acrylic nails using strips of aluminium foil. Let your nails soak in the acetone for 30 minutes.
Remove the foil and cotton balls from your fingertips. The cotton ball and the nail should come off easily.
Scrape off the leftover acrylic with the nail buffer. The acrylic should be soft from the acetone bath, so take the opportunity to buff the rest of it away. If the acrylic begins to harden again while you're buffing, use a cotton ball soaked in acetone to dampen it.
Shape your natural nails. Use nail clippers and a nail file to smooth the edges. Buff your nails lightly with a fine-grade nail buffer, moving from the base of the nail to the tip.
To avoid damaging your nails, file in one direction only, and avoid using a sawing motion.
Restore the moisture to your hands. Acetone causes skin to become extremely dry. Rinse off the remaining traces with soap and water. Dry your hands and rub them with body oil, olive oil or a moisturizing lotion. It’s really that simple.
