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Getting acrylic nails at the saloon can get pretty pricey, as is having them removed there. Thankfully you can do both at home these days. To add your own acrylic nails, purchase a kit in the drugstore. Once you grow tired of them, here’s how to remove them at home.
You can remove acrylic nails two different ways. You can purchase a professional acrylic nail removal kit at your local drug store, or you can invest a dollar or two in a large bottle of nail polish remover. Make sure you buy a kind that has acetone in it, not one of the gentler nail polish removers on the market these days.
Lay out several pages of newspaper on your kitchen table to prevent spills. Keep several paper towels close by as well to wipe off nail polish, dry your hands off and put the acrylic nails on as they come off.
The most popular home method for removing acrylic nails is to soak them in an acetone solution. Many commercial nail polish removers contain acetone, but check the bottle. Acetone can irritate the skin, so a lot of newer brands are acetone-free.
Easy steps to remove acrylic nails
A generous supply of acetone nail polish remover, enough to soak the fingertips of both hands.
A glass bowl large enough for soaking fingertips.
Towels to cover your work surface and to dry your hands.
Old towels or rags to wipe away the acrylic.
Petroleum jelly, such as Vaseline.
A nail file and a nail buffer with coarse and smooth sides.
Several orange sticks (used to push back cuticles).
Moisturizer
Other steps to remove acrylic nails
First, the nails should be clipped down as far as possible. Grab some cotton balls and aluminum foil. Cut the foil into ten squares (one for each finger), and make sure the squares are big enough to wrap around your fingers.
Next, soak a cotton ball with acetone and lay it on the nail and cover it as tightly as possible with the aluminum foil. Repeat this process for every finger, but if it becomes too difficult you might want to do one hand at a time.
Leave the foil on your nails for at least 20 minutes. When it\'s time, remove the foil and cotton balls from your fingers and voila, the acrylic is gone! There may be, however, some tiny traces of it left on your fingernails. In that case, use a wood pusher or orange wood stick to scrape the remnants off.
If this process seems too complicated, there is something else you can do. Soak your hands in warm water for five or ten minutes, then soak them in acetone for 20 minutes and the acrylic nails will soften and become easy to remove. It\'s a bit messier this way, but if you don\'t have cotton balls or aluminum foil handy it\'s a good alternative.
Remember: acetone can significant dry your skin, so its important to moisturize your hands with lotion or hand cream after the procedure is completed.
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