You already know that when it comes to removing acrylic nailsat home without damage, you shouldn’t. You already know that you should get them remove at a salon, by a professional who’s trained in minimizing nail damage (i.e., not you). But sometimes, doing the ~right~ thing isn’t possible, especially when you quite literally cannot go to a salon or leave your house.
How to Remove Acrylic NailsWith an Acetone Soak Off
The Steps:
- Carefully clip off your excess acrylics, cutting them as close as possible to your real nails.
- Using a nail buffer, rough up the surface of the polish until the shine is complete gone. Removing the top layer helps the polish to soften faster in the acetone.
- Pour 100 percent acetone into a tray or bowl and soak your nails in it for five minutes.
- With a metal cuticle pusher, gently push the polish off your nails, pushing from your cuticles downward.
- Re-dip your nails for five mins, then gently push again. Repeat until your acrylics have completely soaked off.
- Buff off the rest of the smaller pieces with your nail buffer.
- Massage cuticle oil into your nails to rehydrate them, them buff it into your nails with the soft side of a buffer. Finish with another layer of cuticle oil.
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