How To Take Gel Acrylic Nails Off At Home

Its best to take it out with acetone says an OPI brand trainer who shares her go-to six step.

How to take gel acrylic nails off at home. File or buff off the shiny top surface completely. This method can be used on acrylic and polygel nails as well. However leave gel polish on too long and the nails underneath can get brittle.

Once youve filed away the top layer of polish put your fingers in a shallow bowl of warm pure acetone. The shorter the nail the easier it will be to get them off. Just wrap your nails back up and continue to relax until you can remove them with ease.

Cut them as close as possible to your natural nails. This could take up to 10 minutes per nail. Use a nail tip clipper to cut off the excess length of your acrylics.

After this time remove the foil and see how the acrylics are doing. This will allow the acetone to penetrate and break down the nail colour easier. Wrap in foil to secure and then repeat for each nail.

Soak a cotton ball in acetone and press it onto the centre of your nail. A gel manicure uses a gel-based polish that requires a UV or LED light to cure the polish and lock it into your nails. Soak your nails in a bowl of acetone for 5 minutes.

TAKING off gel and acrylic nails roughly can result in long-lasting damage to nail beds - not to mention how unsightly the end result would be. If theyre not ready to come off dont force them. Please stop trying to pick and peel your acrylic nails off at home.