Removing Acrylic Nails

Long, shapely nails on those beautiful long fingers is a desire of every girl. However, not every one is so lucky. With daily chores at home and the fingers constantly typing on the keyboard or plodding the mouse to click at the right link on the computer screen, brittle nails is a common problem. Manicure definitely helps one to have beautiful hands. But what about those long fingernails? Well girls, you need not worry anymore. With acrylic nails and gel nails out there, you can have nails of desired length with a single visit to the salon. Since, acrylic nails have been doing the rounds in the world of fashion for quite sometime, almost all beauty salons have technicians trained in applying these artificial nails. But what about removing acrylic nails? Well the options of nail art with these artificial nails makes it absolutely imperative to get acrylic nails attached by professionals. However, as far as removing acrylic nails is concerned, one can surely do that at home.

Process of Removing Acrylic Nails

Well wondering how to remove acrylic nails? Here is an easy way for acrylic nail removal that you can do yourself at home. For the process one would require the following :

• Pure Acetone
• A glass bowl
• Nail clippers
• Nail file
• Nail buffer
• Petroleum jelly
• Waste newspaper or plastic sheet
• Olive oil or a strong hand moisturizer or hand cream

Procedure

Find a proper work area, like a kitchen table where you would have lots of space and a strong support to rest your hands on. Spread a couple of sheets of newspaper on the table or cover the area with a plastic sheet to save the table from acetone spills. Clip your nails as short as possible. File any gel or top coat on acrylic nail, using the filer.

Pour pure acetone in the glass bowl. Apply some petroleum jelly to your fingers, avoiding the nails. Now dip your fingers into the bowl. Ensure that the nails are completely dipped in the bowl. Leave your fingers dipped in acetone for 15 to 20 minutes. This is a very important step in acrylic nail removal, as the acetone works on the nail glue that was used to apply acrylic nails. The petroleum jelly applied on your fingers prevent the skin from becoming dry due to acetone.

Take your fingers out now and try to peel the acrylic nails gently off. In case, the nails do not come off easily, soak your hands in acetone for another 5 to 10 minutes. Never force to get the acrylic nails off your natural nails. In case, some amount of nail glue is still left on your nails, remove this using nail buffer. Use a light touch of nail buffer to prevent your nails from getting damaged.

After you have got the artificial nails off your fingers, wash your hands properly with water to remove even the slightest trace of acetone and petroleum jelly. Now apply generous amounts of olive oil or hand cream and massage it into your hands to make up for the moisturizer that your hands must have lost due to the effect of acetone.

Alternatively, instead of soaking your fingers in acetone, you can take ten cotton balls dipped well in pure acetone and place one on each fingernail. To hold them in place, wrap each fingertip with cotton balls on fingernails, tightly with foil wraps and leave it on for 20 minutes. Other than this step, follow the previous method of acrylic nail removal as it is.

The beautiful acrylic nail designs really make wearing these artificial nails worthwhile. However, to maintain the looks, one needs to take proper acrylic nail care. However, now that you know the right method of removing acrylic nails at home, the worry of whether you would be able to visit the salon to get those artificial nails off, shouldn't hold you back from applying acrylic nails.