If you're yearning to try fun new nail art—especially the ones you've been seeing all over Instagram—you'll want to get rid of your half-chipped gel and acrylic nails first. While taking off your nail polish at home has always been a major no-no, not having access to salons means you might have to take matters into your own hands. Kanchan Punjani, beauty and makeup education manager at Jean-Claude Biguine tells you how to safely remove your salon manicure. Show
How to remove gel nail polish at homeA gel manicure uses a gel-based polish that requires a UV or LED light to cure the polish and lock it into your nails. That's why they last longer without chipping or fading. However, leave gel polish on too long, and the nails underneath can get brittle. “It's best to take it out with acetone,” says an OPI brand trainer, who shares her go-to six step process.
However, if you don't have nail polish remover at home, Punjani says you can use a regular nail file too.
How to remove acrylic nails at home“This process usually takes longer. You'll have to have patience and make sure you're somewhere comfortable and have everything you need with you," says Punjani. Acrylic nails are a mix of powder and a liquid glue that, when combined, are shaped onto nails with a brush and then dried. It's ideal for people to add length or change the shape of their nails. If you want to remove the nails without acetone, you can file them down.
If you'd rather just soak the nails off, you can do that too, says Punjani. “But keep hydrating and moisturising the nail with coconut oil or a cuticle oil to mitigate damage from the prolonged exposure to acetone."
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