How To Get Acrylic Nails Off With Nail Polish Remover

Soak your nails for 10 minutes in acetone.

How to get acrylic nails off with nail polish remover. File or clip depending on length acrylic nail as short as possible. Also use petroleum jelly around your skin to prevent the injuries from happening since the skin around your fingers is super sensitive. Remove acrylic nails with acetone in five steps.

Remove any nail polish from the acrylics using cotton balls and nail polish remover. Repeat step 7 on the same nail as before and if the acrylic wipes off then repeat with all the other nails. Press firmly to do this like you are wiping nail polish remover off the nail.

If there is any acrylic that does not peel off dip your fingers again into the bowl and let it stay for another 5 minutes. Soak the nails in the nail polish remover for 30-40 minutes. Pry the edges with the pointy end of the tweezers.

Make absolutely sure not to file down the natural nail. First shorten the nails with the coarse nail file so that they protrude about one millimeter over the fingertip. Youll also need a nail soaking tray to place your acetone in and a metal cuticle pusher to clean off the nail polish from the cuticle to the edge.

Slowly make a sliding movement downward using the dental floss to the end of your nail. Dip your fingers into the bowl with nail polish remover and allow them to soak for 15-20 minutes. After removing your fingers from the bowl gently peel the acrylic nails off.

Make sure your nails are completely submerged and keep them in the bowl for at least 30 minutes. Loosen up the top layer with a coarse nail file. After you remove your hands from the bowl use a cuticle pusher to scrape away the acrylics off of your nails.