There are a few methods of removing acrylic nails at home and it all depends on the materials you have available to you and the amount of time you’re willing to invest in this process. Removing acrylic nails at home should be done with utmost care. You definitely should just try to peel them off or rip them off. That can severely damage your nail bed and in some cases just rip out the actual nail along with the acrylic too. No one wants that, right? So here’s how you do it without causing damage.
This is the safest and most efficient way to remove acrylic nails at home. You will essentially be doing the same thing most nail technicians do at the salon. At first, you need to decide if you want to keep the length of your nails or if you want to keep them short. If it’s the latter — clip them off as short as possible. Take a nail file and file off the shiny topcoat layer of your nail, this will speed up the process of dissolving the acrylic. Then take some cotton balls, soak them in acetone and put them on your nail. Try to keep the acetone off the cuticle or surrounding skin, use a piece of aluminum foil to wrap around your finger to keep the acetone-soaked cotton ball in place.
If you want a less drying and gentler way to remove your acrylic nails at home, you can try a non-acetone nail polish remover with essential oils. A non-acetone nail polish remover gently wipes away polish, which can give you a clean nail bed. You don’t have to worry about any chalky residue too. Adding a natural nail polish remover to your beauty nail care routine is a good idea. You can choose one with the fragrant wild sea rose essence. If you want to try it, you can buy a non-acetone nail polish remover at coteshop.co and other nail polish supply stores.
Repeat with all of your nails and keep that on for about 15 minutes. Afterwards, take one foil off and see if the acrylic nail is ready to be removed, it should peel off from your nail relatively easily. You can use an orange stick to help peel it off. If It’s not coming off easily reapply the acetone and wait a little longer. Once you’ve peeled off the acrylics shape your nails with a nail file and buff the top with a buffing nail file. Apply cuticle oil and a nice moisturizer and you’re done.
This is the method that might work if you’re truly desperate. If your nails are all grown out and they’re starting to peel a little at the top — you can try and soak the acrylics off with warm water. With this method, you have to cut them short. Then pour a bowl of warm water and submerge your nails. You’re basically hoping that water will get in between your nails and the acrylics, loosen the glue and you’ll be able to peel them off easily. But again, you should only try doing this if you’ve got no other options and be super careful, a little at a time.
Removing acrylic nails at home takes a little bit of patience. You don’t want to end up damaging your nail bed because you’re in a rush to remove the nail polish. Be gentle and follow the tips shared above. Before you apply nail polish again, make sure to give ample time for your nails and skin to rest. Removing your nail polish and re-applying for a new coat can be tiring, and you might not be happy with the end result. So, if you’re not heading into an event or occasion, you might just give yourself a day or two for your nails to rest before you perform any nail art.
