How do you remove gel polish? What is the best way to do this?

Removing gel polish from your nails is always a tedious task to do, but take your time and do it with care. If you are too rough or do not take enough time, there is a big chance that your nails will be damaged. Which results in thin, brittle and easily breaking nails. Before you start removing gel nail polish from your nails, read the following steps carefully.

Step 1 of removing gel polish is to file off the top layer with a coarse file . This is an important step, because it allows the acetone to penetrate the gel polish better.

Once you have filed off the top layer, it is important to protect your cuticles. The acetone will dry them out quickly, so before you wrap your fingers, use some cuticle oil. No cuticle oil at home? Then apply some Vaseline to your cuticles.

To remove gel polish, it is important to use acetone . Nail polish remover alone is not strong enough to remove gel polish. Soak a cotton pad or a nail wipe completely with acetone. Then place this on your nail and wrap your finger all around with aluminum foil. Apply this step to each nail. Let this soak in for at least 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes, remove the foils with a rotating movement. You will then see that the gel polish is coming off.

Now you can carefully push the gel polish off the nail with a hoof stick. Be careful with this step, to avoid damaging your nails ! Can't get it off easily? Then do n't use force to remove the gel polish, but repeat the previous steps . Soak a cotton pad or nail wipe with acetone again and place it on your nail. Then wrap your nail with aluminum foil again and let it soak for 15 minutes.

When everything is off, you can trim/file your nails to the desired length and shape. Don't feel like a new color? Then you can also choose to use a layer of (covering) rubber base, so that you reduce the chance of your nails breaking or tearing.

And finally, don't forget to treat your nails with a cuticle oil. Using acetone will dry out your cuticles. Massaging your cuticles with oil will provide good hydration and they will recover quickly.

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