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removing acrylic nails

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ALEM 1
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Braydens Mommy 1
saywhat?! 1
MaliceInWonderland 1
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine 1
Ipswitch 1
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Maureen --- 13 years ago -

I need tips or tricks on how to do it. I had one fall off but the others are stuck on pretty well.

I've googled and all I've gotten is to soak them in acetone. Scrape, soak, scrape, soak...im hoping someone knows a trick so that I wont have to do the soak and scrape thing.

Please?! Besides the one falling off, they are just annoying me. It's been 3 weeks since I had them put on and I was thinking that by now they'd start cracking...but nope. 

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine --- 13 years ago -

I've googled and all I've gotten is to soak them in acetone. Scrape, soak, scrape, soak...im hoping someone knows a trick so that I wont have to do the soak and scrape thing.

That's how I've always gotten them off; unfortunately. :-/ 

shizzlemydizzle --- 13 years ago -

Only way to get them off is to soak in acetone.

Be careful with the scraping, you can damage the nail bed.

You can try clipping the tips as close as you can to your natural nail, then soak from there. 

HavingaBOY --- 13 years ago -

i always cut them off with nail clippers. and pull them off, i never soak them 

Maureen --- 13 years ago -

Blah!

I read something interesting while searching for tricks. Someone separated the very top of the acrylic nail from her natural nail, soaked them for 15 minutes and then had her daughter put dental floss between the separated nails and pull the floss back and forth and in no time she was able to remove all the acrylic nails. Sounds interesting! Unfortunately, my husband would look at me like I was nuts if I asked him to do that and im sure the kids would have TOO much fun doing it.

I guess ill soak and scrape! 

sweetcheeks --- 13 years ago -

Soak is the best way. Take it From a nail tech ;) 

Ipswitch --- 13 years ago -

I would try the floss thing lol
I have been getting my nails done for years and taken them off 15+ times. And i have soaked them maybe twice. I hate it takes to long and is messy.
I would say take the clipper cut them and attempt to seperate them from your normal nail.
OR go to the store and buy the nails like the ones they put on just the think white ones. they are like $2. And use that under the fake nail to separate them. much faster. 

MaliceInWonderland --- 13 years ago -

Trick I do after watching the ladies do it for so long...
I usually just end up bending one side of the nail that's already coming up, and slide a credit card/something small to wedge underneath the nail until comes off. Then once it's compltely off, I use my 1-8 block (buff,shape,polish) and then done! 

DramaLlamasMomma --- 13 years ago -

I was doing the clip them, soak them then rip of thing but it's just better for me to go and pay the $8 to get them taken off! They give you a manicure too when they take them off.

They use a fake nail and go under them to rip them off! 

Maureen --- 13 years ago -

pay the $8 to get them taken off!

I didn't know they would take them off!! My fear is that they'll yank the crap out of them and it'll hurt. At least with me doing it, I know when it hurts and when to stop. 

Maureen --- 13 years ago -

I hate it takes to long and is messy.

This is why I don't want to do the soak and scrape thing. I've never had to soak them. They've always just gotten to the point where they chip away. But I would HATE walking around with only 9 acrylics just waiting for them to get weak and chip away 

ALEM --- 13 years ago -

I"ve taken mine off myself with nail clippers and my military id. I used the id to slide beneath the nail and acrylic.

I feel ya though. I have 2 missing nails on my thumbs from putting up all the christmas stuff.... 

Braydens Mommy --- 13 years ago -

Cut them as short as possible, soak them for about 5-10 minutes and use something pointy and thin, nail clippers, credit card, etc. and slide it up under a corner of the nail. Work it further in until the nail pops off. Easiest way I have found to do it! 

Maureen --- 13 years ago -

Phew. Got them off! I used nail clippers and once I even had them a little bit separated it was pretty easy the rest of the way. The one's that were being stubborn, I soaked them for 3 minutes tops and then had no problem getting them to come off!

I hate how annoying the acrylics were but now I hate how torn up my natural nails are. I put some EVOO on them and that helped a bit but still. They're so frail and brittle :( 

SinCitygrl1 --- 13 years ago -

I hate when my nails come off (and I don't get a new set on). I'm nail free right now... I miss them, but its not worth it right now..hubby is gone. Who am I getting my nails did for?? Put that money towards something else!! LOL!!

I always cut mine off with a clipper. Hurts sometimes, but it gets the job done. I also usually do this "outside" because sometimes the nails shoot off all over the place. 

saywhat?! --- 13 years ago -

NEVER clip them off. You risk it pulling off your natural nail. I went to school for hair and nails so please save yourself the trouble. The only way to SAFELY remove acrylics is to soak them off. You can take an emery board and rough them up first and that helps speed the process. 

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