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Gel Nail Polish Removal???

11 years ago

I usually get one manicure a year. I went and had my nails done October 17th with the gel nail polish. They have lasted for well over a month and still looked good except where they were growing out near the cuticles. I had a French tip so it was hard to tell. I broke a nail yesterday and now I want the polish off, but it won't come off. Has anyone had this done? How do you remove the polish? I just tried nail polish remover and it didn't work.

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gardenspice
11 years ago
Get acetone nail polish remover. (although I hear that a high % rubbing alcohol works.) Soak cotton balls and then stick one to each nail, wrap in foil, wait fifteen minutes and use orange stick to assist with removal.
Else: Go pay a salon $10 to di it for you.
And that's the huge downside to Gel, although it sure wears well and looks nice while it lasts.
User
11 years ago
Just don't do what I did... I picked and peeled the gel off and the top layer of my own nails came off with it! They're recovering, but are very, very thin and break very easily. Lesson learned. Guess I'll stick with the old fashioned manicures in the future.
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chisue
11 years ago
How ironic that just today I finally got the last polish off my big toes from a pedicure at the end of July! I used acetone polish remover and let it 'set' for a minute on each nail before I could budge the polish. Now I remember why I so seldom do this -- but will have to get *some* kind of pedicure when I want to wear sandals again. Any suggestions what I ask for?
monica_pa Grieves
11 years ago
I've been getting gel nails for my fingers for the past 5 years.
My nails grow quickly, so I go to the salon every other week.

I get the French nails, because I like the clean look, and can go an extra week as long as no one looks too carefully at the cuticles.
The manicurist just uses polish remover to get rid of the white band, then applies, with a brush, the gel from the cuticles and lightly up the nail.

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