How to take Nail Extensions off?

Pliers.How to take Nail Extensions off?
Ok follow these steps...





you will need:





* a bottle of acetone, which you can get from your local chemist (they may have some labelled up as tip remover)





* 1 or 2 bowls (glass or ceramic preferably as some plastics will dissolve along with your nails!)





* a roll of kitchen roll





* a matt of newspaper to place the bowls on as the acetone will take the varnish off your table





*cuticle oil (or olive oil)





* a set of natural nail buffers





what you need to do:





1. pour a good amount of the acetone into the bowl / bowls





2. place your finger tips in to the acetone





3. after a few minutes you will see the acrylic start to dissolve and go mushy on the top





4. use the kitchen roll to keep wiping the dissolved layer of acrylic off the top of your nails





5. keep doing this until it has all dissolved and you are down to your natural nails





6. your nails will be rough on top and will feel quite brittle from the acetone drying them out.





7. apply a few drops of cuticle oil to your nails and massage into the nails





8. using the natural nail buffers gently buff over your nails starting with the most course buffer and finishing with the smoothest





9. you can either leave your nails naked or you can wash all the oil off your hands and apply a strengthening polish a really good one is 'Nail Envy' by OPI











** if you nails had been finished to a shine by having a layer of gel applied over the top (where a layer of gel is painted over the acrylic and then set under a UV lamp) you may have to buff the nails over before you soak them as some gels don't dissolve in acetone.





and never, ever, ever pull or prise nail enhancements off!!!! you will completely knacker your own nails!!!!How to take Nail Extensions off?
what nail extentions are they? if they are gel or acrylic this is what to do.





two bowels one big one small


acetone nail remover


very warm water


foil


nail file





fill up the big bowel with very warm water


fill up small bowel with acetone remover,( non acetone will do nothing) its what all salons use.


place foil on finger tips to trap heat and place in small bowel to soak.


now and again take off foil,you should see the gel/acrylic go tacky,then gently file some off.replace foil and keep soaking. then repeat. should take about 15 mins to do.
Get a big bowl of nail polish remover and just let your hands sit in there for a while. This helps to make the glue fall apart. After a little while, start to try to wiggle them off. If they dont move then just leave them in there for a while!
Try soaking them in warm soapy water. They should slide off when they soften up a bit.
Go to a salon and they'll usually take them off for you. ;-))