What you will need:
• A rough grit nail file • A fine grit nail file • A soft nail buffer • Acetone • Pre-cut squares of tin foil • Nail Wipes / Cotton Wool Discs • Orangewood Stick • Cuticle Oil/ Cuticle Conditioner/ Hand Cream This will take time and elbow grease so be prepared!! Step 1: Using the strong rough grit nail file, file across the top of your acrylic nails. Acrylic is a hard product and is not as easy to file as gel. You need to fully remove the top coat/gel polish and create deep scratches in the nails that will allow the acetone to penetrate more easily. Work one hand at a time. DO NOT CUT THE LENGTH with a clippers or any other cutting tool - this can be tempting but you can shatter the acrylic and the cracks can go in any direction, they can travel up the nail and possibly split your own natural nail. Step 2: Cut the nail wipes into halves and soak a piece with acetone. Please take care when using acetone at home. It is a solvent and if spilled can affect painted or varnished surfaces. It is advisable to place a protective layer on your surface. Step 3: Place the piece onto the nail and wrap the nail in tin foil, repeat on all 10 nails. Soak for at least 20 minutes. Step 4: Remove the tin foil from one nail at a time and using a cuticle pusher or orangewood stick scrape any product from the nail plate. With acrylic, you may not get all the product in the first go. You may need to re-soak the cotton wool and wrap again. Repeat for each nail. This is the time consuming part and you may not get all of the product off. Please be careful if filing over the top off the nail to get product off, make sure to use a softer file and if you feel heat or pain, stop. Step 5: Once you have removed your product, carry out a mini manicure. • Trim and file the free edge of the nails, use a fine grit file. • Soak the nails in warm water or apply cuticle eraser to soften the cuticles so you can push them back with your orangewood stick. • Buff the nails lightly to remove any dry or dead cells, take care not to buff too much as you can thin out the nail plate. • Apply cuticle oil/cuticle conditioner/hand cream and massage into the cuticle area of the nails. We have a Gel Polish / Acrylic nail removal kit available to purchase on our online store.
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5/11/2020 0 Comments How to Remove Gel Polish at HomeYou will need:
• A rough grit nail file • A fine grit nail file • A soft nail buffer • Acetone • Pre-cut squares of tin foil • Nail Wipes / Cotton Wool Discs • Orangewood Stick • Cuticle Oil/ Cuticle Conditioner/ Hand Cream Step 1: Using the rough side of your nail file, file firmly across the top of your UV polish. This creates scratches in the top seal that will allow the acetone to penetrate easily. You need to get through the top gel layer to the colour underneath. Take extreme care not to file your natural nail, to prevent damage to your nail plate. If you feel heat or discomfort – stop. Step 2: Cut the nail wipe/cotton wool into quarters and soak with acetone. Please take care when using acetone at home. It is a solvent and if spilled can affect painted or varnished surfaces. It is advisable to place a protective layer on your surface. Step 3: Place the piece of nail wipe/cotton wool onto the nail and wrap the nail in tin foil, repeat on all 10 nails. Soak for approx 10 minutes. This should be done one hand at a time. Step 4: Remove the tin foil from one nail, the product should look lifted and crumbly. Using the orangewood stick, scrape any product from the nail plate. Repeat for each nail. If the product is tough to remove just wrap it back up with some fresh acetone and wait another couple of minutes. Step 5: One all product is removed, carry out a mini manicure. • Trim and file the free edge of the nails, use the smoother side of your file. • Soak the nails in warm water to soften the cuticles so you can push them back with your orangewood stick. You can even use your thumb nail in a pinch. • Buff the nails very lightly to remove any dry or dead cells, take care not to buff too much as you can thin out the nail plate. • Apply cuticle oil/cuticle conditioner/hand cream and massage into the cuticle area of the nails. We have a Gel Polish / Acrylic nail removal kit available to purchase on our online store. This is a question we get asked all the time by clients. What exactly is the difference between acrylic and gel nails?
To be honest, once the products are applied they do not look very different but there are a number of traits for each system that make them different and a fully rounded professional nail technician should be able to provide you with the choice of both. Having a choice ensures that you end up with the correct product to suit your lifestyle – your work, your hobbies and how hard you are on nails. So let’s have a little run down of each system. Acrylic: Acrylic is the original nail enhancement product, discovered in a dental lab in the 1950s. The molecules present in the acrylic system are the basis for all our gel systems. They were originally known as porcelain nails. Acrylic is a liquid and powder mix that is self-curing. Curing is the hardening process and happens when the monomer molecules form long, cross-linked chains. Although your nails will feel hard by the time you leave the salon, the full curing process can take 24-48 hours depending on the system your nail tech uses. This is why they can feel a bit tight later in the day. Due to this slow curing process there are microscopic gaps in the acrylic that allow acetone or other enhancement removing products to penetrate the nail enhancement. This causes the bonds between the molecules to break down and the nails to revert to a jelly-like substance that can be removed easily. They are a harder product, giving them durability and this also makes them harder to file. You will also notice a strong odour with acrylic. This is a vapour caused by evaporation not fumes, as many incorrectly imply. Fumes are particles of gas suspended in the air and are caused by the likes of a car exhaust. The vapours from acrylic need to be kept ventilated so that they don’t build up, as this can cause headaches. There is a huge range of colours available and the options available with acrylic from a simple extension to encapsulation to 3D work is endless. The reason we ask what products you have on your nails if you’re coming to us for the first time is because each system is different chemically. The acrylic powder in each system is made from the monomer liquid so they are perfectly matched and will give the best results without weakening the nails or causing yellowing. Gel: Gel nails were developed in the 1970s and are basically a partially cured pot of molecules in short chains. They need a UV or LED light to cure, and they cure very quickly. This quick cure is the flash of heat that you feel when your gel is placed inside the lamp. It is the molecules giving off a huge amount of energy in only a few seconds, compared to the slow acrylic process. The thinner the gel is applied the less you will feel the burn, though some people are lucky to feel nothing. This is why you will see a nail technician apply gels in 2-3 layers. Gel cures compactly, with no room for acetone to penetrate so it must be filed off. There have been some soak-able gels developed but not all brands have them. It is a softer product, so it is more flexible. Gels have come on in leaps over the last number of years with greater ranges of colours and uses. Hybrid products like gel polish have taken the industry by storm and fantastic art products like moldable 3D gels, spider gels and foil gels are now the norm in salon work. In short, neither product is ‘better’ than the other or more ‘popular’, as some would have you believe. Most of the time it is down to the preference of the nail technician. Some clients nails are better suited to one or the other. That is why a complete nail technician can do both, in addition to offering manicures, nail art and gel polish and very often will also provide some of the newer services such as polygels and dip systems (but they are for another day’s discussion). They can offer every solution for you, to ensure you get the very best choice for your nails, that will fit in with your life. If you are thinking of having nails done for the first time, don’t be disheartened if they don’t seem to work, there is a solution out there for you, it’s just a matter of trying them out. And nail technicians differ too, make sure you choose someone whose work you have heard of for the right reasons. You have worked hard for your money, decided to treat yourself to these enhancements, make sure the technician is qualified, insured and has a good reputation. |
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