Nail care? lacqueredlover, I'm looking at you!

Re: Nail care? lacqueredlover, I'm looking at you!

• luckya23 member

  

  November 2014

  Go to the salon and insist on them soaking them off.  Don't let them pop them off! (OOOOWWW)

  They're going to be wrecked until they grow out (mine finally seem to be gone now - from August!).

  If you cover them, just put regular polish on - NOT gel.

   

  

  

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• theycallmelinz member

  

  November 2014

  luckya23 said:

  Go to the salon and insist on them soaking them off.  Don't let them pop them off! (OOOOWWW)

  They're going to be wrecked until they grow out (mine finally seem to be gone now - from August!).

  If you cover them, just put regular polish on - NOT gel.

   

  I know this is true, and it makes me sad. boooo. 

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• pinkcow13 member

  

  November 2014

  Definitely biotin like you are doing. I would also apply nail strengthening polish. After that, all you can do is wait.

                               

  

  
  

   

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• beethery member

  

  November 2014

  Get thee to Sally's.

  
  

  Get some good, mild hand lotion and/or nail care cream. Get a bottle of pure acetone, and some cotton pads (the less fluffy, the better), maybe an orange stick too.  Get some cheapo spa gloves.

  
  

  Get some kind of big glass/ceramic bowl you don't care too much about. Doesn't have to be huge, just enough to rest your nails in. Remove the polish first, then submerge your fingertips in enough acetone. 20 minute intervals. When they start getting loose, gently start pushing around on them with the orange stick.

  
  

  Once that's all done, wash your hands really well, and then just go HAM on your hands with that nail care cream and hand lotion, and then put the gloves on. Acetone is going to make the shit super dry, so you need to offset it with all that stuff.

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• theycallmelinz member

  

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  beethery said:
  Once that's all done, wash your hands really well, and then just go HAM on your hands with that nail care cream and hand lotion, and then put the gloves on. Acetone is going to make the shit super dry, so you need to offset it with all that stuff.
  
  Will definitely hit up Sally's after work. Are you familiar with the Silk Hands thing from Mary Kay? (I may have traded dildos for makeup products when trying to close my Pure Romance business haha) I wonder if that would work, and I think it came with gloves.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• luckya23 member

  

  November 2014

  I soaked my last set off myself, and I vowed never to do it again - it was like an hour of time, a huge mess, and it only costs like $10 at the salon!

  

  

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• princessofgenovia member

  

  November 2014 edited November 2014

  theycallmelinz said:

  beethery said:

  
  

  Once that's all done, wash your hands really well, and then just go HAM on your hands with that nail care cream and hand lotion, and then put the gloves on. Acetone is going to make the shit super dry, so you need to offset it with all that stuff.

  
  

  
  

  Will definitely hit up Sally's after work. Are you familiar with the Silk Hands thing from Mary Kay? (I may have traded dildos for makeup products when trying to close my Pure Romance business haha) I wonder if that would work, and I think it came with gloves.

  **The boxes went away**

  
  

  This is the best scentence ever. I want to work this into everyday conversation.

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• futuremrsr2015 member

  

  November 2014

  If you decide to do the soak off at home use a file to go around the edge and see if you can "break the seal" so that acetone can get under the acrylic too it takes awhile but then soak, file/orange wood stick, soak, file/orange wood stick until it's all gone.  Also if you put vaseline around the nail and on your fingers it will help protect from the acetone wrecking your skin/cuticles.
  

  

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• emmaaa mod

  

  November 2014

  I used to get acrylics all the time and then I realized how much money I was spending on them. Also, they destroyed my nails and just looked bad on me. They look great on my BFF though.

  
  

  Anyways, soak them in pure acetone and use lots of lotions.

  
  

  I have found that my nails grow better if I keep them polished a filed regularly. I think it is because I'm trying to not mess up the polish.

  
  

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• theycallmelinz member

  

  November 2014

  princessofgenovia said:

  theycallmelinz said:

  beethery said:

  
  

  Once that's all done, wash your hands really well, and then just go HAM on your hands with that nail care cream and hand lotion, and then put the gloves on. Acetone is going to make the shit super dry, so you need to offset it with all that stuff.

  
  

  
  

  Will definitely hit up Sally's after work. Are you familiar with the Silk Hands thing from Mary Kay? (I may have traded dildos for makeup products when trying to close my Pure Romance business haha) I wonder if that would work, and I think it came with gloves.

  This is the best scentence ever. I want to work this into everyday conversation.

  
  

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  What can I say? I'm a business woman. Do what you gotta do. haha

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• RebeccaFlower member

  

  November 2014

  Seriously, spend the money and go to the salon. You won't save anything buying the stuff you need and they know how to minimize damage. Skip your Starbucks this week, it's totally worth it. 

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• theycallmelinz member

  

  November 2014

  RebeccaFlower said:

  Seriously, spend the money and go to the salon. You won't save anything buying the stuff you need and they know how to minimize damage. Skip your Starbucks this week, it's totally worth it. 

  Any idea how long it will take if they do it at the salon? If it's still going to take an hour, I'd rather just sit at my house and do it myself. At least then I can do it with no pants on.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• luckya23 member

  

  November 2014

  The soaking is a similar amount of time, but they will scrape it off with their sander dremel thing so that part is super quick.  They also first take off some layers with the sander thing so the nail is thinner to soak off quicker.  They can also leave a very thin layer on to protect the nail while it grows out.

  

  

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