Shellac nail varnish removal

jenny-wren

I got my nails done with Shellac nail varnish and the salon told me (after I'd had it done) that they charge £10 to get it removed. Yikes!

Is there anywhere is the centre or east Belfast that would remove it for less without wrecking my nails?

The OH jokingly suggested using a blow torch!!

mrs_B_5

You can just use acetone to soak it off Soak a piece of cotton wool in pure acetone (not nail varnish remover), place it on the nail, wrap the nail in foil, leave it 15 mins & it should come off pretty easy If not, repeat & you should be fine.

jenny-wren

amy_forster wrote: »

You can just use acetone to soak it off Soak a piece of cotton wool in pure acetone (not nail varnish remover), place it on the nail, wrap the nail in foil, leave it 15 mins & it should come off pretty easy If not, repeat & you should be fine.

Any idea where I can buy pure acetone?

jjd

I have coating on nails that sounds similar to this. It was an extra strong gel coating and again I was told I had to go to have it removed.
I got a tip off a friend and it worked, get some cotton balls, tin foil and acetone nail varnish remover. Cut 10 squares of the tin foil making sure they are large enough to wrap around your finger tips a few times.
Then saturate the cotton balls in the acetone, and I mean saturate! Put the cotton ball on the nail and wrap the tin foil around and leave to soak for 10-15 minutes.
In my experience the coating turned white and a bit jelly like, i just used a cuticle stick and scraped off the excess on the nails. I didn't have to use any force with the scraping and I would say if there was resistance the nails need soaked a bit more.
Obviously i'm not a professional and this was how I took off a different product but it can't be much different!
Probably can be done at home for less than £1.50

mrs_B_5

jenny-wren wrote: »

Any idea where I can buy pure acetone?

You can get it from some salons for roughly £5-6 a bottle, you could try some beauty wholesalers (such as Sally Hair & Beauty) or you could try a pharmacy. Sometimes its called tip remover!

The shellac is pretty easy to remove tbh, it shouldn't take long. Just press the cotton wool onto the nail as you pull it (and the foil) off & it should come with it, if not you should be able to help it a little with a nail or a wooden orange stick

Polly

I used acetone recently for an acrylic nail that just would not come off. Didn't remove the nail but burnt the skin around it. Maybe I just wasn't careful enough but I wouldn't use this stuff again.

jjd

Most cheap nail polish removers are acetone, (check the ingredients0 look in the pound shops or supermarkets. It's normally the acetone free that is more expensive.