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This color, called "I Need a Refresh-Mint 218A" by Wet n' Wild, is the perfect dupe for the popular mint blue color used by Tiffany & Co. This nail polish is easy to apply with the wide brush very much comparable to high quality nail polishes like OPI and Essie. Two coats and you're good to go, plus it is a lovely color against all skin tones. I highly recommend this shade from the Wet n' Wild line.
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Do you like to receive a manicure and/or a pedicure but feel you can't afford the high prices? Have I got a deal for you. Check out your local high school and see if they have a beautifican class. I recently had a manicure by a senior student and she was supervised by the teacher several times during my manicure. I had called ahead of time and made an appointment that was agreeable to my time schedule. She was very professional and did a really good job. The $6 that the school policy charged was well worth it. I got to pick out the color nail polish and happily added a tip to the cost. A happy manicure and/or pedicure to you. By joesgirl
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I've tried removing acrylic from my big toes with pure acetone, but it does not work. I'm stressing now as I have got a fungus infection under the nail as a result of the acrylic. I really want to get the acrylic off so I can start treating the fungus infection. Has anyone got any ideas how else I could remove it?
By Penny11
Not sure why acetone wouldn't work. How about calling a salon that does manicures/pedicures and asking their advice? Should be a simple phone call; I'm sure they'd love to offer help.
You need to go to the salon and let them handle it. Whatever is going on sounds painful and not good!
Go to the salon and let them handle it. It doesn't sound good.
You can have a nail salon remove the acrylic but I suggest to go to your doctor because of the fungus. This is not worth possibly losing a toe or getting cellulitis which is life threatening.
Hello, Please go to the Dr. regarding the fungus and call a manicurist to remove the acrylic from your toes. Please do not put acrylic on your toes.
What is an easy and safe way to remove an acrylic overlay over natural nails?
By lisa from Fort Wayne, IN
When I used to have them the manicurist told me to soak the nails in regular nail polish remover. With the acrylic nails if you want to change the color of polish yourself you are supposed to use a special polish remover. It has been so many years since I have had them, that I can't remember what the different removers are called.
I removed mine with hot water. I just soaked my nails and pulled them gently off.I used tweezers to help. At the nail salon, they do same thing.My nails took about 2-1/2 years to return to a semi-normal state. They have been a mess - peeling, breaking, soft, soft, soft!
Not sure if you mean the new ones that look like what we use to call "fake" nails or not that you used a glue to put the complete nail right over your own, if it is that glue is like super glue. I tried them and had a terrible time getting them off, after all it is super glue. No way would have hot water taken mine off. I had to remove them the same way as the liquid acrylics that are built up.
You use acetone nail polish remover to soak them in, be very gentle removing the acrylic so as not to do any more damage to your own nail. The acetone is what melts the acrylic. Don't gouge or scrape your nail, use a wooden stick such as an orange cuticle stick from a manicure kit or popcycle stick would work. Just be patient and let the nail polish do it's work, it will take quite a while but it will be the best method for your real nails.
Do not peel the acrylic off when it feels like it will come just keep pushing the melted goo off until you are down to your own nails. I can't stress this enough especially if you have worn the acrylics for several years. Your own nails are most likely going to be soft and easily damaged, good luck from the voice of a slow learner, took me three times until I learned my lesson. Still paying the price with ruined nails 15 years later.
I have to agree with everyone who said it ruined their nails. Mine were thin and weak to begin with but now they split vertically so much that I can not even begin to grow them out. I wish I never would have started with them.
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I am a former acrylic nail wearer and now have an acrylic overlay over my natural nails. How can I safely remove the overlay and not damage my natural nails?
