Help!!!! Acetone Removal

[sarahnailz]

My friend removed the acrylic extensions I did for her last week. I told her to use the cotton pads soaked in acetone and foil on top. She didn't do that. She soaked her hands in acetone and left them in it for an hour!!!!! only to find that her nails are now very brittle with white ridges. Did I do something wrong with my application? I am very stressed about it.

 

[Katykitten]

I wouldn't have thought your application has anything to do with it, I would bet the problem lies with the removal.

Somebody who is not trained in nail enhancements should never be told to remove their own enhancements, she should have either come back to you, or if it was not possible to have gone to a reputable salon.

 

[sarahnailz]

I didn't actually tell her to remove them herself. I said that if she must do it herself, this is how to do it. She lives down in Wales and I am in Essex. I guess she was impatient!
How do you advise she treats her nails now?

 

[Katykitten]

I'd try CND Toughen Up with lashings of solar oil xx

 

[*JOANNE*]

I think the white ridges may be where she has helped the product removal along by picking it off too....

 

[geeg]

I think the white ridges may be where she has helped the product removal along by picking it off too....

I agree!

Never tell a non professional how to perform a professional service. It's just not done. You should have advised her to seek out a professional to do it for her.

Why should you feel stressed? She is the one who has made a mess of it?

 

[sarahnailz]

I'm just a bit upset because she knows I lack confidence and has said that she never wants acrylic extensions again because they ruined her nails.

Just for the record, what is the safest and correct way to remove acrylic tips?

Thanks everyone.

xx

 

[Miss Pink23]

In acetone, but if placing the nails in finger pots only leave them in for 5-10 mins at a time then take them out, gently file away the sloughed acrylic and keep going until all is off.
Loads of solar oil to keep the nails and surrounding skin fully nourished.
You havent done anything wrong hun, just maybe telling her how to remove them was a little 'faux pas'.
Hvae confidence in your work.
xx

 

[mdskora]

Hi Michelle,
when you say loads of solar oil... is this put on around the nail plate on the surrounding skin before you put them into the finger pots?.. and then each time they re enter the pots?....
These are those little thimble type things are you taking about yes?...

thanks
Mel

 

[geeg]

In acetone, but if placing the nails in finger pots only leave them in for 5-10 mins at a time then take them out, gently file away the sloughed acrylic and keep going until all is off.
Loads of solar oil to keep the nails and surrounding skin fully nourished.
You havent done anything wrong hun, just maybe telling her how to remove them was a little 'faux pas'.
Hvae confidence in your work.
xx

I don't think you mean this do you?

I think what you mean is ... "gently file away the softened acrylic and then replace the fingers in the finger pots for a further 5 minutes. Repeat as often as is necessary until all the acrylic has been softened and removed.

FYI, I do not use a file to remove softened acrylic. Very messy and it ruins a perfectly good file!

I use a metal cuticle pusher to gently slough off the softened acrylic and finally a good wipe over with a gauze pad and some Scrub Fresh removes the rest.

 

[Doorie]

I don't think you mean this do you?

I think what you mean is ... "gently file away the softened acrylic and then replace the fingers in the finger pots for a further 5 minutes. Repeat as often as is necessary until all the acrylic has been softened and removed.

FYI, I do not use a file to remove softened acrylic. Very messy and it ruins a perfectly good file! I learnt it the hard way back then LOL

I use a metal cuticle pusher to gently slough off the softened acrylic and finally a good wipe over with a gauze pad and some Scrub Fresh removes the rest.

but I think it's what Miss Pink meant.. I got it the way you said Geeg... (well, maybe because it's what I do too)

 

[geeg]

but I think it's what Miss Pink meant.. I got it the way you said Geeg... (well, maybe because it's what I do too)

Just remember that this is a teaching site ... some peeps are VERY new and can easily get confused. So it pays to always make sure your posts are EXTRA clear so no one gets the wrong idea.

 

[butterflys]

Hi

I used to remove acetone by the 2 bowl system, 1st bowl with hot tap water then place 2nd smaller bowl with acetone in, place figers staight into bowl. I filled the shiny surface and put cuticle oil around skin. this took ages as I only had one set of bowls, but I used to file the other nails while I was waiting, This took about an hour.

I have just started a different way, this is file shiny surfacve off and then cuticle oil over skin, then place a cotton ball soaked in acetone over the nail and wrap in foil, I then wrap the hands in a fannell and place in warmed hand mittens, this take me a bout 30mins to completely soak off the acrylic.

So for me I have saved 1/2 hour.

On a bad note.

I have done my mums nails for a coulpe of years now, one week I was busy and couldn't do my mums soak off, it was only one nail that broke, told her that I would try to get round one night that week, she had seen me do it load of times, Only one nail tip broke so she thought that she would give it a go.

I next morning she woke up with 3 degrees burns on the nail that she had tried to remove the acrylic from.

Couple of days later I phone her to see if it was ok for me come round to replace/remove the broken nail. That is when she told me all about it.

She said that because I was busy and she couldn't wait she tried to do it herself, but instead of using Foil, she used clean film and left it on her finger about 2 hours.

THIS IS WHY WE ADVICE OUR CLIENTS TO COME BACK FOR A SOAK OFF AND DO NOT GIVE THEM INFO ON HOME REMOVAL (Mum couldn't remember if it was clim film or kitchen foil that I used) IT ONLY TAKES SOMEONE UNPREFESSIONAL TO MISS UNDERSTAND BEFORE THINGS TO GO WRONG.

 

[Gilly T]

I am glad I have read this thread because it has raised a question for me too.. I was tought not to keep removing clients fingers from acetone as the product hardens inbetween and will take longer to remove in the end.

Having read what is in here, it sounds like I have been told to do the wrong thing. Also, I was reading Doug Schoons book and he says that a relatively small amount of acetone (soaking a set off every now and again) will not damage the natural nail.

So I'm now confused or is it just a case of doing what works.. I agree about the file though Geeg, I discovered this after ruining a perfectly good abrasive.

Sorry for jumping in a bit but hopefully responses may help the poster

 

[becki x]

Gilly the best thing to use is product remover. The nails will become ever so slightly dehydrated,but a good quality cuticle oil such as Solar oil will replenish lost moisture.

Fyi soak offs are few and far between so there is no reason to worry about causing damage,certainly not when using a product specifically designed for the service . hth's

 

[Gilly T]

Gilly the best thing to use is product remover. The nails will become ever so slightly dehydrated,but a good quality cuticle oil such as Solar oil will replenish lost moisture.

Fyi soak offs are few and far between so there is no reason to worry about causing damage,certainly not when using a product specifically designed for the service . hth's

Thanks Becki... I use NSI and they don't have product remover (I don't think) just acetone. I do swathe the surrounding tissue with oil before using the aceton to protect the skin first and it makes a little difference to the skin and do use both nsi and SpaRitual oils after but my friend who had overlays while she grew her nails (nailbiter) has now got problems with her nail plate flaking away towards the free edge. I wondered if this was because she wasn't looking after them but she seems to be. I've retailed her cuticle oil and a good moisturiser for after washing etc., and she says she's using it. Even though she was a nail biter before her nails didn't seem particularly dry although this may be because they were permanently soaked in saliva!!!

 

[becki x]

Hun i can't comment on NSI but with a secondary account you can buy CND product remover :idea:

Does she come to you to have mani's or is she caring for her own nails now ? It sound like the natural FE isn't being sealed,a downward swipe with a 240 will seal the layers of the nail plate. ( i'm not explaining very well am i,but if it helps i'm wafting my hands about to show you lol) hope you kwim

Sorry for hijacking :o xx

edited to add > yes i meant bevelling the fe :o i have a mush for a brain this pregnancy ... thankyou for reminding me :lol:

 

[Gilly T]

Ooops yes, I'm so sorry too. I'll pm you becki x

 

[chatabox]

.hi how do you know for sure all product is removed.
i would have said you would see it feel it if there were any left but sometimes when your have cleared all of it off where it can be a little dry before oiling it can be hard to see.. any tips on final check before re applying...
thanks

 

[geeg]

.hi how do you know for sure all product is removed.
i would have said you would see it feel it if there were any left but sometimes when your have cleared all of it off where it can be a little dry before oiling it can be hard to see.. any tips on final check before re applying...
thanks

Good question ... it can be nearly impossible to tell sometimes, but if there is a tiny bit of product still clinging to the nail, then dont worry about it. If it is on it is on. We rebalance over product that is on the nail all the time. Usually once you have cleansed the nail with Scrub Fresh then you can see which is nail and which is product. It isn't a problem if there is no lifting.