Hello everybody,
I had a client the other night who had an acrylic colour overlay over her natural nail (done by a Chinese nail bar)
She wanted this removing and a clear gel overlay.
I buffed/filed the top layer off and then soaked (cotton will, foil) each finger for 20 mins... This did nothing! I repeated the process and tried buffing filing at it but it was so hard to break it down it just wouldn't budge, the cotton wool was sticking to the acrylic and it was a complete mess. It took me over 2 hours just to remove and it still wasn't all off!
Her natural nails were really long and she wanted to keep the length I really struggled to get the acrylic off and left her with a little bit still on as I did not want to ruin her natural nails as they seemed so thin they was literally bending when I filed with virtually no pressure!
I ended up leaving a bit of acrylic on and then overlaying with gel as I so worried I might cause harm to her natural nails or even break one! It didn't look great though you could see the join if that makes sense!
I've not had loads of experience soaking/filing off overlays and my question is does anyone have any helpful tips advice on removal?
Thanks in advance!!
xx
I had a client the other night who had an acrylic colour overlay over her natural nail (done by a Chinese nail bar)
She wanted this removing and a clear gel overlay.
I buffed/filed the top layer off and then soaked (cotton will, foil) each finger for 20 mins... This did nothing! I repeated the process and tried buffing filing at it but it was so hard to break it down it just wouldn't budge, the cotton wool was sticking to the acrylic and it was a complete mess. It took me over 2 hours just to remove and it still wasn't all off!
Her natural nails were really long and she wanted to keep the length I really struggled to get the acrylic off and left her with a little bit still on as I did not want to ruin her natural nails as they seemed so thin they was literally bending when I filed with virtually no pressure!
I ended up leaving a bit of acrylic on and then overlaying with gel as I so worried I might cause harm to her natural nails or even break one! It didn't look great though you could see the join if that makes sense!
I've not had loads of experience soaking/filing off overlays and my question is does anyone have any helpful tips advice on removal?
Thanks in advance!!
xx