Thoughts on Acetone?

[Enhanced-Barbie]

Hey everyone

Im in the midst of a Creative course, and we have just gotten a new tutor.

My old tutor got us to soak off enhancements with acitone, but when I asked the new tutor for some she said I must file the whole nail down until its gone, as acitone is bad for your nails.

Is this a Creative idea or a personal idea of the tutors?

I just think its a bit weird that all of a sudden we are being taught that acitone is a no no, when the college stocks it and had us using it up until now.

Thanks for any info

 

[geeg]

Hey everyone

Im in the midst of a Creative course, and we have just gotten a new tutor.

My old tutor got us to soak off enhancements with acitone, but when I asked the new tutor for some she said I must file the whole nail down until its gone, as acitone is bad for your nails.

Is this a Creative idea or a personal idea of the tutors?

I just think its a bit weird that all of a sudden we are being taught that acitone is a no no, when the college stocks it and had us using it up until now.

Thanks for any info

Your tutor is misinformed.

Creative totally supports the use of Acetone based products and if your read the section on this topic in Doug Schoon's book, Nail Structure and Product Chemistry you will see that used correctly professional Acetone based products are not detrimental to nails.

In my opinion you are far more likely to cause nail plate damage, as a student, by removing product with an abrasive and filing than you will by using the industry approved method of soaking in an Acetone based product remover.

 

[nailzoo]

Perhaps they were teaching you to file down, rather than rely on acetone.

Acetone doesn't cause harm when used correctly, but it can sound dangerous if it's not spelt or pronounced correctly ...... that's ACETONE, not ACITONE, or even worse i've seen it spelt ACIDTONE.

 

[Susie H]

ACIDTONE:green: the mind boggles:green:

 

[mdskora]

I think what makes people worried about using acetone is the fact that it dries out your skin and makes it look white and yucky,.... nothing a nice massage with some creative hand cream wont fix.... i have had alot of people ask me the same thing.

I ALWAYS have it on hand..... if any of my clients nails even look a little worse for wear... out comes the acetone and the foil.. I soak a cotton ball and place on nail and wrap in foils... 10mins later soft and ready to gently push off the nail... better than a "hot" nail..

 

[Kajai]

The filing down is a good idea to thin the artifical so the acetone removal wont take as long, but what I use and it works really good, especially with torn cuticles and such is put vasaline around the nail, on the tip of the finger, enough to the acetone can't really touch the skin. Then with a mani bowl, the skin wont be as dried out after. Yes, its a little greasy feeling but it works and people dont seem to mind it if it's protecting the skin from acetone tell me your thought on this...

 

[mdskora]

Wow that is a great idea... I would do that with a full soak off... prob a little fiderly with just a broken or damaged nail.....
thanks for that tip.
X Mel

 

[Enhanced-Barbie]

Thanks for that info girls

I didnt think that acetone (yeah sorry bout the spelling but I was too lazy to check before I posted hehe) was damaging.

She made it out like it should never be used.

I hated this idea as I did not trust the student who had to file them off (not that shes a bad tech, but my nails are damaged enough as it is and lets face it, shes not a pro). My nails felt so sensitive and raw when it was finished, but that was only on one hand, I soaked the rest off in my own time in acetone and those ones felt fine.

Well from now on I will refuse to have my nails removed at tech, I think its wrong for her to bring her own ideas into our training, as I thought we were supposed to be learning Creatives ideas and procedures.
It would be ok if she just told us what she thought, but to refuse us the use of a product condoned by Creative is unreasonable, I think.

The vasaline idea is awesome! A lot of clients look horrified at their white fingers during soaking, so it would probably make them feel a lot better about it lol.

 

[oey]

I prefer to use cuticle oil on the clients skin around their nails instead of vaseline when applying acetone. Plus using the tin foil method instead of soaking in a bowl is far easier too.

Some people do say if you soak off too often with acetone it can be damaging to the nails but I never really found out how often is too often. If anybody does know then please tell us.

 

[geeg]

I prefer to use cuticle oil on the clients skin around their nails instead of vaseline when applying acetone. Plus using the tin foil method instead of soaking in a bowl is far easier too.

Some people do say if you soak off too often with acetone it can be damaging to the nails but I never really found out how often is too often. If anybody does know then please tell us.

Read the book by doug schoon .. No nail tk should be without this book .. he makes it quite clear how often is too often. None of us should be soaking off product any more than we have to ... which isn't often.

 

[tracey louise]

i too have always soaked in acetone and use the cuticle oil method.i do file the acrylic first just to make it easier for soaking but i also think its possible to cause more damage by filing the product of rather than soaking especially with acrylic.x

 

[Kajai]

Read the book by doug schoon .. No nail tk should be without this book .. he makes it quite clear how often is too often. None of us should be soaking off product any more than we have to ... which isn't often.

What's the book called?

The acetone is pretty harsh on the skin, and just think about it this way, acetone is a chemical, just like primer, or monomer. Improper use can cause an alleric reaction after several months of overexposure...

And for you girls who use the cuticle oil, which oil do you use? There's that really sweet, thicker, yellow stuff (can't remember the name) and then the stuff i have which is just like the cheap liquid nail growth stuff (not polish). Which works better... and if none of you understood that, I'm sorry, you dont have to answer...

 

[geeg]

What's the book called?

The acetone is pretty harsh on the skin, and just think about it this way, acetone is a chemical, just like primer, or monomer. Improper use can cause an alleric reaction after several months of overexposure...

And for you girls who use the cuticle oil, which oil do you use? There's that really sweet, thicker, yellow stuff (can't remember the name) and then the stuff i have which is just like the cheap liquid nail growth stuff (not polish). Which works better... and if none of you understood that, I'm sorry, you dont have to answer...

It is called "Nail structure and Product Chemistry"

This is not a boring book. It is easily understandable (something Doug does so well) and it is all stuff we should all know. He is the world authority on both things, nail structure and product chemistry.

 

[loubylou]

What's the book called?

The acetone is pretty harsh on the skin, and just think about it this way, acetone is a chemical, just like primer, or monomer. Improper use can cause an alleric reaction after several months of overexposure...

And for you girls who use the cuticle oil, which oil do you use? There's that really sweet, thicker, yellow stuff (can't remember the name) and then the stuff i have which is just like the cheap liquid nail growth stuff (not polish). Which works better... and if none of you understood that, I'm sorry, you dont have to answer...

99% of creative nail techs use solar oil hth

 

[Kajai]

Solar Oil? Never heard of it. Where is it available?

 

[geeg]

Solar Oil? Never heard of it. Where is it available?

Solar Oil is the number 1 selling cuticle oil in the world and has been voted the best cuticle oil 5 times by Elle Magazine. It has also gone into the beauty "Hall of Fame" along with Stickey base coat and Super Shiney top coat ... all available from Distributors of Creative nail Design (CND) products.