How to remove shellac at home
Shellac - a type of gel polish - occupies almost the main place among the services offered by the masters of the nail industry. He has almost all the qualities that are so necessary and valuable for modern women: convenience - you can do whatever you want with your hands; reliability - a good master will firmly seal the coating on your nails; durability - you can not think about a manicure for up to 3 weeks and saving time - your pens will look well-groomed without any effort at any time of the day. But sometimes it is very difficult to find time to remove such a manicure in the salon, especially if the coating breaks off unexpectedly.
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How to remove the sticky layer of shellac
The last top coat is needed to hold all previous layers of varnish together. This is a kind of "glue", thanks to which the manicure lasts for such a long amount of time. You probably noticed that the master, at the end of his work, always wipes each nail with a special liquid - a cleanser. But if you bought a lamp for gel polish and all the necessary materials, intending to do yourself a manicure with shellac on your own, then you can save a lot on the cleanser by replacing it with simple tools that will surely be found in every home.
Of course, such hand-made tools will not suit you if you plan to plunge headlong into the nail industry and become a true master of your craft. Professionals usually use gel polish and all the necessary materials from the same brand, not only to maintain the style and status of the salon, but also for a better final result. In addition, in nail studios they try not to save on materials, guided by the rule "a miser pays twice." That is why professionals most often use Shellac Is the most famous and high-quality line of materials for nail care from the American company CND.
The nail master also needs a clinser to degrease natural nails before applying any coating on them, be it gel polish, shellac or the most common nail polish, so that it lasts longer. By the way, that is why, before doing a manicure, experts recommend washing your hands with soap (we are not talking about simple hygiene) - the soap degreases the skin of the hands and nail surfaces well.
At home, instead of a cleanser, you can successfully use an ordinary nail polish remover, just be sure to make sure that it does not contain acetone, otherwise it will either dissolve the gel polish or spoil its color, although it is quite suitable for simple degreasing of your own nail, without cover.
Shellac remover
The biggest advantage of shellac is its long-lasting properties. That is why almost every second girl does such a manicure, because after spending an hour and a half on this procedure, you may not even think about your hands for 2-3 weeks, or even longer, until the regrown nail hole begins to look treacherously from below. Unless, of course, you decide to use a similar method:
But when it comes time to remove the coating, the question arises of how to do it without harm to your nails. No matter how good shellac is, natural nails do not see the light under it and practically do not breathe for almost a month. Therefore, after removal, they will somehow look pale, fragile and weak, thin and begin to flake off. And if you come across a "professional" who has polished, out of the kindness of his soul, the entire upper plate of the nail - and sometimes that happens - then you are lost.
Remove shellac without liquid
It is impossible to remove shellac or gel polish of any other company without any liquid at all - it is not for nothing that it is still so persistent. But at home, you do not need to purchase gel polish remover, you can use ordinary nail polish remover with acetone in the composition - the result will be almost the same as in the salon.
Is it possible to remove shellac with acetone
Many girls believe that acetone eats away and spoils nails - this is partly true, but few people know that in fact this is just a marketing move of manufacturers of materials for the nail industry, because with "unique" properties, nail polish remover without acetone in composition, supposedly capable of caring for nails, although in fact it is not much better than an acetone-containing liquid. The only difference is that acetone actually dries out the nail plate, so the nail looks lifeless for a while. But after all, you achieved exactly the same effect before applying the gel polish to your nails, using alcohol or cleanser for this.
Therefore, in the absence of a professional, more or less soft liquid, feel free to take acetone or nail polish remover with acetone.
The quick and easy way to remove shellac
So, if you did not have time to go to the salon to remove such a manicure, or you decided not to spend your money on this simple procedure, then removing it at home, as you can see, is not at all difficult.
In addition to liquid for removing gel polish (as well as a simple liquid for removing nail polish or acetone, depending on where you left off), you will need:
- ordinary household foil (chocolate foil will also work);
- cotton wool or cotton pads;
- orange stick for pushing back the cuticle or any other similar device;
- scissors;
- coarse file for artificial nails.
By the way, in specialized stores for manicure and pedicure, ready-made, cut foil with glued pieces of cotton wool is sold. If you plan to constantly remove gel polish from your nails yourself at home, then you can use this option - at a relatively inexpensive cost, this will significantly save your time.
In addition to the above tools, to remove any gel polish or shellac at home, you need to prepare ten small pieces of cotton wool and cut short strips of foil, about 3-5 cm wide.After that, you can proceed to the most interesting.
- Use a plastic nail file to grind off the top layer on each finger, in no way affecting the natural nail.
- Liberally moisten a piece of cotton pad with gel polish remover and press it to the entire surface of the nail plate.
- Wrap the foil around the nail tightly.
- Do this with all your fingers.
- Wait 15-20 minutes without opening the foil all this time. You will feel that your fingertips are in a kind of "steam bath".
- Unfold the foil on the first finger and gently lift off the remaining swollen shellac with a stick.
- Do this with each nail, removing the foil "pocket" from each finger in turn.
- If some remnants of the varnish cannot be removed in any way, do not injure the nail by picking its plate, it is better to wet the cotton pad again and wait a while, wrapping it in foil.
This is the cheapest way to remove shellac from your nails. Alternatively, you can purchase special cones: they act like foil, but you do not need to spend time cutting the strips every time. Just add a little shellac remover to each of them and fix it on your fingers. But this method is unlikely to be useful to you if you do not plan to remove shellac at home all the time.
It is best if you give your nails a little rest and grow back before reapplying the gel polish. Make nutritious and moisturizing masks, caring baths, rub in vitamins and simply paint with medicated transparent varnish until complete recovery, in order to please yourself again in the future long-term coverage.
