What's a good way to take off my fake nails?

I have the fake nails..the ones with the white tips.


And i'm tryin to figure out a good way of taking them off without going to the nail place. I've tried just popping them off but it doesnt work.What's a good way to take off my fake nails?
It depends on exactly what type of nails you have.


If you went to a nail salon, and the nail technician applied a liquid %26amp; powder to your nails, then you have acrylic nails. If she applied a gel in layers, and 'cured' your nails under a special UV light in between each layer, then you have gel nails. There is an important distinction to be made here between acrylic, and gel nails. A common scam used by the 'discount salons' (cheap nails $15-25 for a full set, no appointment needed, usually a big language barrier, like the kind you would find in a Wal-Mart - these are 'discount salons) is this: You ask for gel nails, they say OK. Then they apply liquid and powder arylic on your nails and finish it off with a UV topcoat, and call them gel nails. They sometimes refer to the powder as being ';powder gel.'; There is no such thing as ';Powder gel.'; Gel looks exactly like it sounds - its a gel-like consistency product. There are NO liquid or powders used in real gel nails. Well, if this is what you have, you do not have gel nails. You have acrylic nails, but were told that you got gel nails, and probably paid like $15 or more extra. In short, you got ripped off.





Back to removal of nails:


If you have real gel nails, you have to go to a salon to have them removed. Most brands of gel cannot be soaked off, though there are some that can be but they are uncommon. When done properly, a technician will file them down most of the way to your natural nail, then it will have to grow out from there (by hand usually - beware of the ';Dremel'; using techs, they will almost certainly ruin your nails).





No matter what kind of nails you have, DO NOT pull them off, tear them off, or let any tech do this to you either. You WILL have damage to your natural nail because several layers of your nail will come off with the 'fake' nail. Not good!





If you have acrylic nails, you will need:


- Pure Acetone. Don't use nail polish remover. Look for bottles marked ';Pure Acetone.'; This will give the best results.


- Cotton balls


- Tin Foil cut into about 4 inch by 4 inch squares. You will need 10 (one for each nail).


- Orange sticks, or a good metal cuticle pusher


- Some paper towels, or an old towel to work on.


- Hand lotion, cuticle oil or cream


- Nail clippers


- Good quality nail file(s) of 100 or 150 grit





The steps to remove your acrylic nails:


- First, use the nail clippers to remove as much of the acrylic nail as possible from the nail extension (the 'free edge'). Avoid cutting your natural nail, only trim the acrylic part off. You may also file it down with a nail file instead of using clippers.


- Use a 100 or 150 grit nail file to gently remove some of the acrylic from the entire nail surface. Be careful that you do not take off too much - just a thin layer is sufficient - and do not file down to your natural nail. This will damage them. Note: This step is NOT necessary. It will speed things up though. Perform this step only if you are careful with the nail file. If you feel unsure in any way, skip this step.


-Then, wipe or brush off any dust from the filing process.


- Place some paper towels, or an old towel onto your work surface to protect it from the acetone and to scrape the acrylic onto. It can be just a little messy. And acetone can eat the paint, or the finish off of your table - especially if it is made of wood.


- Apply a thin layer of lotion, or cuticle oil -or cream - to the skin around the nails including the cuticle area. Avoid getting it on your nails, you only should have it on your skin in order to help protect it from the drying effects of soaking in acetone.


- Moisten a small cotton ball in the acetone. Avoid oversoaking it. You only need it to be moist, and not dripping wet.


Place the moistened cotton ball over one of your fingernails, making sure to cover the nail completely.


- Pick up a pre-cut piece of tin foil and wrap it around the tip of your finger fairly tightly. When done, it should completely cover the cotton ball, and feel snug against your skin. Be certain that the cotton ball has not moved, and is still covering your nail completely.


- Repeat the cotton ball step on the next nail, then once again cover it with tin foil.


- Do this to all 10 nails


- Wait about 20-25 minutes.


- Now you can begin to remove the acrylic from your nails. One at a time, and only one, remove the foil, along with the cotton from one finger. Do not remove all of the cotton/foil from your nails as it will harden back up in a minute or two.


- Working quickly, but carefully, take an orange stick or cuticle pusher and begin to scrape the acrylic off of your nail. Start at the cuticle area and work forward toward the free edge. If it doesn't all come off within a short time, then just take off what you can and place the cotton and foil back onto your nail and wait another 5 or so minutes, and try again. In the meantime, whilt that nail is soaking again, you can move on to another nail and start removing the acrylic from it. Then after 5 or so minutes, just go back to the other one you just re-soaked and try again. It should come off now.


- Repeat this process for all 10 nails - one at a time. Like I said, the acrylic WILL harden back up very quickly, so you only want to work on one nail at a time, leaving all the others covered until you finish the one you are working on. Continue scraping - gently - until all the acrylic has ben removed.


- When done, wash your hands thoroughly, and then give your nails and hands a good covering of hand lotion to help them regain any moisture lost from the removal of the acrylic.





A few important reminders:


Acetone is EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE. DO NOT smoke anywhere near it, or while performing any of these removal steps. DO NOT go near any open flames or sparks while using acetone, or while it is on your nails. Be careful about this part. Its no joke, this stuff is extremely flammable.It will go up in flames very easily. Acetone nail polish remover is no exception either. Its made of the same basic thing- acetone, and a few other things added to it. As soon as you are done with it, put the cap on immediately, and store properly. Avoid spilling it if at all possible. Wipe up any spill immediately with an old rag, or paper towels, and dispose of in a place where they will not be subject to heat, open flames, or sparks of any kind. Better yet, just use a wet sponge, wipe it up, and thoroughly rinse the sponge when finished.





- If the acrylic does NOT come off after 30 or 35 minutes of soaking, then the chances are very good that you have had a product called MMA used on your nails. This is a substance which is made for, among other things, dental work. It is NOT approved for use on nails, and can be quite hazardous to a persons health, especially if overexposure occurs. If you find that the acrylic is just not coming off at all, you will need to go to a professional nail tech to have it removed. DO NOT go back to the place you had them applied at in the first place! They will ruin your nails by either ripping them off (and that hurts quite a bit, and will ruin your nails too), or usingt a Dremel to file them down - usually way too far than needed.


You need to find a reputable, licensed salon, with good nail techs who have dealt with this issue before. They will either hand file them, or use what is called an efile (It is NOT a dremel, but rather a small unit on top of the nail table with a handpiece. Dremels almost always hang from a stand next to the techs table. DO NOT let them use this on you. They are made for woodworking, NOT nails.


Or the nail tech will soak them off for you, or a combination of the two. Be prepared to spend a long time there as it can take up to two or more hours to remove MMA nails. If you have them, don;t ever go back to the place that put them on - almost always a discount salon - because it is so cheap to buy, just like the rest of the products they use. They only buy what is the cheapest, hence the low prices.


Hope this helps. and sorry its so long!What's a good way to take off my fake nails?
Funny I just finished doing it myself...I crack them right in the middle or side with nail clippers..then little by lttle peel them off...either way it kinds hurts...... :/
there's a fake nail remover at wal mart or other places that works with you dipping and soaking your nails in it and it makes them peel off easily it's looks like a jewelry cleaner container. check it out. hope i help i think cutex makes it. or try sally's beauty supply. i know cutex makes it for sure at wal mart. hope this works
ok well the way people do it when they don't want to go in and spend money on just taking them off is


1. they soak their nails in nail polish remover for a long time.


2. they then try to peel them off. if that doesn't work then..


3. get scissors or a little knife to scrape it off.





this is wat me, my friends, and my mom does.





hope this helped. hope u get them off good without hurting urself at all. good luck
Soak them in fingernail polish remover since the glue they use can be taken off with that. You can also file them off, that's what my friend does and her mom's a stylist so it must be a proper way. lol
soak them in warm water for about 10-30 minuets