How To Remove Your Gel Manicure At Home By Soaking Off | Removal Tutorial | Gelous Gel Nail Polish, by Gelous Gel Nail Polish on YouTube. 2 min 23 s.
- Video length
- 2 min 23 s
- Time to do it
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 7
What you need
Steps
Buff the shiny top coat off every nail with a medium grit nail file. Break that seal so the remover can soak into the gel, but stop before you reach your natural nail.
Fill the well of a removal clip with gel polish remover and clip it onto one nail. Repeat on all ten nails, then wait 10 to 15 minutes.
Lift one clip and check the gel. It should look soft and crinkled. If it still looks hard and glossy, clip it back on for another 5 minutes.
Push the softened gel off with a gel removal tool or an orangewood stick. Start at the cuticle and work down the nail, without scraping hard.
Buff away any thin patches still stuck to the nail with a fine nail file. Keep the file flat so you do not thin the nail itself.
Wipe each nail with a lint free wipe soaked in nail polish remover to clear leftover gel and residue.
Massage cuticle oil into every nail and the skin around it. This puts back the moisture the remover strips out.
Tips and common mistakes
Never pick or peel gel off, because it takes layers of your natural nail with it.
Work near an open window, as acetone fumes build up fast in a small room.
Keep acetone away from open flames and never leave soaked clips on for much longer than 15 minutes.
If one nail will not budge, re-soak it instead of forcing the tool under the gel.
Questions
How long do I leave the removal clips on?
About 10 to 15 minutes for most gel polishes. Check one nail first and give it another 5 minutes if the gel still looks solid.
Can I use normal nail polish remover?
Only if it contains acetone. Non-acetone remover is too weak to break down gel and you will end up scraping.
What if the gel will not come off?
Buff the top coat again and re-soak that nail. Hard, thick gels or a missed top coat layer often need a second round.
This guide was drafted from the video's details and general task knowledge. It has not been checked against the full video. Check the video and relevant product instructions before following a procedure. Report a correction.
