How do you take off acrylic fingernails without hurting your real nail?

The best way is to go to a manicurist. If not, baby oil - soak them, gently lift, soak, and so on....

There is no way to remove them without hurting your nail.

Purchase a bottle of 100% Pure Acetone (cosmetic grade, not the stuff from Home Depot), as well as an orangewood stick, cuticle oil (such as Solar Nail Oil) and a flat four sided buffer file. Poor the acetone into a glass bowl and soak. Occasionally use the orangewood stick to scrape off the softened acrylic. Remember though, every time you remove the nails from the acetone they will quickly reharden as they dry. When you have removed the acrylic from the nails buff with the buffer, starting with the coarsest section of the file, working down finer until you end up finishing with the rubbery looking panel. Finish off by massaging the oil into your nails and cuticles. Use this oil nightly to help keep cuticles healthy as the old damaged nail grows out. Hope this helps!

p.s.... Be careful and do not pry the acrylic off the nail with nippers or metal instuments. This can peel off layers in your own nail bed which will causes permanent damage (ridges) to your own nails. Even when done properly, the nail will be damaged when acryilcs come off, but when done properly the damaged nail does grow off to be repaced by a health nail. The full growing off process can take anywhere between four to six months depending upon the length of your nail bed and nails rate of growth.

p.s.s... Always use acetone in a WELL ventilated area and be careful of open flame as it is EXTREMELY flammable.

the best thing to do is go into a salon. In order to achieve naked nails the easy way, you're going to need a few tools:

Nail clippers or scissors

Nail file

Pure acetone (you can find this at any beauty supply store)

Large cotton balls

Aluminum foil, cut into long strips

Orangewood cuticle sticks

Nail buffer

Olive oil or heavy hand cream

Patience--remember how long it took to put them on? Well, it usually takes at least that long to get them off.

Once you have everything assembled, I suggest you pop in a Will and Grace DVD and get comfortable, as removing your acrylic nails may take awhile. Here's what you do:

Grab those nail clippers and cut your nail tips down as far as you can--the shorter you can get them, the less acrylic nail you'll ultimately have to pry off.

Using your nail file, file off any gel or topcoat on your acrylic nails so that they are more susceptible to the acidic qualities of the acetone.

Soak ten of your cotton balls in acetone until they are completely saturated.

Lay one soaked cotton ball over each of your acrylic fingernails.

Use the foil strips to wrap each cotton-topped fingernail as tightly as possible.

Enjoy Will, Grace, Jack and Karen's antics for at least 20 minutes while you sit still and let the acetone work its magic. NO CHEATING!!! If you remove the foil prematurely, the acrylic will immediately start to harden again, so just hold your horses.

After watching at least a full episode, peel back the foils from your acrylic nails one at a time.

Using a clean orangewood stick, scrape the acrylic right off! It should come off easily, but if you find some stubborn residue, gently buff it off with your nail buffer.

Finally, massage olive oil or heavy hand cream into your nails and nail beds, as acetone is extremely drying. Continue to apply oil or lotion at least three times every day for the first few weeks your acrylic nails are off--don't forget to do it right before bed! You can certainly keep up this ritual for life if you're craving super-silky, healthy nails!

In order to achieve naked nails the easy way, you're going to need a few tools:

Nail clippers or scissors

Nail file

Pure acetone (you can find this at any beauty supply store)

Large cotton balls

Aluminum foil, cut into long strips

Orangewood cuticle sticks

Nail buffer

Olive oil or heavy hand cream

Patience--remember how long it took to put them on? Well, it usually takes at least that long to get them off.

Once you have everything assembled, I suggest you pop in a Will and Grace DVD and get comfortable, as removing your acrylic nails may take awhile. Here's what you do:

Grab those nail clippers and cut your nail tips down as far as you can--the shorter you can get them, the less acrylic nail you'll ultimately have to pry off.

Using your nail file, file off any gel or topcoat on your acrylic nails so that they are more susceptible to the acidic qualities of the acetone.

Soak ten of your cotton balls in acetone until they are completely saturated.

Lay one soaked cotton ball over each of your acrylic fingernails.

Use the foil strips to wrap each cotton-topped fingernail as tightly as possible.

Enjoy Will, Grace, Jack and Karen's antics for at least 20 minutes while you sit still and let the acetone work its magic. NO CHEATING!!! If you remove the foil prematurely, the acrylic will immediately start to harden again, so just hold your horses.

After watching at least a full episode, peel back the foils from your acrylic nails one at a time.

Using a clean orangewood stick, scrape the acrylic right off! It should come off easily, but if you find some stubborn residue, gently buff it off with your nail buffer.

Finally, massage olive oil or heavy hand cream into your nails and nail beds, as acetone is extremely drying. Continue to apply oil or lotion at least three times every day for the first few weeks your acrylic nails are off--don't forget to do it right before bed! You can certainly keep up this ritual for life if you're craving super-silky, healthy nails!

Required Tools:

Nail clippers

Pure acetone

Aluminum foil

Nail file

Nail buffer

Cuticle sticks

Olive oil

Cotton balls

Caution:

Never, EVER rip, tear, or chip at your natural nails!

Be careful never to over-file your natural nails or nail beds.

Soak them in fingernail polish remover... Take your time.. They should gently peel away from your real nail.

Buy some Nail strengthener to put on a few days after. (Opi brand sells some.. it is worth the money) Your real nails might be sensitive depending on how long you had them on for!

Soak them for about 10 mins in fingernail polish remover that conatins ACETONE... if they don't come off right away soak some more... when I got my nails done this is what I did to save myself the fee they charge.

soak them in acetone nail polish remover for about 10 min's and it will eat away the fake nail only. than after you get it off paint some sallys hard as nails over em because they are gonna be super weak.

Soak your nails in nail polish remover. They will start to desolve and fall off. It my leave a little glue on your fingernails though.

go to the hair stor and ask them for "asittone". it's like $ 5 for a bottle. don't use nail polish remover it doesn't have enough asittone in it to get them off. What I'm telling to get is the same thing the nail shop uses.....good luck

use nail polish remover with aceatone in it, soak each nail a few mintues to help lift them off, take your time they will come off, if not go to a nail salon, and have them removed!