How to Remove Acrylic Nails with Hot Water in The Comfort of Your Home

Hi guys, welcome back to another blog post. Today we are going to be talking all about how to remove acrylic nails with hot water.

That sound shocking right? I know!! Who would have thought hot water could remove acrylic nails?

Every tom, dick and harry uses acetone to remove acrylic nails but regular use of acetone is not good for the skin so it is advisable to substitute acetone with something else every once in a while and hot water can be a substitute as it is a natural element and it is just as effective as acetone.

Using hot water to remove your acrylic nails is the safest way to remove them as water does not hot or damage the skin or nails as long as you don’t use very hot water as in boiling hot. So in today’s blog post we are going to be discussing all you need to know on how to remove acrylic nails with hot water in the comfort of your home.

How To Take Off Acrylic Nails With Just Hot Water

You will need a bowl of hot water, orange stick and cuticle oil or any hand cream for this process.

• Trim your acrylic nails and make sure it is as short as possible.
• Ensure the temperature of the water is hot enough but not to hurt to harm you. Be sure you are comfortable with the temperature.
• Once you are comfortable with the temperature soak your hands in for about thirty minutes. Your hands will be soaked for a long time so I will suggest watching something on Netflix whilst soaking your nails.
• Keep your hands in the hot water until you see signs that the acrylic nails are coming off.
• Use your orange stick to gently remove the acrylic nails that have lifted.
• Moisturize your nails and hands with your cuticle oil or hand cream. If you don’t have any moisturizer you can use any petroleum jelly like Vaseline.
• Apply top coat to strengthen your finger nails.

Reasons to Use Hot Water to Remove Your Acrylic Nails

Regular use of chemicals like acetone to remove your acrylic nails can cause dryness which is not good for the health of your nails. Water is a natural element therefore it causes no harm to the skin or nails. Water is easily available making it affordable, you will save up on the trip to the nail shop if you just use hot water to remove your acrylic nails at home.

Things to Keep In Mind When Taking Off Your Acrylic Nails With Hot Water

• Do NOT force your acrylic nails off your natural nails.
• If a particular acrylic nail proves stubborn soak it back into the hot water.
• After removing your acrylic nails ensure to use nail treatment and nail strengthener to add strength to your nails.
• Take nail supplement to help the growth of your nails.
• Moisturize on a daily basis.

Easy Way to Remove The Glue That Is Left Behind

Most times after the acrylic nails have come off there is still some glue residue, you can take them off by doing either of the two:

1. Buff the nail glue residue off your natural nails. Or you can use a nail file instead of a buffer.
2. Soak the nails with nail glue residue in hot water to soften it and then gently scrape it off your nail bed.

How to Take Care of Your Natural Nails After Using Hot Water to Remove Acrylic Nails

An after care for your nails is important after you have removed your acrylic nails you will need the following: a bowl of warm water, a towel, a brush, shampoo, nail file, buffer, cuticle oil or any moisturizer, a nail cutter. The steps:

• Add shampoo to your bowl of warm water and then soak your hands for about ten minutes.
• Take your brush to gently brush the surrounding of your nails and your finger nails.
• Rinse thoroughly.
• Dry your hands with your towel.
• Use your nail cutter to cut your nails to your desired length.
• Use your nail file to file finger nails to your desired nail shape.
• Buff nails for a smoother surface.
• Moisturize your hands.

Take care of your nails for healthier nails.

For those of us that lack patience, we can use hot water and acetone to take off our acrylic nails. The hot water will help to dilute the chemicals present in the acetone. Things you will need for this process include: Acetone, a bowl of hot water, orange stick and cuticle oil or any hand cream. The process goes as follows:

• Trim your acrylic nails.
• Ensure the temperature of the water is hot enough, be sure you are comfortable with the temperature and acetone to the hot water.
• Soak your hands in the mixture for about thirty minutes.
• Keep your hands in the hot water until you see signs that the acrylic nails are coming off.
• If your acrylic nails have not come off yet you can change the acetone and water mixture and soak your hands still.
• Use your orange stick to gently remove the acrylic nails that have lifted.
• Moisturize your nails and hands with your cuticle oil or hand cream or even Vaseline.
• Apply top coat to strengthen your finger nails.

Conclusion

In conclusion, this process is for patient people as this is the longest way to take off your acrylic nails. If you are impatient I suggest using another method to remove your acrylic nails. Please let me know if you have learnt something new and if you intend to try this method in the comment section. See you next time.