How to Make Acrylic or Glue-on Nails Damage Your Fingernails Less
Acrylic or glue-on nails will provide any woman with temporary, enviable nails. The nails are applied at home or the salon and generally last three to four weeks with proper care. Unfortunately, improper application and removal of the fake nails will cause peeling, damage or the complete loss of your natural nails. Enjoy your fake nails without ruining your real nails by using proper application and removal techniques that are performed at home. Does this Spark an idea?
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Things You'll Need
- Rubbing alcohol
- Nail clippers
- Rubber gloves
- Moisturizing hand lotion or petroleum jelly
Instructions
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Sanitize your nail care products, such as clippers, trimmers and scissors by cleaning them with rubbing alcohol. This will help ensure you do not cause an infection that could lead to potential nail loss.
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Cut your natural nails as short as possible before applying the acrylic or glue-on nails. Use a pair of nail clippers and cut the nails straight across to prevent them from growing into the nail bed.
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Avoid roughening-up the surface of the nails with an emery board before applying the acrylic or glue-on nails. This will ensure that you do not weaken the nails, which will lead to peeling and breakage.
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Wear rubber gloves when performing house cleaning, avoid biting your acrylic nails and do not use your nails to open soda bottles. Pay attention to your fake nails to avoid ripping them from your natural nails, which is not only painful but will cause damage.
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Trim your-glue on or acrylic nails as shortly as possible when ready to remove. Removing shorter nails will cause less damage than attempting to rip-off your longer acrylics.
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Apply a thick layer of moisturizing hand lotion or petroleum jelly to your nails after the acrylics are removed. Rub the products into the nails to help replenish moisture to your dry natural nails.
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