Gelish Polish Removal ~ Tutorial

As promised, I wanted to make a post on how I removed the gelish nail polish that I had done for my wedding. I tried to get it removed before leaving Jamaica, but the salon there was unable to do it for me. After looking up a few youtube videos, I decided it was easy enough to do myself. Here are the steps I took, along with some pictures.

The materials needed are: pure acetone, strips of aluminum foil, cotton pads, and a cuticle pusher (or some other object to scrap off the polish).

I cut the cotton pads in half in order to make them easier to wrap around the nail. I poured some acetone onto the cotton pad and then wrapped it around the nail. It may be easier to do your most dominant hand first...I started with my left hand then struggled with the right...lol (luckily hubby was close by for reinforcement).

The cotton pads should be secured around the nail with a strip of aluminum foil.

Continue the same process with each nail. Leave the acetone on for 15 minutes. 

Remove the foil (beware...your cuticles/surrounding skin may be a little dry...but that can be easily fixed with some cuticle cream/oil). You should see that the polish has started to lift a little and soften. Gently scrap off the polish using your cuticle pusher.

Continue the process for all nails and then your done. It took about 10 minutes to do both hands.

To continue the clean up process, I went over each nail with my 4 way buffer to remove ridges, smooth, even, and shine the nails. The process, while a little tedious, is very doable on your own...especially if you don't plan to have gelish applied again any time soon. Hope this helps someone!

Wedding Nails!!!

Hey dolls! I've been gone for a little over a week on my honeymoon to Jamaica after my wedding on 4/30/11. Everything was absolutely beautiful! I wanted to share the mani I got done for the wedding before we left, but yea...there was just no time for that. I decided to get gelish polish applied for the wedding so that I would not have to do my nails on the honeymoon...who wants to worry about polish chipping then right. I'm not a traditional french manicure girl by any means, so I decided to go with a deep purple polish (the wedding colors were apple green and dark purple with accents of yellow). All of the bridesmaids and hostesses also wore shades of purple or nude tones as well. Our photographer got some great pics of our nails, so I'll share those later.

This was my first time trying out gelish polish, and I must say it was an experience. The nail tech did not seem very experienced in the gelish application. The coverage was uneven and she had to redo several nails. She cut my cuticles in a manner that left them uneven and ragged. I left there feeling like I should've done my nails myself. I got them done the Thursday before the wedding and I just didn't have time to get them redone. Overall they look okay, but I'll definitely request someone else if I choose to get it done in the future. Now on to some pics...I took them on the following Monday after the wedding. The color is Night Reflection.

I really liked the color, but as I said before, the application was not good at all. I'll make a post tomorrow on how I removed it.

Here are a few other wedding day pics :)

The BMs carried the cutest parasols :)

hubby and I

Between the Zoya Earthday Exchange and my Sinful Colors polish haul, there are lots of swatches ahead. Happy polishing dolls!