Review (5/5): Only meant for gel polish! Works well when used correctly
This is ONLY meant for GEL polish NOT for acrylic powder, dip powder, Poly gel, or builder gel. Why? I don’t know. I’m guessing whatever chemicals in it breakdown the gel polish won’t breakdown the acrylic powder, dip powder, Poly gel, or builder gel in the same way.
This works great! I have tried other gel polish remover before and they just don’t feel right on the nail. It’s hard to describe, but it’s just a weird feeling I get in my nail bed when I’ve applied them. I’ve been trying out different ones hoping to find one that doesn’t feel like that and works really well…I finally found one!
This is easy to use.
-USE NAIL FILE TO REMOVE TOP COAT. This step is important. A lot of people think this step isn’t necessary with a gel polish remover like this. That it’ll remove the top coat too. It might, I haven’t tried it. But, I’m guessing it wouldn’t do it as quickly and easily. Just take a nail file and lightly buff off the top coat. It doesn’t take much.
-Apply a thin coat of the gel polish remover just like you would any nail polish
-Let it sit for 3-8 minutes. It will start to crack/bubble.
-Take a cuticle pusher and use it to push off the nail polish. It should push off easily. You can always add another coat of the remover if it’s not fully off.
I found for me with 2 coats of gel polish on, it usually took me about 10 minutes from start to finish. So much easier than acetone or even a drill! As long as you remove the top coat by filing it off before applying this remover and give it time to work and soften the polish, it’s easy to scrape off!
As a side note, even though this says it’s not meant for acrylic powder, dip powder, builder gel, or Poly gels, I tried it with dip powder. It worked well but did take longer for it to crack/bubble and I had to do 2 coats of the remover. It also worked much better when it was a solid color dip powder and not a dip powder with glitter in it.