Review (5/5): It works!
This served its purpose - I’m sure it’s toxic as all get out but, so is soaking your fingers in acetone, atleast this is super localized to the nails vs whole fingertips In foil wraps or fingers if you soak in a bowl. I totally forgot to buff my nails before using & it needed 2 tries to get it off. The first time (results are first pic) it seemed to basically remove the tough top coat layer & rough up the colored polish, my gel polish was a base coat, 3 coats of color & a top coat. The top coat is what takes a lot to soak off I believe which is why I think it’s going to give a better result to really scuff/coarse file the top of the color before applying this so it can really soak into all the gel layers. The second coat (applied in second pic) got it to soak all the way through & soften all the gel (last photo) & it all easily wiped or scraped off with a cuticle pusher.
I wouldn’t want to do this every couple weeks (but I didn’t want to do the soaking either) so this was a great solution for me to “quit” gel manicures without going to the salon & having it ground off or removed in a damaging way without having to decline future manicures. I do wish they used this AT the salons for easier removal! Wayyy better than soaking your fingers in acetone or having them “carefully buff” the layers away aka some of your nail every single 2 weeks - awful way to remove.
I had it on my toes too! I buffed/scuffed the crap out of the polish & applied one thick coat & it removed with ease. Wish I had taken photos of afterwards but it came off completely so I forgot & went about my natural nail life LOL.
Recommended if you want to quit gel polish like me!