How To Remove Nail Polish Without A Nail Polish Remover
You don’t actually need DIYs to get rid of your nail polish unless you run out of the nail paint remover. So, you are all set for the party, your dress looks great, your makeup is perfect but one look at your nails and you realise that they look hideous because you forgot to remove your chipped nail paint. You run to grab the remover bottle but sadly it’s empty.
What do you do now? It’s too late to get a remover and those chipped nails are really ruining your look. Now, is the time that these DIYs come handy.
1. Lemon
Lemon is a natural ingredient that is even used for manicures. The citric acid in lemon can be really helpful to remove nail paint naturally.
Directions:
Add some liquid soap to lukewarm water and soak your fingers in this soapy water for about 5 minutes.
Now take a lemon slice and rub it on your nails. This will help soften the nail polish and make it come off easily.
The acidic nature of lemon can make your fingers dry. So, rub some moisturiser or oil to keep your hands soft and supple.
2. White Vinegar
Just like lemon, vinegar is also acidic in nature and can help breakdown the pigments of the nail polish. You can even use a vinegar solution mixed with lemon juice to make this DIY ingredient more effective.
Directions:
First, soak the nails in warm water for 15 minutes.
Mix equal parts of lemon juice and vinegar or take just vinegar.
Use this mixture to remove your nail paint. Soak a cotton ball in the solution and rub it on your nails.
You can also simply soak your hands in the vinegar and lemon mixture for 15 minutes and then rub your nails with cotton to get rid of the nail paint.
Moisturise or apply nail oil afterward.
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3. Alcohol Or Alcohol Products
Alcohol is a good solvent to soften nail polish. Isopropyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol should be your first choice. However, there are many products that contain alcohol (ethyl glycol) and can also be used if you don’t have rubbing alcohol. Alcohol is a good solvent, but it's still not the same as acetone or toluene so it will take more time than nail polish removers.
The stronger the alcohol content the better a product will work. You can try these products other than rubbing alcohol:
Perfume
Hair-spray
Hand sanitiser
Spray-on deodorant
Directions:
First, soak your nails in lukewarm water to soften the nail paint.
Wet a cotton ball with alcohol or any of the products mentioned above and use it to wipe off the nail paint.
To keep your nails healthy, use a moisturiser or a nail oil.
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4. Nail Polish
Although this sounds wrong, nail polish actually helps remove nail polish. Nail paint dries up because the solvents that keep it in liquid form evaporate if left exposed. Once you reapply a coat of nail paint again, the solvents soften the polish.
Directions:
Apply any old nail polish on your nails. But it should not be the quick dry one.
Use a paper towel to immediately wipe it off.
If it doesn’t come off in the first try, give another go.
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5. Toothpaste
Toothpaste contains ethyl acetate which is also present in the polish remover. Use a white toothpaste for this hack. Furthermore, toothpaste with baking soda, a well-known natural cleaning and bleaching agent, gives good result.
Directions:
A dollop of toothpaste is all you need. Put a small amount of toothpaste on your nails.
Start scrubbing your nails with an old toothbrush or a paper towel.
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6. Hydrogen Peroxide
If you have hydrogen peroxide available. This could be a very effective way to remove nail paint.
Directions:
Mix two parts hydrogen peroxide with one part hot water.
soak your hands for 10 minutes in this solution.
Make sure that you soak your fingers in the hottest water you can tolerate.
Lightly use a nail file to file away the polish.
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Final Tips:
Keep in mind that these methods are only alternatives to nail paint removers. They will in no way be as effective as the commercial ones. But since they are acetone free, which is a key ingredient in most removers, they will not harm you in any way.
I hope that now you won’t have to ever worry about your nails before a party even if you run out of remover.
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