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NervousNell
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Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Odd question but did you notice you got ridges in your nails after removing it?
I took mine off myself and ever since then I have these odd dents in my nails- in the exact shape the polish was and they are growing out - they get a little higher up each week.
I am wondering if by scraping it off myself i dented my nails?
The strange thing though is they are all them same size and shape...like an outline of where the shellac was.
Anyone else get this??
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Do they buff or file your nails down before applying the shellac?
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| Posted 4/26/12 10:04 AM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by headoverheels
Do they buff or file your nails down before applying the shellac?
He used that buffer thing that sounds like a dentist drill before the shellac.
I am thinking that maybe if I had gone back to the salon to get the polish off and redone, they would have used it again and maybe buffed out those ridges/dents maybe?
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| Posted 4/26/12 10:17 AM |
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Smileyd17
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
I come to realize that yes, any scraping or filing is destroying the nails underneath.
I LOVE this concept and i currently have it now, done by a salon, but my last visit, I have noticed....there is damage.
I will be not continue doing them. sux.
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| Posted 4/26/12 12:50 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by Smileyd17
I come to realize that yes, any scraping or filing is destroying the nails underneath.
I LOVE this concept and i currently have it now, done by a salon, but my last visit, I have noticed....there is damage.
I will be not continue doing them. sux.
 I knew it was too good to be true. I knew it.
Back to the drawing board of finding a manicure that doesn't look like utter poop in 2 days and yet doesn't destroy my nails!
I swear, they will find a cure for the common cold before they figure this one thing out! 
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| Posted 4/26/12 12:55 PM |
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headoverheels
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by Smileyd17
I come to realize that yes, any scraping or filing is destroying the nails underneath.
I LOVE this concept and i currently have it now, done by a salon, but my last visit, I have noticed....there is damage.
I will be not continue doing them. sux.
Exactly - they are filing away the layers of your nails. When your nail grows in normally it is "higher" than the buffed/iled part. A little buffing won't hurt but those tools are terrible for your nails (necessary for acrylic and shellac I suppose, but they make your nails thin and weak).
Sucks, though  I still haven't found anything that works!
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
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| Posted 4/26/12 1:52 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by b2b777
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
I did exactly that- but when I took off the foil I still had to kind of scrape off the polish. It peeled right off, but I had to apply a bit of pressure with an orange stick.
Should I have kept it on longer maybe?
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| Posted 4/26/12 2:40 PM |
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by Smileyd17
I come to realize that yes, any scraping or filing is destroying the nails underneath.
I LOVE this concept and i currently have it now, done by a salon, but my last visit, I have noticed....there is damage.
I will be not continue doing them. sux.
This!
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
I did exactly that- but when I took off the foil I still had to kind of scrape off the polish. It peeled right off, but I had to apply a bit of pressure with an orange stick.
Should I have kept it on longer maybe?
Mine pretty much disintegrates ..sometimes i use one of my other nails to lightly scratch it off. None of my actual nail comes off with the polish though. Maybe leave it on longer? Does your nail polish remover have acetone in it?
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| Posted 4/26/12 10:27 PM |
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NervousNell
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by b2b777
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
I did exactly that- but when I took off the foil I still had to kind of scrape off the polish. It peeled right off, but I had to apply a bit of pressure with an orange stick.
Should I have kept it on longer maybe?
Mine pretty much disintegrates ..sometimes i use one of my other nails to lightly scratch it off. None of my actual nail comes off with the polish though. Maybe leave it on longer? Does your nail polish remover have acetone in it?
It lists acetone on the ingrediants , yes.
Maybe I need a stronger one. I think I have seen an extra strength one.
I didn't feel like my nails were coming off when I scraped, but the dents are so bizzare. They are the exact size and shape of where the polish was and they are growing out and up the nail bed. Bizzare!
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| Posted 4/27/12 9:49 AM |
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
I did exactly that- but when I took off the foil I still had to kind of scrape off the polish. It peeled right off, but I had to apply a bit of pressure with an orange stick.
Should I have kept it on longer maybe?
Mine pretty much disintegrates ..sometimes i use one of my other nails to lightly scratch it off. None of my actual nail comes off with the polish though. Maybe leave it on longer? Does your nail polish remover have acetone in it?
It lists acetone on the ingrediants , yes.
Maybe I need a stronger one. I think I have seen an extra strength one.
I didn't feel like my nails were coming off when I scraped, but the dents are so bizzare. They are the exact size and shape of where the polish was and they are growing out and up the nail bed. Bizzare!
That is crazy -- i never had the dents :(
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Re: Shellac Girls- Especially those who have removed it themselves...
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
Posted by NervousNell
Posted by b2b777
If you are doing the Shellac in the bottle (not the jar) you should be able to soak off the gel and not apply any buffing. I soak a cotton ball in nail polish remover with acetone, and apply one to each of the my fingertip and cover in foil. After 20 minutes I take the foil off and viola -- the polish is gone.
I did exactly that- but when I took off the foil I still had to kind of scrape off the polish. It peeled right off, but I had to apply a bit of pressure with an orange stick.
Should I have kept it on longer maybe?
Mine pretty much disintegrates ..sometimes i use one of my other nails to lightly scratch it off. None of my actual nail comes off with the polish though. Maybe leave it on longer? Does your nail polish remover have acetone in it?
It lists acetone on the ingrediants , yes.
Maybe I need a stronger one. I think I have seen an extra strength one.
I didn't feel like my nails were coming off when I scraped, but the dents are so bizzare. They are the exact size and shape of where the polish was and they are growing out and up the nail bed. Bizzare!
try using pure acetone - that's what they use in the salon. i've never had a problem with dents this way. i've also never had anyone file/buff (with the dentist drill thing) my nails before applying it. just a bit of buffing like they would do for a normal manicure. maybe you should change where you're going...
i've noticed that not every play applies/removed this correctly - i've even had some places try to file everything off!  i think a lot of times they're have one person get "certified" or trained in it and then suddenly everyone in the place can do it - not good. just be careful where you go.
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