Don't File Wet Nails Or Run The File In Both Directions Like A 'Saw' According to Dr. Brendan Camp, one of the biggest mistakes you need to stop making with your at-home manicures is filing wet nails.

Cut off excess acrylic nails as close to your natural nails as possible. File or buff nails until the shine is gone from the topcoat. Apply cuticle oil or petroleum jelly to your nail bed. This ...

File Off Most of the Acrylic Layer . Ready your nail file—it’s about to do some work. According to Kandalec, you’ll want to use a coarse file to remove around 80 percent of the acrylic layer.

Take your nail file and remove any leftover acrylic. You’ll want to do this very lightly as well. Do it until there is no more acrylic on your nail.

NYC-based nail artist Julie K spills everything you need to know about acrylic nails, from how to apply, how to remove safely, and what ... 1 medium-grit nail file (220/320 grit) 1 fine grit nail ...

Step Four: Check Your Progress. Check your nails after 30 minutes. If enough of the acrylic has dissolved, you can gently buff away the excess with the finer grit nail file.

If, despite your best efforts, your nails always seem to split and chip before they get to a reasonable length, it could be your filing technique that's at fault, says Lynn Shaw.

Acrylic nails have long been a go-to nail service to add length and strength to your ... Rose says the first step is filing almost all the acrylic from the nails, then cutting the excess length.

Acrylic, gel, and silk artificial nails may make your hands look great, ... You have to file down your natural nails to make it rough enough for the nail tips to bond to it.