DIY Soak Off Gel Polish

Suzie shares her tips on how to remove Gel Polish without an E-File - by Soaking Off.
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[@sherilynl4038]

i rub A&D ointment around my nails on the skin before it gets exposed to the acetone. vaseline would also work as a good barrier. i highly recommend it

[@kleineoOoStern]

Sherilyn L it really help but Vaseline is petroleum jelly so it’s as dangerous as acetone if used on a regular basis like once a month. The best way to remove gel safely is to file it really gently to minimise nail bed trauma, it takes a long time to do on two hands and it is compulsory to wear a mask but toxic chemical products must be avoided to keep strong and healthy hands and nails during all our life time ;)

[@FANI-NI]

@@kleineoOoStern Did you just really say petroleum jelly is as dangerous as acetone? My chemistry major self is internally screaming lol Petroleum jelly is safe for external uses and helps hold moisture. Acetone is at most a skin irritant and if you're worried about inhaling it, don't worry if you're in a well ventilated area as you won't even be exposed to such high concentrations of it as a nail polish remover anyways. And no it's not "compulsory" to wear a mask, you're not getting arrested for not wearing one lol I think you mean it's "recommended"

[@janetfelder9621]

That’s a great tip. Thank you

[@LyfeWitDaniiiii]

Thx for the tip

[@user-dk4op2qq1q]

Great idea! Thanks for the tip! ❤

[@laurakuhlmann3752]

I’ve recently been to a salon where they put a hot pack onto my aluminum foil wrapped nails to accelerate and ease the removal. It helped a lot actually. The gel polish came off so easily. However, it made my fingertips feel a little weird for sometime. I guess it was extreme dryness from the acetone soaking into my skin more easily with the warmth. Very gentle method though.

[@Anonymous-iu4qs]

before they take it off again put vaseline on your skin

[@megswanson4206]

My boys love your videos at night. It really helps them calm down. You're like the Bob Ross of Nail Education. LOVE!!!!!

[@gabriellewells9786]

Exactly

[@user-dk4op2qq1q]

This why I love Suzie. She's got the calm, patient, "Mom" vibe that makes me comfortable trying new things and not getting tooooo discouraged when I make a mistake 😊

[@kaliegourley7252]

That what I've always said 🤣

[@daniellezepess]

My nail tech uses pretty much the same process to soak off my dip powder nails. While I'm soaking, we pick out new colors & design (I like to do something different each time), and she'll prep her station (getting all tools ready, pulling colors from storage, etc.) It works well, and neither of us are stuck just sitting there! ❤️

[@mythic_snake]

I got irritated with the tin foil too, so I went online and ordered these really nifty fingertip clips made exactly for this purpose. They're reusable, and you don't have to mess around with foil. Soaking off is what I do when I have glitter polish, because I don't want the glitter to go everywhere and stick to my file or bit. So a cotton pad and these little clips work marvelously.

[@anikawiechert2375]

Hello Suzie, watching your videos here in Germany, I would like to thank you both for sharing your experiences and Charme with us. It is not only your work which is art, but even the making of of your videos is a piece of art. A heartfelt Dankeschön from Germany

[@darkinside2203]

The mother, the big sister advices. I didn't get lucky to have any, but her warms my heart♥️. Love your channel

[@rachelobrien4181]

I just got gel polish done for the first time, I’m so glad you came out with this, I had no idea how I was going to get it off.

[@judygrayson7896]

I learned from a girl that I worked with as a nail tech at The famous Breakers Hotel and spa in Palm Beach Fl. to put a warm towel from the hot towel cabby and draped it over the nails after we wrapped them all. If at home just wet and towel wring it out heat in microwave. Thanks

[@dawnarkidz6848]

EASY SUBSTITUTE TO USE AS SOAK WRAP : I know it is kinda silly, but I use the latex fingertip covers you use when trying to protect a bandaged finger tip. They are marked disposable but I reuse them only to soak. Like I said silly idea but it works with out aluminum.

[@annamariexo3295]

That color is stunning !! Love that you do videos you’re not a huge fan of but you wanna help inform people! ❤️❤️

[@JackiRoxx1]

Thank you Suzie!!! I’m loving these videos as a beginner! I would have never thought to warm it up, but it does make a difference! 🥰🥰

[@elibell19]

Thank you for showing that polosh may not come off at the first try, and not to panic. My local salon was so rough last time I made up my mind to do it myself. I totally panicked when I saw the polish not coming off easily. This video has given me confidence to try again.😊

[@Uquityabtchn]

@ home tip. Heating pad works great during soak off. Keeps your hand and the acetone warm, & speeds things up a little.

[@samanthaquesnelle7886]

Thank you for the wonderful video; your voice and mannerism is so calm and encouraging. I’ve been doing gel polish application and removal on myself at home for some time now; I found some plastic clips/covers on Amazon that keep the cotton soaked pad in place during removals. I have found this so helpful and easier to use than trying to wrap the aluminum foil on all my fingers at the same time. I also enjoy that they are reusable. Thank you again from a fellow Canadian!

[@keegee8703]

Samantha Quesnelle I love the little clips too, especially for glitter polish!

[@candiceprovincial8005]

When you said your in Canada I totally freaked. I would love to get my nails done from you it would be a dream come true. Also your voice is soothing! Love it.

[@Aryn007]

Watching this video just reminded me hard core why I stopped putting gel on my natural nails. I just CAN’T deal with the time and mess and agony of the process.

[@sonyawindbiel6287]

I’m giving up completely. I ordered pressons, but have severe tremors and already know that I can’t do either of these. Time to give up on nails

[@sarahf.7750]

This process really shows why I lost my patience with gel polish haha I should try the multiple layers of base coat to just file off the color that's a great tip 💜 thank you Suzie!

[@dawnie813]

I do my own powder dip nails (since I've been unemployed) so to remove them, I rough up the shiny surface & drench a cotton ball in acetone. I bought these nifty silicone caps at Dollar Tree that hold the cotton on my nails. I wrap my hand in a plastic grocery sack then hold my hand under a heating pad set on low for 20 minutes. (This basically does the same as the steamer/remover, but with items I already have on hand!) When time's up, I remove the plastic bag, silicone caps and cotton balls. No more dip powder, no sticky gooey mess. All is on the cotton ball. I hope this helps some of you DIY-ers out there!

[@NailCareerEducation]

Awesome Advice

[@d.on.in.a]

I just opened KZbin to kill time while waiting for my gel polish to soak off and this comes up 😨

[@Pentapus1024]

They're watching you 😬

[@blessedandbeautiful8365]

I agree. They are watching and listening. 😁 But I'm serious

[@tatianalenton8867]

BlessedandBeautiful 83 aO

[@alihsn3711]

خلطت حلوة

[@courtneycastaneda9933]

Thanks Suzie! I love that you make videos for us DIYers also!

[@ashleycastle4376]

How funny that you dropped a video right now! I was binge watching your channel to put my daughter to sleep (your voice is soothing lol). I get amazing nail knowledge, and she falls asleep quickly! 🥰

[@ambergardner4474]

Using hot water to heat up the pure acetone helps soak off nails easier at home

[@Jolene37]

I do one hand at a time and I file the top coat off first, after wrapping with the tin foil I then wrap the hand I'm working on in a hot towel, speeds it up so much.👍

[@dgirllamius____x]

I have no patience for soaking 😂 I've just got into using acrylic and I use white as a base. When I want to remove my gel, I use my e-file and when it starts to show white, I know it's time to stop filing. I wear a lot of neon colours so the white base helps it pop but it's also a good indicator for removal ;)

[@tammyroyal3377]

Omg! Thank you for this tip! I'm new and can never tell when I get to my natural nails.

[@ameliameiser5126]

I love your channel so much! my highlight of my week I am trying polygel and absolutely love it

[@mur3038]

Just what I need to watch during quarantine! Thank you Suzie!

[@zaram3932]

I love how you keep it real, thank you 😊

[@pinkkay7235]

I love your tutorials your education is perfect I just took off my gel extensions and reapplied them easily because of you.

[@fattybaybby759]

Man!!! I’m sooo appreciative of this video thank youuu!!!

[@janedoe7187]

This video comes at exactly the perfect time! 🤩 As someone who got gel nails done for the first time for a special event about two weeks ago, I was just wondering how the heck I was going to get this stuff off now that it's grown out and not looking great anymore.

[@riveraalanis7958]

Same here, first time with gel too 😂

[@clarewhite3004]

Huh, I thought everyone knew about soaking off gel. Well, I'm definitely going to try heating my acetone, because it usually takes me 20 minutes to soak mine off, and I usually have to file and scrape off the remnants - and I don't have fake nails, so that's a risky business. I don't use gel often, but it's the only option for nail powders.

[@krisb5695]

I put the acetone on and then put my hand under a heating pad, because my hands are always cold so the acetone takes forever

[@floridagirl386]

I use a candle warmer & set my porcelain bowl on it

[@samarabdullah9443]

Thank you for sharing! Love your videos, you are a good educator and have a wonderful personality! Always look forward to watching your videos.

[@Jibijohn-79]

Those lights r awesome 👏🏽

[@twonicorn5184]

Nice video! I just watched like all of your videos and your tips are so helpful!😊

[@kathytarman2302]

Thank you for sharing with us. I do this with my acrylics.

[@emiliarice7786]

I'm so excited to try this! I've had a terrible time with acetone burning the skin around my nails! The skin burns, gets inflamed and swells! 😬😩 Anything to avoid that, I'm going to give it a try!!

[@teresakaczmarski2136]

Hey Suzie... I really love your nail studio... when ever I get my craft room, I plan on stealing your background light idea... Really love it...

[@xaxabianca3421]

Lovely video. Delightfully concise. Thank you so much!

[@nataliah4478]

thank you for this video i flat out held my hands in an acetone bath for 10 mins and it still was so difficult to remove! but at the salon they soak it off in foils and take it off so effortlessly!

[@NancyRa]

A hack I use before soaking my gel off is applying some cuticle oil to keep my fingers a little moisturized :)

[@nanzhi7064]

This was a very helpful video thank you

[@zoethecat7935]

Yes! Please do a video on allergies!!!

[@FavoleSatine]

in addition, i recommend looking into acetone additives, they stop the acetone from being so drying while keeping the removing strength. and if you wish to, there are ones with amazing smells out there 😁

[@MermaidMonica2319]

Perfect timing! I have to remove mine today ☺️

[@jacquelinedimattia774]

Thanks Suzie 🤩😘

[@nelidasotelo3067]

Very well explained💖💅

[@lara_xy]

I have literally started removing my nails and put on youtube to kill the time - now I have stopped and taken in all the helpful tips before continuing :D

[@convenantcreations6017]

Great information. Just starting with gel nails for clients.

[@lesliejohnson7247]

She’s very right folks! I used a hand file to get gel off my natural nail and didn’t pay attention to how fast it was filing off. I also didn’t use a fine grit file. This was months ago! My nails are only just returning to their normal health. They’ve broken and chipped so many times and I’ve kicked myself dozens of times for being so careless. At the time I thought, “Oh this is going to be so easy, I’ll watch my videos while I do it!” A rookie mistake I’ll NEVER repeat my natural nails weren’t that strong to begin with. Don’t be be! Be Suzie! ;-)

[@daniellebaer7166]

Thank you ! Your awesome, very helpful. Love your lights ✨

[@margaretchokochani2213]

I love your work 😍😍😍

[@dayvaashi3553]

Love you so much.....thank you so much for teaching us.love your channel

[@demiw6307]

i'm only 11 and i want to do all this nail stuff and your videos are so helpful

[@lourdessanchez7027]

Your a great teacher love it.

[@comepaintwithme6575]

Hi suzie I have been waiting your channel for a while and it's helped me so much with doing my nail 😁♥︎:)

[@DestineyAmerie]

*Thanks for your tips and tricks❤💅*

[@janicechamberlin2697]

Hi Suzie I just want to let you know the the video you did on short nails really helped me alot before I had very chunky nail that looked way to big for my nails so think very much

[@destinyxo8653]

Wow I’m so glad I found this channel!!!

[@Julie-oj5xm]

Hi Susie, I’m new to your channel and I Love it! I’m learning a lot from you thank so much for the videos. Thanks again for sharing. Greetings from Montreal very cold today.💐☺️

[@shayloveeee]

Your room looks cozy, ya voice is nice & the tutorial was helpful lol ♥️

[@christinad4432]

I’ve been binge watching Susie all week for some reason lol🤷🏼‍♀️🙃 I’d love to see behind the scenes of Susie’s life. Does she vlog ever? If not, she really should. I’m not a professional when it comes to nails at all! Most of the amazing designs she does I will never do lol🤷🏼‍♀️😬. But I watch anyway because I find it so fascinating. I’d love to see BTS of how it all works and I’m sure other subscribers would too

[@diannamichalidas9014]

Thank you so much! I use dip powder which I am pretty sure this will work the same. Thanks again!

[@Tonya8895]

Best channel on KZbin! Thank you Suzy and Camera man! 💋

[@CaroleMorin]

I'm going to file mine off from now on. I totally destroyed my natural nails because the gel came off on my nail bed but not on the free edge. Being a former nail tech, I knew this would happen but I got tired of waiting and filed and scraped it off. Now I have very short and super soft nails (probably only one layer left). I can use an e-file and just recently bought one. Thanks for the 2-layer base coat advice, I'm going to do that.

[@yosramirezsv]

I was just looking this up yesterday! Thank you! I want to see what you will create next after that destroyed acrylic tho 👀

[@konvaliastreams]

Hey Suzie!! I have a question: I'm just starting off with doing nail extensions on myself, and I have an issue with my polygel going under my natural nail. I always try to get the form as close to my nail as possible, and polygel isn't a runny product, so I'm really surprised that this keeps happening and I can't seem to find a solution to this :( Do you have any tips on how to avoid it? You have been an inspiration for me since the very start in my nail journey and I learned everything I know from you! I absolutely adore your work. Thank you so much for all of it!!

[@comepaintwithme6575]

I love your channel it's so helpful ♥︎:)

[@LaraStar]

Love it! Suzie

[@oliviaalexandra666]

Thank you!!

[@user-dk4op2qq1q]

Hi Suzie! I just want to tell you how much I love your videos. My husband gets a kick out of "Cameraman" and I learn so much from watching you. Please keep your videos coming! ❤

[@mikaylaweaver3281]

Hey!!! I've been waiting for one of tour amazing videos!!!I want to work with you when I am older!!

[@siouxhazeldon2545]

I'm with you Suzie, I like a coat of clear acrylic on my nails & to file down to the clear acrylic. Soaking takes too long. If someone prefers a soak off, I like to have some foils pre cut. If you have some blunt scissors, tin foil is a great way to help sharpen the scissors. (A good tip for you 😊) 💖💅😊😘

[@sandrakitic1383]

Hi...I'm doing my own nails with gel polish, and I also use two coat of base gel and to soak it off I use gel polish remover...It works just fine...

[@karmingoeppner6940]

Hi Susie! Is this also a good way to remove the dipping powder polish?

[@youngmeeyam]

Thank you for sharing this!! Can u share how to do those flower nails on your other hand? They are really pretty!!

[@roxaanj.duminy8686]

I love, love, love your channel. And would like to think that I've watched all of your videos. I do nails, acrylic, gel, hybrid, etc. from home and have quite a few clients. I haven't studied anything along these lines, all I know is self taught and researched by articles, and watching KZbin videos (recently mainly yours). I've noticed recently that a few people would let me know 1 week (or less) later when a nail has popped off, or they experience some polish lifting (1out of 4 clients thus far)... especially with gel & hybrid or polygel. Now I follow the process of ensuring that the product isn't applied against the cuticle area; and I've started to use acetone to whipe and help dehydrate the natural nail bed before applying the product but alas... I'm hoping I could enquire from you about what it could be that I'm doing wrong, or is it that some just have more oil in their natural nails than others? Xoxo 🇿🇦

[@lizbethpacheco9557]

I just put acetone in a bowl and put my nails on it after I filled the top and for 8 to 10 minutes and it's done, also sometimes I covered the bowl with a towel and that helps so I don't have to use a lot of cotton pads and a lot of aluminum

[@karinasmith3301]

You have such a beautiful gentle voice I love watching you! Xxxxx

[@garyandcathyamerine4810]

Please do more videos. Love watching you.

[@sherlock7898]

Thank you so much for this video! I love to paint my nails at home and gel is my go-to polish because it lasts longer than regular nail polish and I just like the way it looks on my nails. The removal process is the worst though. I finally figured out why. I've been using regular nail polish remover. My natural nails are worn down bad because I got frustrated and started filing and scraping. I am going out right now and picking up some acetone. This video saved my nails!

[@Bnice0124]

I been doing my nails for a long time now and used different acetone and the one Suzie is using has been the best for me.

[@berrysoftandchewy]

This was so funny cuz it’s so accurate, I feel the same about the soak off thingy 😂

[@princessmiya3442]

Do you use a dust collector you use with your e file? If so do your have a dust collector recommendation? I’m trying to get into doing acrylic sets at home and I’m having trouble picking out a good one. I love watching your videos they’ve helped me so much! Much thanks to you and camera man for the quality content! 💕✨

[@wonderwonder30]

Amazon has little nail clips for soaking off your gel polish or acrylic, there pretty cool.

[@nfaf7520]

Hi suzie! Which brand or brands of acetone do u recommend? Love your vids! Xx

[@yeetpea5302]

This is what I do on myself since I put gel on my natural nails. (Also want to point out that I'm trained in gel nails, so don't worry! I'm not being silly with the products.) I've also found that applying 2-3 base coats works best for me since I have SUPER sensitive nail beds. 🤣

[@alycat9186]

Do you mean the gel base coat or a base coat for regular nail polish?

[@feliciabourque]

I'm definitely going to try this because the nail polish I have WON'T REMOVE my nail polish at ALL. I don't have gel nails but it doesn't come off when I want It to. If you have any tips it would help Me out a lot

[@friday8370]

I didn't see this, and hear i am with my peeled off damaged nails

[@katrhinehart6188]

Me too.

[@KathyMcDowell1]

Thanks for the vid even though I hate soaking!

[@abbieravary2870]

I love you so so so much You’re so helpful

[@shaunacorrigan9372]

I use the simply nailogical method and use peel off base coat first on my natural nails, just leaving a little border around the whole nail, then apply my gel base, color, and top coat. Then I don't have to soak it off, just peel then buff the edges

[@rynfiaryn]

I use CND Offly Fast. It works way better than acetone for soaking off. It's also moisturizing instead of drying.

[@shawnahuebner3050]

What file bits would you recommend? I have the brown ones that look like sandpaper. And they really take longer to remove gel or filing.

[@femketjeNL]

I always soak it off too, works really well :)

[@tarawilliams3668]

I love using plastic nail clips with some acetone soaked cotton. Works wonders! Don’t even have to file off top coat 😁

[@grace.fuhrmann]

i did this on my nails yesterday to get my polish off. i have long long natural nails too so it takes away all the unnecessary rubbing off the polish

[@MissZoei]

I wish I’d watched this before ripping my nails to shreds trying to remove my gel polish 😭 I left it on for 15 minutes, but I guess I didn’t file it down enough first! Definitely going to do this next time! Thanks Suzie!!

[@reneemondragon7203]

I love using blue soakoff

[@bebita58]

I love you Suzie :)

[@BrynneC]

I use some little plastic clips I got from Wish instead of foil when I soak off my gel polish. Less waste and stays on better than the foil in my experience.