How To File Acrylic Nails

Look down at the nails barrel and make sure that the nail looks thin and even.

How to file acrylic nails. Watch me remove this acrylic set step by step. If you use them with natural nails they will tear up your nails. Coarse grits around 80-100 grit should only be used with acrylic nails.

You will only need your hands some cotton balls and a few minutes to give yourself a manicure. Make sure that you are having a first-rate file at home. Step 1.

1 Gel manicures can damage your nails. 3 Watch out for the poisonous triad in gel manicure solutions. They help to prevent the jaggy scratchy edges of the nails in order to give them a fine look.

You will have to twist the finger to do this easily and file on both sides leaving the middle. File down acrylic nails can be accomplished from the comfort of your own home. This video goes over the fundamentals of e-filing.

Also file down the top of your nails focusing on where the nail bed and the acrylic nail tip meets. The first step to learning how to file acrylic nails without an electric file is to purchase the appropriate equipment. Yes you can absolutely use a regular nail file on acrylic nails.

Contents show Gel Nails. Do the other side and then go to the middle and use the file on the top of the nail. Once completely dried tap your unpolished acrylic nails surface with your brush to see if it makes a clicking sound.