How to Easily Remove Glitter Nail Polish

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How to Easily Remove Glitter Nail Polish

Glitter nail polish is a pain to remove but looks gorgeous on the nails! I used to avoid wearing it since it was so hard to remove but now i dont!(:

Jenna Ritchie

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Supplies.( cotton balls, nail polish remover, and foil.)

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The polish i need to remove.( China Glaze~ Blue Hawaiin)

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First cut your foil into 10 strips.

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Next apply polish remover to one of your cotton balls.

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Then center the cotton balls on your piece of foil.

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Start wrapping your foil over your nail. (Wrap one side over then the other.)

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Then fold top excess down.

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It will look something similar to this.

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Repeat. I do all 10 of my nails at a time, but it might be tricky the first time you do this so you may only want to do one hand at a time.

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Let the foils sit on your nails for 5-8 minutes. Then pinch the foil on your nail and slowly slide it off. And...

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VIOLA!(: Clean Nails(:

You're Done

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10 cotton balls

10 strips of foil

nail polish remover/acetone

awesome!!! :)

Madeline Daunt last month

Acetone nail polish remover works very well for this also. You just soak a cotton ball with it and apply it to each nail and it comes off very quickly

Tiffany Bradshaw last month

Brilliant I tell you!

Charlie M. 2 months ago

Wow, I should've known this years ago! Brilliant!!

Jessica van der Linden 2 months ago

Great idea! Any idea if it'll work with acrylic nails? I'm concerned the polish remover will eat away at the acrylic.

Traci Prest 3 months ago

Works well w/ reg polish too!! Do more nail guides

Sarah Rousse 3 months ago

Worked great! What nail polish is that? Xx

Snapguide Creator 4 months ago

You have gorgeous nails! Love it! Follow me girl! (:

Alayna Carpenter 4 months ago

Great tip!

Andraya Gardner 4 months ago

That's really cool and your nails look pretty!

Alexis Fry 4 months ago

Can you do a tutorial on your nails in this video please x

Amelia Dufty 4 months ago

Wear PVA glue as a base coat and then peel it off :)

Debbie Harries 4 months ago

Beautiful nails! I'm jealous!

Jenn B 4 months ago

Your wearing to much nail polish and your nail is turning yellow

Zoë Porteous 4 months ago

Awesome!

Terry Robinson 5 months ago

I love this!😍

Nure Al-Abdudy 5 months ago

Cool that sounds good I haven't tried it but sounds like it might work ill definetly try it next time I have glitter nail polish on:)

Anika Katt 5 months ago

Thank you!

Macy Hatfield 5 months ago

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Kiera Andrews 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing... Really helpful

Shamini Ashok 5 months ago

Really good idea amazing

H B 5 months ago

Works sooo good! Thank you!!!

Brenna Cayemberg 5 months ago

Will it work on plain nail polish?💅

Kc Ros 5 months ago

Thank youuuuu! You just gave me a reason to love glitter nail polish again! <3

Anne Mahendran 6 months ago

Cool!

Emma ❤ 6 months ago

That reminds me I need to do my nails thx

Alex Gunzerman 6 months ago

Yeah(:

Jenna Ritchie (author) 6 months ago

I used it on a regular nail polish that's really hard to get off and it worked!

💕ʗჩℓơҽ 💕 6 months ago

That's perfect

Madison Horan❤ 7 months ago

How did you get your nails like that?! They're awesome!

Meri 🇺🇸🐨🎶 9 months ago

Thxx I really needed this

💄makeup_ Gal💄 9 months ago

Your nails are beautiful!!!! : 0

Jaciel Salas 10 months ago

Thank you Thank you! I had to take some off today and it was a pain.

Laceshia Thames 10 months ago

Just read your guide and tried it, worked awesome! Thanks 😃

Twyla Giesbrecht 10 months ago

Your nails are GORGEOUS.

K Bo 10 months ago

Great. I has been a problem for ages. 

Tabasom Sam 10 months ago

Thanks for sharing this guide, just what I needed 😃😃

Trine Greve 10 months ago

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Lilah Sherr 3 months ago

No your cuticals are there to help prevent bacteria and dirt from entering. But it is good to TRIM them every once in a while to remove the dead skin and help new healthy ones grow(:

Jenna Ritchie (author) 6 months ago

do you cut your cuticles? if yes, dont do it. if no, than...thats wassup. i hate the cut cutical look lol. plus cutting cuticles makes them peel.

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