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How to Use Toothpaste as a Nail Polish Remover

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Ever wonder what you can use as a substitute for nail polish remover. I do!

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these are my nails, i wanna clean them out but i dont know where my nail polish remover went. and i always forget to buy a nailpolish remover.

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take your tooth paste and put it on each nail.

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use your nail file and start rubbing it on each nail.

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et Voila!!!

et Voila!!!

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keep rubbing the file on each nail until all the polish is removed:)

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Maddee Bauer

I'm always running out of nail polish remover! Thanks for doing this guide!:)

Maddee Bauer 4 months ago

Tina T

It's great for an emergency. Like if you have to clean it off by the next day but you misplaced your nail polish remover

Tina T 5 months ago

Zita Araujo

I don't recommend this it makes the nail weaker using this method your filing down your nail bed that's damaging

Zita Araujo 8 months ago

Nicole Santos

yeah i dnt recommend using it as an only method of removing nail polish

(author) 9 months ago

Nathalie Khouri

Doing this, your nails will get weaker, because when you use the nail file on the entire nail, you're making it thinner. :(

Nathalie Khouri 9 months ago

Nicole Santos

youre welcome:)

(author) 9 months ago

Haley Bishop

Thanks for posting!

Haley Bishop 9 months ago

Nicole Santos

yeah it takes some time but it works:))

(author) 9 months ago

Michelle Taylor

Genius!!! Just the other day I was googling substitutes! Now to try it out :)

Michelle Taylor 9 months ago

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Emily Jeffers

Great, thanks!

Emily Jeffers 3 months ago

Heath & Trey

Rubbing a nail file on your nails without toothpaste works well

Heath & Trey 5 months ago

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