Cracked Acrylic Nail

To attach your new acrylic nail first buff and file your natural nail then attach the replacement nail with adhesive gel.

Cracked acrylic nail. Cut and file it down to match your other nails apply a coat of brush-on gel then dip your nail into the acrylic. Clean with 70 alcohol. Generally the cost of repair one broken nail with acrylic nails is between 3 to 5 and the process of putting acrylics over your broken nail only takes less than 5 minutes without polishing.

Applying an acrylic nail to a broken natural nail can lead to infection. Youve cracked your nail enhancement - now what do you do. When you do wash your hands use antibacterial soap and be sure to wear rubber gloves when doing household chores as this will help protect your nails.

2 If the acrylic or gel nail has split at the top cover it with a band-aid until you can get to a nail salon. Before going forward with any other steps make sure that your nail is healthy has no redness or irritation and is not in any pain. If it bleeds with ache then thats an indication the nail mattress is broken.

Quickly file the acrylic nail down to the natural nail to avoid too much heat buildup around the nail. If your broken acrylic nail is still partially on your finger remove it by soaking it in acetone. Pick tip a smaller wetter ball of acrylic and brush it over the entire nail.

If the crack extends more than halfway across the nail all the product should be removed and a new nail applied. When you use your acrylic nails incorrectly like when you try to grip something you can end up snagging the nail. Glue it down with strong nail glue.

1 Try to keep your nails dry what a great excuse to get out of washing dishes. If nail products are the reason your nails are cracked you may also have. A crack near the stress area of an acrylic nail can be repaired without removing all the product if the crack runs less than halfway across the nail says Vicki Peters NAILS Magazine Show manager and veteran nail technician.