How To File Down Long Acrylic Nails At Home
Your nail should now feel even look dull no longer shiney.
How to file down long acrylic nails at home. Hold the tip down for 10 seconds to allow the glue to dry. To attach your new acrylic nail first buff and file your natural nail then attach the replacement nail with adhesive gel. Rinse your hands with soap and water.
Take nail file start filing down where the nail acrylic meet. This is what your nails should look like after filing them down. Make sure you are in a well-ventilated area as the fumes from the acrylic are so strong.
Yes just file them down to a more manageable length - itll be fine. Basically you want to file down the beginning of the acrylic so that if you run your finger over the nail it feels smooth. Apply moisturizer to the nails and skin in order to rehydrate the nails which may dry out from the acetone.
Make sure you dont file the natural nail because you can make a groove in the natural nail you dont want. Its been about a week since I did my own. Next file down the top of the acrylic or gel extension making it as thin as possible.
I have acrylics every now and then to keep nailbiting at bay. You can have them trimmed at your nail salon usually for a small fee or you can also cut and file your nails at home yourself. I had my nails done yesterdaywith fake acrylic nails and after a day have decided they are a bit too long for me.
Be sure to file the sides. As you can tell the nails all look much more natural and although theyre not. Thin out your nails using a nail file or motorized nail grinder.