Instant Gellish Removal...

A number of you asked me how the removal of the Instant Gellish manicure was, so I thought I'd snap a few pics along the way. I removed it after wearing it for almost three days which is not much in gel polish world, but too long for me. Since I did remove it prematurely I cannot comment on how long this particular brand actually lasts, but I will say that I have seen other gel and shellac manicures last for 2-3 weeks on my friends. While I can't imagine wearing anything on my nails that long, they generally remove it because of nail growth rather than the manicure chipping. I would expect this one to perform similarly. However, I'm anxious to get back to my Halloween challenge which is getting way off schedule, so time to remove...

For removal, I followed the same technique that I use for removing glitter. I first soaked a piece of felt in my acetone+glycerin remover and applied that to the nail. Then I wrapped the fingers in foil like little sausages and waited for 10 minutes per manufacturer time recommendations...

When the ten minutes were up, I unwrapped the foil. I expected the gel to transfer to the felt as polish would, but instead it curled up and away from my nail in a single, crumbling sheet. I was able to just flake it off the nail with my fingers...

Majority of the gel stayed in single pieces as I took it off. Please note that the felt I was using is pink, so what you see is the original color of the felt, not stained by the gel...

The ugly side under the gel... a nasty neon pink stain on my nails which almost brought me to tears. Luckily the toothpaste trick worked and I was even smart enough to actually take a few photographs of the process so I can show you a quick tutorial coming up...

I hope this helps!

UPDATE: See the tutorial for stain removal here...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

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