Nail Polish PSA: Bye-Bye Foil

I previously did a post about the foil method, which is used to remove stubborn glitter manicures or dark vampy colors, without making a mess of your hands. Well,  today I have an amendment to that previous post, LOL!

Good bye foil..... and hello rubber tips!

I bought these at my local nail supply store for $2 bucks..yep, best $2 I ever spent.   The concept is the same as using foil to remove the polish.

First you get your favorite cotton balls, loose cotton, or cotton pads.

I prefer using cotton pads, but I have used cotton balls ripped up too.  Then I cut the pad into 4 pieces. (I cut a bunch ahead of time and store them in a small container.)

Take one piece per nail, and apply remover or pure acetone...

Apply the pad to the nail. making sure it is covered...

Then instead of wrapping foil  around your finger, you slip one of the rubber fingers on.  The bag I purchased was all size 12's (I didn't even know they came in sizes) , which fit my fingers perfectly, my pinkie (not really) and my thumb (barely), LOL :)

I like to make sure the little holes in the finger are not over the cotton, since I do not want the remover to evaporate faster :) That's it, wait the usual time, just a couple minutes, and the polish comes off, just as it did with the foil.

So no more tearing foil pieces, no more cutting new pieces of foil...no more foil period!

Just easy, reusable rubber tips :) Check out your local nail supply store or office supply store for rubber tips

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Glitter Removal

I was at CVS this weekend...SHOCKING!.....and I saw that they had a new cotton pad for removing nail polish.

It has two sides, one soft and the other exfoliating bumps.

See they have "exfoliating beads" in the pads

I wouldn't say that there are actual beads in here, but they are bumpy and harder, not just "quilted" like toilet paper :)

So I decided I would give these a try and see if they remove glitter and glass flecked polishes easier than the "foil method".

Currently I was wearing Sally Hansen "Laser"

I had on 1 coat of  base coat, 1 coat of a nude color and 2 coats of "Laser", and 1 coat of top coat.

4 fingers later, this is the result.  I know, I know it looks gross, but its important to note that although these have beads, they are really thin, I mean LOOK...there are 3 holes in the cotton pad.

So I decided to use these for my usual "foil method" on my other hand.

I like to cut the pads into 4 pieces.  I use one piece per nail.

I saturate the pad with remover (not a difficult task since the pad is thin)...then I wrap with foil, wait a couple minutes, unwrap the foil and remove by slowly pulling the pad off the nail!

Come closer my pretty! HEE HEE HEE HEE!

All gone!

My final verdict: These are no better than regular cotton pads from the drugstore, although I prefer the cotton pads from Japan.  I'm out now, but when I get more I'll show you a picture...they rock! You can find them at most Asian Markets.

These ARE better than cotton balls, no wisps of cotton sticking to everything, but NOTHING, NOTHING works better than the foil method!

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