Top Tips For Gel Polish Removal

Removing Gel Polish from your clients can trigger feelings of dread, but when it’s a brand you are familiar with like Cuccio Veneer Gel Polish it makes the removal side so much easier.

Here are our top tips on gel polish removal to help speed up this process.

Using our Cuccio Gel Removal Solutions, we have a step-by-step removal process on how to remove gel polish using Cuccio products and professional industry-backed top tips.

Steps to a Professional Gel Polish Nail Removal

Step 1 File off the topcoat with a blue centred file (80 grit)

Step 2 Soak a cotton wool ball or pad in one pump of your chosen nail soak off solution and place it on the nail

Step 3 Wrap each nail in foil. You could use the Veneer Soak Off Mates if you choose a Veneer Soak Off Solution.

Step 4 Place a towel around the hands so the heat accelerates the removal process. Encourage your client to relax.

Step 5 Check the first nail after 10 minutes. Lightly scrape away the product. If it does not come away, leave it soaking for another five minutes.

Step 6 Once all the product is off the nail, lightly buff the natural nail with a yellow softie block

Step 7 Spray the nail with the Antibacterial Cleansing Spray and wipe away excess dust

Step 8 Finish with a cuticle oil and body butter

How to remove Gel Polish Nails with Acetone?

You can remove nails with a Cuccio’s professional grade Acetone solution as per the above process

Acetone can be harsh on the nail but in a tough removal, it gets the job done make sure you over massage the cuticle with lashings of Cuticle Oil and Cuccio Body Butter as the hands can get very dry.

How to remove Gel Polish Nails without Acetone?

To remove nails without acetone, we offer an alternative with Cuccio Pro Soak Off Gel Remover This is one of our favourite products of all time.

It soaks away the Veneer and any build up that remains on the nail.
It conditions the nail and soaks off any builder gels.
It leaves the nail nourished and soft rather than brittle as it contains conditioning oils.
Again, the conditioning oils really set this nail removal product apart as a winner.