What Household Items Can You Use to Make Acrylic Nails?

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How to Make Fake Nails at Home

You will need nail polish remover, rubbing alcohol, cotton balls, a nail file or buffer, and basic cuticle oil.
You can make fake nails using household items or gel extensions, dip powder, or plastic nails with super glue.

DIY Fake Nails Application

  1. File nails to match shape.
  2. Fix cotton to nails with clear polish to make them sturdy.
  3. Apply your favorite color.
  4. Soak off fake nails with rubbing alcohol and cotton balls.
  5. File natural nails before applying fake nails.
  6. Press-on fake nails look more natural if you prepare the nail bed.

Making Your Own Acrylic Nails at Home

  1. Start by cleaning your nails and shaping them evenly.
  2. Apply primer so acrylics stick well.
  3. Get an acrylic kit with powder, liquid, and brush (avoid MMA, use EMA instead).
  4. Put on tips that fit each nail and apply liquid acrylic thinly.
  5. Dip brush in powder, tap off extra, and apply to nails. Let dry for 10 minutes.
  6. File and buff smooth, add a top coat to seal the color.

Tips for Home Nail Care

  • They last a while, saving salon trips, time, and money.
  • Soak nails in acetone polish remover when done.
  • Keep the work area neat and clean for faster acrylic drying.
  • Practice at home for great looking acrylic nails.

Celebrity nail artist Brittney Boyce started Nails of LA to bring modern nail art to everyone. Follow her press-on nail tutorials to get the look yourself. Start by cutting out your nail shape, filing to smooth edges, fixing to the nail bed with glue, applying baking soda and clear polish for strength, decorating with glitter and colors, and using rubbing alcohol instead of glue remover. Check your nail kit for a file, clippers, polish, and remover to make press-ons last.

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