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. I had my nails done yesterdaywith fake acrylic nails and after a day have decided they are a bit too long for me. This is what your nails should look like after filing them down. Make sure you dont file the natural nail because you can make a groove in the natural nail you dont want.

Take nail file start filing down where the nail acrylic meet. As you can tell the nails all look much more natural and although theyre not. Make sure you are in a well-ventilated area as the fumes from the acrylic are so strong.

Yes you can file them i think they look better shorter as well. Press firmly file away. Then use a buffer to make your nails look tidy.

I have acrylics every now and then to keep nailbiting at bay. Rinse your hands with soap and water. First run your nail file across your nail in one direction then rotate it at a 90 angle and run the file over the same spot again.

Long nails make my fingertips claustrophobic so I file the falsies every few days to keep them really short. You can thin them out using a motorized nail grinder if you. Basically you want to file down the beginning of the acrylic so that if you run your finger over the nail it feels smooth.

Do this to all 10 nails then cut them to your preferred length. Just make sure you dont over file. To attach your new acrylic nail first buff and file your natural nail then attach the replacement nail with adhesive gel.