Is non-acetone nail polish remover any better than the regular nail polish remover?
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January 18th, 2010
I hate the nasty chemicals in nail polish and nail polish remover, but every once in a while I paint my nails anyway. When I went to buy nail polish remover today, I saw two kinds – acetone and non-acetone. The non-acetone stuff still has a list of unpronounceable ingredients, and a chemical smell, so I’m guessing it’s still pretty bad for me and the planet. But as long as I’m using some kind of nail polish remover, is it at least a little better to use the non-acetone kind?
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Non-acetone remover will not damage acrylic nails, and acetone remover will. Acetone tends to dry your nails, so if they are brittle, the non-acetone is better.
Actually full strength acetone is what the manicurist uses to remove polish from your acrylic nails. It takes the polish off much quicker and will not damage the acrylic nails. Non acetone remover makes the nails gummy and soft because you have to apply it to the acrylic nails longer to remove the polish.
As far as natural nails, its the same. The acetone polish remover will work faster but could dry your nails out more. i was a nail tech for a long time
Acetone is a pretty nasty solvent, but I’m not sure how it compares to the stuff in the non-acetone remover.
You might want to try this smell-free nail polish. I have it in ‘Merlot’. There is only one drawback – it is hard to remove. They say it can be removed with rubbing alcohol, and this may be true if you remove it soon after you put it on, but I had to scrub pretty hard to get it off. Next time I order from them, I’ll be buying their remover to go with it. I love this product because it doesn’t smell at all.
Non-acetone remover sucks at actually getting the nail polish off, so if you don’t want to be sitting there smelling the remover for an hour while you furiously scrub at your nail, just go with the regular acetone-based one.
Non-acetone remover is less effective than acetone remover.
I always use non-acetone. the acetone will remove the polish quicker, but leaves your fingers dry and ashy looking
Non-acetone remover will not damage acrylic nails, and acetone remover will. Acetone tends to dry your nails, so if they are brittle, the non-acetone is better.
At one time I knew that non-acetone polish remover was what I wanted to buy – then over the years I forgot – with the results that my natural nails have become cracked, peeling, and brittle since I bought this last bottle of acetone polish remover. It took looking up this forum to confirm what I had once known. Time will heal, but its going to be awhile…
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