Fixing A Broken Acrylic Nail

This gives support for the nails until they grow out and could be finally cut.

Fixing a broken acrylic nail. Poly gels are also great to fix broken acrylic nails instead of glues she tells Allure. Lifted acrylic nails are a major bummer. Take a brush and use some acrylic to shape your nail.

Apply UV gel or acrylic to the chipped area of the nail in a light sweeping motion for UV gel and in a brush on method for acrylic until it is filled in. File the crevice down to the natural nail just until you get to the natural nail. If the acrylic around the crack has lifted file the lifted product away as well.

When the nail gets injured the whole nail wont get ripped off easily. Dont forget to spray alcohol and wait until it drys before you apply any type of adhesive. Carefully clean as much as you can.

Cure for 30 seconds. Apply gel to the bottom of the nail bed near cuticle but not on and fill in where gel or acrylic has begun to recede. If the natural nail under acrylic didnt break then take off the acrylic part from the cracked place.

The best way is to soak it in acetone that is kept warm by an extra hot water bowl. Nail glue is applied over the area to connect the broken nail. Scrape the softened acrylics off your nail using an orange-wood stick or cuticle pusher every 5 minutes until no more acrylics on your nail.

If The Natural Nail Is Affected. However if you do not want to cut the nail down and depending on the extent of the break nail glue can be used to fix temporarily but remember if doing this the nail will still be. If there is pain then thats a sign that the acrylic nail has removed part of the natural nail with it.