Ditch Your Glitter Polish the Easy Way

Beyond the Beauty Pages, SELF Magazine
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Alexandra Samuel, SELF magazine

Something about this week makes me feel totally clean and fresh...like all my beauty sins from the past year are absolved and I can take on the world au natural. So, my gnarly, chipped glitter nails have to go, obvs, but it's like an emotional endeavor trying to get all that crap off. I'm pretty sure the nail gurus of the world put super glue in that stuff, right?!?! The good news is, I've been around the glitter-polish block a few times and have mastered removal so you don't show up to the office tomorrow looking like a disco ball shattered all over your nails (and not in that OPI-Shatter way).

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You'll need...

  • Ten pieces of tin foil (about 3" by 2" rectangles is perf, but it's not an exact science).

  • Five cotton balls, torn in half to make ten balls total

  • Nail polish remover (my all-time fave is Zoya Remove Plus. Trust.)

  • An orange stick

  • Cuticle oil (or olive oil)

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Soak one of the half-balls of cotton in the remover, place on the nail, then wrap the tip of your finger with tinfoil to keep cotton in place. Repeat on all nails. (I find it easiest to do your pointers and thumbs last). Wait like five minutes. Then, pull one of tinfoil-cotton combos off, pressing down on the nail as you go, and gently use the orange stick to push away any remaining glitter. Repeat on the other nine fingers, rub a little oil on your nails and cuticles, and you're ready for 2013.

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Easy breezy, right?

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