3 Easy Ways to Remove Gel Nails at Home

Soaking your nails off is obviously a little more time intensive, but if you need to remove gel polish at home, it's still a good method. "You save plenty of time on the application and long wear of a gel manicure, so the trade-off is committing to the soak-off process," celebrity nail artist, Elle Gerstein, tells POPSUGAR.

You can do this by buffing your nails with a nail file — like this Flowery Duraboard Nail File ($2) — for a minute just to remove the shiny top coat. Then you can fill a bowl with hot water and Salon Gel Polish Acetone Remover ($5) and soak your nails for about 20 minutes, removing the paint with a nail scraper. If it doesn't all come off at first, you can repeat this process until you're able to scrape off all the remaining paint.