How To Remove Nail Polish Stains

Today's post is not pretty. But I really hope it is useful, since I'm sure some of you have already had the problem of stained nails. A lot of blue or red nail polishes can stain your nails, sometimes even if you use a base coat. After removing my Heisenberg design my nails looked quite bad, because silly me forgot the base coat before adding H&M - U Must Have This. It is annoying, but nothing that couldn't get fixed! So I will show you my way of removing those nasty stains.

You will need the following items to remove all the stains from your nails and get back the natural color:

separate toothbrush
soap
whitening toothpaste
denture cleanser tabs (optional)
nail buffer

After removing all the nail polish with remover, start scrubbing your nails with the toothbrush and soap. This will remove the first layer of color. Add a bit of toothpaste onto the brush and continue brushing until most of the stains are gone. If your stains aren't that bad, you might already want to stop here. If your stains are really bad you could soak them in a bath with denture cleanser tabs for about 10 minutes. I didn't do that because it was not necessary. For the parts where the brush didn't scrub off all the stains you might want to use the nail buffer now. Please don't buff too much since it can damage your nails! I only do this very carefully for removing stains. When you're done you can either allow your nails to rest and apply a good hand lotion and/or cuticle oil. Or you can go straight to a new design, of course with applying a good base coat first. I'd recommend using hand lotion either way, because it was quite a rough procedure for your nails and skin!

1. After removing the nail polish:

2. After using soap:

3. After using toothpaste:

4. After buffing:

I hope this was helpful!