The Pioneer Woman Makes Everything Look Easy

A little over three weeks ago I got the shellac on my nails from a local salon.  I hardly ever take the time to go get manicures and pedicures, and I always mess up my polish or don't remove it for way too long afterward.  Even when doing my own nails, I  have the amazing ability to be really lazy about repainting them or even taking off my polish. When I heard that this shellac treatment was more of an acrylic, wouldn't mess up, and would stay on without chipping for two weeks, I decided to go for it.  The results were great!

Two weeks later, my nails had begun to grow out, but it still wasn't bad enough for me to remove (refer to earlier comment about being lazy).  I stumbled upon an older post of Pioneer Woman's detailing her own shellac experience and removal.  (See, to remove the shellac, the salon wants you to come back, pay them to remove the shellac, tell you how, "dry your hand look", and tell you that, "you should get manicure today.")

 

PW bought pure acetone, soaked her fingernails to begin peeling of shellac, and gently scraped the shellac away.  Today, I bought pure acetone, soaked my fingernails...soaked my fingernails....no peeling, scraped the shellac...scraped the shellac, SCRAPED the shellac..., soaked my fingernails...you get the picture. 

And, still, no clean, strong nail here.  Look how scary my skin looked.   I used my nails to scrape and scrape and that hurt them, too.  It just was a lot harder than she made it out to be.  I outsmarted the shellac at one point and cut my nails down to create the effect that I was successful.  Don't look too closely.  Pioneer Woman makes everything look easy.