Q&A for How to Remove Nail Polish Without Using Remover

Most solvent-based nail polish removers are somewhat irritating or drying to your skin and nails. Household alternatives like vinegar, toothpaste, or lemon juice are all relatively gentle.

Acetone can dry out your skin and nails, eventually causing your nails to split or your skin to flake and peel. For this reason, it’s best to avoid using it too often. You can also get acetone-based polish removers that include moisturizing ingredients.

You could take sugar and drop it on the nail polish while it's still wet. This will allow you to scrape it off, leaving no residue.

Soak it in warm water for a good 5 minutes first, then just use soap to clean or use rubbing alcohol.

You could use cotton swabs or paper towels.

The best type of glue for the nail polish base is home and school glue, which is white.

As long as it won't burn your skin, any type of alcohol including drinking alcohol (spirits) or just alcohol based products should work. However, avoid alcohol with high sugar content (such as liqueurs) and low-alcohol content (such as beer or wine) as they won't work or will leave sticky residue.

Wet the surface, add toothpaste (anything white but not gel) letting it sit, then wipe it off.

I would not recommend doing so, as the alcohol is flammable, and there could be a dangerous reaction if you mix it with other substances.

Store bought nail polish remover works fastest, but a cotton ball and alcohol should also work fairly quickly.

You can put some hand-sanitizer on a cotton ball and wipe the paint off. If that doesn't work you can always go to a salon and they can take the nail polish off with their remover.

It only works if you are trying to get the nail polish off while your fingers are still wet.

You use the same process as with regular polish.

Soak your nails in acetone for several minutes in order to break down the hardened polish. Then, gently scrape it off with a flat wooden stick, like a Popsicle stick.

It is hard to paint a dominant hand with your non-dominant hand. The more you practice, the better you'll get, but in the meantime, you could go to a salon or having a friend paint your nails.

Yes! It doesn't matter if the toothpaste contains fluoride or not.

Let your nails dry completely, then take a shower. Do your normal shower routine, such as washing your body and hair. This will help rub the nail polish off your skin.

If you can scrape it off with your fingernails, mix nail polish remover into some shampoo and massage into you hair.

Soak your hands in lemon juice for 10-15 minutes each day until the color disappears.

While you could, it has several drawbacks -- it smells bad, it will dry your nails and skin out terribly and it will be slow going. It's not recommended unless you're really pushed for anything else and if you do use it, be sure to do so in a well ventilated place and add plenty of lotion/moisturizer afterward.

You could, but only for the surrounding skin. Just open a pad or two, and rub on the affected skin, just like you would when cleaning up a cut!

Perfume will not remove nail polish. Nail polish remover is not expensive.

Ask a professional! Go to your nearest nail salon and ask for help. They should offer to either sell you something or remove the polish for you.

It's not too strong unless you have gel polish, acrylics, or dip powder nails. If you're just using regular polish and you claim it's too strong, it means the polish stained your nails. You can only get stains off your nails by buffing them, but buffing takes off the layers of your natural nails that have been stained, making your nails weaker.

Try warmish liquid coconut oil, it might take a little bit more time than nail polish remover, but it still works well for me. Soak it in the coconut oil for around 10-15 minutes, and then rinse it off with warm water. if it's too big to soak, then cover it thoroughly with the coconut oil.

Try gently chipping it off with a butter knife. Avoid using nail polish remover, as it could melt the plastic and leave a very toxic residue that is hard to get rid of.

Filing is an easy way to keep your nails neat and at the proper length. Cutting your nail can sometimes cause unevenness or cracks, but filing will not.

Keep using a lot of toothpaste. If it still doesn't come out, your unique nails would unfortunately need nail polish.

Try putting your nails in hot water (not so hot that it boils your fingers) for about 10 minutes, and then use your nails and pick it off.

Don't! Trim your nails. It keeps them sanitary and prevents breaking. You can even try purchasing false nails for when you won't be doing chores.