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It's 2021-no one has a full hour to soak gel nails in a bowl of makeup remover or use small cotton balls to individually wrap their fingers in foil. (Don't even let me start removing the dipping powder from home.)

This general lack of patience prompted me to come to Amazon one day to find a simpler and faster way to remove the hardened gel polish layer without leaving home. I have tried the nail polish remover allegedly used for gel nails-bust-and pure acetone, and nothing has been removed except the moisture layer on my poor fingertips. Amazon recommended a product called Aliver Magic Nail Polish Remover, a small blue bottle that looks like nail polish itself.

Honestly, I think this will be one of the "magic" products that doesn't actually work, but I'm glad I was wrong. After a quick polish, the gel polish almost jumped off the bed of my nails. Take a look at this process and see for yourself.

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