Homemade Nail Polish Remover

Hi lovelies

Today I have a recipe, but it’s not you would like to eat… Speaking of recipes, I have been so slack lately. I should really do some more baking or something.....

Also, the water bottle isn't actually water but nail polish remover. It was the only bottle I could find. :P

Anyway, this recipe is one that I will be using lots and lots in the future and would recommend to anyone. Nail polish remover is so expensive here (especially when you use as much as I do) and I cannot justify spending $6 for 100mL of nail polish after I worked out the costs of this. Making your own nail polish remover is not something I ever would have thought of doing until I saw this post by Michelle over at Lab Muffin. Her post actually explains the science of this and why it works and stuff like that, so if you’re interested in that sort of stuff, you should check it out. My post is literally, how to make it and why it’s much better than buying the stuff. Also, the instructions are at the bottom of the post, so go there if you just want to know how to make it.

Just to make this all seem very mathematical and scientific, I even put the pros and cons in a table for you. :)

Homemade	Bought
Is cheap (1220mL for ~$13 – based on $10/L for acetone, glycerine at ~$3 for 300mL and water out the tap)	Is expensive (1220mL for $73.20 – based on it being $6 per 100mL)
Effective (due to high acetone content)	Varying effectiveness (depending on brand, acetone content etc)
Is drying to the skin (contains acetone)	Potentially less harmful to skin (if get acetone free stuff)
Reduces wastes (can reuse containers)	Creates wastes (have to buy a new container each time)
Uses dangerous chemical (acetone)	May not use such dangerous chemicals (can get acetone free)
Has no choice (acetone must be used)	Gives freedom of choice (acetone, non-acetone, nourishing, moisturising, nail whitening) *Although I don’t actually know how true these claims are*
Is customisable (can be made more or strong, can adjust the ratio of glycerine, water and acetone)	Not individually customisable, but can buy different types
Is less drying than pure acetone (glycerine helps to moisturise and prevent drying out of the hands)

To me, the homemade stuff wins out against the bought stuff, although I will be completely honest and say that the deciding factor was the price. I am extremely tight with money (hence why I am a sucker for a bargain) and this was definitely the winning factor for me. Actually, if the bought stuff had worked out cheaper, I probably would have continued to use that. Probably.

Anyway, hopefully this was useful and let me know what you think about acetone – yes or no?

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Homemade Nail Polish Remover

Acetone

Glycerine

Water

Container/bottle (I think that an old nail polish remover bottle would work best, but the small water bottle was the only thing I could find. :)

Method

1. Put 10 parts acetone with 1.2 parts glycerine into your bottle and give it a good shake
2. Add 1 part water and give it another good shake
3. Ta-da! All finished

See, really, really easy. :)