Buying Guide to Wholesale Nail Polish Remover
You’re paying too much for packaged nail polish remover at the nail supply store.
Whether you own a chain of nail salons or you just opened your first one, the best advice you will ever receive is to buy your nail polish remover as bulk acetone.
What is in nail polish remover?
Many beauty supply wholesalers, wholesale nail polish suppliers, and many retail beauty product retailers don’t want you to know that the active ingredient in nail polish remover is just simply 100% Acetone, it is bulk acetone, and you need nothing more than 100% Acetone to remove nail polish.
The fact is that packaged nail polish remover is anywhere from 98% to 100% acetone. Acetone nail polish removers consist of acetone as the main solvent. After the acetone, some nail polish remover makers will add some fatty material such as castor oil or lanolin, or scented oils, but the main ingredient, the ingredient that removes the nail polish, is acetone, and acetone only! All other ingredients are for cosmetic or fragrance purposes only.
Compare the costs of nail polish remover and bulk acetone
- The costs of packaged nail polish removers can start at almost $2.00 an ounce with some charging $6 or $7 an ounce for the extra additives and packaging.
- The average cost of bulk 100% acetone is $.60 per ounce and this is a huge savings buy buying acetone nail polish remover wholesale in bulk
Don’t waste money on the pretty bottles and fancy names, buy the acetone yourself in bulk and then pour it into attractive containers yourself for use in your salon.
Customize your own nail polish remover
Some salon owners and nail design professionals like to step up their acetone nail polish remover and add a personal touch using natural additives and essential oils. Here’s a list if ingredients that have reported good results when added to acetone.
- Glycerin – Wonderfully moisturizing for the skin.
- Jojoba Oil – Closely resembles skin’s naturally produced sebum. Absorbs quickly, retains moisture, & heals.
- Grapeseed Oil – Easily absorbed, light & gentle. Antioxidant & Anti-inflammatory.
- Nourishing Vitamin E, proteins & minerals.
- Purified Water – Usually added along with other items so that the ingredients will mix with the acetone remover.
A quick and easy tip I learned from my manicurist is to add olive oil to your acetone nail polish remover to nourish your nails.
Another great tip is to add essential oils or fragrance oils such as lavender, jasmine or sweet orange to give a more pleasant fragrance to your nail polish remover.
Once you’ve come up with your favorite formula you can print up some branded labels and call it your own house brand of nail polish remover – won’t your customers be impressed!
Check out our recipe for DIY nail polish remover.
Acetone has many uses in the salon
Acetone is not only a nail polish remover but it’s also a great disinfectant and stain remover to use in your salon. Check out our post on the many uses of acetone.
Non-Acetone Polish Removers
Many expensive nail polish removers claim to be “non-acetone”, natural, safe, and other words to imply that using acetone is not the best choice for nail polish removers. The truth is that non-acetone removers use less aggressive solvents like ethyl acetate, isopropyl alcohol and propylene carbonate. Even polish removers labeled as “natural” or “organic” still use a solvent, they just don’t use acetone. These formulations don’t dissolve the polish coating as efficiently so you’ll have to work harder to take off the old polish. As a professional, your time is valuable and you must always appear affective and professional to your clients – so make sure you’re using a professional level, highly effective product like bulk acetone, just make sure you give it a moisturizing property and your own branded scent combination.
Save money on your nail salon expenses with bulk acetone.
Anyone who has ever started a small business, and especially a nail salon, knows that money all expenses need to be carefully watched and controlled, and controlling beauty supply expenses is one often top 3 priorities for a salon owner, Buying bulk acetone is one of the easiest and smartest ways to continue serving your customers while keeping costs as low as possible. Subscribe to our newsletter and we’ll send out discount codes for bulk acetone whenever we get them.