Zoya Remove Dupe

I came across a dupe "recipe" by the blogger  Loodie Loodie Loodie (I just love her nail care posts) for Zoya Remove. I am a big fan of Zoya's Remove, but just not the price. I decided to be brave and tried to make the nail polish remover. I followed her simple instructions and started brewing. OK, so there really wasn't anything to "brew" per se, but it sounds cooler than I poured some stuff into a bottle and shook. Am I right? So continuing on my little adventure... I am in the kitchen making my little nail polish remover concoction. My husband decides this is a good time to be funny. He starts asking what I am doing, because I am looking very serious mixing, measuring, and pouring. I am honest and say I found a recipe online and I am going to make my own nail polish remover. He looks a little concerned and asks for a list of the ingredients I am using. I tell him and then ask why. I just want to know what I should tell the paramedics after you blow our house up. Yeah, I got a real strong vote of confidence from him. I try to explain how awesome this is, and how it will help save money, yada, yada, yada, and still, the dirty/amused look continues. Fine, I let him have his moment and am thinking you keep you smug smile, because I kick ass and nothing will go wrong. Ha ha. Well, I did make one tiny mistake. I tried to use a plastic measuring cup to mix the ingredients in before putting it in the bottle. You see, it kind of ... well... it melted the container a little bit. Sure, it was my old one from the dollar store that had some surface cracks in it, but I figured if it got ruined who cares right? I quickly corrected my mistake and did what Miss Loodie said to do in the beginning, mix it in the empty nail polish remover bottle. Whatever, I know I should have listened to her, but I wanted to make sure I was mixing it right. Sorry, I digress. To finish up, I created her concoction and by golly it works. I felt like an evil scientist that just discovered a new chemical reaction!! MWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sorry about that. It really worked. I compared it to a mini bottle of Zoya Remove that I have left and it worked identically!!!! I gave a comparison of the real Zoya Remove, the Dupe, and plain old 100% Pure Acetone. I am soo excited!!!!! No more $9.00+ dollars for my favorite polish remover! YIPEEEE!! So, to give you a basic cost estimate, I paid $5.79 for 6oz of liquid glycerin and $3.49 for 16oz of 100% Pure Acetone witch equals $9.28 before tax. I can make twice the amount remover for the same cost as one bottle of Remove. Oh, and I still have plenty of glycerin to make at least 6 more 8oz bottles. Take that hubby who thought you were so funny!! I am done ranting and rambling. I truly appreciate the time Loodie Loodie Loodie took to create and give her Zoya Remove dupe recipe on her blog. Click on the links above and go check her out. She does an amazing job at explaining the science behind nail care. She even has some great videos on nail shaping.

Here is good ole Zoya Remove.

Here are my ingredients. The 100% Pure Acetone and the liquid glycerin. I found the glycerin in the toothpaste isle at Rite Aid. You can get these ingredients at pretty much any grocery store/drug store, I just happened to be there and thought to get these products.

The lovely Zoya Kimmy. Yes, I bought a polish because it had my name in it, shoot me. Besides, I also liked the color.  Please ignore the tip wear and ragged skin, I had a rough week. 

In Order: Dupe, Zoya Remove, 100% Pure Acetone
Tadaa! You can see no real difference in the dupe and the real Zoya remove product. Both took the same amount of time in getting the nail polish off. The main thing to notice is both the Zoya Remove and the Dupe did not dry out the skin like the pure acetone did.

In conclusion, I will no longer be buying the uber expensive Zoya Remove, I will continue to do my experiments at home and create my own. Ha ha ha ha! Thanks again Miss Loodie!

The recipe is: Roughly 1-2tbsp of glycerin to every 200mL of pure acetone. Keep adding very small amounts of water, until the glycerin it completely combined. You can check out her post to see the video on how to make it.

Side note: House did not explode. :)