Nail polish remover woes

I'm ready to change my toenail polish, but I'm having a terrible time removing the current polish! First I tried a non-acetone remover. It took forever to remove the tiny amount of polish from just my littlest toe, and my hands reeked from the smell for over 24 hours. It didn't seem like that bad a scent when I was using it, but it just wasn't going away despite many hand washings.

So then I tried an acetone remover, an old bottle, admittedly, but does it go bad? This time, nothing was coming off. I have midnight blue polish with sparkles and I was using white cotton balls. Believe, there was nothing getting transferred to those cotton balls. Could the acetone have lost strength? Would a new bottle help? My thumb and forefinger where I was gripping the cotton ball got all dry and rough (which I suppose is why some people favor the non-acetone remover), so some ingredient was still active. But it sure wasn't removing polish.

Am I doomed to have midnight blue nails until they grow out?! Help me, those of you more conversant in these matters.

Success

A fresh bottle of acetone polish remover did the trick! And the new bottle doesn't seem to dry out my fingers as much and so, one presumes, my toes. Thanks for all the suggestions. I did get some of those pads that don't shred as much on the glitter, which also helps.

Putting polish on my fingernails is nearly pointless. With all the gardening that I do, it doesn't last more than 24 hours. But for some reason, it tickles me to have polish on my toenails, and since I don't dig in the dirt with them, it lasts quite nicely. Especially with an armor coating of glitter.

Next up: gold polish, with glitter.