CND Shellac - Romantique 7.3ml/0.25 fl oz

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You can use any color in CND’s vast palette for the nail tips when doing this style of French manicure.

No need to remove the top layer of the natural nail for better bonding, like you may have to do with some other gel nail polishes. Want to know which shades to ask for, or which to use if you’re a DIY mani kind of girl? Our expert recommends OPI’s Love Is In the Bare or Bubble Bath for the perfect natural manicure. “For a polished finish, we also love CND Romantique – a delicate, creamy colour which can be built up coat-by-coat to get the perfect look,” she adds. After that apply 2 layers of the color Shellac polish, curing each layer in the lamp, before applying the next one. Cream Puff is CND Shellac’s and Vinylux’s most famous shade of white in their huge array of nail polishes.

Paint the white tip, also known as the smile line, with a couple of swipes along the edge of the nail (from side to center) of Shellac Cream Puff or Shellac Studio White. It’s best to use lamps manufactured by CND for curing Shellac because they are set up precisely for working with Shellac.

Finish your manicure off by applying one layer of Shellac top coat, curing it under the lamp, and wiping the nails with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol by using a lint-free wipe. Matte Gel Nails Ultimate Guide: Best Matte Gel Top Coat Brands List [Updated] Plus Gorgeous Matte Gel Nail Designs Clearly Pink, as the name suggests, is actually closer to a clear polish with an addition of a pink tint. It is really sheer.

After you have applied the base coat layer and held it under the lamp, apply two layers of the pink French manicure base color. Such as Shellac Beau, Clearly Pink, Romantique, Negligee, Ice Bar. Since it’s an opaque white color, it’s often enough to use just one layer of Cream Puff to paint the smile line on each nail. It instantly offers full coverage. Before Shellac and other gel nail polishes were invented, it was a pain to do a French manicure with ordinary polishes.

So you can easily paint the smile line and correct it as needed before you dry your French manicure Shellac nails. Wipe off the excess polish from your skin before you cure it with a lamp. Otherwise, it would peel and your manicure won’t hold for the promised 14 days. It’s an opaque pure white polish. Not milky, with no cream or pink undertones. Just simple pristine white. However, you are more dependent on correcting the smile line with a gel brush dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol. Step 3: Securely grip the finger and apply slight pressure to the fingernail. Using a twisting motion pull the wrap/foil off the finger.The look starts with a super clean, simple and minimal manicure, so focusing on fantastic cuticle work and nail buffing to ensure that the nail beds are the star of the manicure,” she continues. “It’s then topped off with a sheer and subtle shade, or even just a top coat – there’s something so chic about having your bare, healthy nails shine through!” Shellac requires a multi-step process to apply it to your nails and to ensure it looks great and stays on the nails for at least 14 days, as CND promises. Vinylux is a new-generation gel-like polish that lasts longer than regular polishes (for up to 7-10 days) and has amazing shine but doesn’t need UV light to get cured. Actually, some people even prefer applying only one layer of a pinky nude polish to make their nails look as natural as possible.

Shellac has a sister polish CND Vinylux, which has absolutely the same color palette as Shellac. All the colors are identical. If you are going for a DIY job, Mavala’s nail expert Lynn Mason has shared a few additional tips to help you, er, nail the look below. Top tips to nail the no-manicure manicure Loved by everyone from Molly-Mae Hague and Maura Higgins to Hailey Bieber and Ariana Grande, shiny and healthy looking nails in an understated hue are the go-to right now, whether on a shorter, natural length or longer looks created with the help of extensions.You can see how to paint a white French manicure smile line in more detail in the video embedded above. Then you need to apply a thin layer of the base coat, and cure it in the CND UV lamp, as the manufacturer suggests. CND Shellac Luxe is a 2-step gel polish system that is ready to remove in 60 seconds with no nail damage. UV Lamp Required. Begin the application of each layer by swiping the brush against the tip of the extension edge of the nail to seal it.