Shellac Manicure Pedicure

A manicure can add the final touches to your personal style. From stay-at-home moms and 9-5 office workers alike, your nails play an integral part of completing your look.

Shellac nails have become one of the more enduring nail trends over time.

It’s Long-Lasting

Shellac lasts up to two weeks without chipping, providing a great time-saver when life gets busy and appointments become time consuming. In addition, this treatment also helps strengthen and lengthen nails for greater growth potential.

As long as you don’t apply too much pressure, shellac is relatively gentle on nails. However, if yours are already fragile or fragile when starting out it might be prudent to wait until their health improves before applying shellac.

Shellac nail polish differs from gel in that it uses traditional nail polish mixed into its liquid formula for an effect more similar to traditional manicures and less susceptible to smudging or running under UV lighting. As a result, shellac manicures tend to be thinner and natural-looking while curing faster under UV light for faster curing times reducing opportunities for smudging or running.

It’s Easy to Remove

Shellac nail polish is considered less damaging to nails than regular polish; however, its removal requires additional soaking time compared with gel or traditional varnishes. Furthermore, all forms of polish may damage nails when not removed properly from them.

To achieve optimal results, it is highly advised that a Shellac manicure be performed by a nail technician trained by CND. This will ensure the product is applied and removed properly to preserve the integrity of your natural nails below.

Additionally, when applying Shellac polish to your nails, always add cuticle oil for optimal nail health and strength. Doing this will keep the cuticles soft and nourished and help the polish to stay on longer without lifting. Whenever color starts lifting or lifting off of any one nail begins to lift, don’t pick at your nails as picking can cause moisture under the polish to accumulate under its surface, leading to bacteria growth and nail fungus development.

It’s Healthy for Your Nails

Shellac provides your natural nails with a strong protective layer to avoid chipping. In addition, its breathability enables healthy nail growth. Formulated with CND’s Solaroil to nourish cuticles for healthy nails.

Shellac manicures resemble regular gel polish manicures with a base coat, two color coats and top coat application process; however, what sets this manicure apart is its UV curing technology.

Seney and Lippmann emphasize the importance of not picking at your Shellac polish as this can damage natural nails. Furthermore, they advise taking breaks between getting Shellac manicures to give your nails time to breathe while applying cuticle oil regularly to keep cuticles hydrated.

It is also crucial that when it comes time to remove your Shellac manicure, a visit to a nail salon ensures it is removed safely so as not to harm natural nails underneath.

It’s Pretty

Shellac nail polish is an innovative hybrid between regular polish and gel that’s applied like regular nail polish and then cured under either UV or LED lights for 14-day flawless wear without needing to dry afterwards; plus it looks gorgeous thanks to a high-shine finish!

Shellac nail polish offers limitless artistic possibilities. Nail technicians can create intricate designs, ombre effects or embed gems and stickers in your nails for an eye-catching effect. Plus, Shellac polish removes more easily using acetone than gel does!

Finding a CND nail pro who understands how to apply and remove Shellac nail polish correctly in order to preserve your natural nails is vital, although experts generally agree that as long as the polish is removed regularly and in an effective manner it shouldn’t cause major harm to them.