Step 5: Rehydrate - ensure you rehydrate the nail plate and cuticles with a cuticle oil and repeat this twice daily to maintain and promote longer wear. 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.

However, you are more dependent on correcting the smile line with a gel brush dipped in Isopropyl Alcohol.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. And you also need to make sure no polish is left on your skin, especially when you seal the edge and paint the white tips. Begin the application of each layer by swiping the brush against the tip of the extension edge of the nail to seal it. Actually, some people even prefer applying only one layer of a pinky nude polish to make their nails look as natural as possible. One of the latest trends in nail design is doing CND Shellac and Vinylux French manicure with a colored smile line instead of a white one.

How To Removal CND Shellac Gel Polish• Step 1: Saturate the cotton pad of a remover wrap or foil with an acetone-based remover. If you want to make a colored smile line instead of the white one use any bright or pastel-colored Shellac instead of Cream Puff or Studio White on the tip of the nail. 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. 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. Colour Layer: Seal the free edge and apply an extremely thin, translucent layer of CND Shellac Luxe Colour Coat to all five nails

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I don’t recommend applying only one layer of Clearly Pink. It would be barely noticeable on the nails. So 2-3 layers are the best.

So you can easily paint the smile line and correct it as needed before you dry your French manicure Shellac nails. 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. Then you need to apply a thin layer of the base coat, and cure it in the CND UV lamp, as the manufacturer suggests.

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You can see how to paint a white French manicure smile line in more detail in the video embedded above. It’s best to use lamps manufactured by CND for curing Shellac because they are set up precisely for working with Shellac. After that apply 2 layers of the color Shellac polish, curing each layer in the lamp, before applying the next one. 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. It’s an opaque pure white polish. Not milky, with no cream or pink undertones. Just simple pristine white.

How To Apply CND Shellac Gel Polish• Step 1: Meticulous Nail Prep - ensuring to push the cuticle from the nail plate and remove all surface contaminants with a cleanser. CND Shellac is the perfect nail polish for a French manicure because with the right application it can stay on your nails for at least 14 days, as CND promises.

Before Shellac and other gel nail polishes were invented, it was a pain to do a French manicure with ordinary polishes. Cream Puff is the perfect white color for painting the French manicure nail tip, which is also called the smile line. 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