Shellac (Shellac) - a new type of coating for nails, which came to replace the usual for all varnishes and gel coatings, which is a symbiosis of these two components, incorporating their best qualities. That is why it gives the nails an attractive appearance, keeping the manicure unchanged for up to 2, and when creating a pedicure and more, weeks. Shellac is absolutely harmless and, according to the manufacturer, is even useful for the nail plate, strengthens it, protecting it from mechanical stress, as well as saturating it with the useful substances that make up the coating. In addition to all of the above qualities, shellac has absolute hypollerogenicity, which makes it an excellent tool suitable for absolutely every manicure lover.
Shellac is the inventor and manufacturer of the American company CND, which is very popular all over the world and known for its innovations in the field of nail beauty products.
If you dream of a perfect manicure that does not let you down at the most inopportune moment, cracking or breaking away, and that does not take several hours of your time for your application, then Shellac is your tool!
Shellac can be applied both in the nail salon and independently. In order to use Shellac at home, it is not necessary to be a professional. For the successful application of such a manicure, desire, the appropriate mood, confidence in your actions and a set of special tools, which includes everything for shellac, are enough. You can buy Shellac, separately or as part of a kit, in specialized stores or online stores, of which there are currently a lot. This set includes: a tool for degreasing the nail plate (and it is also for removing the sticky layer), a base coat (base coat), color coating, top coat (top coat), gel remover. In addition, an ultraviolet (UV) lamp is required, without which the drying of shellac is impossible.
So, everything is prepared, now nothing prevents to apply Shellac at home independently.
- First you need to bring your fingers in full order: remove the cuticle, give the nails the necessary shape, polish them, because after applying shellac, without harming the manicure, this will be practically impossible to do.
- The next step is degreasing. Do not neglect them, because how exactly the durability of the coating will depend on this. It is necessary to process the entire nail, emphasizing the areas near the cuticle.
- Now it's the turn of applying the base base coat, it must be dried under a UV lamp for 10 seconds. For convenience and time saving, you should process the nails in the following sequence: first 4 fingers of one hand (excluding the thumb), then 4 fingers of the other, and then two thumbs.
- Next, two colored layers are applied, which are dried for 2 minutes each.
- The final coating - top - is carefully applied and dried in the same way, for 2 minutes.
- After applying it, you need to treat each nail with a sticky layer remover, and that’s all - Shellac is done at home! It’s very simple and very fast - it takes no more than 7 minutes to process each nail!
Removing shellac at home is as easy as applying. This is done using a special gel remover. A tampon impregnated with the agent is applied to each nail, after which each finger is wrapped with foil. The product is aged on the nails for 15-20 minutes, after which the coating is easily separated using a wooden stick.
Everything is simple and convenient! Isn't that a manicure of the future?