CND Shellac Gel Polish Cream Puff 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Cream Puff 12.5ml is the workhorse white of the CND Shellac classics. CND describes Cream Puff as an opaque white, applied in two coats just like polish, and points it at two jobs: the tip of a French manicure, and the fashion-forward chalk nail worn as a full flat white. Opacity is the whole point here. A white that goes on streaky or semi-sheer cannot hold a crisp smile line, and it is built to cover cleanly in two thin layers so the tip edge stays sharp.

Benefits

• Opaque white that covers cleanly in two thin layers, so a French smile line stays crisp instead of going streaky.
• Doubles as a full-coverage chalk nail when worn over the whole nail rather than just the tip.
• Butterfly Removal lifts the coating away in minutes, with no filing or buffing of the natural nail and no damage when used and removed as directed.
• Delivers 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system of base coat, colour and top coat.
• Custom curve-hugging brush follows the curve of the nail plate for smooth, even coverage in two thin layers.
• Layer another cured Shellac shade over the white to lift a deeper colour, mixing custom combinations from stock you already own.

How to Use

Cream Puff applies in two coats just like polish. For a French, take the first layer along the free edge to set the smile line and cure it before the second layer refines the edge.

1. Prep the natural nail: shape the free edge with a fine 240 grit file, gently push back and lift away non-living cuticle tissue, then cleanse and temporarily dehydrate the nail plate with CND ScrubFresh on a plastic-backed, lint-free pad. No filing or buffing of the nail surface is required.
2. Roll the CND Shellac Base Coat bottle between your palms to blend. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface, then cure for 10 seconds on preset button 1 in a CND LED Lamp. Do not wipe the top film.
3. Shake the CND Shellac Color Coat vigorously to blend. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface and cure for one minute on preset button 2S. Applied correctly, this first layer looks slightly semi-sheer.
4. Apply a second thin layer of Color Coat and cure again for one minute on preset button 2S. Keep the layers thin, as colour applied too thickly can wrinkle as it cures.
5. Roll the CND Shellac Top Coat bottle between your palms to blend. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface and cure for one minute on preset button 3.
6. Remove the top film with a plastic-backed, lint-free pad saturated in 99% isopropyl alcohol to reveal the gloss. This step is not needed with CND Shellac No-Wipe+ Top Coat. Finish with a drop of CND SolarOil to condition the nail.
7. To remove, saturate the pad of a CND Foil Remover Wrap with CND Offly Fast Moisturizing Remover, wrap each finger and set a timer to match the top coat used. Press and massage the nail, twist the wrap away, then wipe any residue with Offly Fast. No filing of the natural nail is needed.

Ingredients: CND publishes one shade-agnostic INCI for every Shellac Color Coat, closing with a general may contain pigments statement rather than naming the colourants used in this shade. The full listing appears in the ingredients section of this page.