CND Shellac Gel Polish Married To The Mauve 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Married To The Mauve 12.5ml is the muted middle ground between pink and purple. Married To The Mauve is a soft, dusty rose in a creme finish, understated enough to pass as a neutral on most hands while still reading as a deliberate colour. It sits close enough to the border that it can be merchandised with the pinks or the purples. It is an everyday shade that carries into an occasion booking without changing register.

Benefits

• Soft, dusty rose creme that reads as a wearable neutral without disappearing into the nail the way a sheer nude does.
• Sits between pink and purple, so it covers two spots on the colour wall with one bottle.
• Understated enough to work for everyday wear and occasion bookings alike.
• Delivers 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system of base coat, colour and top coat.
• Cures in one minute per layer under a CND Lamp on preset 2S, so the manicure leaves the chair instantly dry with no smudging and no dent risk.
• Patented breathable formula forms tiny tunnels as it cures, letting moisture and oxygen reach the nail plate and letting conditioners such as CND SolarOil penetrate the coating.

How to Use

Married To The Mauve is a creme. Two thin, evenly cured layers give the cleanest finish; colour applied too thickly can wrinkle during cure.

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.