CND Shellac Gel Polish Aura 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Aura is a deep, dark green creme from the Prismatic collection, and it is a shade defined by the light it is standing in. Indoors or in the evening it collapses almost to black; put a hand under bright light or daylight and it opens up into a rich forest green. That near-black-to-green swing is what makes Aura useful through autumn and the holiday season, where it sits alongside deep reds and charcoals without competing with them. Used as the Color Coat in the CND Shellac system, it is a professional shade for a colour wall that needs one serious green.

Benefits

• Deep, dark forest green creme, reading close to black in low light and unmistakably green under a bright beam.
• Carries 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour layer in the complete CND Shellac system.
• Layer a cured shade over Aura, or Aura over another, to build custom depths from stock already on the shelf; Shellac shades layer with a cure between coats, though they cannot be mixed in the bottle.
• Butterfly Removal takes the coating off in minutes with no filing or buffing of the natural nail, and no nail damage when used and removed as directed.
• Custom curve-hugging brush follows the nail plate, which matters on a dark shade where a flooded cuticle line shows.

How to Use

1. Prep the natural nail: shape the free edge with a 240 grit file, push back and remove non-living cuticle tissue, then cleanse and temporarily dehydrate the plate with CND ScrubFresh on a plastic-backed, lint-free pad. No filing or buffing of the nail surface.
2. Roll CND Shellac Base Coat between your palms, apply one thin layer to the nail surface and extension edge, and cure for 10 seconds on preset button 1 in a CND LED Lamp. Leave the top film in place.
3. Shake CND Shellac Gel Polish Aura vigorously, apply one thin layer to the surface and extension edge, and cure for one minute on preset button 2S. The first layer looks slightly semi-sheer, which is correct.
4. Apply a second thin layer and cure for one minute on preset button 2S to bring the green to full depth. Keep both layers thin, as colour applied too thickly can wrinkle during the cure.
5. Roll CND Shellac Top Coat between your palms, apply one thin layer to the surface and extension edge, and cure for one minute on preset button 3.
6. Wipe the top film with 99% isopropyl alcohol on a plastic-backed, lint-free pad to bring up the gloss, which is what makes the green read rather than the black. No-Wipe+ Top Coat skips this. Finish with CND SolarOil.
7. To remove, saturate a CND Foil Remover Wrap pad with CND Offly Fast Moisturizing Remover, wrap each finger and time the soak to the top coat used. Press, massage and twist the wrap away, then wipe residue with Offly Fast.

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