CND Shellac Gel Polish Orchid Canopy 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Orchid Canopy 12.5ml is CND's stunningly bold magenta, released in the In Fall Bloom collection. Jan Arnold introduced that palette as nature-inspired and built on the punchiness of the orchid flower, curated to invite a romantic boldness to the season. In Fall Bloom runs to six shades: alongside CND Shellac Orchid Canopy sit the golden caramel brown of Willow Talk, the soft grey with taupe undertones of Skipping Stones, the serene, weathered blue-green of Morning Dew, and two limited releases, the deep royal purple of Absolutely Radishing and the blackened blue-green of Teal Time. Applied as the system directs, in two thin layers over base coat, it gives a nail professional a high-impact magenta for the client who wants autumn colour with some energy in it rather than another neutral.

Benefits

• Delivers CND's stunningly bold magenta, an orchid-inspired shade that gives a colour wall an autumn option with real colour in it rather than another neutral.
• Released in In Fall Bloom, which Jan Arnold introduced as a nature-inspired palette curated to invite a romantic boldness to the season.
• Also produced as a matching CND Vinylux long wear polish, so a pedicure can be booked in the same magenta as the gel manicure.
• Wears 14+ days as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system of base coat, colour and top coat, and stretches to up to 21 days when it is applied over CND Shellac Epic Smoothing Base rather than the standard base coat.
• 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.
• Breathable formula forms tiny tunnels as it cures, letting moisture and oxygen travel through the coating to the natural nail plate, which is also what lets conditioners such as CND SolarOil penetrate.

How to Use

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 on preset button 1 for 10 seconds in the CND LED Lamp, or for one minute in the CND Visible Light 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 in your CND Lamp of choice. 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 in your CND Lamp of choice.
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.

Good to know: Shades cannot be mixed with one another, as each is formulated to cure on its own, but they can be layered with a cure between coats.

Ingredients: CND publishes one shared Color Coat ingredient list across the Shellac shade range, ending in may contain pigments; the full INCI that applies to CND Shellac Orchid Canopy is reproduced in the Ingredients section of this page.