CND Shellac Gel Polish Love Letter 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Love Letter 12.5ml is a dreamy, creamy red-pink from the CND ColorWorld collection, a fourteen-shade set in which every colour is a shimmer-free creme. CND Shellac Love Letter sits on the red side of pink without ever tipping into a true red, and CND educator Fee Wallace places it deeper and more complex than the long-standing Rose Bud. Opacity is the point of the whole collection: Wallace rates ColorWorld for exceptional opacity and calls this shade completely cream, so the standard two thin layers cover with room to spare. For a nail professional it is the romantic red-pink a client asks for by feel rather than by name, and its creme finish keeps the result clean rather than decorative.

Benefits

• A dreamy, creamy red-pink that reads deeper and more complex than the classic Rose Bud, giving the pink section of a colour wall somewhere to go.
• Completely opaque shimmer-free creme, so it covers cleanly in the standard two thin layers with no patchiness to chase.
• Sits on the red side of pink without becoming a red, which makes it a safe recommendation for clients who find true reds too severe.
• Wears 14+ days as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system, and up to 21 days when applied over CND Shellac Epic Smoothing Base.
• Butterfly Removal releases the coating in minutes with no filing or buffing of the natural nail, and no damage when used and removed as directed.
• Prep stays fast and gentle because the natural nail surface is never filed or buffed before the colour goes on.

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: Shake the bottle vigorously to blend the colour before use; base and top coats are rolled between the palms instead.

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 Love Letter is reproduced in the Ingredients section of this page.