CND Shellac Gel Polish Toffee Talk 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Toffee Talk 12.5ml is CND's warm, sweet and desirable brown, from the fourteen-strong ColorWorld collection. Brown is a crowded category on any colour wall, so placement decides whether a new one earns its slot. CND educator Fee Wallace puts CND Shellac Toffee Talk close to Fuji Love but more neutral, with the pink pulled out of it, and deeper than the classic Satin Pajamas; against Sweet Cider it reads much less yellow. What is left is a balanced, wearable toffee that behaves like a neutral rather than a statement. It is a shimmer-free creme with the exceptional opacity that runs through the whole collection, covering fully in two thin layers, and it carries a client through autumn without ever looking seasonal.

Benefits

• A warm, sweet and desirable brown that lands as a true neutral, so it works as an everyday shade rather than a seasonal one.
• Precisely placed against the shades you already own: more neutral than Fuji Love with less pink, deeper than Satin Pajamas, and much less yellow than Sweet Cider.
• Fully opaque shimmer-free creme, covering in the standard two thin layers with no second-guessing on a mid-tone brown.
• Wears 14+ days as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system of base coat, colour and top coat, and up to 21 days over CND Shellac Epic Smoothing Base.
• Custom curve-hugging brush follows the curve of the nail plate for smooth, even coverage in two thin layers.
• Layer it under or over another cured Shellac shade to build custom combinations from stock already on the shelf.

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: Shellac can also be applied over enhancements, in which case it is filed off rather than soaked away.

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 Toffee Talk is reproduced in the Ingredients section of this page.