CND Shellac Gel Polish Gold Hardware 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Gold Hardware 12.5ml is a gold shimmer, and CND pitches it in the language the whole Quiet Luxury collection was named for: an old money aesthetic, luxury that does not announce itself. CND Shellac Gold Hardware is the metallic in a Spring 2025 palette otherwise built from sheer nude, pearl, taupe and aqua, and CND classes it as a shimmer rather than a chrome or a foil - which is what keeps it wearable as a full set and not only as an accent. That restraint is the reason it works on clients who would turn down a mirror finish. For a nail professional it is the festive shade that does not expire in January, and it sits naturally beside Silk Thread and Pearlwind - put the three on one client and they read as a set.

Benefits

• A gold shimmer that CND frames around an old money aesthetic, so it carries occasion without tipping into novelty.
• Classed as a shimmer rather than a chrome or foil, which keeps it wearable as a full set instead of accent-only.
• The only metallic in the Quiet Luxury collection, and a natural partner to Silk Thread and Pearlwind on the same client.
• Holds 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac system, and up to 21 days over CND Shellac Epic Smoothing Base.
• Layer it over another cured shade to build custom metallic effects out of stock already on the shelf, curing between layers.
• 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: Shellac may also be worn over enhancements, in which case it is filed off rather than soaked off.

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 Gold Hardware is reproduced in the Ingredients section of this page.