CND Shellac Gel Polish Mulberry Tart 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Mulberry Tart 12.5ml is a wonderful dusky plum from the ColorWorld collection. CND educator Fee Wallace reads it as more grey and brown next to Married to the Mauve, and as deeper and slightly less blue than Lilac Eclipse - which is exactly what keeps CND Shellac Mulberry Tart out of purple territory and in the muted, grown-up plum range instead. Like every ColorWorld colour it is a shimmer-free creme, completely opaque, and it reaches full coverage in the standard two thin layers. For a nail professional it answers the client who wants a dark shade that is not black, not burgundy and not obviously purple, which is a request that comes up far more often than most colour walls are set up to handle.

Benefits

• A wonderful dusky plum with grey-brown depth, covering the dark-but-not-black request that most colour walls answer badly.
• Reads more grey and brown beside Married to the Mauve, and deeper and slightly less blue than Lilac Eclipse, so it earns a separate slot rather than duplicating either.
• Completely opaque shimmer-free creme that covers in two thin layers, which is where deep shades usually cost you time.
• Holds 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour step in the full CND Shellac system, and up to 21 days when applied over CND Shellac Epic Smoothing Base.
• Cures one minute per layer under a CND Lamp on preset 2S, so a deep shade leaves the chair dry with no dent risk.
• Butterfly Removal releases the coating in minutes without filing or buffing the natural nail - worth having on a dark colour, where staining and scrubbing are the usual worry.

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 together, but layering one cured shade over another is supported.

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 Mulberry Tart is reproduced in the Ingredients section of this page.