CND Shellac Gel Polish Ecstasy 12.5ml

CND Shellac Gel Polish Ecstasy 12.5ml is a bright, opaque hot pink. CND files the shade in its Pinks range, and on CND's 2017 and 2018 printed shade charts it sat in the fuchsia stretch of the pink wall, between the cooler pink cremes and the corals. That is where its energy comes from: a confident, saturated pink that covers to full opacity rather than a soft wearable blush. Ecstasy is one of the ten shades in the CND Shellac Color Callback Collection, returned by demand exactly as it was, unchanged and unfiltered, so a client who has asked for this pink for years gets the same tone back. It is a summer, pedicure and statement shade.

Benefits

• A saturated, opaque hot pink that covers to full strength, so it holds its brightness on the nail rather than fading back to a soft blush.
• Gives 14+ days of high-performance wear as the colour step in the complete CND Shellac Gel Polish system of base coat, colour and top coat.
• Returns exactly as it was, unchanged and unfiltered, so a long-standing client request comes back as the same tone rather than a near match.
• Layer a cured shade over Ecstasy, curing between layers, to build custom pinks and corals from stock already on the shelf.
• Patented breathable formula forms tiny tunnels as it cures, letting moisture and oxygen reach the nail plate and letting conditioners such as CND SolarOil penetrate the coating.

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 upside down between your palms to prevent air bubbles from forming. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface, then cure for 10 seconds on preset button 1 in a CND LED Lamp. Do not wipe the top film.
3. Shake Ecstasy vigorously to blend. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface and cure for one minute on preset button 2S. Applied correctly, this first layer looks slightly semi-sheer.
4. Apply a second thin layer of Ecstasy 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 upside down between your palms to prevent air bubbles from forming. Apply one thin layer to the extension edge and nail surface and cure for one minute on preset button 3.
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.

The full ingredient list appears in the Ingredients section. CND publishes one Color Coat formula across the shade range and closes the list by noting that it may contain pigments, so the exact colourants for Ecstasy are shown on the pack.