The creation of CND (Creative Nail Design), it is the first hybrid nail colour, launched after nearly five years of development.

This revolutionary product applies like polish, wears flawlessly for 14 days of high gloss shine – no chips, no smudges - and is removed in minutes. A hybrid of traditional nail polish and UV gel polish, unlike soak-off gels it comes in a polish bottle and unlike traditional polish it cures/dries under a UV lamp.

Shellac paints on like a normal polish – base coat, colour, top coat – and is cured in a UV light so there is no dry time. Plus the colours are hypoallergenic and free of nasties i.e. no formaldehyde, toluene or DBP. They are launching with a range of 12 varieties of shades but will be adding another 12 to the range come January 2011.

The formula is thin and flexible like polish, so looks natural, as well as being so strong that next to nothing will chip it. The process involves zero buff time, meaning absolutely no damage to the natural nail in the process. The polish dries completely in only two minutes.

Sure you have to return to the salon to have the colour removed, but for all those women who, like me, chip their polish in days, Shellac is the answer to our prayers.

To experience Shellac for yourself make an appointment now at Magic Tan and Beauty:
Address: 144 Great South Road (Market Road Shops), Remuera, Auckland
Phone: 09 520 0194
A full Shellac service is $60.00 and includes file, cuticle work, massage and Shellac colour.