With the craze for nail art running high it’s no coincidence that even Olympic athletes are getting into the spirit by sporting Olympic themed nail art in London. Creative Nail Design (CND) who are the creators of Shellac nail polish, a nail polish that stays on for up to 4 weeks and needs to be applied by a professional technician, provided athletes with complementary manicures and pedicures last week by some of London’s top nail technicians and UK’s beauty distributor Sweet Square to celebrate the games.
The two official looks that CND revealed are the lovely Olympic Gold, which is a beautiful red manicure with red Olympic rings and a sparkly gold tip; and Olympic Spirit that details the colourful Olympic rings with some abstract art in the official colours as the background.
But guess what? I got the inside scoop from CND so you can take these tips to your nearest Shellac nail technician and get these commemorative Olympic manis and pedis done for yourself! That’s right I look after my readers.
Here are the tips for you to print off and take to your nearest Shellac technician, ENJOY!
Olympic Spirit How to Steps:
The easiest way to use CND Additives is straight out of the jar, burnished into CND Shellac™ Power Polish™! Additives and Shellac offer unique, one-of-a kind looks that are so easy and quick to create.
- STEP 1: P.E.P. the natural nail (for details see our CND Shellac Step-by-Steps).
- STEP 2: Apply a thin layer of Shellac Base Coat and cure for 10 seconds in the CND UV Lamp.
- STEP 3: Apply two thin layers of Shellac Cream Puff. Cure each layer for two minutes.
- STEP 4: Dip the tip of a dry oval brush into Additives Yellow and burnish it into the sticky Shellac on the side of the nail, creating the desired background design. Repeat with red and blue.
- STEP 5: Mix Additives with a small amount of Isopropyl Alcohol (to create a watercolor paste) on a mixing tray.
- STEP 6: Dip the end of a piece of ⅛” rubber tubing into the Additives Blue paste and stamp a circle onto the nail. Perfect the circle by dipping a detail brush into the Additive paste to fill in the lines as needed. Lock for 10 seconds.
- STEP 7: Clean the tubing with IPA, and repeat with the rest of the colors until you create the Olympic ring design. Cure for two minutes.
- STEP 8: Apply a thin layer of Shellac Top Coat and cure for two minutes.
- STEP 9: Wipe with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol to remove top film.
PRODUCTS REQUIRED
CND Shellac Base Coat
CND Shellac Cream Puff
CND Shellac Top Coat
CND Additives: Yellow Pigment, Cerulean Blue
Pigment Effect, Bright Red Pigment, Black Pigment
CND ProSeries Gel Flat Oval #6 Brush
CND UV Lamp
ART SUPPLIES
99% Isopropyl Alcohol
⅛” Rubber Tubing
Olympic Gold How-to Steps:
The easiest way to use CND Additives is straight out of the jar, burnished into CND Shellac™ Power Polish™ Additives and Shellac offer unique, one-of-a kind looks that are so easy and quick to create.
- STEP 1: P.E.P. the natural nail (for details see our CND Shellac Step-by-Steps).
- STEP 2: Apply a thin layer of Shellac Base Coat and cure for 10 seconds in the CND UV Lamp.
- STEP 3: Apply one thin layer of Shellac Iced Cappuccino. Cure for two minutes.
- STEP 4: Dip the tip of a dry gel oval brush lightly moistened with Isopropyl Alcohol into gold glitter and brush a thin layer over the entire nail.
- STEP 5: Apply one thin layer of Shellac Clearly Pink and cure for two minutes.
- STEP 6: Apply one thin layer of Shellac Decadence to zones two and three creating a smile line. Perfect as needed with a brush lightly moistened with isopropyl alcohol. Cure for two minutes.
- STEP 7: Mix Additives Bright Red with a small amount of Isopropyl Alcohol (to create a watercolor paste) on a mixing tray.
- STEP 8: Dip the end of a piece of ⅛” rubber tubing into the Additives Red paste and stamp a circle onto the nail. Perfect the circle by dipping a detail brush into the Additive paste to fill in the lines as needed. Lock for 10 seconds.
- STEP 9: Clean the tubing with IPA, and repeat Step 8 until the Olympic ring design is complete. Cure for two minutes.
- STEP 10: Apply a thin layer of Shellac Top Coat and cure for two minutes.
- STEP 11: Wipe with 99% Isopropyl Alcohol to remove top film.
PRODUCTS REQUIRED
CND Shellac Base Coat
CND Shellac: Iced Cappuccino, Clearly Pink,
Decadence
CND Additives: Bright Red Pigment
CND Shellac Top Coat
CND ProSeries Gel Flat Oval #6 Brush
CND UV Lamp
ART SUPPLIES
Martha Stewart Gold Glitter
99% Isopropyl Alcohol
⅛” Rubber Tubing
Do you think you’ll try out an Olympic themed Shellac mani to celebrate the games?
*How to Steps provided by CND and High View Communications.
