Which one to book
Three lengths, and the difference is how much is done rather than how well. Mini is 25 minutes of shaping, a cuticle tidy and polish, which is the maintenance appointment. Classic adds a hand soak and lotion at 45 minutes. Luxury runs 55 minutes and adds exfoliation, cuticle softening, a hand and arm massage and heated mitts.
If your nails are in good shape and you just want colour, book mini. If you want the appointment to feel like a treatment rather than an errand, book luxury.
Vinylux, and why there is no base coat
We finish with CND Vinylux, a weekly polish system. The colour coat is self-adhering, so there is no base coat, and the top coat keeps hardening on exposure to daylight rather than softening over the week.
It dries in about eight and a half minutes against the fifteen to twenty a standard polish takes, and it is designed to hold a week without chipping. It removes with ordinary polish remover, so there is no soak-off appointment attached to it.
Add-ons
Any of these can be added when you book, or asked for on the day.
- French finish, £9.
- Gel instead of polish, £13, for instant dry and up to two weeks of wear.
- BIAB, £10, when you want the nail strengthened as well as coloured.