Boom SHELLAC-a lacka

I cannot remember a time when I was not absolutely and utterly in love with nail polish.  As a child I was not allowed to wear it which obviously only made me want that beautiful lacquer more. I remember painting my nails at my cousins and friends houses.. even in CLEAR and having to remove it only hours later, but it was sooo worth it. 


Once I hit my teens and was allowed to wear it, I'm not going to lie.. I went a little over board.  I remember polishing my nail polish bottles, polishing my pager (yes, you heard correct, my pager), polishing my storage containers to hold my polish.  It was a little over the top.  I pretty much had every shade under the sun- green, purple, red, yellow, blue, orange, and yes black.  I always remember my polish pet peeves being that it didn't usually last me more than 2 days.  Then the chips set it.  The cracks, the crappy looking polish job that I had worked so hard on mastering the left handed polish.


As I got into high school, thats when the Acrylics became 'the thing'.  And I love them. I have very brittle nails, so they always were breaking or peeling, or something redic and annoying. I can't even tell you how much of my high school part time job pay checks went to Hy-Tek nails at Columbia Center Mall.. But I didn't care.  Then the grow out would set it, and they would look crappy, so I would peel them off and I was once again left with nasty ass nails.  


I'm pretty sure there was a time in my life when I fully gave up on polish, probably my lowest polish point being an addict for so many years.  After starting a family, my regular polishing pretty much went out the door.  First, I didn't have the TIME to pain my nails 3 times a week, let alone with doing chores around the house it just is pretty much impossible to keep a beautiful manicured hand.  


THEN I was introduced to my new Love Affair.. SHELLAC.  For those of you who don't know..a) where have you been? and b) you betta ask some body.  My Mom introduced me to Shellac about a year ago, and since then I have been going to my Local nail salon about 2x a month to get them done.  Keep in mind, this costs about $30+ dollars per time, which my friends adds up. 


Let me give you a little background:
Shellac in Laymen's terms is pretty much a Gel nail polish that is baked onto your nails under a UV light.  It lasts about 14+ days depending on how much you use your hands.  They pretty much carry every color except those super crazy ones, but for a day to day polish they are your 1 stop shop. Not only do you have beautifully polished phalanges all the time, BUT it makes your nails super strong, which then for me.. allows them to grow.


I had been doing a little background investigation, watching, and studying how the salon had been doing the polish.  After going to Amazon and checking out the pricing of the items, it was genius.. I wanted my own Shellac. But I continued to put if off and put it off, until.. Christmas day, when my mom got me the UV light of my dreams!!!

I know, she knows I wanted it.. But I also think she had an ulterior motive.  See, she comes to my house to help me with my laundry now and then, and I think this may entice her more to visit :).. but I know she will deny it (its okay mom I still love you).  Anywoo.. I then ordered my FAV colors off of Amazon (awesome place for all things Shellac).  Sticker shock sets in at first since each bottle is around $20, HOWEVER- if you are as obsessed with Shellac as I am.. 1 bottle is less than 1 time at the salon, so you can go ahead and do that math.

Wildfire, Fedora, and Romantique.  Wildfire looks pink in the photo, but its very Cherry red, which my 9 time out of 10 my nails are.  Fedora is a dark brown, and Romantique is a pail pink. CND is the best, if not the only company that makes Shellac polish..I probably would not recommend going with any other brand, but you can make that call. But along with the polish, you need the top and bottom coats

Here are the steps for doing a bomb.com Shellac:


#1 Rule: Do not allow the Shellac to get on your cuticles, this will cause it to peal.
#2 Rule: Do not pull out your fingers while under the UV light before the time is up because they will ripple.


1) Apply base coat and bake under UV light for 3 min.
2) Apply 1 coat of your Fav color (mine is Wildfire)and bake for 5 min.
3) Apply a second coat of your Fav color and bake for another 5 min.
4) Apply top coat and bake for 3 minutes.
5) Wet a cotton ball with Isopropyl Alcohol and wipe sticky cover off nails.  


You now have a beautiful manicure that will last for 14+ days :)I chose Romantique in this picture:

The Shellac will eventually crack and start to chip.  You can remove it by pealing it off, soaking the nail in nail polish remover, or buying the Shellac remover pads they sell. 


You can buy all the things you need and more to have awesome nails all the time Here.


That's all.