Your wedding day entails being primped, prodded, powdered and painted from the top of your head to the tips of your toes, and your nails are no exception. New high-tech nail treatments take the stress out of scheduling your bridal manicure with un-smudgeable finishes and super-fast drying times. Even better, long-lasting formulas ensure you won't need to pause the honeymoon for manicure repairs.
The Quick Polish
Low-maintenance brides seeking perfect, natural-looking nails on their wedding day take note: Dashing Diva's Gelife Soak-Off UV Gel System is for you. The treatment is quick to apply and clients can choose from a clear manicure or Dashing Diva's gel colors, which match their traditional polish collection. Applied like normal nail lacquers, Gelife features a standard base coat and two coats of gel color, each of which cures under a UV light for two minutes. The top coat dries instantly—a huge plus for smudge-prone brides—and promises at least two weeks of flawless glossiness. Removal entails a 15-minute soak in a nail bath and the treatment costs roughly $45 at salons nationwide.
The Perfect Shade
If you're a bride who's hopelessly devoted to one shade, you'll love OPI's Axxium Soak-Off Gel Lacquers; they come in the polish collection's most popular colors like "You Don't Know Jacques" and "Lincoln Park After Dark," and new shades are regularly added to the mix. Similar in durability to classic acrylic nail tips, the treatment is applied on top of the nail like normal polish and cured with a UV light. However, this application requires no filing or buffing, leaving your natural nail intact and undamaged. If you need a quick polish change, you can paint on top of Axxium like a natural nail, and complete removal only requires a 15-minute soak in an acetone polish remover at the salon. Axxium is available at salons nationwide and costs $30 to $50.
The Latest Treatment
The newest addition to long-lasting manicures comes from Creative Nail Design (CND). Their Shellac Hybrid Nail Color, a salon-only treatment released in May, is a souped-up reissue of 12 of CND's classic polish shades with a long-lasting twist. Applied with a base coat, color and top coat-like traditional polish, Shellac is cured under a UV light for maximum longevity. The 30-minute long application process leaves you with a manicure promised to look flawless and fresh for at least two weeks—plenty long to last through your wedding and honeymoon. Best of all, removal is a cinch: Your manicurist applies special Shellac Remover Wraps to your fingertips for 10 minutes for completely bare nails.
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