Celebrate the Olympics in style (and sell a new service to your clients) with CND’s summer games-inspired nail art! Here’s a how-to guide for creating these two sporty designs yourself.

Olympic Spirit

You’ll need:

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

99% Isopropyl Alcohol

⅛” Rubber Tubing

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.

Olympic Gold

You’ll need:

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

Martha Stewart Gold Glitter

99% Isopropyl Alcohol

⅛” Rubber Tubing

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.

Tip: 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.