When you're debating a long-lasting manicure at the salon, you’re usually presented with two main options: gel or shellac. But what, exactly, is shellac? The name refers to the signature shine ...

What's worse: waiting forever for your gel nails to soak off, or waiting forever for paint to (literally) dry with a regular manicure? Yeah, I don't know either. But what if I told you that you don't ...

Discover the best gel shellac nail polish removers that make removing your manicure a breeze. Find out our top recommendations for hassle-free polish removal. The Standard's journalism is supported by ...

Beauty has come a long way in recent years, and one of the developments we're most grateful for is the invent of gel nail polish. Polish that dries within minutes and nails that remain chip free for ...

When Shellac and gel manicures first revolutionised the nail polish market, those of us on the GH beauty desk couldn’t have been more thrilled. Finally, we had a varnish that stayed on our nails no ...

While the nail salon is supposed to be a relaxing place, sometimes it can be just the opposite, as you're faced with what can feel like an impossible decision: what type of gel nail polish to choose.

The perfect manicure may seem simple but it is indeed, more complicated than you think. If finding the right nail tech isn’t hard enough (after you’ve already spent hours evaluating all of the ...

If you can’t stand a chipped manicure, you’re probably already well-versed in the world of Shellac, gel and SNS nails. But there’s a new ‘semi-hard’ nail technique in town that’s a must-try for those ...

Being a qualified nail tech (CND Shellac beginners, Perfect Polish and Core Nail Art qualified) means that writing about nails is more of a passion for Vogue's Lauren Murdoch-Smith than a job. "In ...