Pamper & smooth your hands with our Luxury Manicure
Pamper & smooth your hands with our Luxury Manicure
Relax, unwind, and have some quality ‘me time’ with our luxury manicure, designed to leave your hands feeling soft and looking pampered. The treatment begins with a smoothing exfoliation and a relaxing hand to forearm massage. Your nails will be shaped, and your cuticles tidied and treated with nourishing oils. We’ll finish with a polish of your choice using the very best CND® Shellac products.
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We provide only the highest quality manicures - Our beauty therapists have over 10 years of experience working in 5* resorts, luxurious spas, and high-end salons. Our pricing is as follows:
Shellac® Manicure - £30
Luxury Shellac® Manicure - £45
Shellac® Pedicure - £30
Luxury Shellac® Pedicure - £45
Shellac® Hands and Toes - £49
Shellac® Hands Removal - £12
Shellac® Hands Removal and Reapply - £35
Shellac® Toes Removal - £12
Shellac® Toes Removal and Reapply - £35
Shellac® French - £40
Feel free to come and have a look around our state of the art facilities before you book. Please contact us to arrange a visit.
Shellac® is the brand name for a patented nail product developed by Creative Nail Design (CND®). Although Shellac® cannot be used to extend your nails, Shellac® nails are durable, chip resistant, and have a natural looking gloss.
Contrary to popular belief, Shellac® does not come from the female lac beetle - The resin secreted by the lac beetle is also called ‘Shellac’ and is used in some nail polishes, but it has nothing to do with CND Shellac®.
In actual fact, Shellac® is a mixture of monomers and photoinitiators, and can be described as a blend of gel and nail polish - It is applied to your natural nails like a polish, but hardened through UV lighting like a gel
Other popular ‘gel-polish’ brands include Gelish, Elite 99, Aimeli, and Gel Len. We only use Shellac® however because we find it gives superior results.
In general, Shellac® nails last for up to 14 days and are chip resistant. Although other treatments like Acrylics and Gels tend to last longer, they make your nails weak and brittle. As such, we only use Shellac® at VL Aesthetics.
We find that Shellac® gives better results than other types of ‘gel-polishes’. The alternatives to gel-polishes like Shellac® are Acrylics and Gels. Acrylic and Gel nails are a type of ‘artificial nail’. Although they tend to be more robust and last longer than Shellac® (a gel-polish), they have many disadvantages:
Located just outside of the town centre on Kingmoor Road, we are very easy to get to and have lots of free parking space – We’re on the left past Austin Friars School heading towards Rockliffe, or if you’re coming of the bypass on Kingmoor Road (East) roundabout follow the sign for Etterby under the low bridge and we’re ¼ of a mile on the right.
For over 10 years we’ve been providing exceptional beauty treatments for people in Cumbria. Here’s why 1000s of people have chosen VL Aesthetics:
Want to try us?
Located just outside of the town centre on Kingmoor Road, we are very easy to get to and have lots of free parking space – We’re on the left past Austin Friars School heading towards Rockliffe, or if you’re coming of the bypass on Kingmoor Road (East) roundabout follow the sign for Etterby under the low bridge and we’re ¼ of a mile on the right.