If you haven’t yet heard of Shellac, the new range of varnishes from Creative Nail Design, then you’re missing out. The amazing hybrid formula (goes on like polish but wears like gel) dries in minutes under a UV lamp and last for weeks without chipping. Best of all the finish is the glossiest I’ve come across in all my years of being a nail obsessive (and that’s a lot). Everyone who’s anyone in the nail world has been using it from the ladies at WAH Nails to ELLE’s very own go-to guy David Barton, who’s been using it on everyone from celebs like Marina and the Diamonds to his clients in central London salon Percy & Reed. When I popped in yesterday to see him, he was raving about it revolutionising the future of nails. Being the authority that he is on the subject, we’re inclined to agree. I suggest you book in asap.

Percy & Reed,

157c Great Portland Street,

London, W1W 6QS