CND® Spa Cucumber Heel Therapy™

My feet are FINALLY on their way to being summer ready. I tend to wear sandles…a lot! And because of the sliding and inconsistent placement of your feet, especially the heels, heel callouses are bound to happen. Easier to get callouses than get rid of them! Until now. Meet CND® Spa Cucumber Heel Therapy™. The combination of the Heel Therapy Callus Smoother and the Intensive Treatment will have you hitting the beach with no embarrassment in no time.

CUCUMBER HEEL THERAPY™ CALLUS SMOOTHER
Professional-strength serum with alpha-hydroxy acids that break down tough calluses in minutes. Regular use helps prevent new forming calluses. (Formerly Sea Serum)
AVAILABLE SIZES, 8 fl oz
CUCUMBER HEEL THERAPY™ INTENSIVE TREATMENT
Therapeutic cream with deeply moisturizing botanical complex that helps alleviate dry, callused heels. Softens soles with daily use and contains naturally soothing cucumber, chamomile and aloe. (Formerly Cucumber Heel Therapy Intensive Callus Treatment)
AVAILABLE SIZES
2.6 oz, 15 oz and 54 oz

A sole-ful journey of soothing hydration. The perfect finish to a pampering spa pedicure.

The Intensive Treatment with a refreshing cucumber scent has a butter balm texture and smoothes into your skin without leaving a greasy feel. Intensive moisturizing complex with naturally soothing cucumber, chamomile and aloe helps alleviate dry, calloused heels. Softens soles with daily use. Apply to heels and other dry areas daily. Contains Alpha hydroxy alpha.

Before first treatment, my heels were cracking and peeling and annoying dry. But they were even worse this winter before using the rest of the CND Spa treatments, my review here a few weeks back. Sorry the photo is a crazy angle. It’s really really hard to photograph the bottom of one’s own foot. LOL

My heel before treatment. This is actually better than normal because I had just started using the CND Spa lotions, scrubs and soaks. For a few years now my heels pretty much stay cracked and peeling. Ugh!

And after first treatment! No editing but I probably should have gotten someone else to take the photo with my big girl camera, my Canon DSLR, instead of with my smartphone. But I couldn’t hold the giant camera and take a photo of the bottom of my foot. 😉

Immediately after first treatment using the Cucumber Heel Therapy and the Callus Smoother. I’d imagine by the next treatment they should be smooth as silk. I tried the nylon test and no snaggies!

Conclusion: I am highly satisfied with how immediate the smoothing results. I have always been on the hunt for a good and permanent heel exfoliating solution. I’ve tried DIY concoctions but they smell funky sometimes. I would highly recommend if your salon or spa doesn’t have this treatment, just ask, plead even! Also, please read my review on the rest of the CND Spa collection!

To find CND Spa products near you, or order online go to http://www.cnd.com/find-retail-store#

About CND
Founded in 1979 and based in San Diego, CA, CND (Creative Nail Design, Inc.) is the global leader in professional nail products and services – including SHELLAC® Brand 14+ Day Nail Color. Deeply committed to advancing the nail care industry, CND devotes significant time and resources to product research and development, education and customer support. Only CND delivers high performance nail color on the cutting edge of fashion and technology.

**These products were provided to me by RPR Marketing at no charge. All opinions are my own and I have not been compensated in any way.

CND Shellac Nourishing Remover review

Before I post my review and swatches of the 2015 Garden Muse collection of “Weekly” polishes by CND Vinylux, I wanted to share with you the fabulous polish and shellac remover included in my product review box! Now I go through a lot of removers (s). I swatch nearly daily and at times have swatched up to about a dozen polish changes in a day (and on some occasions more!) That mounts up to a lot of remover friends! And that much remover has got to take a toll on a nail polish reviewer’s precious fingertips. I have a bevy of removers, cuticle oils and balms…and cotton! But when I opened the box to see this unexpected and very much appreciated surprise of the CND remover, I was both nervous and happy at the same time. Here is a photo of the product before I further explain.

“CND Shellac Power Polish Nourishing Remover removes Shellac Polish up to 20% faster than pure acetone whilst softening and moisturising the nails and the skin. A pleasant English Cucumber fragrance elevates the removal process by disguising chemical odors.”

Okay, I can’t hold back any longer. I flippin’ love this stuff! Oh my gosh. First it’s very emolliating. You can feel it because as you apply the tiniest amount to your cotton ball you can tell how slick it is, but not actually oily. Then up wafts a truly pleasant scent of cucumber and what smells to me like vanilla, but just slightly. But that’s just me because there is no vanilla essence in there. I have gone through many standard removers from the drug store and no matter what they claim to be scented with, all I smell is acetone. I may even have brain damage! lol, Just kidding. I haven’t yet tried it with a glitter bomb but I am fully confident it is up for the task.

Normally I apply remover to small pieces of cotton ball (which I shred enough to cover five nails), then place on each nail on one hand. By the time I get back to the thumbnail (considering this is normal polish, not a loaded glitter bomb), I should fairly easily remover all the polish. Not always possible with drug store acetone/acetone complex. With the CND brand which I have noted may be used on their long wear shellacs and weekly polishes, etc., the remover was nearly ready to remove my polish by the time I got to the next nail! I kid you not, this stuff is the bomb! Here are the factoids provided by the manufacturer. I’m expecially excited about the prospect of improving my natural nail color. Destaining is a pain!

“CND Shellac Nourishing Remover is a professional nail polish remover specially formulated to remove gel polish, Shellac and gel powders with ease.

Specially formulated with Vitamin E and Macadamia Nut Oil, Shellac Nourishing Remover reduces dehydration of the nails and the surrounding skin whilst eliminating nail imperfections such as whiteness and discolouration.

WHAT IT DOES
Removes CnD Shellac, removable gels, nail polish, liquid & powder, wraps, adhesives and tips from natural nails.
• Reduces dehydration of nails and surrounding skin
and eliminates the appearance of whiteness.
• Removes Shellac 20% faster than pure acetone.
FEATURED INGREDIENTS & BENEFITS
Macadamia Nut Oil:
Acetone soluble oil bonds with acetone to reduce evaporation speed.
Slows down acetone evaporation during removal allowing it to penetrate though Shellac and Enhancement layers, softening product so it is easier to remove; softens and moisturizes.
Vitamin E (Tocopheryl Acetate):
Antioxidant known to neutralize free radicals associated with premature aging of the skin; softens and moisturizes.
English Cucumber Fragrance:
Pleasant fragrance elevates the service experience by masking chemical odors.”

So there you have it. Thank you Albany for including this great product to test. You must have had a feeling I needed it and to get the word out there. Remember, you don’t have to be a pro to buy it so do your homework and shop for this fab stuff! How about you? Have you tried it? Thoughts?

CND Shellac Nourishing Remover comes in 8 and 32 oz. bottles, and are available at professional beauty supplies, CND.com and online stores. Price range is approximately on par with Zoya Remove+.

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About CND
Founded in 1979 and based in San Diego, California, CND (Creative Nail Design, Inc.) is the global leader in professional nail, hand and foot beauty – including CND® SHELLAC® brand 14+ day nail color. Deeply committed to advancing the nail care industry, CND devotes significant time and resources to product research and development, education and customer support. CND is an industry-leading advocate for the role of nail care in personal beauty and fashion.

**These products were provided to me by RPR at no charge. All opinions are my own and I have not been compensated in any way.