Design price only, added to the manicure, overlay or extensions you book. Each look below shows its full set price.
Magnetic gel. Moving light.
Cat-eye is gel polish filled with fine magnetic particles. A magnet held over each nail before the colour cures draws them into a band of light, and the band slides across the nail as the hand turns. At our Calgary studio it is added as nail art to a manicure, overlay or extension set.
Cat-eye gel carries fine magnetic particles suspended in the colour. Before the layer is cured, the technician holds a magnet over the nail; the particles gather where the magnet pulls and reflect light as a bright band. Once cured, the band is fixed, yet it seems to move: tilt the hand and the light travels across the nail.
That movement is the design. A plain cat-eye set needs no painting to look finished.
The finish depends on where the magnet is held, for how long and how many times. We work with professional magnetic gel polishes and more than one magnet, so these effects can be chosen or combined:
A cat-eye base also takes a French edge, hand-painted line work or a single accent nail. Several of the sets on this page combine them.
The base colour sets the mood; the magnet decides where the light falls.
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Cat-eye is nail art, not a separate service. It goes on top of the manicure and coating you book, such as a Gel Manicure or a set of Nail Extensions, and is priced as Simple Nail Art & Design, including most sets with a small accent. More detailed work over the cat-eye moves a set to Medium Nail Art & Design.
Every look above shows its full price and books in one step. For a different cat-eye, book your manicure with the design and add a photo of the look you want.
Cat-eye is a gel polish, so it wears like the coating beneath it: two to three weeks on a thin levelling base, and three to four weeks over Gel Overlay or extensions. Long nails often need an earlier return, usually within two and a half to three weeks.
Other effects are on our Chrome Nails and French Nails pages, and every design tier is on Nail Art & Designs.
Nails coated with cat-eye gel polish, which contains fine magnetic particles. Before the colour is cured, a magnet draws the particles into a band of light that appears to move as the hand turns. The effect is inside the colour, not a foil or a sticker.
No. Cat-eye is nail art added to a manicure, overlay or extension booking. It is priced as Simple Nail Art & Design; more detailed work over it moves a set to Medium Nail Art & Design.
Yes. Copper Cat-Eye on Square Nails and Black French over a Black Cat-Eye are both short sets.
Each nail is set with the magnet before it is cured, one nail at a time, and the band is placed by hand. That time is what the design tier prices; the gel colour underneath is priced as usual.
As long as the coating beneath them: two to three weeks on a thin levelling base, and three to four weeks over Gel Overlay or extensions. Long nails often need an earlier return, usually within two and a half to three weeks.
Yes. Add a photo and a note when you book, and the technician sees them before your appointment.