Collection: LAVIS C15 Gilded Aura Collection

What is Lavis C15 Gilded Aura?

C15 Gilded Aura is a 24-shade gel polish collection in the Lavis C-series, the specialty-finish range that runs from C01 to C17. Finish: golden cat eye on rich bases. Golden cat eye shimmer on rich bases: a gold-light cat eye range of gilded champagne, autumn amber, deep emerald and rich wine. Lavis calls it warm, luminous and made for fall and winter glam; one shade is a midnight navy gilt.

Every shade is formulated without HEMA, comes in the standard 0.5 fl oz (15 mL) salon bottle, and cures in 60 seconds per coat under a UV/LED lamp. We carry the line as 24 singles and as the 24-color set.

The 24 shades, as singles or the set

The C15 Gilded Aura 24-color set listing carries every shade as a Style option plus a full-set option, so it is a second way to buy any single code or to stock the whole line at once.

Each code links to its own page with swatch photos; the short description is Lavis's own note on the shade. Screens shift a shade more than a swatch does, so if a client is between two codes, swatch both on a tip before committing.

The set and the singles are two routes to the same 24 bottles. Start with singles if the line is new to your clients; start with the set if you already know they ask for this finish. Either way, the singles are the restock route for the codes that sell fastest.

Who is C15 Gilded Aura for?

Lavis pitches this line for fall and winter. In the salon it tends to book for:

• Holiday glam: gold line on wine, emerald and navy.
• Fall menus: amber and champagne with a warm sweep.
• Clients who wear gold jewelry: the line matches the metal.
• Techs pairing with C13: the two dark cat eye lines, moonlit versus gilded.

Within the Lavis range, C13 Hallowed Solstice is the moonlit dark line, and C16 Honey Eclipse the rose-gold romantic one. The whole C-series runs from C01 to C17 with one specialty finish per line, jelly, pearl, cream, neon, glass and cat eye, so most salons pick two or three lines by finish rather than stocking all of them.

How do you apply Lavis C15 cat eye gel?

1. Start clean. Push back the cuticle, buff lightly, dehydrate, cure a thin base from Base & Top Gel.
2. Thin first coat of the C15 Gilded Aura shade, cured, no magnet yet.
3. Second coat, magnet, flash cure. Hold a cat eye magnet a few millimeters above the wet coat for a few seconds and cure the nail the moment the line is right.
4. Top. Full cure, then a glossy gel top coat. Lavis quotes up to 21 days of wear with proper prep.

Our magnets are in the Magnet collection; lamps, files and prep under Nail Tools & Accessories.

Straight, diagonal or double: where the magnet goes

Straight, diagonal, curved or double: the shape of the line is only where the magnet sits. Lengthwise over the center for the classic streak, angled for a diagonal, one end closer for a curve, two flash-cured passes for a double line. Held flat, the magnet spreads the shimmer evenly instead.

Want a harder line on a C15 Gilded Aura shade? Cure a dark gel from SNS Gel Only underneath first. Want the base color to lead? Apply straight over gel base. Finish glossy or matte from Base & Top Gel.

How is a 24-shade C-series cat eye different from the 12-shade CE drops?

Twelve versus twenty-four is the short answer. Lavis's CE drops are 12-shade 9D capsules where the magnetic line is the star; C15 Gilded Aura is a 24-shade C-series line where the finish is the star, golden cat eye on rich bases, and the line stays consistent from code to code. Both use the same magnet and technique. Our SNS Cat Eye Gel lines sit beside them with 24 shades each.

What does HEMA-free mean on this page?

Lavis makes the C-series, C15 Gilded Aura included, without HEMA, the monomer behind most gel formulas and the ingredient most often named in gel reactions. Leaving it out is a formulation choice we can state plainly; it is not a guarantee that no client will react, and we do not present it as one.

Wear, removal and stocking the line

• Wear time: Lavis quotes up to 21 days with proper prep and a top coat; the top coat sets the limit.
• Removal: soak-off like any gel: thin the surface with a file, wrap with acetone, wait, push.
• Storage: caps tight, away from sunlight, room temperature; roll before the first coat so shimmer and pigment are even.
• Opening order: a handful of codes plus the set as the restock route is the usual way in, not all 24 on day one.

Related collections

• SNS Cat Eye Gel Crystal Twinkle and Diamond Twinkle, 24 shades each.
• SNS Gel Only Solid cream gel color for full coverage.
• Base & Top Gel The base under and the glossy top over every shade here.
• Cat Eye Magnets Bar, stylus and dual-line magnets for the streak.
• Nail Tools & Accessories Lamps, files and prep.

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