It is tips with a cool opaque pink (opi). Unfortunatly, she insists that I use full well tips and I hate them... I like the 1/2 wells...much easier to blend.. or better yet, sculpted. As for the shape... besides applying the product and filing the tops of the nails, she insists on shaping them at home, so I've just given up doing it at all...lol. I don't like the colours that my boss buys, I've had no choice in which pinks she purchases, and since this was what the senior tech at the time wanted, that is what she got... however, now with her gone, my boss has finally agreed to looking into going back to Creative... so I'm eagerly awaiting new product!!!