LAVIS 3 IN 1 - 1OZ
LAVIS 3 IN 1 - 1.5 OZ
LDS 3 IN 1 - 1 OZ
LDS 3 IN 1 - 1 .5 OZ
OPI 3 IN 1
SNS BASICS 3 IN 1
NUGENESIS 3 IN 1
Frequently asked questions about 3-in-1 combos
What is a 3-in-1 nail combo?
One shade in three matched products from the same brand: a jar of dip powder (a powder that also works as acrylic on LAVIS and SNS), a soak-off gel polish, and an air-dry nail lacquer. A salon can deliver the same color as a dip set, a gel manicure, or a classic polish, and a mani-pedi client gets gel on the fingers and matching lacquer on the toes. ND stocks close to 1,400 combos from LAVIS, SNS, LDS, OPI, and NuGenesis.
Which 3-in-1 brand should a salon choose?
LAVIS or SNS if the salon runs acrylic as well as dip, since their powder does both. LAVIS or LDS for a large matched chart in one order, with 170 to 200-plus colors each. OPI Intelli 3 in 1 for brand-recognition clients or HEMA sensitivity, because the gel side is HEMA-free and TPO-free. LDS or NuGenesis for clean-label positioning: LDS lacquer is 9-free and vegan, NuGenesis gel and lacquer are vegan and made in the USA.
Is a combo cheaper than buying the powder, gel, and lacquer separately?
Yes. A combo is one listing for the three pieces, and the bundles of 6 and 12 combos and the full-line collections put several shades in one listing. The other saving is inventory: one SKU on the reorder sheet covers three services. If a salon never runs dip, the gel and lacquer duos are the leaner buy.
How long does each piece of a 3-in-1 wear?
Dip wears 3 to 4 weeks (LDS states 21-plus days for its powder), gel 2 to 3 weeks (LDS and NuGenesis state up to 14 days for their gel), and lacquer up to 7 days, all with daily cuticle oil and gloves for cleaning. Gel cures in 60 seconds under LED on LAVIS, LDS, and NuGenesis and 30 seconds on OPI Intelli. Remove dip and gel with a 100 percent acetone foil wrap; lacquer with regular remover.
Are 3-in-1 combos sold at wholesale?
Yes. Every combo at ND Nails Supply is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Orders $100+ ship free, and in-stock combos ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day. Filter by brand or by season tag in the sidebar to narrow the 1,400 listings.
What a 3-in-1 combo is
A 3-in-1 combo is one shade in three matched products: a jar of dip powder (on LAVIS and SNS, a powder that also works as acrylic), a bottle of soak-off gel polish, and a bottle of air-dry nail lacquer. Because all three come from the same brand in the same color, a salon can offer a client a dip set, a gel manicure, or a classic polish and the shade matches across all of them, and a mani-pedi client gets gel on the fingers and lacquer on the toes with the same name on the chart. ND Nails Supply stocks close to 1,400 3-in-1 combos across five brands at wholesale: LAVIS, SNS, LDS, OPI, and NuGenesis, as single-shade combos and as multi-shade bundles.
The five 3-in-1 lines, compared
| Brand | Powder | Gel | Lacquer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAVIS 3 in 1 | Acrylic and dip powder, 1 oz or 1.5 oz, works as dip, acrylic, 3D, and sugar effects | LED or UV cure, no shrinkage or bubbles | Air dry, chip resistant | ND's house brand, 200-plus colors, one listing per shade |
| SNS Pro and SNS Basics 3 in 1 | Dipping and acrylic powder | SNS gel | SNS lacquer | Sold by collection (Burgundy, Beige, Basics) with matching codes |
| LDS 3 in 1 | Dip powder, 1 oz, up to 21-plus days, odorless | 60-second cure, up to 14 days | 9-free, vegan, up to 7 days | ND's sibling house brand, 170-plus colors |
| OPI Intelli 3 in 1 | Powder Perfection dip, 1.5 oz | GelColor Intelli, HEMA-free and TPO-free, 30-second cure | OPI Nail Lacquer, up to 7 days | Premium tier, seasonal sets of 6 and 12 |
| NuGenesis 3 in 1 | Dip powder, odor free, no lamp, easy soak-off | Vegan, LED or UV, up to 14 days | 3-free, vegan, air dry, up to 7 days | Made in the USA |
How to pick a 3-in-1 line
- Salon that runs dip and acrylic: LAVIS or SNS. Their powder is a true acrylic and dip powder, so one jar serves the dip client and the sculpted set.
- Volume salon building a big matched chart: LAVIS or LDS. Both run 170 to 200-plus colors and put a whole palette on the wall in one order on the page; the LAVIS 1.5 oz jar is the pro size.
- Brand-recognition clients or HEMA sensitivity: OPI Intelli 3 in 1, where the gel side is the HEMA-free and TPO-free Intelli formula.
- Clean-label positioning: LDS (9-free, vegan lacquer) or NuGenesis (vegan gel and lacquer, made in the USA).
- Seasonal refresh: filter by the fall, winter, spring, or summer tag, or take a bundle of 6 or 12 combos from one drop.
Why buy the combo instead of three singles?
Three reasons. Match: the powder, gel, and lacquer are formulated to the same shade by the brand, which mixed-brand pairing never quite achieves. One line: a combo is one listing for three pieces, and the bundles of 6 and 12 put several shades in one listing. Inventory: one SKU on the reorder sheet covers three services, which matters once the chart passes 50 shades. The trade-off is only that a salon which never runs dip is paying for a jar it will not open; for that salon the gel and lacquer duos are the leaner buy.
How to use each piece
- Dip. Prep, apply dip base, dip the nail in the powder, tap off, repeat for a second layer, then activator and dip top. No lamp. On LAVIS and SNS the same powder can be picked up with monomer for a sculpted acrylic set.
- Gel. Prep, one thin coat of the brand's base gel cured 60 seconds LED (30 seconds for OPI Intelli), two thin color coats cured after each, then top gel with the free edge capped.
- Lacquer. Base coat, two thin color coats, top coat, air-dried 5 to 8 minutes between coats.
Pro tip: keep every coat thin, gel or lacquer. Thin layers cure and dry evenly, wear longer, and resist chipping; a thick gel coat is the most common reason a set lifts in the first week.
Which powder size, 1 oz or 1.5 oz?
LAVIS sells most 3-in-1 combos with a choice of a 1 oz or a 1.5 oz powder jar, and LDS combos come with the 1 oz jar. The 1 oz jar suits a shade used on accent nails or a few clients a month; the 1.5 oz jar is the salon size for a chart staple that gets dipped daily. The gel and lacquer bottles are the same in both, so the only difference is how long the powder lasts. OPI Powder Perfection in the Intelli trio is the 1.5 oz jar only. If a salon is unsure, the 1 oz jar is the lower-risk first order and the 1.5 oz jar is the reorder once the shade proves itself.
Wear, care, and removal
- Dip wears 3 to 4 weeks (LDS states 21-plus days), gel 2 to 3 weeks (LDS and NuGenesis state up to 14 days for their gel), lacquer up to 7 days, all with daily cuticle oil and gloves for cleaning.
- Remove dip and gel with a 100 percent acetone foil wrap for 10 to 15 minutes and push the softened product away; never peel. Lacquer comes off with regular remover.
- Store all three upright, sealed, at room temperature, out of sunlight.
How the numbering works across the five lines
| Line | The number on the box | Where the same number appears |
|---|---|---|
| LAVIS 3-in-1 | The LAVIS three-digit gel number (001 to 276) | LAVIS gel, lacquer duo, and acrylic and dip powder pages |
| LDS 3-in-1 | The classic LDS three-digit number (005 Beige Me, 170 Young Attitude) | LDS gel single, duo, and dip pages; not the four-digit Color Craze chart, which is gel only |
| NuGenesis 3-in-1 | The NU number (NU 018 Royal Wedding) | NuGenesis dip and duo pages |
| SNS Pro and SNS Basics 3-in-1 | The SNS code (a collection prefix such as NV or BD plus a number, or a Basics number) | SNS dip jars, duos, and the Blue Book |
| OPI Intelli 3-in-1 | The OPI code (S86 Bubble Bath, F046 Lincoln Park at Midnight) | OPI Powder Perfection, GelColor Intelli, and Nail Lacquer |
The number is the reason to buy a combo. It is what lets any tech at any station reproduce a client's shade in a different format without a swatch conversation, and it is how each piece is refilled from its own page when one runs out ahead of the others. The client card carries the brand and the number; the wall is organized the same way.
Buying combos for a mixed-brand salon
Salons that stock more than one line on this page usually split them by client rather than by mood: the house lines (LAVIS and LDS) for the walk-in and regular clientele, where the number library is widest and the per-shade price lowest; SNS for the clients who arrived as SNS dip clients and will not switch; NuGenesis for the salon whose dip service is built on the odor-free, easy-soak-off pitch; and OPI Intelli for the client who asks for OPI by name and pays the premium tier. Buying the combo rather than the pieces for those clients keeps the number intact across services. For a shade that only ever sells in one format, the single-format page is the better buy, and most salons carry the combo for the twenty numbers that recur on client cards and the singles for everything else.
Three formats, one client card: the appointment rhythm
- Dip on the hands wears three to four weeks and is filled or soaked and redone in the same number.
- Gel on a refill visit wears two to three weeks (three to four on the LAVIS line with proper prep) and is soaked and repainted.
- Lacquer on the toes lasts about a week of shine, is refreshed at home from the retail bottle, and is repainted at the next pedicure.
Because the three services return on three clocks, the desk books by the number rather than by the product, and the combo is what keeps all three formats of that number on the wall at once. Powder, gel, and lacquer of one number match closely rather than perfectly (the house lines put it at 80 to 85 percent), so the desk swatches all three together once when the combo arrives and promises the client "the same shade" with that swatch in hand.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every 3-in-1 combo is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Bundles of 6 and 12 and the full-line collections put a whole palette on the wall in one order. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock combos ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.