DND DC Gel + Lacquer Duo #162 Clear Red

162 Clear Red gives you a blue-based red and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND DC lists it as a passionate dark red jelly (can be sheer). It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Colour that covers: the DC formula is richly pigmented, so DND DC 162 Clear Red reaches full depth in two thin coats.
• Twenty-one days of wear: ND publishes up to 21 days without chipping or peeling for the DC gel when it is run as a full 3-step service.
• Matching lacquer in the same shade: the duo pairs the soak-off gel with an air-dry lacquer, so a client can touch up at home without a lamp.
• Off in ten to fifteen minutes: DC is a soak-off gel, so removal is a wrap rather than a drill.
• Gloss that holds: the cured finish stays high-shine for the life of the set as long as the top coat caps the free edge.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, ease the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED or UV.
3. First colour pass: float DND DC 162 Clear Red on thin, stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Second colour pass: this pass closes any thin spots, cure again.
5. Seal: top gel over the whole nail, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp needed.

Where this shade gets booked

• Evening and date-night sets: red shows brush strokes more than most families.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a glossy top coat and a clean cuticle line.
• Classic pedicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Fall bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Which option should you add to the bag

On this page you are choosing between DND DC 162 Clear Red in different formats. Gel Polish & Lacquer is the matched gel and lacquer pair, so the client can take the polish home in the same shade. Gel Polish Only is the gel bottle on its own, for salons that only run gel services. Lacquer Only is the air-dry lacquer on its own, no lamp needed. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. If you already stock base and top coat, the plain DND DC 162 Clear Red duo is the sensible reorder. The bundled options exist for a new station or a second room that has nothing in it yet.

If the set lifts early

Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND DC 162 Clear Red as much as any shade on the wall. Make sure the shine is fully off the plate, the cuticle is pushed back and the surface is dehydrated before the base goes on. Keep every layer thin and cap the free edge on the base, both colour coats and the top. A thick colour coat is the most common cause of a set that peels at the stress point in week two.

DND DC 162 Clear Red is stocked alongside the DND DC, DND and DIVA gel wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DC nail lacquers.