DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #535 Rose City, MI

535 Rose City, MI gives you a plum purple and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Purple carries both red and blue pigment, so it shifts under salon light and daylight. DND lists it as a cool-toned soft pink-purple. It sits in the summer gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 535 Rose City, MI reaches full colour in two thin coats.
• Three weeks between fills: run it as a 3-step service with DND base gel and top coat under an LED lamp and it holds for about three weeks.
• Matched lacquer in the box: the duo pairs the gel with an air-dry lacquer in the same shade, so a client can match at home.
• Range that fills a wall: DND carries more than 1,200 gel shades, so a repeat client can stay in the same system for years.
• 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. Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
2. Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
3. Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 535 Rose City, MI, keep it off the skin, cure.
4. Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
5. Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
6. Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.

Where this shade gets booked

• Evening sets: purple carries both red and blue pigment.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a soft pink base or a glitter tip.
• Autumn bookings, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Duo, single or add the dip

On this page you are choosing between DND 535 Rose City, MI 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. Salons running a full service line usually take the combined option so DND 535 Rose City, MI covers gel, lacquer and dip. A tech testing a new colour on a few clients is better off with the duo on its own.

Storing the bottle

Keep DND 535 Rose City, MI upright with the cap tight and out of direct sunlight, because daylight will start curing gel in a half-empty bottle. Wipe the neck before you close it so the cap does not seize. Pigment-heavy and glitter shades settle between services, so roll the bottle between your palms rather than shaking it, which puts bubbles in the first coat and shows up under the lamp.

DND 535 Rose City, MI is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the summer gel lacquer line-up and DND DC shades.