DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #728 Purple Rain

728 Purple Rain 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 dusty purply pink pastel with white undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Thin coats, full colour: DND 728 Purple Rain rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
• Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
• Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
• A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.

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 728 Purple Rain, 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.
• Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Picking the right option on this page

On this page you are choosing between DND 728 Purple Rain 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 + Base Top is the duo bundled with a base and top coat, useful when you are opening a new station. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Think about who is buying. A mobile tech carries the DND 728 Purple Rain duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.

Storing the bottle

Keep DND 728 Purple Rain 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 728 Purple Rain is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and the DIVA line.