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983 Slinky Taupe gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 983 Slinky Taupe is high, which keeps the set thin and cuts down on lifting.
- Built for the 3-step system: base gel, gel colour, top coat, each cured under an LED lamp, gives about three weeks of wear.
- The client takes the shade home: the matching lacquer air-dries, so touch-ups between appointments need no lamp.
- Depth of range: with more than 1,200 shades DND lets a salon standardise on one system without running out of colour.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 983 Shade name Slinky Taupe Colour family Brown Finish Glossy Bottle size 0.5 oz System DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat Cure under an LED lamp Gel wear up to 3 weeks Lacquer air-dry, no lamp needed Bottle glass Condition new Application steps
- Shape and clean: file, push the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
- Base: a thin layer of DND base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED.
- First colour coat: float DND 983 Slinky Taupe on in a thin layer without touching the sidewalls, then cure.
- Second colour coat: build to full opacity, cure again.
- Seal: DND top coat over everything, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
- The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp required.
Where this shade gets booked
- Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
- Almond and coffin shapes, 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 983 Slinky Taupe 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 983 Slinky Taupe bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 983 Slinky Taupe is a soak-off gel, so nothing here needs to be drilled off. Break the seal by filing through the top coat until the shine is gone, then wrap each nail in an acetone-soaked pad and leave it long enough for the layers to lift on their own. Ease the softened gel off with a wooden pusher. If it resists, re-wrap rather than scrape, because scraping is what thins the plate and causes the next set to lift.
DND 983 Slinky Taupe is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.
983 Slinky Taupe gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 983 Slinky Taupe is high, which keeps the set thin and cuts down on lifting.
- Built for the 3-step system: base gel, gel colour, top coat, each cured under an LED lamp, gives about three weeks of wear.
- The client takes the shade home: the matching lacquer air-dries, so touch-ups between appointments need no lamp.
- Depth of range: with more than 1,200 shades DND lets a salon standardise on one system without running out of colour.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 983 |
| Shade name | Slinky Taupe |
| Colour family | Brown |
| Finish | Glossy |
| Bottle size | 0.5 oz |
| System | DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat |
| Cure | under an LED lamp |
| Gel wear | up to 3 weeks |
| Lacquer | air-dry, no lamp needed |
| Bottle | glass |
| Condition | new |
Application steps
- Shape and clean: file, push the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
- Base: a thin layer of DND base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED.
- First colour coat: float DND 983 Slinky Taupe on in a thin layer without touching the sidewalls, then cure.
- Second colour coat: build to full opacity, cure again.
- Seal: DND top coat over everything, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
- The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp required.
Where this shade gets booked
- Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
- Almond and coffin shapes, 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 983 Slinky Taupe 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 983 Slinky Taupe bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 983 Slinky Taupe is a soak-off gel, so nothing here needs to be drilled off. Break the seal by filing through the top coat until the shine is gone, then wrap each nail in an acetone-soaked pad and leave it long enough for the layers to lift on their own. Ease the softened gel off with a wooden pusher. If it resists, re-wrap rather than scrape, because scraping is what thins the plate and causes the next set to lift.
DND 983 Slinky Taupe is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.