Frequently asked questions
What is in a 36-colour block?
A numbered section of the LAVIS colour acrylic and dipping powder chart, listed in a 1 oz and a 1.5 oz build, so a salon adds a whole part of the chart in one order with nothing missing. LAVIS supplies 15 of the 18 listings on this page, including multi-part purchases for a second station or a second site, with Mia Secret contributing clear and cover kits at volume and Young Nails a core structure set. Only one listing is out of stock at the time of writing.
Do the blocks cost less per jar?
No. Checked on 23 September 2026, the LAVIS 36-colour blocks come out at or slightly above the price of the same jars bought individually in both builds. A block is bought for what it is, a complete numbered section of the chart in one order, rather than for a unit saving, and the arithmetic is worth doing on the specific listing before ordering. Nothing on this page is a markdown or a clearance price.
Should a block be bought in 1 oz or 1.5 oz?
Split it by how the salon works. The shades already in weekly rotation earn the larger jar; the outer edges of a chart, used a few times a month, belong in the smaller size. Buying a whole block in 1.5 oz because it looks like better value leaves large jars of colours that get opened twice a year, and powder that sits open at a table for two years is not the product it was. Buying the workhorses as singles in the bigger size is often the least wasteful arrangement.
When is a chart block the wrong purchase?
When the salon is not already selling colour acrylic. A 36-jar block is a commitment to a service, and a station doing two colour sets a month will still be opening the same six jars a year later. In that case buy a small set of covers and a clear, and add colour one jar at a time as clients ask for it. A block makes sense when colour sets are booked regularly, when a second station must match the first, or when the chart itself is what the salon advertises.
What is on this page
18 acrylic bundles at wholesale for salons buying at volume, with only one out of stock as this page was written. LAVIS supplies 15 of the listings, Mia Secret two, and Young Nails one. Most of the LAVIS listings are 36-colour blocks of the numbered colour acrylic and dipping powder chart, sold in a 1 oz and a 1.5 oz build, which is how a salon adds a whole section of a chart in a single order.
The bundles on this page
| Build | What is in it | Who buys it |
|---|---|---|
| LAVIS 36-colour blocks | Numbered parts of the colour acrylic and dip chart, 1 oz or 1.5 oz | A salon building or standardising a colour powder wall |
| Multi-part line purchases | Several blocks together | Opening a second station or a second site |
| Mia Secret sets | Clear and cover powder kits at volume | A French and natural-look station |
| Young Nails clear and cover | Core structure powders | A station that sculpts more than it colours |
Colour powder behaves differently from colour gel
A colour acrylic set puts the shade inside the enhancement, so it cannot chip at the free edge and it grows out as a line rather than as a worn patch. That is why a salon with clients who work with their hands sells more colour powder than colour gel, and why a deep powder chart earns its shelf space: those clients rebook the same shade for months rather than changing it every visit. A 36-colour block is therefore a lower-risk purchase than the same number of gel bottles would be.
The practical caveat is that every jar here is also a dip powder, which means the same stock serves two services and empties faster than a gel bottle would. Buying the size that matches the turnover matters more than usual.
1 oz or 1.5 oz on a volume order
Both builds exist for the same 36 shades, and the sensible split is by how the salon works rather than by price alone. A station that sculpts colour daily empties the popular shades quickly and should take the larger build for those, while the outer edges of a chart, the shades that appear a few times a month, belong in the smaller size. Buying a whole block in 1.5 oz because it looks like better value leaves a salon with large jars of colours it opens twice a year, and powder that sits open at a table for two years is not the product it was. Where only a handful of shades are used weekly, buying those as singles in the larger size and the block in the smaller one is the arrangement that wastes least.
On pricing
Checked on 2026-09-23, the LAVIS 36-colour blocks work out at or slightly above the price of the same jars bought individually in both the 1 oz and the 1.5 oz build. A block is therefore bought for what it is, a whole numbered section of the chart in one order with nothing missing, rather than for a unit saving, and the arithmetic is worth doing on the specific listing before ordering. Nothing here is a markdown and nothing is being cleared.
Ordering a block for a working station
- Check the numbers against the shelf. Each block lists its range, so an overlap with existing stock is visible before the order.
- Buy the block that matches the palette the salon sells, not the one with the prettiest photographs.
- Split the sizes. Larger jars for the shades already in rotation, smaller for the rest of the block.
- Add clear and cover at the same time. A colour wall without structure powders cannot build a set.
- Order monomer to match. Liquid empties faster than any single colour.
- Plan storage before the box lands. Thirty-six jars need a dry, sealed shelf away from the acetone.
What a colour powder order still needs
- Clear and cover powders for the structure the colour sits on.
- EMA liquid monomer in a size that matches the number of sets the salon does.
- Dehydrator and primer, because adhesion is decided before the first bead.
- Brushes, two per tech so one can be cleaned while the other works.
- Dip liquids if the same jars will be used at a dip station.
Storing a large powder order
Powder is ruined by moisture and by contamination. Keep jars sealed, upright, off the floor, away from steam, heat, and direct sun, and rotate stock forward so the oldest is opened first. Nothing that has been in a dappen dish goes back into a jar. Label the shelf with the block numbers so a stock check is a walk rather than an inventory, and keep the working jars at the station separate from the sealed stock in the cupboard.
When a block is the wrong purchase
When the salon is not already selling colour acrylic. A 36-jar block is a commitment to a service, and a station that does two colour sets a month will still be opening the same six jars a year later. The better first purchase in that case is a small set of covers and a clear, with colour added one jar at a time as clients ask for it. A block makes sense when colour sets are already booked regularly, when a second station has to match the first, or when the chart itself is what the salon advertises.
Making a new block visible
Thirty-six jars that arrive and go straight onto a shelf in number order will sell slowly, because nobody at the chair knows what is in them. The salons that get the most from a block swatch every shade onto a tip first, group the tips by colour family rather than by number, and put six of them where clients wait. A sheet at the station listing the new numbers and which family each belongs to does the rest: a tech who knows there are three new nudes will offer them, and one who would have to search the wall will keep selling what she already knows.
It also pays to photograph three or four finished sets in the new shades. Colour acrylic photographs well because the finish has no glare, and those pictures are what turn a stock purchase into bookings rather than inventory.
Colour powder at two stations
Every jar in these blocks is a colour acrylic and dipping powder, so the same stock can serve a sculpting table and a dip station. That flexibility is one of the strongest arguments for buying at block size, because a shade that is slow at one table is often busy at the other. The rule that protects the stock is two physical jars of any shade used in both services, since one drop of monomer clumps a dip jar permanently and a brush that has been in dip base is finished for beadwork.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every bundle on this page ships at wholesale pricing for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock sets ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.