DND Gel Starter Kit: 492, 552, 556, 562, 598, BT 500-600

Five shades and the gels that set them: 492, 552, 556, 562, 598, with base and top 500 and 600, on the DND system.

What is in the box

• 5 gel and lacquer duos: each one a soak-off gel with a matching air-dry lacquer in the same shade.
• Bottle size: 0.5 oz per bottle.
• Base and top gel: included, so the kit cures a full service on its own.
• Wear: up to 3 weeks when run as a full service.

Specifications

Running a service from this box

1. Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
2. Base gel: one thin coat, capped at the free edge, cured under an LED lamp.
3. Colour coat one: one thin coat, kept off the skin, cured.
4. Colour coat two: a second coat brings the pigment to full depth, cured again.
5. Top gel: one coat, cured, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp needed.

Who buys this one

• Someone new to the system who wants the gels and the colours matched from the start
• A home or mobile set-up where shelf space is the constraint
• Testing whether the line earns its place before buying a block

How it compares

The kit answers a different question from a part. A part asks how much of the wall you want. A kit asks whether you can run the service at all yet: it brings the gels as well as the colour, so nothing else has to be ordered before the first client sits down.

Matching services across the box

Every colour here comes as a gel and a matching lacquer, which is what lets a salon offer both a lamp service and a quick air-dry finish from one shelf. Where the same shade number also exists as a dip powder, a third service runs off the same colour without a second match. Check the shade number rather than the name when you cross between formats.

Stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, DND starter sets and gel and lacquer in bulk.