Frequently asked questions
What kinds of sets are on this page?
Four kinds. Cat eye collections of six and twelve magnetic gels, deluxe and special gel groups from the LAVIS specialty ranges, twelve-colour seasonal collections including OPI seasonal sets, and thirty-six colour blocks of a numbered chart for a salon standardising on one line. LAVIS supplies 61 of the 144 listings, LDS 42, OPI 25, Kiara Sky seven, and Apres five. Sixty-eight are out of stock at the time of writing, so check availability before planning an order.
Are bulk sets cheaper per bottle?
It varies by set. Some line sets work out below what the same bottles cost individually and others match them, so the listing price is worth checking against the single before ordering. Nothing here is priced as a markdown and nothing is being cleared. What a set reliably removes is a dozen order lines, a dozen decisions, and the risk of a wall assembled from shades that do not sit together.
Why buy a collection rather than choosing singles?
Above a certain size a salon is choosing a range rather than shades. A twelve-colour collection arrives as a coherent display, photographs as a set, and gives the tech something to describe at the chair, and the reorder is one line with known shades. The trade is that a collection includes one or two colours the salon would not have picked, which is the cost of coherence and usually less than the cost of a wall that looks assembled.
What does an effect collection need beyond the bottles?
A magnet for cat eye work, and different magnet shapes for different patterns; a dark base under most magnetic effects so they read properly; and a non-wipe top coat for chrome and shimmer work that cannot be cleansed after curing. Swatch every shade in the set before it goes on the display, because effect gels look nothing like the bottle on the nail, and train the team before promoting the service, since an effect sold too early becomes a redo.
What is on this page
144 gel sets at wholesale for salons buying at volume rather than setting up, and 68 of them are out of stock as this page was written, which is worth checking before an order is planned. LAVIS supplies 61 of the listings, LDS 42, OPI 25, Kiara Sky seven, Apres five, and there are single listings from A'DOR, Chaun Legend, and DND. The sets run from twelve-colour collections up to full thirty-six colour lines.
What kind of sets these are
| Group | What is in it | Who buys it |
|---|---|---|
| Cat eye collections | Six and twelve colour magnetic gel sets | Salons adding an effect service in one order |
| Deluxe and special gel groups | Grouped collections from the LAVIS specialty ranges | A salon refreshing the premium end of the wall |
| Seasonal collections | Twelve-colour seasonal drops, including OPI seasonal sets | A display rebuilt in one line on the order |
| Full-line parts | Thirty-six colour blocks of a numbered chart | A salon standardising on one line |
Buying by the collection instead of the bottle
Above a certain size a salon stops choosing shades and starts choosing ranges. A twelve-colour collection arrives as a coherent display, photographs as a set, and gives the tech a story to tell at the chair, which a dozen singles picked from different families does not. It also simplifies the reorder: one line, one code, and the shades are known to sit together, so the wall does not drift into forty near-identical nudes over two years.
The trade is commitment. A collection includes shades the salon would not have chosen individually, and one or two of them will sit unused. That is the cost of coherence, and it is usually smaller than the cost of a wall that looks assembled rather than chosen.
On pricing
Per-bottle pricing varies by set on this page. Some line sets work out below what the same bottles cost individually and others match them, so the listing price is worth checking against the single before ordering. What is consistent is what the set removes: a dozen order lines, a dozen decisions, and the risk of a wall built from shades that do not sit together. No set here is priced as a markdown, and nothing is being cleared.
Choosing a collection for the wall
- Buy to a gap, not to a trend. Look at the wall and name the family that is missing before opening the page.
- Check the shade numbers. Every listing prints them, so an overlap with existing stock is visible before ordering.
- Keep one specialty range at a time. A cat eye collection plus a deluxe collection in the same month is more display than most salons can sell.
- Match the size to the service mix. A twelve-colour set suits a display; a thirty-six colour block suits a salon standardising a chart.
- Check availability. Almost half of this page is currently out of stock, so build the order around what is there.
- Plan the display before the box arrives. A collection that goes into a drawer earns nothing.
Effect collections need more than colour
- Cat eye gels need a magnet, and different patterns need different magnet shapes.
- A dark base underneath makes most magnetic effects read properly.
- Non-wipe top coats matter for chrome and shimmer work, which cannot be cleansed after curing.
- Swatch every shade in the set, because effect gels look nothing like the bottle on the nail.
- Train before promoting. An effect service sold before the tech is comfortable becomes a redo.
Standardising on one line
The thirty-six colour blocks are for a different decision: a salon that wants one chart across every station, so any tech can pick up any bottle and know how it behaves. The advantages are real, consistent cure times, one base and top, one set of numbers on the client cards, and simpler training, and the cost is flexibility, because a line that changes its formula or discontinues a shade affects the whole wall at once. Salons that take this route usually keep a small second line for the specialty work the main chart does not cover.
Turning a large order into bookings
A collection that arrives and goes onto the shelf in shade order earns far less than the same collection given a week of attention. The salons that get the most out of a volume order do three things: swatch every shade onto tips before the box is unpacked into the wall, photograph four or five of the strongest on a real hand, and give the team a sentence each about what the range is for. That turns a stock purchase into a service clients ask for by name, which is the only way a twelve or thirty-six bottle order pays for itself quickly.
The second habit is rotation. A wall that only grows becomes unreadable, so a large order should be paired with an edit: the shades that have not been opened in six months move to a clearance basket or to the pedicure rack, and the new range takes their place at eye level.
Storage at volume
A large gel order needs somewhere dark and cool that is not the display. Gel cures slowly in ambient light and thickens near heat, so unopened stock belongs in a cupboard rather than on a shelf by the window, and bottles should be rotated forward so the oldest is used first. Keep the collection boxes: they carry the shade numbers, which is what makes a reorder or a stock check quick a year later.
How much stock is too much
The honest limit is the client book rather than the shelf. A wall of two hundred gel colours in a three-chair salon means most bottles are opened a handful of times a year, and gel that sits opened for two years is not the product it was when it arrived. A useful test is to count how many shades were actually used in the last quarter: most salons find the answer is between twenty and forty, whatever the wall holds. Buying at volume makes sense when it replaces that working set or deepens it, and stops making sense when it adds a fifth nude nobody will reach for.
Where a salon does want breadth, the cheaper route is a display built from swatch sticks with a smaller working stock behind it. Clients choose from the full chart, the salon holds what it uses, and the rest is ordered as it is booked rather than sitting on a shelf.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every set 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.