Frequently asked questions
What is in each Mia Secret kit?
Kit 1 holds White, Cover Baby Pink, Cover Beige, and Clear. Kit 2 holds Clear and Pink. Kit 3 holds Clear, Cover Baby Pink, and Cover White Peony. Kit 4 holds Clear, Cover Baby Pink, and a cover nude, with a version that adds Frosted Star. Kit 5 is the Kit 1 combination plus a nail liquid monomer, which makes it the only one that can place a bead out of the box. There is also an 18-color cover set. Most kits are listed in both a 1 oz and a 2 oz build.
Are the kits cheaper than buying the jars separately?
No. At ND these sets are priced as their pieces: a kit costs what the same jars cost individually. That makes the kit a convenience and a shortlist rather than a discount. A salon that already knows which four shades it wants loses nothing by ordering singles, and a tech who does not know yet gets a sensible starting set for the same money. Where a kit genuinely helps is in the reorder: one line instead of five when a second station is set up.
What else is needed to work from a kit?
Liquid monomer, unless the kit is the one that includes it, since powder alone cannot form a bead. Nail prep and a primer, because adhesion is decided before the first bead and none of these kits include them. An acrylic brush sized to the work, smaller for fills and natural length and larger for sculpted extensions. Forms or tips, depending on whether the salon sculpts or tips. And files, a buffer, and two dappen dishes so monomer is never poured back into the bottle.
The kits are out of stock. Can I build the same set?
Yes, from the singles on the Mia Secret acrylic powder page, which carries every shade the kits contain in 1 oz, 2 oz, 4 oz, and 8 oz. Kit 1 is 20 White 3D, 02 Cover Baby Pink, 03 Cover Beige, and 00 Clear; Kit 2 is 00 Clear and 18 Pink; Kit 3 is 00 Clear, 02 Cover Baby Pink, and 15 Cover White Peony. Buying singles also lets the cover shade be chosen for the salon's own client book rather than accepting the one the kit was built around.
What the Mia Secret kits are
Twelve listings that bundle Mia Secret acrylic powders, and in one case a monomer, into a single line on the order. Each kit is built around the same idea: a clear, a white, and one or two cover nudes are what a station needs to work, and most of the rest of the range is refinement. The kits are listed in a 1 oz build and a 2 oz build so a new tech and a busy salon can buy the same combination in the size that fits. Every listing on this page is out of stock as this page was written, so the sections below cover what each kit holds and how to assemble the same set from singles.
What is in each kit
| Kit | Contents | Builds listed |
|---|---|---|
| Kit 1 | White, Cover Baby Pink, Cover Beige, Clear | 1 oz and 2 oz |
| Kit 2 | Clear and Pink | 1 oz and 2 oz |
| Kit 3 | Clear, Cover Baby Pink, Cover White Peony | 1 oz and 2 oz |
| Kit 4 | Clear, Cover Baby Pink, Cover Nude, with or without Frosted Star | 1 oz and 2 oz |
| Kit 5 | White, Cover Baby Pink, Cover Beige, Clear, plus a nail liquid monomer | 1 oz |
| Cover set | 18 cover colors | 1 oz |
What a kit does that loose jars do not
It removes decisions. A tech opening a station for the first time does not know which four of twenty-one shades she will actually use, and a salon adding a second acrylic table does not want to reorder five lines to duplicate the first one. A kit fixes that: one line on the order, one box, and a set of shades that already work together, because the clear, the white, and the cover were chosen to be used in the same set rather than to look good side by side on a chart.
The trade is flexibility. A kit built around Cover Baby Pink serves a pale client book well and a deeper one poorly, which is why the sensible pattern is to buy the kit for the core and then add one or two covers from the singles for the clients the kit does not reach.
Which kit suits which salon
- New tech, first station. Kit 5, because it is the only one that includes the liquid, so nothing else is needed to place a bead.
- Pink-and-white station. Kit 1, where the white and the clear do the French and the two covers do the bed.
- Minimal setup or a second table. Kit 2, clear and pink, which covers overlays and simple sets.
- Natural-look salon. Kit 3 or Kit 4, both built on cover nudes rather than on white.
- Art and accents. The Kit 4 version that includes Frosted Star, which is the shimmer for a feature nail.
- A full shade wall at once. The 18-color cover set, which is the whole cover ladder in the trial size.
What still has to be added to a kit
- Liquid monomer, unless the kit is the one that includes it. A powder kit without liquid cannot make a bead.
- Nail prep and primer, because adhesion is decided before the first bead and no kit here includes them.
- An acrylic brush in a size that matches the work: smaller for fills and natural length, larger for sculpted extensions.
- Forms or tips, depending on whether the salon sculpts or tips.
- Files, a buffer, and a dappen dish, plus a second dish so monomer is never poured back into the bottle.
How these sets are priced at ND
The Mia Secret kits are priced as their pieces: the listed price of a kit lines up with the same jars bought individually rather than undercutting them. That is worth knowing before ordering, because it changes what the kit is for. It is a convenience and a shortlist, not a discount, so a salon that already knows exactly which four shades it wants loses nothing by ordering the singles, and a salon that does not know yet gains a sensible starting set for the same money.
Building the same set from singles
Because every kit here is currently out of stock, the practical route is to rebuild it on the acrylic powder page, where the same jars are listed individually in 1 oz, 2 oz, 4 oz, and 8 oz. Kit 1 is 20 White 3D, 02 Cover Baby Pink, 03 Cover Beige, and 00 Clear. Kit 2 is 00 Clear and 18 Pink. Kit 3 is 00 Clear, 02 Cover Baby Pink, and 15 Cover White Peony. Kit 4 is 00 Clear, 02 Cover Baby Pink, and a cover nude, with 16 Frosted Stars for the version that includes shimmer. Adding the monomer from the liquid page completes Kit 5.
Ordering the singles has one advantage over waiting for a kit: the cover shade can be chosen for the salon's own client book instead of accepting the one the kit was built around. Swatch a cover on a curved tip laid against the client's nail bed in daylight, and write the number on the card.
1 oz or 2 oz for a kit
- 1 oz is the trial build. It is enough to learn a line, to test a cover against a client book, and to keep a spare of a shade used occasionally.
- 2 oz is the working build for a station that runs acrylic several days a week, and the sensible choice once the shades are settled.
- Mixed is fine. Many salons keep the clear and the white in the bigger size and the covers in the small one, because clear and white empty first.
- Watch the shelf life of a rarely used jar. Powder keeps well when it is closed and dry, but a jar opened at the table every day for two years is not the same product it was.
- Do not size up a shade that has not proven itself. The most common waste in a salon is a large jar of a cover that flatters nobody in the book.
What a starter set does not teach
A kit gives a tech the shades but not the ratio, and the ratio is the skill. A bead picked up too wet runs off the brush, shrinks as it cures, clouds, and pulls away at the cuticle. A bead picked up too dry drags, leaves brush marks, traps air, and sets brittle. The bead to place is the one that holds a dome while still moving under the brush, and finding it takes a dozen nails with the same liquid and the same powder, which is exactly why a kit is useful: it keeps both halves constant while the hand learns.
Room temperature is the variable nobody warns about. The same combination that behaves in January sets before it can be placed in July, so a tech who learned on a cold station will feel like the product changed when the season did. It did not; the timing did.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Mia Secret kits and singles ship at wholesale pricing for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Free shipping on orders $75+, and in-stock items ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.