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401 Golden Sahara Star gives you a champagne gold and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Gold flake catches light unevenly on a thick coat, so build it in thin layers. DND lists it as a goddess gold glitter. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 401 Golden Sahara Star rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 401 Shade name Golden Sahara Star Colour family Gold, Gold, Glitter Finish Sheer 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 UPC 696294429407 Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 401 Golden Sahara Star, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Holiday sets: gold flake catches light unevenly on a thick coat.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base or a deep red accent.
- Wedding guest nails, where a sheer finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall/Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 401 Golden Sahara Star 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. Gel & Lacquer + Base Top is the duo bundled with a base and top coat, useful when you are opening a new station. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 401 Golden Sahara Star bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
Matching this shade across services
The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. DND 401 Golden Sahara Star is mixed as a pair, so the air-dry lacquer reads as the same colour as the cured gel under normal light. Where the same code also exists as a dip powder, a salon can run gel, lacquer and dip off one shade code without a second colour match. Check the options on this page to see which formats ND carries for this code.
DND 401 Golden Sahara Star is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.
401 Golden Sahara Star gives you a champagne gold and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Gold flake catches light unevenly on a thick coat, so build it in thin layers. DND lists it as a goddess gold glitter. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 401 Golden Sahara Star rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 401 |
| Shade name | Golden Sahara Star |
| Colour family | Gold, Gold, Glitter |
| Finish | Sheer |
| 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 |
| UPC | 696294429407 |
Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 401 Golden Sahara Star, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Holiday sets: gold flake catches light unevenly on a thick coat.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base or a deep red accent.
- Wedding guest nails, where a sheer finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall/Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 401 Golden Sahara Star 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. Gel & Lacquer + Base Top is the duo bundled with a base and top coat, useful when you are opening a new station. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 401 Golden Sahara Star bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
Matching this shade across services
The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. DND 401 Golden Sahara Star is mixed as a pair, so the air-dry lacquer reads as the same colour as the cured gel under normal light. Where the same code also exists as a dip powder, a salon can run gel, lacquer and dip off one shade code without a second colour match. Check the options on this page to see which formats ND carries for this code.
DND 401 Golden Sahara Star is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.