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427 Air of Mint gives you a pale mint and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Mint is a cool pastel that needs a well-buffed plate or the colour pools at the cuticle. DND lists it as a unique pastel mint with grey undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 427 Air of Mint is high, which keeps the set thin and cuts down on lifting.
- Built for the 3-step system: base gel, gel colour, top coat, each cured under an LED lamp, gives about three weeks of wear.
- The client takes the shade home: the matching lacquer air-dries, so touch-ups between appointments need no lamp.
- Depth of range: with more than 1,200 shades DND lets a salon standardise on one system without running out of colour.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 427 Shade name Air of Mint Colour family Mint Finish Opaque 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 696294431141 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 427 Air of Mint, 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
- Spring sets: mint is a cool pastel that needs a well-buffed plate or the colour pools at the cuticle.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a white base coat or a silver accent.
- Pastel nail art, where a opaque finish is what the client asked for.
- Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 427 Air of Mint 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 427 Air of Mint bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 427 Air of Mint is a soak-off gel, so nothing here needs to be drilled off. Break the seal by filing through the top coat until the shine is gone, then wrap each nail in an acetone-soaked pad and leave it long enough for the layers to lift on their own. Ease the softened gel off with a wooden pusher. If it resists, re-wrap rather than scrape, because scraping is what thins the plate and causes the next set to lift.
DND 427 Air of Mint is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.
427 Air of Mint gives you a pale mint and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Mint is a cool pastel that needs a well-buffed plate or the colour pools at the cuticle. DND lists it as a unique pastel mint with grey undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 427 Air of Mint is high, which keeps the set thin and cuts down on lifting.
- Built for the 3-step system: base gel, gel colour, top coat, each cured under an LED lamp, gives about three weeks of wear.
- The client takes the shade home: the matching lacquer air-dries, so touch-ups between appointments need no lamp.
- Depth of range: with more than 1,200 shades DND lets a salon standardise on one system without running out of colour.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 427 |
| Shade name | Air of Mint |
| Colour family | Mint |
| Finish | Opaque |
| 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 | 696294431141 |
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 427 Air of Mint, 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
- Spring sets: mint is a cool pastel that needs a well-buffed plate or the colour pools at the cuticle.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a white base coat or a silver accent.
- Pastel nail art, where a opaque finish is what the client asked for.
- Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 427 Air of Mint 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 427 Air of Mint bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 427 Air of Mint is a soak-off gel, so nothing here needs to be drilled off. Break the seal by filing through the top coat until the shine is gone, then wrap each nail in an acetone-soaked pad and leave it long enough for the layers to lift on their own. Ease the softened gel off with a wooden pusher. If it resists, re-wrap rather than scrape, because scraping is what thins the plate and causes the next set to lift.
DND 427 Air of Mint is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.