DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #432 Dark Scarlet

432 Dark Scarlet gives you a blue-based red and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND lists it as a deep oxblood scarlet for your witchy days. It sits in the winter gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Colour that lands on the first pass: heavy pigment means you are not building four coats to reach the DND 432 Dark Scarlet on the cap.
• Predictable three-week service: the full DND 3-step gel system under an LED lamp is what the wear claim is based on.
• Duo, not just gel: the matching air-dry lacquer ships with the gel in this option.
• One system, 1,200 plus shades: easy to reorder and easy for a client to stay loyal to.
• One-pass coverage: an opaque cream covers in fewer coats, which keeps the set thin and reduces lifting at the sidewalls.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, push the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of DND base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED.
3. First colour coat: float DND 432 Dark Scarlet on in a thin layer without touching the sidewalls, then cure.
4. Second colour coat: build to full opacity, cure again.
5. Seal: DND top coat over everything, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp required.

Where this shade gets booked

• Evening and date-night sets: red shows brush strokes more than most families.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a glossy top coat and a clean cuticle line.
• Classic pedicures, where a opaque finish is what the client asked for.
• 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 432 Dark Scarlet 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 432 Dark Scarlet bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

How to take it off

DND 432 Dark Scarlet 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 432 Dark Scarlet is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the winter gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.