DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #443 Twinkle Little Star

443 Twinkle Little Star gives you a fine glitter and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off. It sits in the winter gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 443 Twinkle Little Star 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

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 443 Twinkle Little Star 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

• Accent nails: glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a solid cream shade on the other nails.
• Party and holiday sets, where a sheer 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 443 Twinkle Little 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 443 Twinkle Little Star bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

Storing the bottle

Keep DND 443 Twinkle Little Star upright with the cap tight and out of direct sunlight, because daylight will start curing gel in a half-empty bottle. Wipe the neck before you close it so the cap does not seize. Pigment-heavy and glitter shades settle between services, so roll the bottle between your palms rather than shaking it, which puts bubbles in the first coat and shows up under the lamp.

DND 443 Twinkle Little Star is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the winter gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.