DND DC Gel + Lacquer Duo #2454 Tutu This Way

2454 Tutu This Way gives you a clear pink and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Pink sits close to most natural nail beds, so regrowth shows up slowly. DND DC lists it as a sheer blushing pink with deeper coverage.

What you get in the bottle

• Colour that covers: the DC formula is richly pigmented, so DND DC 2454 Tutu This Way reaches full depth in two thin coats.
• Twenty-one days of wear: ND publishes up to 21 days without chipping or peeling for the DC gel when it is run as a full 3-step service.
• Matching lacquer in the same shade: the duo pairs the soak-off gel with an air-dry lacquer, so a client can touch up at home without a lamp.
• Off in ten to fifteen minutes: DC is a soak-off gel, so removal is a wrap rather than a drill.
• Gloss that holds: the cured finish stays high-shine for the life of the set as long as the top coat caps the free edge.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, ease the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED or UV.
3. First colour pass: float DND DC 2454 Tutu This Way on thin, stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Second colour pass: this pass closes any thin spots, cure again.
5. Seal: top gel over the whole nail, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp needed.

Where this shade gets booked

• Everyday salon sets: pink sits close to most natural nail beds.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a milky white for a soft French or a clear top for a bare look.
• Bridal and bridesmaid bookings, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.

Which option should you add to the bag

On this page you are choosing between DND DC 2454 Tutu This Way 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND DC 2454 Tutu This Way bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

How to take it off

DND DC 2454 Tutu This Way 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 DC 2454 Tutu This Way is stocked alongside the DND DC, DND and DIVA gel wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and the DC gel and lacquer range.