DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #455 Plum Passion

455 Plum Passion gives you a plum purple and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Purple carries both red and blue pigment, so it shifts under salon light and daylight. DND lists it as a deep eggplant purple that really pops. 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 455 Plum Passion 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 455 Plum Passion 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 sets: purple carries both red and blue pigment.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a soft pink base or a glitter tip.
• Autumn bookings, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Picking the right option on this page

On this page you are choosing between DND 455 Plum Passion 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. Think about who is buying. A mobile tech carries the DND 455 Plum Passion duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.

Matching this shade across services

The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. DND 455 Plum Passion 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 455 Plum Passion is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the winter gel lacquer line-up and the DIVA line.