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161 Lovebug gives you a blue-based red and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND DIVA lists it as warm red. It sits in the winter gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Gel and regular polish together: DND DIVA 161 Lovebug covers both the lamp service and the air-dry service without a second colour match.
- Lamp-agnostic: the gel cures under UV or LED, so it drops into an existing station.
- Glossy cured finish: long-lasting wear with a high-gloss surface.
- No new system to learn: apply gel colour then top coat, as per the Daisy Gel system.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 161 Shade name Lovebug Colour family Red Finish Glossy Bottle size 0.5 oz System Daisy Gel system: gel colour, then top coat Cure under a UV or LED lamp Lacquer regular polish, air-dry, no lamp needed Item weight 145 grams Bottle glass Condition new Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base: a thin coat of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under your UV or LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND DIVA 161 Lovebug, kept off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat brings the pigment to full depth, cure again.
- Top coat: the Daisy Gel sequence finishes with a top coat, cured, then wipe the tacky layer if your top leaves one.
- The regular polish: goes over a base coat at home and air-dries, no lamp needed.
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 glossy 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 DIVA 161 Lovebug 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. If you already stock base and top coat, the plain DND DIVA 161 Lovebug duo is the sensible reorder. The bundled options exist for a new station or a second room that has nothing in it yet.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND DIVA 161 Lovebug as much as any shade on the wall. Make sure the shine is fully off the plate, the cuticle is pushed back and the surface is dehydrated before the base goes on. Keep every layer thin and cap the free edge on the base, both colour coats and the top. A thick colour coat is the most common cause of a set that peels at the stress point in week two.
DND DIVA 161 Lovebug is stocked alongside the whole DIVA line, the winter gel lacquer line-up and the full DND gel and lacquer wall.
161 Lovebug gives you a blue-based red and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND DIVA lists it as warm red. It sits in the winter gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Gel and regular polish together: DND DIVA 161 Lovebug covers both the lamp service and the air-dry service without a second colour match.
- Lamp-agnostic: the gel cures under UV or LED, so it drops into an existing station.
- Glossy cured finish: long-lasting wear with a high-gloss surface.
- No new system to learn: apply gel colour then top coat, as per the Daisy Gel system.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 161 |
| Shade name | Lovebug |
| Colour family | Red |
| Finish | Glossy |
| Bottle size | 0.5 oz |
| System | Daisy Gel system: gel colour, then top coat |
| Cure | under a UV or LED lamp |
| Lacquer | regular polish, air-dry, no lamp needed |
| Item weight | 145 grams |
| Bottle | glass |
| Condition | new |
Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base: a thin coat of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under your UV or LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND DIVA 161 Lovebug, kept off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat brings the pigment to full depth, cure again.
- Top coat: the Daisy Gel sequence finishes with a top coat, cured, then wipe the tacky layer if your top leaves one.
- The regular polish: goes over a base coat at home and air-dries, no lamp needed.
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 glossy 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 DIVA 161 Lovebug 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. If you already stock base and top coat, the plain DND DIVA 161 Lovebug duo is the sensible reorder. The bundled options exist for a new station or a second room that has nothing in it yet.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND DIVA 161 Lovebug as much as any shade on the wall. Make sure the shine is fully off the plate, the cuticle is pushed back and the surface is dehydrated before the base goes on. Keep every layer thin and cap the free edge on the base, both colour coats and the top. A thick colour coat is the most common cause of a set that peels at the stress point in week two.
DND DIVA 161 Lovebug is stocked alongside the whole DIVA line, the winter gel lacquer line-up and the full DND gel and lacquer wall.