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181 Toasted Melody gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. DND DIVA lists it as dark nude with red undertones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Gel and regular polish together: DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody 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 181 Shade name Toasted Melody Colour family Brown 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
- Clean the plate: file, push back, buff flat, dehydrate.
- Base gel: one thin capped coat, cured under UV or LED.
- Build the colour: two thin coats of DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody with a cure between them rather than one heavy pass.
- Top coat: per the Daisy Gel system, cure to finish.
- Tacky layer: wipe it off if your top coat leaves one.
- Take-home half: the regular polish needs only a base coat and air time.
Where this shade gets booked
- Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
- Almond and coffin shapes, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall 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 181 Toasted Melody 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 181 Toasted Melody duo is the sensible reorder. The bundled options exist for a new station or a second room that has nothing in it yet.
How to take it off
DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody 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 DIVA 181 Toasted Melody is stocked alongside the whole DIVA line, the fall gel lacquer line-up and the full DND gel and lacquer wall.
181 Toasted Melody gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. DND DIVA lists it as dark nude with red undertones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Gel and regular polish together: DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody 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 | 181 |
| Shade name | Toasted Melody |
| Colour family | Brown |
| 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
- Clean the plate: file, push back, buff flat, dehydrate.
- Base gel: one thin capped coat, cured under UV or LED.
- Build the colour: two thin coats of DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody with a cure between them rather than one heavy pass.
- Top coat: per the Daisy Gel system, cure to finish.
- Tacky layer: wipe it off if your top coat leaves one.
- Take-home half: the regular polish needs only a base coat and air time.
Where this shade gets booked
- Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
- Almond and coffin shapes, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall 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 181 Toasted Melody 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 181 Toasted Melody duo is the sensible reorder. The bundled options exist for a new station or a second room that has nothing in it yet.
How to take it off
DND DIVA 181 Toasted Melody 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 DIVA 181 Toasted Melody is stocked alongside the whole DIVA line, the fall gel lacquer line-up and the full DND gel and lacquer wall.