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879 Sunset Suede gives you a greige and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Beige hides regrowth better than a bright colour, which stretches the fill cycle. DND lists it as a peachy chestnut sheer.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 879 Sunset Suede rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 879 Shade name Sunset Suede Colour family Beige, Pink Finish Glossy Bottle size 0.5 oz System DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat Cure under an LED lamp Gel wear up to 3 weeks Lacquer air-dry, no lamp needed Bottle glass Condition new Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 879 Sunset Suede, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Quiet luxury sets: beige hides regrowth better than a bright colour, which stretches the fill cycle.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a chrome powder over the top for a quiet metallic.
- Work-safe manicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 879 Sunset Suede 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. Pick by the services you actually sell. A gel-only salon has no use for the lacquer half of DND 879 Sunset Suede, and a shop that offers dip in the same shade saves a colour match by taking the combined option.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND 879 Sunset Suede 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 879 Sunset Suede is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and DND starter sets.
879 Sunset Suede gives you a greige and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Beige hides regrowth better than a bright colour, which stretches the fill cycle. DND lists it as a peachy chestnut sheer.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 879 Sunset Suede rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 879 |
| Shade name | Sunset Suede |
| Colour family | Beige, Pink |
| Finish | Glossy |
| Bottle size | 0.5 oz |
| System | DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat |
| Cure | under an LED lamp |
| Gel wear | up to 3 weeks |
| Lacquer | air-dry, no lamp needed |
| Bottle | glass |
| Condition | new |
Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 879 Sunset Suede, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Quiet luxury sets: beige hides regrowth better than a bright colour, which stretches the fill cycle.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a chrome powder over the top for a quiet metallic.
- Work-safe manicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 879 Sunset Suede 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. Pick by the services you actually sell. A gel-only salon has no use for the lacquer half of DND 879 Sunset Suede, and a shop that offers dip in the same shade saves a colour match by taking the combined option.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND 879 Sunset Suede 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 879 Sunset Suede is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and DND starter sets.