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890 Romantic Lover 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. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 890 Romantic Lover 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
Spec Value Shade code 890 Shade name Romantic Lover Colour family Red 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
- Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
- Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
- Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 890 Romantic Lover stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
- Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
- Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.
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.
- Fall bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 890 Romantic Lover 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 890 Romantic Lover, 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 890 Romantic Lover 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 890 Romantic Lover is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.
890 Romantic Lover 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. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Two thin coats is usually enough: the pigment load in DND 890 Romantic Lover 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
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 890 |
| Shade name | Romantic Lover |
| Colour family | Red |
| 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
- Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
- Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
- Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 890 Romantic Lover stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
- Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
- Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.
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.
- Fall bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 890 Romantic Lover 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 890 Romantic Lover, 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 890 Romantic Lover 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 890 Romantic Lover is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.