DND DC Gel + Lacquer Duo #103 Bamboo Brown

103 Bamboo Brown gives you a warm nude and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Nude shades read differently on each skin tone, so swatch on the client before the full set. DND DC lists it as a warm grayish-brown with earthy undertones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Rich pigment, smooth lay-down: DND DC 103 Bamboo Brown covers evenly without the streaking that thin formulas leave on the second coat.
• A three-week-plus service: up to 21 days without chipping or peeling on the published spec.
• LED or UV, whichever you run: the DC gel cures under both, so it drops into an existing station with no new lamp.
• Soak-off, not drill-off: 10 to 15 minutes in a wrap and the layers lift.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, ease the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED or UV.
3. First colour pass: float DND DC 103 Bamboo Brown on thin, stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Second colour pass: this pass closes any thin spots, cure again.
5. Seal: top gel over the whole nail, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp needed.

Where this shade gets booked

• Office-friendly sets: nude shades read differently on each skin tone.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a sheer pink or a white tip.
• Clean-girl manicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Fall bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Duo, single or add the dip

On this page you are choosing between DND DC 103 Bamboo Brown 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 + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Salons running a full service line usually take the combined option so DND DC 103 Bamboo Brown covers gel, lacquer and dip. A tech testing a new colour on a few clients is better off with the duo on its own.

Matching this shade across services

The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. DND DC 103 Bamboo Brown 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 DC 103 Bamboo Brown is stocked alongside the DND DC, DND and DIVA gel wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and the full DND gel and lacquer wall.