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DND Base Gel Ultimate Foundation is the coat that goes down first under the DND wall: a thin, even foundation that grips the colour to the plate and keeps pigment off the natural nail. This is the salon-size bottle, 8 oz and 16 oz.
The DND system numbers its gels 500 for base and 600 for top, which is the pairing the regular DND colour wall sits between.
What it does
- Adhesion: gives the colour coat something to hold onto, which is what stops a set lifting at the sidewall in week two.
- Protects the plate: sits between pigment and nail, so staining and surface damage are reduced.
- Wear: supports a chip-resistant finish for 2 weeks or longer.
- Salon size: refills your bench bottles rather than being used straight from the jug, which is cheaper per service and cuts packaging.
Specifications
Spec Value Product DND Base Gel Ultimate Foundation Line DND Role base gel Size 8 oz and 16 oz Supports wear of 2 weeks or longer Condition new Where it sits in the service
- 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 Ultimate Foundation, capped at the free edge, then cure.
- Colour: two thin coats, curing between them.
- Top gel: one coat from your top bottle, capped and cured.
- Finish: remove the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one, then cuticle oil.
Who buys this one
- Salons running several stations, where 0.5 oz bottles empty faster than they can be reordered
- Buyers who decant into bench bottles and want a lower cost per service
- Anyone already standardised on the DND system and confident in the formula
How it compares
Against the 0.5 oz bottle, this is the same job in a size that suits a busy bench: fewer reorders and less packaging per service. Against keeping several small bottles open at once, decanting from one salon bottle keeps the product cleaner and the stations consistent.
Stocked alongside the DND base and top gels, the DND gel and lacquer wall and DND starter sets.
DND Base Gel Ultimate Foundation is the coat that goes down first under the DND wall: a thin, even foundation that grips the colour to the plate and keeps pigment off the natural nail. This is the salon-size bottle, 8 oz and 16 oz.
The DND system numbers its gels 500 for base and 600 for top, which is the pairing the regular DND colour wall sits between.
What it does
- Adhesion: gives the colour coat something to hold onto, which is what stops a set lifting at the sidewall in week two.
- Protects the plate: sits between pigment and nail, so staining and surface damage are reduced.
- Wear: supports a chip-resistant finish for 2 weeks or longer.
- Salon size: refills your bench bottles rather than being used straight from the jug, which is cheaper per service and cuts packaging.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Product | DND Base Gel Ultimate Foundation |
| Line | DND |
| Role | base gel |
| Size | 8 oz and 16 oz |
| Supports wear of | 2 weeks or longer |
| Condition | new |
Where it sits in the service
- 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 Ultimate Foundation, capped at the free edge, then cure.
- Colour: two thin coats, curing between them.
- Top gel: one coat from your top bottle, capped and cured.
- Finish: remove the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one, then cuticle oil.
Who buys this one
- Salons running several stations, where 0.5 oz bottles empty faster than they can be reordered
- Buyers who decant into bench bottles and want a lower cost per service
- Anyone already standardised on the DND system and confident in the formula
How it compares
Against the 0.5 oz bottle, this is the same job in a size that suits a busy bench: fewer reorders and less packaging per service. Against keeping several small bottles open at once, decanting from one salon bottle keeps the product cleaner and the stations consistent.
Stocked alongside the DND base and top gels, the DND gel and lacquer wall and DND starter sets.