DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #405 Lush Lilac Star

405 Lush Lilac Star gives you a fine glitter and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off. DND lists it as a dreamy lush royal purple glitter.

What you get in the bottle

• Thin coats, full colour: DND 405 Lush Lilac Star 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

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, push the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of DND base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED.
3. First colour coat: float DND 405 Lush Lilac Star on in a thin layer without touching the sidewalls, then cure.
4. Second colour coat: build to full opacity, cure again.
5. Seal: DND top coat over everything, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp required.

Where this shade gets booked

• Accent nails: glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a solid cream shade on the other nails.
• Party and holiday sets, where a sheer finish is what the client asked for.

Which option should you add to the bag

On this page you are choosing between DND 405 Lush Lilac Star 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 405 Lush Lilac Star bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

Matching this shade across services

The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. DND 405 Lush Lilac Star 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 405 Lush Lilac Star is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and DND starter sets.