DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #503 Orange Smoothie

503 Orange Smoothie gives you a warm orange and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Orange is a warm-toned shade that lifts tanned and olive skin. DND lists it as a neon dreamsicle-inspired summertime coral. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 503 Orange Smoothie reaches full colour in two thin coats.
• Three weeks between fills: run it as a 3-step service with DND base gel and top coat under an LED lamp and it holds for about three weeks.
• Matched lacquer in the box: the duo pairs the gel with an air-dry lacquer in the same shade, so a client can match at home.
• Range that fills a wall: DND carries more than 1,200 gel shades, so a repeat client can stay in the same system for years.
• Gloss that holds: the cured finish stays high-shine for the life of the set as long as the top coat caps the free edge.

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 503 Orange Smoothie 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

• Summer and vacation sets: orange is a warm-toned shade that lifts tanned and olive skin.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a white tip or a gold foil accent.
• Toes, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Duo, single or add the dip

On this page you are choosing between DND 503 Orange Smoothie 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 503 Orange Smoothie 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 503 Orange Smoothie 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 503 Orange Smoothie is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and DND DC shades.