Frequently asked questions
What does corrective mean on the Nudit powders?
Entity describes Nudit as a set of pink and white sculpting powders built to complement any skin tone, hide flaws in the natural plate, and keep the nail looking natural, with French manicures as the target service. In practice it is a promise about opacity: enough pigment to mask a stained, ridged, or uneven bed, while staying close enough to the client's own tone that the eye does not read a hard line where the product ends. Most powders look good on a clean nail; a corrective powder is judged on a difficult one.
Which liquid goes with these powders?
An Entity sculpting liquid. ND lists Entity1 Success, the medium-set version, in 32 fl oz and a 128 oz salon size. Medium set gives a tech time to place and move a bead, which suits sculpted work with structure to build; the faster Signature version exists in the range but is not stocked here. The brand ties the bubble-free claim to how these powders absorb with its own liquids, so the pairing is the point. Keep one liquid across the salon so every tech learns a single timing.
Is a 5 lb bucket worth it?
Only where acrylic runs all day across more than one table. Powder keeps well sealed and dry, but a bucket that takes two years to empty spends that time being opened in a humid room, and the last sets out of it are never as good as the first. The test: if the salon replaces 8 oz jars every month or two, the bucket saves handling and reordering; if not, the desk jar is the better buy and the money goes further on a second shade. The same applies to the 128 oz liquid.
How should a bucket be handled at the station?
Decant into a small working jar and keep the bucket sealed in a cupboard; never dip from it and never tip used powder back. Use a dry scoop that has never touched liquid and keep it with the bucket. Let a new bucket settle before the first sets, since powder shaken in transit sits loose and traps air. Refill the working jar little and often rather than filling it to the brim, and label it with the shade name, because Blush and Warm Pink look nearly identical loose and quite different cured.
What is listed on this page
Five Entity listings at wholesale, three powders and two liquids, with three of the five out of stock as this page was written. The powders are the Nudit corrective sculpting powders in Blush, Clear, and Warm Pink, each in a 5 lb bucket, which is 2267.96 g. The liquids are Entity1 Success Sculpting Liquid in 32 fl oz (960 mL) and the sculpting liquid in the 128 oz salon size. This is a volume page: it is the format a salon buys when acrylic is the main service rather than an occasional one, and the bucket and the gallon-scale liquid are bought together.
The powders and the liquids
| Item | Size | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Nudit sculpting powder, Blush | 5 lb bucket | Corrective pink for the nail bed on a French or natural set |
| Nudit sculpting powder, Warm Pink | 5 lb bucket | The warmer bed shade for clients whose skin runs golden |
| Nudit sculpting powder, Clear | 5 lb bucket | Over color and art, and for encapsulation |
| Entity1 Success Sculpting Liquid | 32 fl oz | The medium-set liquid, made to work with these powders |
| Entity sculpting liquid | 128 oz | The salon refill size |
All of it is marked professional use only, and the brand states the powders go through a process that improves how they absorb with the Entity liquids so sets come out without bubbles.
What corrective means on a powder label
Entity describes the Nudit range as corrective: a set of pink and white sculpting powders built to complement any skin tone, hide flaws in the natural plate, and keep the nail looking natural, with French work as the target service. In practice that is a promise about opacity rather than about color. A corrective powder carries enough pigment to mask a stained, ridged, or uneven bed, while staying close enough to the skin tone that the eye does not read a line where the product ends.
The reason a salon cares is the difficult client rather than the easy one. Most powders look good on a clean, even nail. What separates a corrective powder is what it does on a plate that has been through a bad removal, or a nail with a deep ridge, where a sheer powder shows every fault and an opaque white makes the hand look plastic.
Medium set or fast set
- Success is the medium-set liquid. It gives the bead time to be placed and moved, which is what a tech wants on a sculpted set with structure to build.
- The faster Signature version exists in the Entity range for techs who work quickly and want the bead to lock sooner; ND does not stock it at the moment.
- Room temperature shifts both. A warm station sets a bead before it can be worked, a cold one leaves it moving longer than expected.
- Keep one liquid across the salon so every tech learns one timing, and change the powder rather than the liquid when a set needs to behave differently.
- Pair within the system. The brand ties the absorption of these powders to its own liquids, so the pairing is where the bubble-free claim comes from.
Working from a 5 lb bucket
- Decant, never dip. Pour into a small working jar at the station and keep the bucket sealed in a cupboard.
- Use a dry scoop that has never touched liquid, and keep it with the bucket rather than loose in a drawer.
- Let a new bucket settle. Powder shaken in transit sits loose and traps air between the grains for the first sets out of it.
- Refill the working jar little and often rather than filling it to the brim, so the powder at the station is always fresh.
- Never tip used powder back. Anything that has been in a tray or a dappen dish is discarded.
- Label the working jar with the shade name, because Blush and Warm Pink look nearly identical loose and quite different cured.
Who should buy the bucket
A 5 lb bucket is the right format for a salon where acrylic runs all day across more than one table, and the wrong one for a station doing a few sets a week. Powder keeps well sealed and dry, but a bucket that takes two years to empty will spend that time being opened in a humid room, and the last sets out of it are never as good as the first. The honest test is simple: if the salon is replacing 8 oz jars every month or two, the bucket saves handling and reordering. If it is not, the desk jar is the better buy and the money is better spent on a second shade.
The same logic applies to the 128 oz liquid. Buy the size the salon will finish in a few months, because an opened bottle of monomer does not improve with age, and decant it into a smaller working bottle rather than carrying a heavy container between tables.
Storage and handling
Keep the buckets closed, upright, off the floor, and away from the acetone shelf, the steamer, and direct sun. Liquids go in a cool cupboard with the caps tight and the dappen dish emptied at the end of each day. Both belong at a table with airflow or extraction, since monomer vapor is the reason an acrylic station needs ventilation. And keep the powder and the liquid stock together in the same cupboard, so a tech restocking mid-shift does not end up pairing a bucket with whatever liquid is nearest.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Entity powders and liquids ship at wholesale pricing for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock items ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.