DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #446 Wood Lake

446 Wood Lake gives you a warm brown and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. DND lists it as an earthy taupe beige nude. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 446 Wood Lake 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.
• One-pass coverage: an opaque cream covers in fewer coats, which keeps the set thin and reduces lifting at the sidewalls.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
2. Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
3. Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 446 Wood Lake stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
5. Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
6. What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.

Where this shade gets booked

• Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
• Almond and coffin shapes, where a opaque finish is what the client asked for.
• Fall bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Which option should you add to the bag

On this page you are choosing between DND 446 Wood Lake 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 + Base Top is the duo bundled with a base and top coat, useful when you are opening a new station. 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 446 Wood Lake bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

Storing the bottle

Keep DND 446 Wood Lake upright with the cap tight and out of direct sunlight, because daylight will start curing gel in a half-empty bottle. Wipe the neck before you close it so the cap does not seize. Pigment-heavy and glitter shades settle between services, so roll the bottle between your palms rather than shaking it, which puts bubbles in the first coat and shows up under the lamp.

DND 446 Wood Lake is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the fall gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.