Frequently asked questions
What is Kiara Sky All-in-One powder?
A powder that works as dip with the Kiara Sky Dip Bond, Base, Seal Protect, and Top, and as acrylic with EMA monomer and a brush, so one jar serves the dip station and the sculpting station. This page holds the eight cover shades ND carries, A Lil' Foxy, Blush Away, Inner Glow, Mauve Taupe, Pink Parade, Sheer Li-Luck, Shirley Temple, and Sweet As Pie, each in 2 oz and 12 oz.
Why is the page marked clearance?
ND is selling the Kiara Sky cover line through: every size of every shade is sold at its regular price until it is gone and is not restocked, and three of the eight shades are already sold out at the time of writing. A station that runs these covers buys the two or three it uses most now, in 12 oz where that size remains, and the LAVIS, SNS, and V Beauty Pure cover powders are the restocked alternatives.
Is the 12 oz jar cheaper per ounce than the 2 oz?
Yes, by about a quarter, checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing. It is kept closed in the cabinet and a 2 oz working jar is filled from it weekly, with the dip tray or the acrylic dish filled from the working jar, so a wet brush never touches the stock jar.
Where is the Kiara Sky Clear powder?
On the Kiara Sky pink and white page, with the Natural, Pure White, and three pinks, in 2 oz and 10 oz. This page carries the cover shades only at the time of writing, although the collection is titled Clear and Cover.
How is a cover set built from one jar?
As dip: Dip Bond, base and a dip of Clear, base over the whole nail and two dips of the cover, a clear cap, Seal Protect, shape, Seal Protect, Dip Top, no lamp. As acrylic: dehydrator and primer, a bead of the cover picked up with monomer and placed at the apex, pressed to the edge and sidewalls, a clear cap, filed, buffed, and finished with a gel top. A white tip before the cover bed turns either into a French.
Kiara Sky All-in-One cover powders: eight cover shades for dip and acrylic, 2 oz and 12 oz, sold until gone
This page holds the Kiara Sky All-in-One cover powders at ND Nails Supply: eight cover shades, 01 A Lil' Foxy, 02 Blush Away, 06 Inner Glow, 08 Mauve Taupe, 10 Pink Parade, 13 Sheer Li-Luck, 14 Shirley Temple, and 16 Sweet As Pie, each listed with a 2 oz jar and a 12 oz salon jar. All-in-One is the Kiara Sky powder that works both ways: it dips with the Kiara Sky Dip Bond, Base, Seal Protect, and Top like a dip powder and sculpts with monomer like an acrylic, so one jar serves the dip station and the sculpting station, and a cover powder is the jar both use most, the pink, nude, or mauve bed of a French and the whole nail of a natural cover set. The listings describe the powder as highly pigmented, made without harsh chemicals, easy to soak off, and made in the USA. Every listing on this page is tagged clearance at ND: the jars are sold at their regular price until each size of each shade is gone and are not restocked, and three of the eight shades are already sold out at the time of writing. Everything is wholesale-priced for everyone, no license and no minimum.
What is on this page
| Shade | Sizes listed | Reads from the name as |
|---|---|---|
| 01 A Lil' Foxy | 2 oz, 12 oz | Read the swatch |
| 02 Blush Away | 2 oz, 12 oz | A blush cover |
| 06 Inner Glow | 2 oz, 12 oz | Read the swatch |
| 08 Mauve Taupe | 2 oz, 12 oz | A mauve-taupe cover |
| 10 Pink Parade | 2 oz, 12 oz | A pink cover |
| 13 Sheer Li-Luck | 2 oz, 12 oz | A sheer lilac cover |
| 14 Shirley Temple | 2 oz, 12 oz | A soft pink cover |
| 16 Sweet As Pie | 2 oz, 12 oz | A peachy cover |
The names are the brand's and the swatch on each listing is the reference; the numbers are Kiara Sky's cover-line numbering, so the gaps between them are shades ND does not carry. The 12 oz jar is the lower price per ounce, by about a quarter against the 2 oz (checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing), so where both sizes of a shade remain, the salon jar is the buy. The collection is titled Clear and Cover, but only the cover shades are active at the time of writing; the Kiara Sky Clear is on the pink and white page.
One jar, two services
- As dip. Dip Bond, a thin coat of Dip Base, dip into the jar, brush off, repeat for two or three layers, Dip Seal Protect, shape, Seal Protect again, Dip Top. No lamp. The format for the short natural nail and the client who wants a natural cover with strength.
- As acrylic. Dehydrator and primer, then the same powder picked up as a bead with EMA monomer on a Kolinsky brush, laid on a form or tip, built to an apex, filed, and finished with a gel top. The format for length.
- The cover in both. A cover powder is the bed of a French, tip in white, or the whole nail on a natural cover set with no white; eight covers let the tech match the bed to the client's skin tone in either service.
- One jar per shade. A salon that runs dip on the hands and acrylic for length keeps one jar of each cover for both stations, and the shade reads the same because it is the same powder.
How to build a cover set
- Prep. Push back, remove shine, dust, dehydrate; Dip Bond for the dip route, primer for the acrylic route.
- Base layer. For dip, base and a dip of Clear over the natural nail; for acrylic, the first bead of cover placed at the apex.
- Cover. For dip, base over the whole nail and a dip of the cover, twice; for acrylic, the cover bead pressed to the free edge and sidewalls, a second at the cuticle zone a hairline off the skin.
- Tip, if a French. For dip, base on the free edge and a dip of white before the cover bed; for acrylic, the white bead pressed to the smile line first.
- Finish. For dip, a clear cap, Seal Protect, shape, Seal Protect, Dip Top; for acrylic, a clear cap, file when the set clicks when tapped, buff, gel top cured.
Why a cover set lifts or looks patchy, and the fix
- The cover reads patchy on dip: too few dips or a thin base. Two full dips with a fresh base coat each time.
- The cover reads streaky on acrylic: the bead was stroked like paint. Place, press, and pat.
- Lifting at the cuticle: powder or product on the skin. A hairline margin, and brush the powder away from the cuticle before the Seal Protect.
- The set looks cloudy after top: the Seal Protect had not flashed, or dust was left after buffing. Let it flash, brush and wipe, then top.
Buying a clearance line
A clearance tag at ND means the price holds and the stock is not replaced, not that the price has been cut. For a station that runs Kiara Sky covers that means buying the two or three shades it uses most while they are on the page, in the 12 oz jar where that size remains, and a second jar of the one shade that would stop the service if it ran out. The Kiara Sky liquids on the essentials page keep working with the Kiara Sky color chart afterward, and the LAVIS, SNS, and V Beauty Pure cover powders linked below are the restocked alternatives for the same French and cover sets.
Storage and the last reorder
Keep the 12 oz jar closed in the cabinet, fill a 2 oz working jar from it weekly, and dip or pick up from a tray or dish rather than the jar; a wet base brush or monomer brush touching the stock jar is what clumps a month of powder. Powder keeps indefinitely closed and dry, so a clearance jar bought now is not a jar that spoils. Because the page is not restocked, there is no reorder; what is bought is what the station has, and the tray is emptied back into a labeled working jar at night, never into the salon jar.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every Kiara Sky All-in-One cover listing is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The 2 oz jars sit at one price and the 12 oz jars at one price with the lower cost per ounce; there are no kits, and the clearance tag means sold at the regular price until gone. Free shipping on orders $75+, and in-stock jars ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.