Frequently asked questions
Which Kiara Sky powders are on the pink and white page?
Six: Clear, Natural, Pure White, and Light, Medium, and Dark Pink, each listed in a 2 oz desk jar and a 10 oz salon jar. They are the jars a dip station uses on every French, baby-boomer, and natural-cover set, and they dip with the Kiara Sky Dip Bond, Base, Seal Protect, and Top with no lamp.
Why is the whole page marked clearance?
ND is selling the Kiara Sky French jars through: every size of every powder is sold at its regular price until it is gone and is not restocked. The price is not cut. Eight of the twelve listings are already sold out at the time of writing, so a salon that runs Kiara Sky French buys the jars it uses most now, and the same French is dipped from the LDS, OPI, NuGenesis, and SNS pink and white pages, which are restocked.
Is the 10 oz jar cheaper per ounce than the 2 oz?
Yes, by about a fifth, checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing. Where both sizes of a powder remain, the 10 oz salon jar is the buy; it is kept closed in the cabinet and a 2 oz working jar is filled from it weekly, with the dip tray filled from the working jar each morning.
What is the difference between Light, Medium, and Dark Pink?
Three beds for three skin tones. Light Pink is the sheer bed for a pale client and the baby-boomer fade, Medium Pink the everyday French bed, and Dark Pink the warmer bed for a deeper skin tone or a stronger contrast at the smile line. Swatched side by side on one stick, they let the tech match the bed to the client instead of fading one pink to fit everyone.
How is a Kiara Sky French set dipped?
Dip Bond on the prepped nail, a thin coat of Dip Base and a dip of Clear, base on the free edge only and a dip of Pure White for the tip, base over the whole nail and a dip of the pink or Natural for the bed, then a clear cap, Dip Seal Protect, shape and buff, Seal Protect again, and two thin coats of Dip Top. No lamp at any step, and the set soaks off in acetone.
Kiara Sky pink and white: six French dip powders in 2 oz and 10 oz, sold until gone
This page holds the Kiara Sky dipping powders that are not colors: Clear, Natural, Pure White, Light Pink, Medium Pink, and Dark Pink, the six jars a dip station uses on every French, baby-boomer, and natural-cover set, each in a 2 oz desk jar and a 10 oz salon jar, twelve listings in all. Kiara Sky powder is highly pigmented, made without harsh chemicals, easy to soak off, and made in the USA, and the six dip with the Kiara Sky liquids like any Kiara Sky color, set with no lamp. Every listing on this page is tagged clearance at ND: the jars are sold at their regular price until each size of each powder is gone and are not restocked, so a salon that runs Kiara Sky French buys its jars while they are here; eight of the twelve 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
| Powder | Sizes listed | Job on the nail |
|---|---|---|
| Clear | 2 oz, 10 oz | The first dip over the natural nail, the cap over the French, the encapsulation layer |
| Natural | 2 oz, 10 oz | The sheer natural bed for a cover set or a soft French |
| Pure White | 2 oz, 10 oz | The French tip |
| Light Pink, Medium Pink, Dark Pink | 2 oz, 10 oz | Three pink beds, matched to the client's nail bed and skin tone |
The sidebar splits the page into six 2 oz jars and six 10 oz jars. Because the page is clearance, the listing count says what is left rather than what will be restocked: at the time of writing four listings are in stock and eight are sold out, and a sold-out size does not come back. The 10 oz jar is the lower price per ounce, by about a fifth against the 2 oz (checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing), so where both sizes of a powder remain, the salon jar is the buy.
How to dip a Kiara Sky French set
- Prep. Push back, remove shine, dust, then a wipe of Kiara Sky Dip Bond.
- Base and clear. A thin coat of Dip Base, dip in Clear, tap and brush off.
- Tip. Base on the free edge only, at the angle of the smile line, dip the tip into Pure White, brush off; a second tip dip for a crisp white.
- Bed. Base over the whole nail, dip in the pink that suits the client from the swatch stick, or Natural for a sheer bed, brush off.
- Cap and seal. Base and a dip of Clear over the whole nail, Dip Seal Protect, shape and buff, Seal Protect again, then two thin coats of Dip Top. No lamp at any step.
Three services from the same jars
- The classic French. Bed in Light, Medium, or Dark Pink, tip in Pure White, the line cleaned with a brush before the Seal Protect; the set most clients mean by pink and white.
- The baby-boomer fade. Bed in Light Pink, then two or three thin dips of Pure White stepping up the nail, each shorter than the last, so the white fades into the pink with no line.
- The natural cover set. No white at all: Natural or Light Pink on the whole nail over Clear, sealed and topped, for the client who wants a strengthened natural-looking nail with no color to grow out.
Three pinks rather than one
The Light, Medium, and Dark Pink are the reason a French station keeps this line: a single pink fits one skin tone and reads chalky on another, while three pinks swatched side by side on one stick let the tech match the bed to the client rather than fade one pink to fit everyone. Light Pink is the sheer bed for the baby boomer and the pale client, Medium the everyday French bed, Dark the warmer bed for a deeper skin tone or a stronger contrast at the smile line. The three names are the brand's own and the swatch on each listing is the reference.
Why a French dip lifts or looks cloudy, and the fix
- The white tip looks gray: too few dips or a thin base on the tip. Dip the tip twice with fresh base each time, and brush off between dips.
- The smile line is fuzzy: base spread past the tip line. Paint the base on the tip only, at the angle of the smile.
- The set looks cloudy after top: the Seal Protect had not flashed off, or dust was left after buffing. Let it flash, brush and wipe, then top.
- Lifting at the cuticle: powder on the skin. Leave a hairline margin with the base and brush the powder away from the cuticle before the Seal Protect.
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 French station that means buying the powders it uses most while they are on the page: Clear and the pink it dips most in the 10 oz jar if that size remains, the white in whichever size is left, and a second jar of the powder that would stop the service if it ran out. The same French is dipped from the LDS, OPI, NuGenesis, and SNS pink and white pages linked below, all restocked, and the Kiara Sky liquids on the essentials page keep working with a Kiara Sky color chart after the French jars are gone.
Storage and reorder
Keep the 10 oz jar closed in the cabinet, fill a 2 oz working jar from it weekly, and fill the dip tray from the working jar each morning, pouring the tray back into the working jar at night and never into the salon jar; a wet base brush touching the big jar is what clumps a month of powder. Kiara Sky 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.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every Kiara Sky pink and white 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 10 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.