Frequently asked questions
How do I read a LAVIS tip box name?
Shape, length, size count, finish: 'LAVIS Coffin Short - 12 Sizes Half Buffed' is a coffin outline, short length, twelve nail widths in the box, with the well pre-buffed. Clear boxes need the inside buffed before adhesive, half-buffed boxes are ready to bond, and full-etched boxes are etched over the whole inside for the most grip on the shortest sets.
Which LAVIS tip boxes should a salon start with?
Coffin medium, almond medium, and square short in the half-buffed finish cover most bookings and skip the buffing step. Add the 15-size clear boxes or the 14-size Perfect Almond and Perfect Coffin boxes for clients with very wide or narrow nail beds, and the High Apex boxes for long almond, square, and stiletto sets. The Coffin, Stiletto, and Squoval shape listings also carry a kit option that bundles several lengths of one shape in one order.
What are the 100-piece refills?
Single-size bags of one shape and length, 100 tips each, in 11 to 14 sizes per run across almond, stiletto, square, and coffin. A box never empties evenly, so a salon reorders only the middle sizes it uses by the hundred and keeps the box as the sorted tray. Refills are the cheapest way to keep a busy station stocked, because a whole new box repeats the sizes that never ran out.
What is the difference between soft gel tips, dual forms, and full-cover nail tips?
Soft gel tips are worn: bonded to the nail with soft gel adhesive and cured. Dual forms are clear molds filled with poly gel or builder gel, cured, and popped off to leave a sculpted extension; the Taye Parts box them by shape. Full-cover nail tips are bonded with nail glue and built over with acrylic or hard gel, and include a toe tip box.
How long do LAVIS soft gel tips wear, and how are they removed?
Three to four weeks or more with proper prep (dehydrator, pH Bond, no air under the tip). Remove by filing through the top and color, wrapping in acetone until the soft gel softens, and pushing the tip off without prying or drilling.
LAVIS soft gel tips: every shape, length, and finish, plus refills by size and dual forms
This is the LAVIS tip catalog at ND Nails Supply: 84 active listings that cover the pre-shaped soft gel tip boxes in coffin, square, almond, stiletto, oval, squoval, ballerina, and round, from XXS to extra-long, in clear, half-buffed, and full-etched finishes, plus the High Apex and Perfect fit runs; the 100-piece single-size refill bags that keep a busy box from running out of its middle sizes; the LAVIS dual form tips for sculpting poly gel and builder gel; and the full-cover nail tips for acrylic and gel, including a toe tip box. A LAVIS soft gel tip is a full-cover tip molded from soft gel, pre-shaped so it needs little or no filing, light enough to wear at full length and strong enough to trim short, and it bonds to the nail with soft gel adhesive under LED. The adhesive, base, top, and lamp are on the LAVIS soft gel system page; this page is the tips themselves, wholesale-priced for everyone, no license and no minimum.
What is on this page
| Listing type | Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Soft gel tip boxes | about 50 | 10 to 15 sizes per box, one shape and length per box; the shape listings (Coffin, Square, Oval, Stiletto, Almond, Squoval) hold several lengths as variants plus a kit option |
| High Apex boxes | 6 | Almond medium, long, and extra-long, square long, stiletto short, round medium, 10 to 15 sizes clear |
| Refill bags, 100 pieces | 12 listings | One size per bag, 11 to 14 sizes per shape and length: almond, stiletto, square, coffin |
| Dual form tips | 10 | Taye Parts 1 to 6 (round, square, almond and square, coffin, stiletto, trapezoidal) and single dual forms in clear or matte |
| Full-cover nail tips | 10 | Ballerina short, coffin short to long, oval short, square short to medium, square round corner, stiletto long, and toe tips |
| Other | 2 | A four-shape ombre sample set and the 0.5 oz base, top, bond, primer, and adhesive bundle |
Reading a LAVIS tip box name
Every box is named the same way: shape, length, size count, finish. "LAVIS Coffin Short - 12 Sizes Half Buffed" is a coffin shape in short length with twelve sizes in the box and a pre-buffed well. The shape is the outline of the free edge, the length is how far the tip extends past the natural nail before trimming, the size count tells you how many nail widths the box covers, and the finish tells you whether the inside of the tip is clear (buff it yourself), half-buffed at the well (ready for adhesive), or full-etched over the whole inside (the most grip, sold in the shortest runs).
| Shape | Lengths on the page | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| Coffin | XXS, XS, short, medium, long | Tapered sides with a squared-off tip; the most-booked extension shape |
| Square | Short, medium, long, plus round corner | Straight sidewalls and a flat edge; round corner softens the points |
| Almond | Short, medium, long, extra-long (High Apex) | Tapered to a soft point; the natural-looking long shape |
| Stiletto | Short, medium, long | Tapered to a sharp point |
| Oval | Short, medium | Rounded edge on a slim body; the short natural shape |
| Squoval | XXS, S | Square with rounded corners, full-etched, for the shortest sets |
| Ballerina | Short | A shorter coffin with a narrower edge |
| Round | Medium (High Apex) | Fully rounded edge |
Which box to open first
- A salon opening soft gel: coffin medium, almond medium, and square short, all half-buffed, cover most bookings and skip the inside-buffing step on every nail.
- A salon with wide and narrow nail beds: the 15-size clear boxes and the 14-size Perfect Almond and Perfect Coffin boxes, which add the in-between sizes that a 10-size box lacks.
- Long sets: the High Apex boxes in almond long and extra-long and square long, where the deeper curve carries the length without a builder layer.
- Short natural sets: squoval XXS and S and coffin XXS, all full-etched, for the client who wants strength at her own length.
- The shape kits: the Coffin, Stiletto, and Squoval kit options bundle several lengths of one shape in one order for a salon that books that shape all day.
Refills by size: how a busy box stays full
A box of 12 sizes never empties evenly. The middle sizes fit most adult nail beds and go first; the smallest and largest sizes are still in the box months later. The 100-piece refill bags fix that: each bag is one size of one shape and length, so a salon reorders size 5 coffin medium by the hundred instead of buying another box for the four sizes it actually uses. The refills cover almond medium and long, stiletto short to long, square short to long, and coffin XS to long, with 11 to 14 sizes per shape. Keep the box as the sorted tray and tip the refill into the compartment that ran out; label the bag with its size so the next tech does not have to guess.
Dual forms: the same shapes for sculpting
The LAVIS dual form tips are not worn; they are clear molds pressed over the nail with poly gel or builder gel inside, cured through the form, and popped off to leave a sculpted extension. The Taye Parts box the shapes in sets: Part 1 round, Part 2 square, Part 3 almond and square, Part 4 coffin, Part 5 stiletto, Part 6 trapezoidal, all clear; the single dual forms come in square and stiletto, clear or matte, with a rounded stiletto in matte. A salon that runs LAVIS poly gel or Builder Gel in the Bottle over forms keeps these beside the soft gel tips so the same shape menu is available as a sculpted set or a tip set.
Full-cover nail tips for acrylic and gel
The LAVIS Nail Tips (Full Cover) run is the tip for a tech who bonds with nail glue and builds acrylic or hard gel over it rather than curing a soft gel tip: ballerina short, coffin short to long, oval short, square short to medium and round corner, stiletto long, and the toe tip box for a pedicure extension. They are shaped and sized like the soft gel boxes, so a salon can match a client's fingers in soft gel and her toes in full-cover tips from the same shape.
Fitting and applying a LAVIS tip
- Size. Fit a tip so it sits sidewall to sidewall with no gap. Between sizes, take the larger and file its sidewalls; never file the natural nail to fit a tip.
- Prep. Push back, remove shine, dust, dehydrate, pH Bond. Buff the inside of a clear tip.
- Adhesive. A thin layer of soft gel adhesive on the nail and a little in the well of the tip.
- Seat. Press on from the cuticle side at 45 degrees, push toward the free edge to clear air, flash-cure, then full-cure through the tip.
- Shape. Trim to the client's length, refine the edge, then base, color, and top.
Wear and removal
A LAVIS soft gel tip set wears three to four weeks or more with proper prep. At the fill visit the tech does not remove the tip: the regrowth at the cuticle is prepped and filled with builder or base, the surface is refined, and the set is recolored, which is why a well-seated tip can carry a client through two fills before a fresh set. A tip that lifts at one corner inside the first week points to a gap at the sidewall when it was sized, or to an air pocket at seating, rather than to the adhesive. To remove, file through the top and color, wrap in acetone until the soft gel softens, and push the tip off; no prying, and no drilling through the tip. Store boxes closed so the sizes stay sorted, and keep the refill bags labeled by size.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every tip box, refill bag, dual form, and full-cover box on this page is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The tip boxes sit at one price tier across shapes and finishes, the refill bags below that per hundred, and the shape kits are priced as their boxes. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock boxes ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.