Frequently asked questions
What is LDS Color Craze?
LDS Color Craze, also labeled LDS Healthy Gel, is the HEMA-free and TPO-free soak-off gel polish line from LDS, with 21-plus days of wear, chip and peel resistance, and a formula designed to let the nail breathe under the color. This page holds the whole line, around 1,150 listings: every 0.5 oz single, the 12, 18, 36, and 72-color collection sets, and bundles with a free color sample or gift.
Which Color Craze sets should a salon buy first?
The 72-color Nude set and Nude 2 for the year-round sheer pinks, milky whites, beiges, and taupes, then one 72-color seasonal set: Spring or Cupid's Garden in March, Summer in June, Autumn Trails or Harvest Hues in September, a Winter set in November. Add the J04 Popular Jelly collection for glazed sheers and the 18-color SG1 sets to fill one family at a time.
Does HEMA-free change how the gel is applied?
No. Prep and dehydrate, cure a thin LDS base, apply two thin coats of color cured 60 seconds each under LED (a third for jellies, neons, and pastels), cap with LDS no-wipe top and cure. Remove with an acetone wrap for 10 to 15 minutes. Keep base and top in the LDS family so the reacting client is on a HEMA-free system end to end.
Can I match a Color Craze shade in dip or lacquer?
Not directly: Color Craze is a gel-only chart with its own four-digit numbers. The LDS shades sold as dip, gel, and lacquer under one number are the classic three-digit line on the LDS 3-in-1 and dip pages, so a client who wants the same shade on a dip set is matched from that line by swatch. Every Color Craze number is reorderable as a single 0.5 oz bottle, so a set that sells out one shade is topped up by the bottle rather than replaced.
Is LDS Color Craze sold at wholesale?
Yes. Every bottle, set, and bundle at ND Nails Supply is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The 36 and 72-color sets put a whole palette on the wall in one order and the LDS Buy in Bulk tiers stack on top. Orders $100+ ship free, and in-stock items ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.
LDS Color Craze: the HEMA-free gel chart at the house-brand price
LDS Color Craze, sold as LDS Healthy Gel, is the HEMA-free and TPO-free gel polish line that ND Nails Supply points salons to when they want a full, reorderable color wall for sensitive clients without moving to a premium brand. This page holds the whole line, around 1,150 listings at wholesale: every single 0.5 oz bottle, the 12, 18, 36, and 72-color collection sets, and the bundles that add a free color sample or a gift. LDS quotes 21-plus days of wear, chip, break, and peel resistance, high pigment, and a formula designed to let the nail breathe and stay hydrated under the color, at the same 60-second cure and the same technique as any soak-off gel.
What is on this page
| Format | What it is | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Single bottles, 0.5 oz | Four-digit numbers (1001 upward) with the collection code in the title, such as 1001 J0401 in the J04 Jelly collection | Reorders and single chart additions |
| 72-color sets | Summer, Spring, Cupid's Garden Spring, Nude, Autumn Trails, and the seasonal palettes (Fall 1, Harvest Hues, Crisp Morning Winter, Festive Fables, Frosted Fairytale) | A full seasonal wall in one box |
| 36-color sets | Sunburst Valley, Sunset On The Beach, Serene Retreat, Winter 1 Holiday Spirit, Winter 2 Sweater Weather, Winter 3 Wonderland, Alpine Haven, Neutral 1, Pebble Beach, Fall Flush, Spiced Symphony, Nude 2, Princess Treatment, Petal Play Ground, Soft Haze, Retro Rampage, Coastal Villa, Autumn Allure, Sugar Maple, Radiant Rhapsody | A themed drop of 36 |
| 18-color SG1 sets | Day-glo Daylight, Honey Glow, Royal Blue, Spring Meadow, Red Rapture, Lush Leaf, Bubblegum Bliss, Cocoa Kisses, Lavender Dream, Luxe Neutrals, Pink Dreamscape, Rose Reverie, Soft Serenity, Tangerine Twist, Timeless Tan, plus the Blinky Bling and Shimmsing Elegance glitter sets | One color family at a time |
| 12-color sets and bundles | Softly Sheer, the J04 Popular Jelly collection, and bundles with a free color sample or free cat eye, chrome, and base and top | Starter sets and gifts |
Each collection also has its own page (linked from the sidebar and below), so a salon that wants only the Nude or Winter palette can shop that page and skip the rest.
What HEMA-free and TPO-free means here
HEMA is the small gel monomer most often named in client allergic reactions, and TPO a photoinitiator that has come under the same scrutiny; Color Craze removes both. For the salon, the practical effect is that a client who has reacted to a standard gel can be moved to a Color Craze shade in the same color family with no change of technique, base, or cure time, and a salon can advertise a HEMA-free gel service on the whole chart rather than on a handful of bottles. It also means the line pairs with LDS base and top for the adhesion it was designed around; mixing a HEMA-free color with another brand's HEMA base defeats the purpose for the reacting client.
How to apply LDS Color Craze
- Prep. Push back, buff lightly, dehydrate, and cure a thin LDS base.
- Color. Two thin coats, cured 60 seconds each under LED; the jellies and sheers build from a tint at one coat to full color at two or three, and the neons and pastels may want a third.
- Top. LDS no-wipe top, capped at the free edge, cured 60 seconds.
- Remove. File the top, wrap in acetone 10 to 15 minutes, push off. Do not peel.
How to build a chart from Color Craze
- The all-season base: the 72-color Nude set and Nude 2, which cover the sheer pinks, milky whites, beiges, and taupes that stay on the chart year-round.
- The seasonal rotation: the 72-color Spring or Cupid's Garden set in March, Summer in June, Autumn Trails or Harvest Hues in September, and one of the Winter 72s in November.
- The jelly column: the J04 Popular Jelly collection for the glazed, sheer looks; 49 jelly shades on this page.
- Fill by family: the 18-color SG1 sets add one family at a time (a run of reds, a run of neutrals, a run of blues) without duplicating shades.
- Glitter: Blinky Bling and Shimmsing Elegance for holiday work.
Why salons run Color Craze as the house gel
Because it does three jobs at once: it is a value-priced wall with more than a thousand shades, it is HEMA-free and TPO-free across the whole chart rather than a sub-line, and every number is reorderable as a single bottle, so a set that sells out one shade is topped up by the bottle rather than replaced. Color Craze is a gel-only chart with its own four-digit numbers; the LDS shades that come as dip, gel, and lacquer under one number are the classic three-digit line on the LDS 3-in-1 and dip pages, so a salon that needs a dip match for a client keeps a few of those numbers beside the Color Craze wall. For a salon converting an existing HEMA chart, the Nude and seasonal 72s cover the families most clients wear on day one.
Which set size for which salon
| Buy | Who it suits | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A 36-color set | A salon trying LDS for the first time, or a single station | One themed drop covers a season's requests without committing to the whole chart; if it sells, the next order is a 72 |
| A 72-color set | The owner who wants the season on the wall in one order | The 72s are the value buy in the line: a full seasonal palette at the set price rather than 72 single bottles, and the set that moves most in spring |
| Several 72s plus SG1 families | A high-volume salon running LDS as the house gel | Nude as the base, one seasonal 72 per quarter, and 18-color SG1 runs to deepen the families clients ask for most |
| Singles by number | Every salon, for reorders | Each four-digit number is reorderable on its own, so a set stays complete as shades sell out |
Because Color Craze is released as seasonal drops, a chart built from it turns over naturally: the Spring set lands in March, Summer in June, the fall and winter sets from September, and the Nude sets stay all year. A salon that buys the seasonal 72 as it drops keeps a wall that looks current without ever discarding stock, since the numbers from an earlier season remain reorderable as singles.
Color Craze beside the classic LDS numbers
LDS runs two numbering systems, and a salon that carries both should know which is which. The four-digit Color Craze numbers (1001 upward, with a collection code such as J04 or SG1 in the title) are gel only. The classic three-digit LDS numbers (005 Beige Me, 170 Young Attitude, and so on) are the shades sold as gel, matching lacquer, dip powder, and 3-in-1 combos. When a Color Craze client asks for the same shade on her toes without a lamp, or on a dip set, the tech swatches the nearest classic number rather than looking for the Color Craze number in another format. Where LDS does make a number in several formats, the gel and lacquer match closely rather than perfectly, about 80 to 85 percent, so the desk keeps a swatch card of the pairs it uses most; neons tend to match most closely and sheer nudes least.
What to put under it: the rubber base pairing
The most common upgrade to a Color Craze wall is the LDS Bouncy Blush rubber base. A rigid base coat is where most gel lifting starts, and a rubber base flexes with the nail, so a client who comes back with a lifted free edge at ten days on a standard base holds three to four weeks on the rubber base under the same color. Salons that buy a 72-color set usually add six rubber base tints in the same order and run every Color Craze manicure over them. The rubber base also stands alone as a tinted strengthening manicure for the client who wants no color that week, which keeps her on the LDS chart between color appointments.
Keeping a 1,000-shade chart usable
- Swatch by set, not by bottle. Each 72 and 36 set is swatched on one stick in number order the day it arrives, so the desk chart matches the wall.
- Store in the box the set came in until the shades go on the wall, capped and out of the window; a sheer or a jelly shows sun fade before a cream does.
- Reorder by the four-digit number, which is printed on the cap and the bottle, and keep the collection code (J04, SG1, and so on) on the reorder sheet so the right release is picked when a number appears in two collections.
- Retire by season, not by age. Move last season's set to the second row rather than off the wall; the numbers still sell as singles to the client who found her shade there.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every Color Craze bottle, set, and bundle is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The 36 and 72-color sets put a whole palette on the wall in one order, the bundle listings add a free color sample or gift, and the LDS Buy in Bulk tiers stack on top. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock items ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.