Frequently asked questions
What is on the LDS pink and white page?
The four LDS dip powders that are not colors: Natural Pink, Dark Pink, French White, and Clear, in the small jar, the 1.5 oz desk jar, and the 12 oz salon tub. Natural Pink is the bed of a French and the whole nail of a natural set, French White the tip, Clear the first dip over the natural nail and the cap over glitter or color.
Is the 12 oz tub cheaper per ounce than the 1.5 oz jar?
Yes. Checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing, the 12 oz tub costs roughly a third less per ounce than the 1.5 oz desk jar, which is why a station that dips French sets daily buys Natural Pink and Clear as tubs and decants them into the desk jar once a week.
How do I dip an LDS French set?
Prep and LDS #1 E.A Bond; #2 Base Coat and a dip in Clear; base on the free edge only at the smile-line angle and a dip in French White, twice for a crisp tip; base over the whole nail and a dip in Natural Pink or Dark Pink; then base and Clear over everything, #3 Sealer Dry, shape, a second Sealer Dry, and #4 Top Coat. No lamp.
Why does the white tip look grey or the set look cloudy?
A grey tip means too few white dips or a thin base on the tip: dip the tip twice with a fresh base coat each time. A cloudy set means the Sealer Dry had not flashed off or dust was left after buffing: let it flash, brush and wipe, then top. Powder on the skin at the cuticle is what makes a French lift.
Which sizes does each powder come in?
Natural Pink in all three sizes; French White and Clear in the 1.5 oz desk jar and the 12 oz tub; Dark Pink only in the small jar. Seven more sizes and shades are drafted at the time of writing and return to the page when they restock, so a station that wants the whole set in one size holds it in 1.5 oz.
LDS pink, white, and clear: the four powders behind an LDS French dip
This page holds the LDS powders that are not colors: Natural Pink, Dark Pink, French White, and Clear, the four jars a dip station uses on every French, baby-boomer, and natural-cover set. At ND Nails Supply they come in three sizes, the 1 oz jar for the shade a station uses least, the 1.5 oz desk jar for the pink and white opened all day, and the 12 oz salon tub that refills the desk jar for a month. They dip with the same five LDS liquids as the 178 LDS colors, set without a lamp, and carry the same fine grain, so a French set files as smooth as a color set. The listing puts it plainly: the French manicure is the natural, classy, timeless look, and these are the jars that make it. Everything is wholesale-priced for everyone, no license and no minimum.
What is on this page
| Powder | Sizes on the page | Job on the nail |
|---|---|---|
| Natural Pink | 1 oz, 1.5 oz, 12 oz | The bed of a French and the whole nail of a natural-cover set |
| Dark Pink | 1 oz | The deeper bed for a warmer skin tone or a stronger contrast at the smile line |
| French White | 1.5 oz, 12 oz | The tip of a French and the fade layers of a baby boomer |
| Clear | 1.5 oz, 12 oz | The first dip over the natural nail, the cap over glitter, the encapsulation layer, and the glass top over a color |
Eight listings are active, none out of stock at the time of writing; seven more sizes and shades are drafted and return to the page when they restock. Dark Pink is only in the small jar and French White has no small jar, so a station that wants both in the same size holds them in 1.5 oz.
Pricing by size, checked on the day of writing
This is the one LDS page where the size math changes the order. The small jars are the lowest price per jar; the 1.5 oz desk jars are the working size; the 12 oz tubs are the lowest price per ounce, roughly a third less per ounce than the desk jar (checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing). The small jar is bought for freshness and for Dark Pink, which is only sold in that size, rather than for per-ounce cost. A station that dips French sets daily goes through Natural Pink and Clear far faster than any color, so those two are bought as tubs and decanted into the desk jar, with French White as a tub once the French count justifies it. The 1 oz Dark Pink and Natural Pink are for the station that does a French a few times a week and wants fresh powder rather than a tub that sits open.
| Size | Per ounce against the desk jar | Buy it when |
|---|---|---|
| Small jar | Bought for freshness, not per-ounce cost | A few French sets a week; Dark Pink is only sold here |
| 1.5 oz desk jar | The reference | Daily French sets; the jar the tray is filled from |
| 12 oz salon tub | About a third below | Natural Pink and Clear at any busy station; French White once the French count is steady |
How to dip an LDS French set
- Prep. Push back, remove shine, dust, dehydrate, then LDS #1 E.A Bond.
- Base and clear. A thin coat of LDS #2 Base Coat, 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 French White, brush off; a second tip dip for a crisp white.
- Bed. Base over the whole nail, dip in Natural Pink or Dark Pink, brush off.
- Cap and seal. Base and a dip of Clear over the whole nail, LDS #3 Sealer Dry, shape and buff, a second Sealer Dry, then two thin coats of #4 Top Coat. No lamp at any step.
Three services from the same four jars
- The classic French. Bed in Natural Pink or Dark Pink, tip in French White, the line cleaned with a brush before the sealer; the set most clients mean by pink and white.
- The baby-boomer fade. Bed in Natural Pink, then two or three thin dips of French 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 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.
Why a French dip lifts or looks cloudy, and the fix
- The white tip looks grey: too few dips or a thin base on the tip. Dip the tip twice with a fresh base coat 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 sealer had not flashed off, or dust was left after buffing. Let the Sealer Dry 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 sealer.
Reorder workflow: tub to desk jar to tray
Keep the tub closed in the cabinet, the desk jar on the station, and a dip tray on the table. Fill the desk jar from the tub once a week, fill the tray from the desk jar each morning, and pour the tray back into a labeled working jar at night, never into the tub; a wet base brush touching the tub is what clumps a month of powder. Count the reorder by tubs: a station doing daily French sets holds one open tub and one sealed tub of Natural Pink and Clear, and a tub of French White once a month's French count is steady. The colors on the LDS dipping powder pages follow the same jar logic, but the pink, white, and clear are the ones that justify the tub first.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every LDS pink, white, and clear listing is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The 1 oz jars are the entry tier, the 1.5 oz desk jars the working tier, and the 12 oz tubs the volume tier with the lowest price per ounce on the page; there are no kits, so each powder is bought in the size the station runs through. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock jars and tubs ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.