Frequently asked questions
What is a NuGenesis 3-in-1?
One NU-numbered NuGenesis shade in three matched formats in one listing: the dipping powder, the matching gel polish, and the matching nail lacquer. ND carries around 100 combos, every shade at the same price, numbered from the NU chart and tagged by season. NuGenesis dip is odor-free, lightweight and flexible, air-dry with no UV, chip-resistant, and easy to soak off, made in the USA and Canada.
Why buy the combo rather than the powder alone?
A client picks a NU shade once and gets it as dip on her hands, gel on a refill, and lacquer on her toes under one NU number; the lacquer sells to her to take home; and one order line restocks all three formats. Any single piece is topped up later from the NuGenesis powder or duo page under the same number.
How is the dip side applied?
Prep, brush a thin coat of NuGenesis base, dip the nail into the jar, tap and brush off the excess, and repeat for two or three coats. Apply activator, shape and buff, a second activator, then top; no lamp, and the set is dry at once. The gel side takes a base, two thin coats cured 60 seconds each, and a no-wipe top. The liquids are on the NuGenesis essentials page.
Which NuGenesis shades should a salon buy as 3-in-1?
The numbers a client wants in more than one format: the nudes and pinks under a French and on the toes, a classic red, and the season's named shades from the fall and winter tags. A shade that only sells as a gel accent is better bought from the gel page. About half the combos are out of stock at any time, so use the availability filter and reorder a sold-out piece from its format page.
Is the NuGenesis 3-in-1 sold at wholesale?
Yes. Every combo at ND Nails Supply is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee, and every shade on this page is the same price. The NuGenesis Buy in Bulk page carries volume tiers. Orders $100+ ship free, and in-stock combos ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.
NuGenesis 3-in-1: one NU shade as dip powder, gel, and lacquer
A NuGenesis 3-in-1 is one NU-numbered shade in three matched formats in a single listing: the NuGenesis dipping powder, the matching gel polish, and the matching nail lacquer, so the client who dips on her hands, refills in gel, and lacquers her toes stays in one color. ND Nails Supply carries around 100 NuGenesis 3-in-1 combos at wholesale, every shade at the same price, numbered from the NU chart (051 Amazonia, 058 Boardwalk, 059 Beaver Tail, and on) and tagged by season so the sidebar splits them into the fall and winter drops. NuGenesis dip is odor-free, lightweight and flexible, air-dry with no UV, chip-resistant, and easy to soak off, made in the USA and Canada; the gel and lacquer carry the same number and name.
What is on this page
| In every listing | What it is | Use |
|---|---|---|
| NuGenesis dipping powder | The NU shade as dip powder | Dip sets with the NuGenesis liquids, no lamp |
| NuGenesis gel polish | The matching gel | Gel manicures and refills in the same shade |
| NuGenesis nail lacquer | The matching lacquer | Lacquer pedicures and the retail bottle |
The NU numbers here are the same numbers as the NuGenesis dip powder page and the duo page, so a set bought as a combo is topped up by the single format later.
Why buy the 3-in-1 rather than the pieces
- One chart, three services. A client picks a NU shade once and gets it as dip, gel, or lacquer under one NU number.
- Refills that match. A dip client who wants a thinner refill moves to the gel in the same number; powder, gel, and lacquer match closely rather than perfectly, so swatch all three together before promising one shade across services.
- Retail. The lacquer sells to the client to take home.
- Fewer reorders. One line on the order sheet restocks all three formats of a shade.
How the three formats are used
- Dip. Prep, a thin coat of NuGenesis base, dip the nail into the jar, tap and brush off the excess, repeat for two or three coats, activator, shape and buff, second activator, then top; no lamp, and the set is dry at once.
- Gel. Base, two thin coats cured 60 seconds each under LED or UV, no-wipe top.
- Lacquer. Base coat, two coats, top coat, air-dried; the pedicure and the retail bottle.
The NuGenesis dip liquids and the gel base and top are on the NuGenesis essentials page and last many services per set. Removal on the dip side is an acetone soak of about ten minutes, and NuGenesis sells the powder on how easily it soaks off compared with a thick dip.
What sets NuGenesis dip apart
NuGenesis built its line around dip: the powder is lightweight and flexible, air-dries with no lamp, resists chipping, and soaks off easily, which is the combination NuGenesis quotes on every jar. The glitter and multi-tone shades (Amazonia is a multi glitter) carry the sparkle in the powder itself, so the dip set shows the effect without a separate glitter layer. For a salon whose dip clients ask for a gel refill between dip sets, the combo is what keeps the client on the same NU number across the two visits.
Stocking NuGenesis 3-in-1 for a salon
Start with the numbers a client is likely to want in more than one format: the nudes and pinks that sit under a French and on the toes, a classic red, and the season's two or three named shades from the fall and winter tags. Those are the numbers where the dip client, the gel client, and the pedicure client overlap, so all three pieces move. A shade that only sells as a gel accent is better bought from the gel page alone. Because about half the combos are out of stock at any time, use the availability filter and reorder a sold-out piece from its own format page under the same NU number.
Keeping the three pieces together on the wall
Store each NU number as one slot, jar, gel, and lacquer side by side and labeled with the number and name, so the tech reaches for the format the service needs without hunting. The powder keeps indefinitely capped and dry; the gel a year or more sealed and out of sunlight; the lacquer is the one to watch for thickening, which a drop of thinner fixes. When one piece runs out, replace it from the NuGenesis powder or duo page under the same number, and the slot stays complete.
Why dip clients ask for the matching gel
A dip set is thicker than a gel manicure, and some clients alternate: dip for the month they want strength, gel for the month they want a thin nail or a quick refill. Without the matched gel, the second visit is a substitute from another bottle and the client notices. The 3-in-1 puts the same NU number in both formats on the wall, so the alternating client stays in her color, and the lacquer covers the toes in between. That is the practical reason to buy the combo for the shades a client wears repeatedly, and to buy the powder alone for the shades that only ever go on as an accent nail.
The removal that keeps a dip client on dip
NuGenesis sells its powder on how easily it soaks off, and the salon that removes it correctly keeps the client on a monthly cycle without the thinning that drives clients away from enhancements. File through the top coat to break the seal, wrap each nail in a cotton pad soaked in 100 percent acetone under foil, wait about ten minutes, and push the softened powder away with a wooden stick; a nail that resists is re-wrapped rather than scraped. The natural nail is then buffed lightly and oiled, and the next set goes on the same day; the whole removal runs about fifteen minutes for ten nails, which is why it fits inside a regular dip appointment. A fill, where the client keeps the set and the regrowth is filled with a fresh dip of the same NU number, is the quicker service and the one most dip clients book in between full removals.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every NuGenesis 3-in-1 combo is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee, and every shade on this page is the same price. The NuGenesis Buy in Bulk page carries volume tiers. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock combos ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.