OPI Intelli Gel & Lacquer Duo - F048 Vodka & Caviar - Red - 0.5 oz (OPI Fall 2026 Collection)

F048 Vodka & Caviar gives you a blue-based red and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one.

What you get in the bottle

• Self-correcting application: OPI built Intelli-Gel around a responsive gel network that settles itself after every stroke, so a slightly heavy hand does not end in a flooded sidewall.
• Thirty-second cure: each layer of OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar sets in 30 seconds under the OPI Star Light lamp, which takes real minutes out of a full set.
• Wear a client notices: about three weeks of glass-like shine before the colour needs a fill.
• Made for sensitive clients: no HEMA, no TPO, and no animal-derived ingredients in the formula.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Bench prep: file the shape, ease the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate, wipe it clean.
2. Balance the pH: OPI Bond-Aid, one coat, no cure needed.
3. Foundation: Super Base thin enough to see through, capped at the edge, 30 seconds in the lamp.
4. Colour pass one: OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar goes on thin, let the brush settle the cuticle line, 30 seconds.
5. Colour pass two: the second pass is where the shade arrives, 30 seconds.
6. Seal it: Super Gloss for a mirror finish, or the No Wipe top coat if chrome powder or art follows, 30 seconds.
7. Sign off: cuticle oil and a sidewall check before the client leaves the chair.

Where this shade gets booked

• Evening and date-night sets: red shows brush strokes more than most families.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a glossy top coat and a clean cuticle line.
• Classic pedicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.

Duo, single or add the dip

On this page you are choosing between OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar in different formats. Gel Polish & Lacquer is the matched gel and lacquer pair, so the client can take the polish home in the same shade. Intelli-Gel Only is the Intelli-Gel bottle on its own. Nail Lacquer Only is the air-dry lacquer on its own, no lamp needed. Dipping Powder is the matching dip powder for a dip service in the same shade. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Intelli-Gel + Base Top Gel is the Intelli-Gel bottle bundled with the Super Base and top coat. Salons running a full service line usually take the combined option so OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar covers gel, lacquer and dip. A tech testing a new colour on a few clients is better off with the duo on its own.

Storing the bottle

Keep OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar upright with the cap tight and out of direct sunlight, because daylight will start curing gel in a half-empty bottle. Wipe the neck before you close it so the cap does not seize. Pigment-heavy and glitter shades settle between services, so roll the bottle between your palms rather than shaking it, which puts bubbles in the first coat and shows up under the lamp.

OPI F048 Vodka & Caviar is stocked alongside every OPI shade ND carries, the whole gel and lacquer category and OPI in bulk.