Frequently asked questions
What is the SNS Basics 3-in-1?
One SNS Basics shade in three matched formats in one listing: the SNS dipping and acrylic powder, the matching gel polish, and the matching nail lacquer. Basics is the numbered core line inside SNS, sold by number rather than collection name, and ND currently lists four Basics 3-in-1 numbers at the same price, beside the Basics dip powders and Basics gel and lacquer duos on their own pages.
How is Basics different from the SNS Pro collections?
The Pro 3-in-1 collections carry 144 named shades each with a 1.5 oz powder and are the wall for a salon that sells SNS color by name. Basics is the numbered everyday core that does not change with the season, so it is the line a salon standardizes on for the everyday manicure and the pedicure rack, and the reorder is the same number year after year. Most SNS salons run both.
What else do I need to use the combo?
For dip: SNS base, sealer, top, and brush saver from the essentials page. For acrylic: monomer, since the SNS powder is a dipping and acrylic powder. For gel: SNS gel base and top and an LED or UV lamp. For lacquer: a base and top coat. None of the liquids are in the combo, and a set lasts many services. The dip side needs no lamp and is odor-free.
Why buy the 3-in-1 rather than one format?
A client who dips on her hands and lacquers on her toes stays in one shade, the gel refill matches the dip set, and the lacquer bottle sells to her to take home. One line on the order sheet restocks all three formats of a number, and any single piece is topped up later from the Basics powder or duo page under the same number.
Is the SNS Basics 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 Basics number is the same price. The SNS 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.
SNS Basics 3-in-1: the everyday SNS shades as dip, gel, and lacquer
SNS Basics is the numbered core line inside SNS, the everyday shades sold by number rather than by collection name, and the 3-in-1 version delivers each Basics shade three ways in one listing: the SNS dipping and acrylic powder, the matching gel polish, and the matching nail lacquer. ND Nails Supply carries the SNS Basics 3-in-1 at wholesale, currently four numbers (Basics 022 among them), each at the same price, alongside the Basics dip powders and the Basics gel and lacquer duos on their own pages. It is a short page by count, and the page to start from when a salon wants the SNS everyday shades in every format without paying for a named collection.
What is on this page
| In every listing | What it is | Use |
|---|---|---|
| SNS Basics dipping and acrylic powder | The Basics shade as a 2-in-1 powder | Dip sets, and acrylic sculpting with monomer |
| SNS Basics gel polish | The matching gel | Gel manicures in the same shade |
| SNS Basics nail lacquer | The matching lacquer | Lacquer pedicures and the retail bottle |
The Basics numbers on this page match the SNS Basics dip powder and duo pages, so a salon can buy the combo here and top up any one format there.
What "Basics" means in the SNS range
SNS sells its color in named collections (the Pro Beige, Burgundy, Tiffany Blue, and Pink books, the seasonal drops) and in the Basics line, which is the numbered core: the shades a salon uses on the majority of clients every day, without the seasonal churn. Basics is the line a salon standardizes on for the everyday manicure and the pedicure rack, because the numbers do not change with the season. The 3-in-1 is the way to carry a Basics number in all three systems so a client who dips on her hands and lacquers on her toes stays on one number.
How the three formats are used
- Dip. Prep, a thin coat of SNS base, dip at a 45-degree angle, tap and brush off, repeat for two or three coats, sealer (sets in seconds, no lamp), shape and buff, second sealer, then SNS top. Odor-free and dry almost at once.
- Acrylic. A bead of the same powder with monomer, sculpted, filed, and topped.
- Gel. Base, two thin coats cured under LED or UV, no-wipe top; the refill format and the thinner-nail client.
- Lacquer. Base coat, two coats, top coat, air-dried; the pedicure and the take-home bottle.
The dip liquids and the gel base and top are not in the combo; they are on the SNS essentials page and last many services.
Basics 3-in-1 or the SNS Pro 3-in-1?
The Pro 3-in-1 collections carry 144 named shades each and a 1.5 oz powder; they are the wall for a salon that sells SNS color by name and runs the full chart. The Basics 3-in-1 is a handful of numbered everyday shades, the ones that do not go out of season, and it is the simpler way to keep the core covered in all three formats. Most SNS salons run both: Basics for the everyday slots, Pro for the named color the client asks for. Because Basics is numbered and stable, the reorder is the same number year after year.
Stocking Basics for a salon
Four combos are listed, so the whole page is a first order for a salon that wants its SNS core in every system. After that, the Basics dip powder page carries the single jars for the dip chair, and the Basics duo page carries the gel and lacquer for the gel desk and the pedicure rack; the combo is the way to open all three at once. Keep the three pieces of each number in one slot on the wall, and reorder by the Basics number.
Why a small page can be the right first order
A salon adding SNS does not need 144 shades on day one; it needs the core covered in every format so the first clients can be served whatever they book. Four Basics combos do that: each lands a powder for the dip chair, a gel for the desk, and a lacquer for the pedicure rack, and the SNS liquids from the essentials page make all three usable. The named Pro collections come after, once the techs know the system and the clients start asking for color by name. Because the Basics numbers never change, the four combos bought today are the same four reordered in a year, which is the point of a core line.
Keeping the three pieces together on the wall
Store each Basics number as one slot, jar, gel, and lacquer side by side and labeled with the number, so the tech reaches for the format the service needs. The powder keeps indefinitely capped and dry, the gel a year or more sealed and out of sunlight, and the lacquer is the one to watch for thickening, which a drop of thinner fixes. When one piece runs out, replace it from the Basics powder or duo page and the slot stays complete; when a whole number runs out, the combo restocks it in one line.
Basics on the swatch stick
Because the Basics numbers are the everyday shades rather than a themed collection, they are swatched as their own row on the salon's SNS board, in number order, rather than mixed into the Pro collection boards. The row reads as the nudes, pinks, whites, and classic reds a client picks without a name, and the tech reaches for the number directly. A Basics client who moves to a seasonal Pro board for one visit comes back to her Basics number afterward, which is why the Basics row stays on the board all year while the Pro boards rotate by season. A salon that runs short of a Basics number refills the jar, gel, or lacquer from the SNS single-format pages under the same number, so the row on the board never has a gap even when the combo listing is out of stock; the combo is reordered when all three pieces run low together. Two of any Basics number a regular client wears is the safe stock level, since the combo listing is the one that sells out first.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every Basics 3-in-1 combo is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee, and every number is the same price. The SNS Buy in Bulk page carries the volume tiers. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock combos ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.