Frequently asked questions
What is the V Beauty Pure Nail Liquid Acrylic System?
The EMA monomer of the V Beauty Pure acrylic system, the liquid a Kolinsky brush is dipped in before it picks up the brand's powder as a bead. ND sells it in an 8 oz desk bottle and a 32 oz salon bottle, beside the two prep liquids that go on before the first bead, the Nail Prep Dehydrator and the Super Bond Primer, both 0.5 oz.
Is the 32 oz monomer cheaper than the 8 oz?
Per ounce, yes: the 32 oz is priced at about two-thirds of the 8 oz per ounce, checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing. A station that sculpts daily buys the salon bottle and refills the 8 oz desk bottle from it, and the desk bottle fills the dappen dish, so the big bottle is opened rarely and stays clean.
Do I need both the dehydrator and the primer?
Yes, in that order. The Nail Prep Dehydrator wipes the last moisture and oil off the prepped plate; the Super Bond Primer then gives the acrylic its grip, one thin coat on the nail and never the skin, left to flash before the first bead. Skipping either is the usual cause of lifting at the cuticle, and both evaporate fast, so they stay capped between nails.
Why does my bead cloud, bubble, or set on the brush?
Cloudy and chalky means the bead was too dry or the room too cold; bubbles mean it was too wet or over-worked; setting on the brush means the brush was wiped too dry or the dish sat near the lamp. The wipe on the dish edge sets the ratio, and the same wipe works across the V Beauty Pure chart because the powders and the liquid are sold as one system.
How long does monomer keep?
Sealed, a long time; open, months, as long as the cap is tight and the bottle is kept out of sunlight and away from the lamp, since heat and light age it and yellow the bead. Pour a fresh working amount into a capped dappen dish each session and never pour used liquid back, because it carries powder dust that clouds the next bead.
V Beauty Pure monomer and nail preps: the Nail Liquid in 8 oz and 32 oz, the dehydrator, and the primer
This page holds the liquid side of the V Beauty Pure acrylic system at ND Nails Supply: the V Beauty Pure Nail Liquid Acrylic System, the EMA monomer the brand's 43 acrylic powders are sculpted with, in an 8 oz bottle and a 32 oz salon bottle, plus the two prep liquids that go on before the first bead, the Nail Prep Dehydrator and the Super Bond Primer, both 0.5 oz, four listings in all. V Beauty Pure is the acrylic brand that has come up through the Vietnamese salon community, still searched by many techs under its earlier Valentino Beauty Pure name, and the monomer is the listing those searches land on most. The 32 oz bottle is the lower price per ounce by a wide margin, so a sculpting station buys the salon bottle and decants into a dappen dish. Everything is wholesale-priced for everyone, no license and no minimum.
What is on this page
| Listing | Size | Job on the nail |
|---|---|---|
| V Beauty Pure Nail Liquid Acrylic System | 8 oz | The monomer the bead is picked up with; the desk bottle |
| V Beauty Pure Nail Liquid Acrylic System | 32 oz | The same monomer in the salon bottle, decanted into the desk bottle and the dish |
| V Beauty Pure Nail Prep Dehydrator | 0.5 oz | Removes moisture and oil from the prepped plate before the primer |
| V Beauty Pure Super Bond Primer | 0.5 oz | The bonding layer between the natural nail and the first acrylic bead |
One of the four listings is out of stock at the time of writing. The two sizes of the monomer are the same liquid; the 32 oz is priced at about two-thirds of the 8 oz per ounce (checked against the listing prices at ND on the day of writing), which makes it the working size for any station that sculpts daily and the 8 oz the size for a station that does a few sets a week or is trying the liquid.
What each bottle does
- The Nail Liquid. An EMA monomer, the liquid an acrylic brush is dipped in before it picks up powder; the bead that forms on the belly is monomer and powder in ratio, and the liquid sets the working time and the clarity of the cured bead. It is the liquid the brand's powders are made for.
- The Nail Prep Dehydrator. Wiped over the prepped nail before the primer, it takes off the last moisture and oil so the primer and the first bead hold. It is the bottle that stops lifting at the cuticle when it is used and starts it when it is skipped.
- The Super Bond Primer. A thin coat after the dehydrator, on the nail only and never the skin, that gives the acrylic its grip on the plate. One coat, let flash, then the first bead.
- What is not on the page. The powders are on the V Beauty Pure acrylic page, the gel base and tops on the base and top page, and the Kolinsky brush on the brush pages.
How the three liquids run a set
- Prep. Push back, remove shine, dust.
- Dehydrate. A wipe of the Nail Prep Dehydrator over every nail; let it flash dry.
- Prime. A thin coat of the Super Bond Primer on the plate, a hairline off the skin; let it flash.
- Bead. Pour a working amount of Nail Liquid into a capped dappen dish, dip the Kolinsky brush, wipe the excess on the dish edge, and pick up a medium bead from the powder jar; a bead too wet runs, too dry sets before it is placed.
- Build and finish. Place at the apex, press to the free edge and sidewalls, a second bead at the cuticle zone, cap with clear, shape when the set clicks when tapped, buff, and finish with a gel top cured.
The ratio, and how the liquid sets it
An acrylic bead is monomer and powder picked up together, and the wipe on the dish edge sets the ratio: a brush wiped hard picks up a dry bead that sets fast and cures chalky, a brush barely wiped picks up a wet bead that runs to the cuticle and cures with bubbles. The V Beauty Pure Nail Liquid is sold as one system with the V Beauty Pure powders, so a tech learns one wipe for the whole chart rather than a different ratio per jar. Room temperature changes the ratio too: monomer sets faster in a warm room, so the dish moves away from the lamp in summer and the brush carries a little more liquid. A working dish is poured fresh each session from the desk bottle and never poured back, because used monomer carries powder dust that clouds the next bead.
Why an acrylic set lifts, clouds, or bubbles, and the fix
- Lifting at the cuticle: the dehydrator or primer was skipped, or primer touched the skin. Both liquids on every nail, primer on the plate only.
- A cloudy, chalky bead: too dry, or the room too cold. Carry a little more liquid and work warmer.
- Bubbles in the cured bead: the bead was too wet or over-worked. Wipe more off, and place, press, and pat rather than stroke.
- The bead sets on the brush: the brush was too dry or the dish sat near the lamp. Wipe less, and move the dish.
- Yellowing: old monomer in the dish or a bottle left open in the light. Fresh dish each session, bottle capped and out of the sun.
Sizes, storage, and reorder
The 32 oz salon bottle is the buy for a station that sculpts daily: it refills the 8 oz desk bottle for weeks, and the desk bottle fills the dish, so the big bottle is opened rarely and stays clean. A station doing a few acrylic sets a week buys the 8 oz and finishes it before it ages. Monomer keeps sealed for a long time and open for months if the cap is tight and the bottle is out of sunlight and away from the lamp; heat and light are what age it. Keep the dehydrator and primer capped between nails, because both evaporate fast, and store all three upright. The reorder is the monomer by size, with the primer and dehydrator roughly one bottle per salon bottle of liquid.
Wholesale pricing at ND Nails Supply
Every V Beauty Pure liquid is wholesale-priced for everyone, with no business license, no minimum order, and no membership fee. The 8 oz monomer is the entry size and the 32 oz the volume size with the lower cost per ounce; the dehydrator sits below the primer. There are no kits on this page. Free shipping on orders $100+, and in-stock bottles ordered before 2pm PT on weekdays leave the same day.