DND DC Gel + Lacquer Duo #296 Little Pink Me Up

296 Little Pink Me Up gives you a warm nude and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Nude shades read differently on each skin tone, so swatch on the client before the full set. DND DC lists it as a baby pink with milky white undertones. It sits in the winter gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Rich pigment, smooth lay-down: DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up covers evenly without the streaking that thin formulas leave on the second coat.
• A three-week-plus service: up to 21 days without chipping or peeling on the published spec.
• LED or UV, whichever you run: the DC gel cures under both, so it drops into an existing station with no new lamp.
• Soak-off, not drill-off: 10 to 15 minutes in a wrap and the layers lift.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, ease the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED or UV.
3. First colour pass: float DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up on thin, stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Second colour pass: this pass closes any thin spots, cure again.
5. Seal: top gel over the whole nail, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp needed.

Where this shade gets booked

• Office-friendly sets: nude shades read differently on each skin tone.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a sheer pink or a white tip.
• Clean-girl manicures, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Picking the right option on this page

On this page you are choosing between DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up 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. Gel Polish Only is the gel bottle on its own, for salons that only run gel services. Lacquer Only is the air-dry lacquer on its own, no lamp needed. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Pick by the services you actually sell. A gel-only salon has no use for the lacquer half of DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up, and a shop that offers dip in the same shade saves a colour match by taking the combined option.

How to take it off

DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up is a soak-off gel, so nothing here needs to be drilled off. Break the seal by filing through the top coat until the shine is gone, then wrap each nail in an acetone-soaked pad and leave it long enough for the layers to lift on their own. Ease the softened gel off with a wooden pusher. If it resists, re-wrap rather than scrape, because scraping is what thins the plate and causes the next set to lift.

DND DC 296 Little Pink Me Up is stocked alongside the DND DC, DND and DIVA gel wall, the winter gel lacquer line-up and the DC gel and lacquer range.