DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #418 Butternut Squash

418 Butternut Squash gives you a warm brown and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. DND lists it as a coco brown nude fitting for all skin color.

What you get in the bottle

• Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 418 Butternut Squash reaches full colour in two thin coats.
• Three weeks between fills: run it as a 3-step service with DND base gel and top coat under an LED lamp and it holds for about three weeks.
• Matched lacquer in the box: the duo pairs the gel with an air-dry lacquer in the same shade, so a client can match at home.
• Range that fills a wall: DND carries more than 1,200 gel shades, so a repeat client can stay in the same system for years.
• One-pass coverage: an opaque cream covers in fewer coats, which keeps the set thin and reduces lifting at the sidewalls.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Shape and clean: file, push the cuticle back, take the shine off the plate and wipe it down.
2. Base: a thin layer of DND base gel, capped at the free edge, cured under LED.
3. First colour coat: float DND 418 Butternut Squash on in a thin layer without touching the sidewalls, then cure.
4. Second colour coat: build to full opacity, cure again.
5. Seal: DND top coat over everything, cure, and remove the tacky layer if there is one.
6. The lacquer half: air-dries over a base coat at home, no lamp required.

Where this shade gets booked

• Autumn bookings: brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a nude base for an ombre fade.
• Almond and coffin shapes, where a opaque finish is what the client asked for.

Which option should you add to the bag

On this page you are choosing between DND 418 Butternut Squash 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 + Base Top is the duo bundled with a base and top coat, useful when you are opening a new station. Gel & Lacquer + Dipping Powder is gel, lacquer and dip powder together, so one shade covers all three services. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 418 Butternut Squash bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.

If the set lifts early

Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND 418 Butternut Squash as much as any shade on the wall. Make sure the shine is fully off the plate, the cuticle is pushed back and the surface is dehydrated before the base goes on. Keep every layer thin and cap the free edge on the base, both colour coats and the top. A thick colour coat is the most common cause of a set that peels at the stress point in week two.

DND 418 Butternut Squash is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and DND starter sets.