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425 Terra Cotta gives you a blue-based red and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND lists it as an electric bright coral with red undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 425 Terra Cotta rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 425 Shade name Terra Cotta Colour family Red Finish Opaque Bottle size 0.5 oz System DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat Cure under an LED lamp Gel wear up to 3 weeks Lacquer air-dry, no lamp needed Bottle glass Condition new UPC 696294429940 Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 425 Terra Cotta, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
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 opaque finish is what the client asked for.
- Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 425 Terra Cotta 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 425 Terra Cotta bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 425 Terra Cotta 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 425 Terra Cotta is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.
425 Terra Cotta gives you a blue-based red and a flat opaque cream in one bottle. Red shows brush strokes more than most families, so two thin coats beat one thick one. DND lists it as an electric bright coral with red undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Thin coats, full colour: DND 425 Terra Cotta rarely needs a third pass, which keeps the set flexible and less prone to lifting at the stress point.
- Wear you can quote a client: about three weeks on the DND base gel and top coat, cured under LED.
- Take-home match included: the lacquer in this duo is the same shade, so a chip on day twelve is a two-minute fix at home.
- A range worth standardising on: over 1,200 DND gel shades means the wall grows without a second system to learn.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 425 |
| Shade name | Terra Cotta |
| Colour family | Red |
| Finish | Opaque |
| Bottle size | 0.5 oz |
| System | DND 3-step gel: base gel, gel colour, top coat |
| Cure | under an LED lamp |
| Gel wear | up to 3 weeks |
| Lacquer | air-dry, no lamp needed |
| Bottle | glass |
| Condition | new |
| UPC | 696294429940 |
Application steps
- Prep: file to shape, push back the cuticle, buff off the shine and dehydrate the plate.
- Base gel: one thin coat of DND base gel, cap the free edge, cure under your LED lamp.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of DND 425 Terra Cotta, keep it off the skin, cure.
- Colour coat two: a second coat evens out the pigment, cure again.
- Top coat: one coat of DND top coat, cure, then wipe the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- Lacquer at home: the matching lacquer goes over a base coat and air-dries, so the client needs no lamp.
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 opaque finish is what the client asked for.
- Spring/Summer bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Which option should you add to the bag
On this page you are choosing between DND 425 Terra Cotta 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. Most reorders are the plain duo, because the base and top coat outlast any single colour. The DND 425 Terra Cotta bundles are worth it the first time the shade enters the wall, not on the third reorder.
How to take it off
DND 425 Terra Cotta 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 425 Terra Cotta is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and DND starter sets.