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470 Love Letter gives you a fine glitter and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off. DND lists it as a romantic red glitter dance.
What you get in the bottle
- Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 470 Love Letter 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.
- Buildable coverage: a sheer formula lets you stop at one coat for a wash of colour or build to three for full opacity.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code 470 Shade name Love Letter Colour family Glitter, Glitter, Red Finish Sheer 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 696294428998 Application steps
- Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
- Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
- Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 470 Love Letter stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
- Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
- Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Accent nails: glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a solid cream shade on the other nails.
- Party and holiday sets, where a sheer finish is what the client asked for.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 470 Love Letter 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. Think about who is buying. A mobile tech carries the DND 470 Love Letter duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND 470 Love Letter 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 470 Love Letter is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and the DIVA line.
470 Love Letter gives you a fine glitter and a sheer coat you can build in one bottle. Glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off. DND lists it as a romantic red glitter dance.
What you get in the bottle
- Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 470 Love Letter 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.
- Buildable coverage: a sheer formula lets you stop at one coat for a wash of colour or build to three for full opacity.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | 470 |
| Shade name | Love Letter |
| Colour family | Glitter, Glitter, Red |
| Finish | Sheer |
| 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 | 696294428998 |
Application steps
- Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
- Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
- Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 470 Love Letter stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
- Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
- Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
- What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.
Where this shade gets booked
- Accent nails: glitter needs a thicker top coat to sit flat, and it takes longer to soak off.
- Pairing work: it sits next to a solid cream shade on the other nails.
- Party and holiday sets, where a sheer finish is what the client asked for.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between DND 470 Love Letter 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. Think about who is buying. A mobile tech carries the DND 470 Love Letter duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.
If the set lifts early
Early lifting is almost always prep rather than the colour, and that holds for DND 470 Love Letter 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 470 Love Letter is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the whole gel and lacquer category and the DIVA line.