DND Gel + Lacquer Duo #737 Crushed Grape

737 Crushed Grape gives you a plum purple and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Purple carries both red and blue pigment, so it shifts under salon light and daylight. DND lists it as a bold lilac purple with blue undertones. It is carried in the spring gel lacquer line-up at ND.

What you get in the bottle

• Pigment that covers: DND gel is heavily pigmented, so DND 737 Crushed Grape 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.
• Gloss that holds: the cured finish stays high-shine for the life of the set as long as the top coat caps the free edge.

Specifications

Application steps

1. Bench prep: shape the free edge, lift the cuticle back, take the gloss off the surface and dehydrate.
2. Lay the base: DND base gel goes on thin and capped, then straight under the LED lamp.
3. Colour, first pass: a thin coat of DND 737 Crushed Grape stopping a hair short of the cuticle, then cure.
4. Colour, second pass: this pass closes any thin spots in the pigment, cure again.
5. Top and cure: DND top coat over the full nail, cure, and take off the tacky layer if your top coat leaves one.
6. What the client takes home: the matching lacquer needs only a base coat and air time, no lamp.

Where this shade gets booked

• Evening sets: purple carries both red and blue pigment.
• Pairing work: it sits next to a soft pink base or a glitter tip.
• Autumn bookings, where a glossy finish is what the client asked for.
• Spring bookings, which is where ND files this shade.

Picking the right option on this page

On this page you are choosing between DND 737 Crushed Grape 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. Think about who is buying. A mobile tech carries the DND 737 Crushed Grape duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.

Storing the bottle

Keep DND 737 Crushed Grape upright with the cap tight and out of direct sunlight, because daylight will start curing gel in a half-empty bottle. Wipe the neck before you close it so the cap does not seize. Pigment-heavy and glitter shades settle between services, so roll the bottle between your palms rather than shaking it, which puts bubbles in the first coat and shows up under the lamp.

DND 737 Crushed Grape is stocked alongside the full DND gel and lacquer wall, the spring gel lacquer line-up and the DIVA line.