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LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Self-correcting application: OPI built Intelli-Gel around a responsive gel network that settles itself after every stroke, so a slightly heavy hand does not end in a flooded sidewall.
- Thirty-second cure: each layer of OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self sets in 30 seconds under the OPI Star Light lamp, which takes real minutes out of a full set.
- Wear a client notices: about three weeks of glass-like shine before the colour needs a fill.
- Made for sensitive clients: no HEMA, no TPO, and no animal-derived ingredients in the formula.
Specifications
Spec Value Shade code LA04 Shade name Espresso Your Inner Self Colour family Brown Finish Glossy Bottle size 0.5 oz System OPI Intelli-Gel and OPI Nail Lacquer Cure 30 seconds under the OPI Star Light LED lamp Gel wear about 3 weeks Lacquer wear about 5 to 7 days with base and top coat Formula HEMA-free, TPO-free, vegan Bottle glass Condition new UPC 799992841967 Application steps
- Prep: file, push back the cuticle, buff the shine off the plate and wipe the nail clean.
- Bond-Aid: one coat of OPI Bond-Aid to balance the pH of the nail plate.
- Super Base: one ultra-thin coat of Super Base, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds.
- Colour coat two: a second thin coat brings it to full payoff, cure 30 seconds.
- Top coat: Super Gloss or the No Wipe top coat, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds. Super Gloss leaves a tacky layer that you remove with a lint-free wipe and N.A.S. 99.
- Finish: cuticle oil, then check the sidewalls before the client leaves.
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 glossy finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall/Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self 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. Intelli Gel Only is the Intelli-Gel bottle on its own. Lacquer Only is the air-dry lacquer on its own, no lamp needed. Intelli-Gel + Base Top Gel is the Intelli-Gel bottle bundled with the Super Base and top coat. Dipping Powder is the matching dip powder for a dip service in the same shade. 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 OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.
Matching this shade across services
The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self is mixed as a pair, so the air-dry lacquer reads as the same colour as the cured gel under normal light. Where the same code also exists as a dip powder, a salon can run gel, lacquer and dip off one shade code without a second colour match. Check the options on this page to see which formats ND carries for this code.
OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self is stocked alongside every OPI shade ND carries, the fall gel lacquer line-up and the OPI lacquer range.
LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self gives you a warm brown and a wet-look gloss in one bottle. Brown reads richer on deeper skin tones and softer on fair ones. It is carried in the fall gel lacquer line-up at ND.
What you get in the bottle
- Self-correcting application: OPI built Intelli-Gel around a responsive gel network that settles itself after every stroke, so a slightly heavy hand does not end in a flooded sidewall.
- Thirty-second cure: each layer of OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self sets in 30 seconds under the OPI Star Light lamp, which takes real minutes out of a full set.
- Wear a client notices: about three weeks of glass-like shine before the colour needs a fill.
- Made for sensitive clients: no HEMA, no TPO, and no animal-derived ingredients in the formula.
Specifications
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Shade code | LA04 |
| Shade name | Espresso Your Inner Self |
| Colour family | Brown |
| Finish | Glossy |
| Bottle size | 0.5 oz |
| System | OPI Intelli-Gel and OPI Nail Lacquer |
| Cure | 30 seconds under the OPI Star Light LED lamp |
| Gel wear | about 3 weeks |
| Lacquer wear | about 5 to 7 days with base and top coat |
| Formula | HEMA-free, TPO-free, vegan |
| Bottle | glass |
| Condition | new |
| UPC | 799992841967 |
Application steps
- Prep: file, push back the cuticle, buff the shine off the plate and wipe the nail clean.
- Bond-Aid: one coat of OPI Bond-Aid to balance the pH of the nail plate.
- Super Base: one ultra-thin coat of Super Base, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds.
- Colour coat one: one thin coat of OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds.
- Colour coat two: a second thin coat brings it to full payoff, cure 30 seconds.
- Top coat: Super Gloss or the No Wipe top coat, cap the free edge, cure 30 seconds. Super Gloss leaves a tacky layer that you remove with a lint-free wipe and N.A.S. 99.
- Finish: cuticle oil, then check the sidewalls before the client leaves.
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 glossy finish is what the client asked for.
- Fall/Winter bookings, which is where ND files this shade.
Picking the right option on this page
On this page you are choosing between OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self 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. Intelli Gel Only is the Intelli-Gel bottle on its own. Lacquer Only is the air-dry lacquer on its own, no lamp needed. Intelli-Gel + Base Top Gel is the Intelli-Gel bottle bundled with the Super Base and top coat. Dipping Powder is the matching dip powder for a dip service in the same shade. 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 OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self duo and nothing else. A salon with three stations and a dip menu is better served by the combined option.
Matching this shade across services
The point of a duo is that the client can leave with a bottle that matches the set. OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self is mixed as a pair, so the air-dry lacquer reads as the same colour as the cured gel under normal light. Where the same code also exists as a dip powder, a salon can run gel, lacquer and dip off one shade code without a second colour match. Check the options on this page to see which formats ND carries for this code.
OPI LA04 Espresso Your Inner Self is stocked alongside every OPI shade ND carries, the fall gel lacquer line-up and the OPI lacquer range.