Over 200 new colors landed last week, and the duo is $6
Billionaire matching duos and dip powder went live on 5 September. New York Fashion Week opens Thursday and the fall color reports follow it, so the shades your clients ask for in October are the ones you want on the shelf this month.
Over 200 Billionaire colors, listed in one day
The 5 September listing was the largest single day C8 has run this year. Over 200 Billionaire SKUs went live at once: more than a hundred matching sets, 37 duos and 31 dip and acrylic powders. The whole range sits between $6 and $10, which is the part worth pausing on, because a matching system at that price changes what a full set costs you to produce rather than what it costs you to stock.
The system is the point. Every number runs across a gel, a lacquer and a powder, so a client who books a dip set in September and a gel set in November leaves with the same shade both times. If you have ever had to explain to somebody that her color is discontinued, you already know what that is worth. The full range sits in the Billionaire shelf, and the powders cross-list into dip powder colors alongside the rest of the catalogue.
Matching set, gel and lacquer duo plus powder, single
$6 duo, $10 powder
One number, three formats, so the dip client and the gel client can sit in the same chair and ask for the same thing. Buy the duo on its own or add the powder when the shade starts moving.
Matching Colors 005 $6
Dip and acrylic powder, single jar
$10
Thirty one of them are powders that work for dip and for acrylic, which is the version most Vietnamese salons on Brookhurst actually want, because one jar covers two services. Numbered to match the duos above it.
Powder 021 $10
Cat eye is the finish the fall reports keep naming
New York Fashion Week runs 10 to 15 September, and the September colour write ups this year all land in the same place: rich saturated shades with a high shine, tortoiseshell, and magnetic finishes over neutral bases. C8 carries over 700 cat eye items, and 24 more Cre8tion cat eye shades were added last week.
Over 700 cat eye items Over 3,900 gel shades
Cre8tion added 24 cat eye shades and a leopard kit
Cre8tion shades 428 through 451 went live on 25 August and they are the ones to look at before the fall rush, because magnetic gel is the single finish being written about most this month. The nail art side got two additions worth a look as well: a leopard design kit and a 24 colour ombre painting gel kit, both aimed at techs who charge for art rather than including it. Everything sits in the Cre8tion range, over 3,000 items deep.
Cre8tion Cat Eye Gel 428
$8.95
Gummy Gel Jar 1oz White Pearl
$14.25
Leopard Nail Design Kit
$54.25
Ombre Painting Gel 24 Color Kit
$80
Four kits that landed with the drop
The rest of the week was kits, which is what September usually looks like. A salon buying a kit in early September is buying a season, not a shade, and the four below cover the four things that get asked for between now and the holidays: a magnetic collection, a fall gel range, a builder gel set and a top coat that will not wrinkle. If you are building a fall set from the ground up, the base, finish and accent guide walks the same decision in more detail.
Chisel Armour Cat Eye Kit, 48 colors
$359
Kiara Sky Fall Spectrum, 18 colors
$234
Lavi Builder Gel Set, 18 colors
$180
Royal Top Coat
$8, 16oz $99
Soak off gel, 0.5oz, single
$14.95
One shade, added Thursday, and it is the deep plum that people have been asking for by name since the fall reports started. Worth a single bottle before you commit to a kit.
Intelli-Gel S063 $14.95Builder gel note. The Lavi set is bottle format, not jar, which matters if your techs have been trained on a slip solution workflow. C8 carries over 400 builder gel items across both formats, and the HEMA free options are listed in the HEMA free builder gel round up from last month.
Questions we got on the floor this week
Is the $6 Billionaire price the duo or the whole matching set?
The duo. Six dollars buys the gel and the lacquer together. The matching dip powder in the same number is $10 and is ordered separately, so a full three format match is $16. Buy the duo first and add the powder for the numbers that move.
Do the Billionaire numbers match across gel, lacquer and powder?
Yes. That is the reason to stock the line. Number 005 is the same shade whether the client sits down for a gel set, a lacquer manicure or a dip. It removes the conversation where a returning client cannot get her color again because she switched services.
Are these in stock right now?
They were listed on 5 September and the site is the honest answer on availability, because the showroom sells the same stock and the counter does not write back to the website in real time. If you are ordering a case or a full set, call 714-868-7088 and we will check the shelf before you pay.
What should a salon buy first for fall if the budget is one kit?
Buy the finish, not the shade range. Magnetic cat eye is the finish being requested this season, so the Chisel Armour 48 colour kit at $359 does more for a booking sheet than another eighteen bottles of colour. If you already run cat eye, put the money into the Kiara Sky Fall Spectrum instead.