Nudes

Hold the bottle against the side of the finger, not the palm. A nude one step lighter than the skin reads clean, two steps lighter reads chalky. Pink and olive undertones take rose nude and greige. Golden and deeper skin takes sand, caramel and warm beige. If the hand runs red, a taupe settles it.

Rubber base is thinner and self levels, so it works as a flexible layer under color or as a light overlay on a natural nail. Builder gel is thicker, holds an apex and takes an extension. Both come in nude and cover tones here. If you want strength with no rebuild, start with the rubber base.

Pick three and stop: one pink leaning nude, one neutral beige, one taupe or greige. That covers most hands. Then choose the format you work in, because the shelf runs soak off gel, matching trio, dip powder, lacquer and builder gel, and the same tone often exists across several of them under one brand.

Add what you need and check out like any customer, no license required. Salons and licensed techs can apply for a wholesale account, which is where trade pricing sits, and it covers the whole catalog of over 100 brands rather than one shelf. Questions on a restock go to 714-868-7088, calls only, no texts.