Collection: SNS All Products

What is on this page?

Every SNS product we make, in one grid. That is a lot to scroll, so the chips above jump straight to the part of the range you came for, and the sections below explain how the systems differ, which is the question behind most of the search traffic that lands here.

We are the manufacturer, not a reseller. SNS was founded in 1990 and we formulate, mill and fill our own powders, which is why this page says "genuine": salons advertise SNS services using other products often enough that we have written about it in a separate piece. Buying here is the short way to be certain.

The systems, and how to tell them apart

Beyond color there is structure and art: builder gel, LuxeHybrid and pearl gel, cat eye gel, and the nail art range.

How do you find a shade among thousands?

By book. Our shades are organized into six color books rather than one endless list: Blue, Pink, Burgundy and Beige hold 144 shades each, and Green and Yellow Green hold 120. Every shade carries a code, and that code is the same shade whichever format you buy it in, so a salon that stocks a book can reorder a single jar, duo or 3-in-1 by code without guessing.

We offer over 400 colors, with matching shades across GelStar gel and Nail Lacquer, which is what makes a matched pedicure possible. Seasonal drops sit on SNS Seasonal Collections and are curated out of the same books, so nothing on a seasonal page is an orphan shade.

What makes our powder different

Two things we can say as the people who make it. Our Nutri-Plus system adds vitamins and minerals to the base coat and to the powder itself, so both halves of the dip service carry it. And we mill our powders finer than is usual, which is why the color lays down more evenly rather than needing an extra dip to look solid. Neither of those is a health claim; they are descriptions of what is in the jar and how it behaves at the brush.

Where should a new customer start?

• Trying dip at home: a kit from Dip Powder Starter Kits, which puts the base, activator, top and a color together so nothing is missing on the first attempt.
• A salon opening a dip menu: one color book plus Dip Essentials. The book gives a wall that reads as deliberate; the essentials are what the service actually consumes.
• Matched fingers and toes: the Gel & Lacquer Duos, or the 3-in-1 sets if you want the powder too.
• French: French Pink & White.
• Skipping the activator step: SNS Pro.
• Buying for a whole salon: Sets & Bundles, where the volume pricing sits.

How a dip service runs

1. Prep. Push back, shape, take the shine off the plate, dust and dehydrate. Prep decides how long a set lasts more than the product does.
2. Base, then dip. A thin coat of base, then dip the nail into the powder and brush off the loose grains. Repeat for depth.
3. Activator. Brush over the whole nail and wait; the powder sets chemically, with no lamp.
4. Shape and refine. File, buff, dust.
5. Top. Two thin coats, capping the free edge.

Step by step, with the timings, is in our home dip guide, and the shopping list for a first set is in what you need for dip powder nails.

Dip, gel or acrylic?

Dip sets with activator and needs no lamp, which makes it the quickest of the three for a full set and the one most home users manage unaided. Gel cures under a lamp and gives the glossiest finish, with a soak-off removal. Acrylic is mixed at the brush and sculpts length, and our dip/acrylic powders do both jobs from one jar. There is no universally best answer: it depends on the client's nails, the service time you have and whether removal will happen at home or in the chair. Our comparison is in dip powder vs gel vs acrylic, and safe removal covers the part people get wrong.

What the 3-in-1 sets actually contain

A 3-in-1 is one shade code in three formats: the dip powder jar, the GelStar gel and the Nail Lacquer, boxed together. It exists because the commonest salon request is not a color, it is a match: the same shade on hands and feet, applied with two different systems, without the tech holding two bottles up to a window to judge whether they are close enough. Buying the three separately gets you the same products, so the set is about certainty and shelf logic rather than a different formula. The matched systems page shows every shade that offers the combination, and Sets & Bundles holds the larger salon packs.

Related collections

• Nail Dip Powder The whole dip range, by system.
• SNS Seasonal Collections Every seasonal drop, curated from the books.
• SNS Gelous Color The dip-only color line.
• Nail Tools & Accessories Files, brushes, lamps and prep.
• Lavis Nails The gel-led brand we carry alongside our own.

Related reads

• How to do SNS dip nails at home
• Dip powder vs gel vs acrylic
• How to remove dip powder safely
• Why you need MasterMatch gel in your salon