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What SNS Pro 3 in 1 means on this page

SNS Pro 3 in 1 is the way DTK sells the SNS Pro colour books: every shade number comes in three matching formats under one listing. You get the dip powder in a 1.5 oz jar, the gel polish in a 0.5 oz bottle and the nail lacquer in a 0.5 oz bottle, all labelled with the same book number and the same SNS shade code. The dip powder air-dries with the SNS liquids and needs no lamp, the gel cures under an LED or UV lamp, and the lacquer air-dries like regular polish.

That gives one colour three jobs in the salon. A client can wear the shade as a dip set on her hands, as gel on a later visit, and as lacquer on her toes or for a quick touch-up at home, without anyone hunting for a "close enough" match in another brand. SNS is cruelty-free, and DTK carries the line as an authorized SNS reseller.

This collection holds three complete books, 144 numbered shades each, plus the 36-shade boards and the full 144-shade book sets. Use the filters beside the grid to narrow by availability, price or product type, or open the book pages linked below to stay inside one book.

The three books in this collection

Tiffany Blue book

The Tiffany Blue listings are titled "SNS Pro 4 in 1" and name the powder option "Acrylic & Dip Powder", so the jar is listed for both dip and acrylic work. Despite the name, Tiffany Blue is the book, not a single shade: its 144 numbers are not all blue, with shade names that range from Pink Mimosa and Banana Taffy to Spearmint Green and Poppy Red. If you are looking for one particular blue, pick it by its book number or by its SNS code rather than by the book name. Codes in this book include CS (Candy Sprinkle), SL (Satin & Lace), WW (Winter Wonderland) and DW (Destination Wedding), alongside several other SNS codes.

Beige book

The Beige book lists its powder option as "Dipping Powder". Its 144 numbers draw on HH (Happy Honeymoon), HM (Harvest Moon), SG (Summer Get Away), LG (Lumi Glam), BP (Birds of Paradise) and LV (C'est La Vie), plus a set of numbered SNS classics written with a # sign.

Burgundy book

The Burgundy book also lists "Dipping Powder" as its powder option. Its numbers lean on HH (Happy Honeymoon), BOS (Best of Spring), WW (Winter Wonderland), LV (C'est La Vie), LG (Lumi Glam) and HM (Harvest Moon), among other codes.

A fourth book, Pink, is sold as its own SNS Pro 4 in 1 range in the SNS Pro Pink book.

How to read a shade name

Every single listing follows the same pattern: book name, a three-digit book number, the SNS shade code, then the shade name. In "Beige Collection - 129 BM-30 Double Rose", 129 is the position in the Beige book, BM-30 is the SNS code and Double Rose is the name. The number tells you where the shade sits on the book's colour boards. The code tells you which SNS dip collection the shade comes from, which helps when a client brings in a photo of an older SNS jar.

The same SNS code can appear in more than one book under a different book number. BP-23 Lilac Roller, for example, is number 119 in Tiffany Blue and number 044 in Beige, and BM-19 Astilbe is 113 in Tiffany Blue and 077 in Burgundy. When you reorder, match the book and the number together so the jar, gel and lacquer stay consistent with what is already on your wall.

Many of these codes are also sold as single SNS dip jars, which you can browse in the SNS dip jars in 1 and 1.5 oz.

How to buy: single formats, boards or the full book

Each shade listing has three options, so you only pay for the formats you use:

• Gel & Lacquer: the 0.5 oz gel bottle and the matching 0.5 oz lacquer bottle, for gel services and lacquer pedicures.
• Dipping Powder (Acrylic & Dip Powder in the Tiffany Blue book): the 1.5 oz jar on its own, for dip work.
• 3 In 1 (4 In 1 in the Tiffany Blue book): the jar, the gel and the lacquer together. It is priced as the pair plus the jar, so choose it for convenience when you want all three.

For a fuller wall, each book is also split into four boards of 36 numbers: Board 1 covers 001 to 036, Board 2 covers 037 to 072, Board 3 covers 073 to 108 and Board 4 covers 109 to 144. The full Set 144 listing covers a whole book. Prices are shown on each listing and the boards and sets carry small stock counts, so check availability on the product page before you plan a launch around one.

Shades to start with

If you are opening a 3 in 1 shelf a few numbers at a time, these shades currently have both the powder and the gel and lacquer option in stock:

• Tiffany Blue: 029 CS-03 Sugar Rush, 042 DW-07 Door County, 063 WW35 Permafrost, 125 BM-34 Poppy Red, 137 SP-20 Manhattan and 143 BO-029 Pot of Sparkles.
• Beige: 007 HH-24 Blarney Castle, 050 WW-01 Luge, 068 SG-18 Eternal City, 080 BD-18 Fashion Understatement, 129 BM-30 Double Rose and 141 #89 Vanity Waltz.
• Burgundy: 001 CC20 Baby Bear, 045 BOS19 Twilight Red, 064 HM12 Balsamic Beets, 096 LV07 Palais, 127 BM33 China Aster and 133 WW09 Jolly.

Screens show colour differently, so compare the swatch on the product photos against the client's skin, or keep a board on the counter so clients can point to a number.

Seasonal shelves from the Beige and Burgundy books

DTK tags many Beige and Burgundy shades by season, and one shade can carry more than one season. In both books, 62 of the 144 numbers carry the winter tag, the largest group. Beige then has 47 summer, 41 spring and 35 fall shades; Burgundy has 34 spring, 33 summer and 27 fall shades. Use those tags to rotate a seasonal display without reordering a whole book. The Tiffany Blue listings carry no season tags, so pick from that book by number. For autumn dip jars outside the books, see autumn SNS dip jars.

Using the three formats in one service menu

Dip powder follows SNS's liquid order: prep the nail, apply the bonding base (SNS uses Gelous Base, purple cap, for colour powders and Gel Base, green cap, for pink, white and clear), dip, harden, then seal with Sealer Dry and finish with Gel Top. The liquids DTK stocks are in SNS bonding and sealing liquids and SNS liquid kits and refills.

Gel goes on in thin coats over a base and is cured under an LED or UV lamp, then sealed with a top coat. If you need a lamp, see the curing lamps for SNS Pro gel.

Lacquer air-dries, which makes it the natural choice for pedicures and for the bottle a client takes home.

1. Pick the shade by book and number with the client.
2. Decide the service: dip for strength on the hands, gel for a thinner finish, lacquer for toes or a quick change.
3. Prep the nail and push back the cuticle before any of the three.
4. Apply the chosen format with its own system: SNS liquids for dip, base, colour and top for gel, base and top coat for lacquer.
5. Note the book number on the client card so the next visit, in any format, starts from the same colour.

SNS lists up to 3+ weeks of wear for both the dip powder and the gel when they are applied and finished correctly. To remove either, soak in acetone or use removal wraps for 10 to 15 minutes, and avoid peeling or scraping.

Stocking a salon wall

Most salons build a 3 in 1 wall in stages. Start with the shades your clients already ask for as single listings, then add one 36-shade board at a time once you see which part of a book sells. Keep gel and lacquer bottles capped and away from the lamp and sunny windows, and close powder jars after each client so the powder stays dry. When you compare SNS Pro with other matched systems, OPI's matching trio line and the LAVIS trio range work the same way: one shade code across dip, gel and lacquer.

Related collections

• SNS Pro gel pairs by book The gel and lacquer pairs of every SNS Pro book in one place.
• SNS Pro Pink book The fourth SNS Pro book, sold as its own 4 in 1 range.
• Dip lines compared by brand SNS, OPI, LDS and Kiara Sky dip systems side by side.
• SNS bonding and sealing liquids The SNS liquids for every dip step.

Related reads

• The SNS Pro Tiffany Blue collection
• SNS nail polish guide
• A guide to dip powder nails
• How to remove dip powder without damage