OPI nail lacquer, base coats and top coats
This is the bottled lacquer side of OPI: brush-on color that air dries rather than curing under a lamp, plus the base coats and top coats that go around it. Because there is no cure step, a lacquer service can be finished at a station without a lamp, and the color can be changed at the next visit.
Reading an OPI product title
OPI titles here carry the collection, the year and a code. Garden Party 2007 - Funny Bunny NL and Spring 1990 - Cajun Shrimp NL L64 both show it, and finishing products carry a code of their own, as in Top Coat T30. The code is the part worth writing down, because once a shade is on your reorder sheet as a code, nobody has to guess between two similar names months later. The year is useful in its own way: shades from collections dated 1990 and 2002 sit alongside 2007 releases, which matters when a longtime client asks for the one color she has worn for years.
Stocking the format
A working lacquer setup is base coat, color, top coat, so keep the finishing products stocked deeper than any single shade. Lacquer is straightforward to run at a pedicure station and can be sold as retail alongside a service. If a client wants the same look in a cured format, OPI gel is the other half of the brand, and the full OPI range shows both together. For sheer shades like Sheer Romance 2002 - Bubble Bath N, our french manicure guide is a good starting point. Orders ship in 1-2 business days, with free shipping on orders over $150 within the 48 contiguous states.
