Why a nail stylist needs a colour swatch

A colour in the bottle looks different on the nail. A gel polish swatch display shows your client how a shade looks once it is applied and cured – with the shine of the top coat, in the light of your salon. Clients decide faster and are less likely to change their mind during the appointment, and you save time at the nail desk. A well-arranged swatch display is also a showcase for your salon: it shows at a glance how many colours and effects you offer.

Tips for swatch displays and nail art

The basis of every swatch display is the tips you paint colours or designs on:

• ♥ 0' Almond nail art tips – 48 white almond-shaped tips, 26 × 14 mm, they fit the tip display stand
• ♥ 1' Almond nail art tips – 48 white, narrower almonds, 26 × 10 mm
• ♥ milky tips – almond – 50 pieces for painting colours or nail art
• ♥ Ballerina swatch display – 50 clear tips in a ballerina shape, on which gel polish colours show off in full

White tips show the true shade of a colour well, while clear ones work for semi-transparent polishes, gels and effects that are meant to let light through. You can also practise new nail art on tips before you suggest it to a client, and take photos of designs for social media.

How to make a gel polish swatch display step by step

• ♥ prepare the tips – for gel polish, apply a base coat to them and cure it in the lamp
• ♥ paint each tip in a different colour, applying as many coats as you put on a client's nail
• ♥ seal the colour with a top coat so the swatch shows the final result
• ♥ mark each tip with the colour number using tip stickers – pink stickers on which you write the polish number
• ♥ arrange the tips by colour family: nudes, reds, browns, pastels, cat eye and special effects

A colour swatch prepared like this lets your client find a shade quickly, and lets you reach for the right bottle straight away.

Tip display stand – a new take on the swatch display

The tip display stand has 120 slots made for size 0' tips. Painted tips stand in it neatly and in plain view, they do not get damaged in a drawer, and your client can look at the whole palette at once. The display stand is sold without tips – the 0' Almond nail art tips fit it.

Colour-mixing stickers

The category also includes colour-mixing stickers – 50 handy pads on which you blend gel polishes, gels or pastes. You stick them on your hand or glove, so the product does not touch your skin and your nail desk stays tidy.

Nail swatch displays – frequently asked questions

How do I make a gel polish swatch display? Paint the tips with colours from the palette, seal them with a top coat, mark them with numbers on the stickers and arrange them in the display stand by colour family.

White or clear tips for a swatch display? White ones show the colour of opaque polishes best, clear ones suit semi-transparent polishes, gels and effects that are meant to let light through.

How many tips does the display stand hold? 120 tips in size 0'.

Is the display stand sold with tips? No, you buy the tips separately – the 0' Almond nail art tips fit.