A shade starts as a stone, a light or an hour of the day. Violet Spell is an amethyst in side light. Gilded Hour is the gold of the cap, poured. Moonstone is the blue flash at the edge of a milky stone. The name comes first; the formula has to live up to it.
How a lacquer is judged
- Two coats. A crème must cover in two thin coats. A jelly must stay sheer and build in three. A pearl must show its flash from inside the film, without a chrome layer on top.
- Five minutes. Touch-dry in about five minutes at room temperature, with the glass top coat on.
- Six days. A week of wear with the base and top coat, on hands that type, wash and cook.
- The brush. A flat, wide brush that fans out to the width of a nail and reaches the cuticle line in one stroke.
- The bottle. A square glass bottle with a weighted cap, a gold ring and the monogram. It stands still and it feels like something.
The magnetic finishes
Nebula and Velvet Nocturne carry magnetic pigment. Under the bar magnet the pigment gathers into one line of light. Held further away, under the round magnet, it lifts into a soft velvet. The effect is set by hand, nail by nail, in about twenty seconds each. It works in an air-dry lacquer, with no lamp.
What the house asks of every formula
Every product is made for the European market and follows the EU Cosmetics Regulation, including the 2025 rules on photoinitiators in gel products. The house uses air-dry lacquer, which needs no lamp and no acrylate monomer. Full ingredient lists are printed on every box and published on every product page when an edition is open.
Small batches
Editions are made in small numbered batches. That keeps the pigment fresh, the batch consistent and the story true. When an edition is sold out, its pages stay open so the shades can be read, tried in the Beauty Mirror and joined on the list for the next season.