A lacquer house in six lights
TSUYA.
One glass bottle. One mirror finish. Six shades of gloss — seen on a hand first, the way colour should always be met.
Enter the AtelierA lacquer house in six lights
One glass bottle. One mirror finish. Six shades of gloss — seen on a hand first, the way colour should always be met.
Enter the AtelierThe Shade Atelier
Tap a shade. The hand is painted, the bottle follows, and the light in the room quietly changes its mind — slowly, the way gloss deserves.
Still portraits of each shade, worn — the films live below.
A crimson with a blue heart — evening light, held still.
Square glass with weight in the hand, a tall black cap, and nothing printed on the front — the colour is the label. 12 ml, a wide flat brush, and a cap that closes with a soft, certain click.
Still portrait · the bottle in KurenaiThree films · Real lacquer, moving
Stills can show a colour. Only film can show what TSUYA is named for — the wet shine itself, caught mid-gesture.
One pass, cuticle to tip, no second thoughts. TSUYA's brush is cut wide and flat so the colour lands the way water lands — all at once, evenly.
Real film · the application
Before it is a shade it is a weather: crimson, plum and ember folding through one another in the bottle, settling only when it meets the nail.
Real film · the pigment
Dry to a sheet of glass. Turn your hand and the light travels the full length of every nail — that travelling shine is the whole point.
Real film · the finishThe Ritual
Clean, dry nails — nothing underneath. Gloss holds best to a surface that isn't holding anything else. Push the cuticle back gently; TSUYA asks for no base coat theatre.
Thin is the secret nobody believes. The first coat may look shy; let it settle a full minute. The second arrives with all the colour the first one promised.
Run the brush once along each free edge — the travelling shine survives longest where the tip is wrapped. Then hands quiet, palms up, while the glass sets.
The Boutique
Every shade is the same 12 ml glass bottle, the same mirror finish, the same €38. Colour is the only difference — as it should be.
A Mir Labs Concept
TSUYA was designed and built end to end by Mir Labs — an original concept, films and all — to show how a single product, treated with patience, can carry an entire world. Your product could be the next one.