Base coats

Reveal your beauty right down to the tips of your nails with Japanese nail polish! The references highlighted by our concept store are from uka, a niche brand 100% made in Japan with hand-picked ingredients. 

Thanks to Bijo; Paris, (re)discover the excellence of uka base coats, of the colored treatment bases to apply to your nails for an impeccable manicure at home. 

Combine care with beauty with Japanese nail polish 

Synonymous with quality, effectiveness and naturalness, Japanese cosmetics come into your bathroom to allow you to create an exceptional daily beauty routine. Let yourself be convinced by a varnish base with natural ingredients to pamper your nails according to the rules of the art. 

The base coat acts as a real protective shield against certain chemical components likely to weaken your natural nails. At uka, it is composed of tea tree oil, vitamin E, hydrolyzed keratin, hydrolyzed silk proteins, olive bud extract and even vitamin C to take care of your nails and beautify your hands. 

Each uka varnish base also contains a tinted serum, which can also be found on our e-shop to treat your nails in depth. So choose yours according to your favorite color or your skin tone. The “Healthy Pink” base, for example, brings out the color of a large number of skin types thanks to its universal pink enhanced with a touch of red. 

The “Sand Beige” varnish is suitable for yellow-toned hands, while the “Greyish Purple” reference is ideal for red-toned skin. Against splitting of nails, dry skin, pigment spots or vertical streaks, finally rely on the uka “Better Nail Serum”, an untinted Japanese treatment entirely dedicated to improving the health of the nail and its matrix. With it, bring the right dose of hydration and keratin to your natural nails, for hands that always glow with beauty! 

Our application tips for the uka base coat 

Easy to use, the uka varnish base is applied in a single coat if you only want to benefit from a protective base. For a colored varnish effect, preferably apply 4 coats of product. The little extra: this base coat dries quickly and applies evenly without pigmenting the nails, for a healthy, long-lasting beauty look. 

Do not hesitate to combine several shades to create a tailor-made varnish that meets all your desires, in total harmony with your skin color. 

Our tip for choosing your Japanese nail polish: look at yourself in the mirror with a sheet of white paper next to your face (naturally). If you look good, then your skin has a warm (or red) tone. Does your complexion seem dull? On the contrary, you have a cold (or blue) tone. Finally, your complexion is rather neutral (or yellow) if you make neither of these two observations. 

Choose your new shade of varnish based on this information, to highlight the natural beauty of your skin tone and produce a result that is both elegant and harmonious.