Spice Delite - A'Pieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01

The 2015 Pantone colour of the year is an earthy red shade called Marsala!

I just realised that I did do some posts for 2012 (Tangerine Tango) and 2013 (Emerald) but forgot last year (2014: Radiant Orchid), oh no! 

[Bottle to nail: A'Pieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01 (3 coats)]

Here's a shade that looks pretty close to Marsala in the bottle, but comes off a bit more sheer on the nails! This is Apieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01, a polish I picked up in South Korea during my holiday.

[3 coats: A'Pieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01]

RD01 is a red based shade as you can tell from the naming code, but on the nail it looks more of a bronzey brown. This is in part because of the dense gold/green shimmer. The pictures don't really do this polish justice - it looks practically duochrome in the bottle but somehow it just doesn't translate.

[3 coats: A'Pieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01]

Basically, it's a earthy red shimmer base with a glass fleck finish in a gold-green duochrome. You do get lots of flecks in magenta and purple as well though so it's really hard to describe! Check out the official bottle photo!

[Official photo: A'Pieu Aurora Nail Touch RD01]

I think one of the issues is that it's a bit of a sheer formula. My photos were all after three coats but it's still not completely opaque. Perhaps with a matching base underneath? Hm hm, something to think about for next time!

Mermaid Scales - A'Pieu Glow Nail Touch G02

More shiny that I picked up on my holiday! :D

[3 coats of A'Pieu Glow Nail Touch G02]

This is A'Pieu Glow Nail Touch G02, which is a light teal glitter with a lot going on. There's an iridescent green and gold sheen to it that comes from a green glitter and a pale gold-holo-ish glitter in it. The mid-blue glitter is a nice contrast to the rest of the glitter.

[3 coats of A'Pieu Glow Nail Touch G02]

This is so shiny and such a lovely colour as well. I'm quite glad I picked this one up!

Twinkle, Twinkle - A'pieu Twinkle Nail Touch G13

Nail polish from abroad!

[A'pieu Twinkle Nail Touch G13]

We went to South Korea and Japan recently and this is the stash of nail polish I came back with!

[Nail polishes from Korea and Japan]

[A'pieu Twinkle Nail Touch G13]

This nail polish is from Korea, and it's made in Korea too. It's from the brand A'pieu, and I think the collection is called Twinkle Nail Touch. Considering the shininess, it's an appropriate name! Korean nail polishes don't tend to name their polishes, but they do use numbers sometimes. I'm guessing this one is G13, based on its label.

The polish is a darker navy blue in real life, my camera just caught the blue so prettily here. It has holo glitter of different sizes, predominantly a blue-greeny holo glitter that I quite like, which is why I bought it. Full opacity in two coats and it has a good balance of glitter versus base to make it look like a starry night mani.