Is there anybody who doesn’t like flakies? Statistically there should be, but that’s something I just can’t grok. Over the past couple of polish orders I picked up five bottles of Golden Rose flakies, two are extremely similar but all are awesome.
BTW: I’m aware that my ring finger nail is too long, I’ll fix it later.
Here’s what I used for this simple layered mani:
- China Glaze Nail Strengthener & Growth Formula
- Astor Protection 3 Base Coat
- Astor Fash’n Studio 070
- Color Club Blue-Topia
- Golden Rose Scale Effect 06
- Seche Vite
Today’s base mani was slightly different, because I didn’t want to do a full 070 mani and then try to remove it from the accent nail. That always end in tears or at least in cottony fuzzy nails. So I applied a coat of each base, two coats of Blue-Topia on my accent nail, three of 070 on the other nine and sealed all with Seche Vite. So please excuse the accent nail in the swatch photos.
070 is a vivid, cold blue crème, very similar to what Wikipedia calls royal blue. The opacity is a bit odd. I’m sure you all have encountered shimmery polishes that look opaque until you tilt the nails a bit and lo! sheerness abounds. This is the first crème polish I’ve noticed doing that. I only applied three coats, but I believe four to five coats, depending on their thickness, would be fully opaque.
This polish applied pretty well; the first coat was streaky on some nails, even on others. I found 070 to be quite runny and to level very well. It didn’t dry as quickly as I had hoped, considering the thin formula and therefore thin coats. The round brush works well enough, but is nothing special to me.
Here’s 070 in two coats without top coat:
And this is 070 in three coats with Seche Vite:
After the base colour was mostly dry I added a coat of Scale Effect 06 and another coat of Seche Vite.
As simple as it is, I love this mani to bits. Flakies are awesome in general, but I love how they look turquoise-y green on the bright blue and emerald green on the dark blue. And there are occasional random red flakies in there.
Do you know anyone who doesn’t like flakies?
