The Nail Files - On A Silver Platter

As you may (or may not) have seen here, I got some lovely polishes for Christmas. I've tried out two of the three, but had yet to try Essie's On A Silver Platter.

I was intending to do it over another color since it has a clear base, but hadn't decided which one yet. Yesterday morning, on a whim, I tried a layer on my thumb just to see what it looked like without a base color.

Uh...AMAZING!!

I ended up just going for it with out a base color!

 This is angled so you can see the gold micro-glitter coverage at certain angles/light.

 This gives a better idea of the clear base, but the holographic/iridescence of some of the other glitters in there. Even the blue flakes have a bit of a holographic shine to them in certain light.

I did two coats to try to "even out" the blue glitter. But I really didn't need to.

I think I have a navy blue that this will be AMAZE-BALLS over, so stay tuned for that test run!

And, as always, I'm linking up:



Head over and check out some of the other great manicures and show some love!  :)

Happy Friday!

Something new for Fridays

I think I'm going to attempt to start linking up with Fabulous But Evil for




So here's the first one:

Base coat and one coat of color.

A few hours later, wanting to jazz it up, I added a glitter to the ring finger (you can barely see it).  And I added a top coat (something I rarely do).

The best part...I don't know the name of the color!!  I bought the bottle last year sometime and the label has since peeled off!!

Hugs...