Hello ladies,
I am so looking forward to greeting the sun tomorrow after a stretch of overcast days! I went to the garden late this afternoon and photographed the unnamed brown glitter mini polish from the Borghese Serena collection. This color is unique and lovely. A candy brown base holds a starry cosmos of glitter in red, gold and silver. I do wish this shade were available full size.
I found this tiny trellis charming!
The Borghese brown mini has a jelly formula. I began with CND Stickey base coat and added two coats of Zoya Get Even to promote opacity. Without a quality ridge filling base coat, the brown glitter polish would be sheer on the nail. I wore this for two days. As with most jelly formulas, I experienced tip wear. I added a third coat before taking pictures. I did carefully cap the nail with color when I initially did the manicure and had to repeat the process. Because jelly formulas contain less pigmentation than traditional cremes or shimmers, tip wear is a common issue. The result seemed worth the extra attention.
I will be doing more Halloween manicures this week. I thought vampy nails for a date might be better than creepy dolls or zombies.
Happy painting ladies!