Before anything else, please excuse the shape of my index finger nail. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned a week or so ago that I was happy how my nails were looking - on Saturday I lost the corner of that nail by catching it on the lead attached to a very excited puppy. And don't even mention my ring finger nail on my right hand - currently being held together by a teabag! Oh well, they soon grow again! But I have had to take the length right down, and the nail on my index finger is a rather odd shape at the moment....
Today I've got for you Amethyst, from the Models Own Velvet Goth collection which I picked up as part of a special offer from Boots. The best way I can describe Velvet Goth polishes are heavily glittered polishes, which are then mattifyed to boot.
I found application a bit gloopy for me, but that may have just been my bottle. Amethyst is a gorgeous royal purple - much more red leaning than I could capture in the photos, even with a bit of tweaking, but hopefully I got fairly close. The glitter in it is a mix of deep fuchsia pink small glitter (which sadly didn't come out too well in the photos), and very fine silver glitter. It is an interesting effect - a cross between a textured and a matt polish, but being a huge fan of glitter, it felt a little wasted to me to not have the sparkle there.
Although, quick tip, I was in a meeting this afternoon and absent mindedly scratching the surface of the polish, which suddenly got some of the tiny bits of silver glitter sparkling! I wonder what effect a light buffing might have?
Anyway, back to business. As I love my sparklies so much, I whacked a coat of Seche Vite over the top. Wowzers - all of a sudden, the purple became so much richer and the glitter just started to pop.
So my vote would be with a topcoat. Which way do you prefer?
Base coat OPI Nail Envy Original
2 coats Amethyst
Top coat Seche Vite where applicable
Today I've got for you Amethyst, from the Models Own Velvet Goth collection which I picked up as part of a special offer from Boots. The best way I can describe Velvet Goth polishes are heavily glittered polishes, which are then mattifyed to boot.
I found application a bit gloopy for me, but that may have just been my bottle. Amethyst is a gorgeous royal purple - much more red leaning than I could capture in the photos, even with a bit of tweaking, but hopefully I got fairly close. The glitter in it is a mix of deep fuchsia pink small glitter (which sadly didn't come out too well in the photos), and very fine silver glitter. It is an interesting effect - a cross between a textured and a matt polish, but being a huge fan of glitter, it felt a little wasted to me to not have the sparkle there.
Although, quick tip, I was in a meeting this afternoon and absent mindedly scratching the surface of the polish, which suddenly got some of the tiny bits of silver glitter sparkling! I wonder what effect a light buffing might have?
Anyway, back to business. As I love my sparklies so much, I whacked a coat of Seche Vite over the top. Wowzers - all of a sudden, the purple became so much richer and the glitter just started to pop.
So my vote would be with a topcoat. Which way do you prefer?
Base coat OPI Nail Envy Original
2 coats Amethyst
Top coat Seche Vite where applicable
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