What you're looking at is a gorgeous gold leaf topcoat over Finger Paints Tiffany Impostor. It's real gold, people!
I first saw this gold leaf topcoat when Lori (some of you may know her as the Spectraflair lady) posted about it in a Facebook group we are both in. It turned out that she had actually made it herself using sheets of gold leaf! I was immediately enamored and asked her if she would be kind enough to make me one. Luckily for me, she agreed!
It was difficult to choose what to layer it over. I tried it over black, of course, and while it looked totally bad ass, I decided to go with more of a turquoise color. Turquoise and gold is a classic combination to me, and I was so pleased with the way it turned out.
You are seeing three coats of the gold leaf in these photos. You have to be careful that you don't glob it on when you are applying it, because it will bubble later on and you will only see it once it's dry.
Lori is willing to make and sell more of these topcoats, while her supplies last! She is selling them for $15 shipped in the US. Email msindent@comcast.net for purchasing information. (Psst, you can also email her for information about purchasing Spectraflair, the pigment you need to make your own holographic nail polish!)
Beautiful! These are two of my favorite colors <3
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, they look amazing together!
ReplyDeletewow this is amazing! you layered it perfectly!
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing! I love it!
ReplyDeleteThe color combination is perfect and this top coat is stunning! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThe color combination is perfect and this top coat is stunning! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteWoah! It's blingy and girly :D Pure awesomeness! True gold in your fingers, lady. That rocks.
ReplyDeletePerfect combination. Lovely Sarah!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty and different! I love it against the soft turquoise. Lovely combo!
ReplyDeleteThat looks perfect! It has such a Louis XIV vibe for me for some reasons. Or I don't know. Just looks like something luxurious from another time in history. :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Reminds me of a Faberge egg!
ReplyDeletewow that is a beautiful combination - they work so well together xx
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!! The colors work perfect together! la la LOVE <3
ReplyDeleteso awesome!
ReplyDeleteAmazing... SO pretty and awesome!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! I just showed my husband and he said 'ooh it looks like goldschlager' haha!
ReplyDeletethis is amazing!
ReplyDeleteCute:-)
ReplyDeleteooo really pretty!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous and I agree with turquoise and gold being a classic combo! It's always hard to find yellow gold and turquoise jewelry but man it's stunning!
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful! I've already tried it once but without formulating the gold leaves into a polish, I just added the gold leaves afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI really love the color combo you chose!
completely gorgeous!! I've truly never seen anything else like it!! do you have to shake the bottle well before you apply? or does it stay suspended?
ReplyDeleteThe way Lori makes them is by putting the leaf in nail polish suspension base, which is used to suspend glitter. So in this case it doesn't sink, but if you add it to regular clear it might.
DeleteBeautiful combination! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!! (Also interesting, as right now I am wearing blue polish with Essie's As Gold as it Gets over-top. Not exactly real gold, but same idea! :D)
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty! I'd feel so bad taking flakes of real gold off my nails though!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous combo! This gold leaf top coat looks amazing.
ReplyDeletebeautiful! who needs jewelry right lol
ReplyDeleteThis is just stunning! Turquoise and gold is also one of my favorite combinations! And real gold too, that's so diva ;-) Pinned it!
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteOh. My. Gosh. This is amazing!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a beautiful and elegant combination. Love it! :)
ReplyDeletethat is coooool! i have some gold and silver leaf and i just have no idea what to do with it but now i do! xxx
ReplyDeleteCould you give the link to Lori's FB Page would love to check it out this looks amazing great post!
ReplyDeleteHere you go:
Deletehttp://www.facebook.com/spectraflair4u
It is probably easiest for her though if you email with inquiries instead of posting on the wall there. :)
now that is a flakey top coat love love love it
ReplyDeleteAMAZING!
ReplyDeleteGreat choice with the gold and turquoise, it's one of my fave combos. And perfect application too!
ReplyDeleteAH!
ReplyDeleteI just bought flaky leaf-style glitters for my frankening efforts, a set of 12 colors... I think now I need to find where I can get glitter base so I can just use them on their own without another glitter! NEED.
Love it! I'm obsessed with turquoise, gold, and coral! <3
ReplyDeleteSo gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteShe actually sells them for $19
ReplyDelete$15 for the polish
$3 shipping
$1 PayPal fees
It's so gorgeous! I kinda recreated your mani but I didn't use the topcoat. And my mani is not as delicate as yours though. :-)
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