Golden Rose, Gabriella Salvete, Smitten & Claire’s

Golden Rose, Gabriella Salvete, Smitten & Claire’s

Another mani I didn’t know where went :D

I started out with a Golden Rose Matte Velvet #114 which I bought in Hungary. I have a bunch of Matte Velvets, and this is the first one I was disappointed in. “Why”, you might ask yourself. Well - it’s easy to answer. The other Matte Velvets I’ve got are all one coaters, but this one is more sheer and requires two coats. Also it has a golden shimmer to it that makes the red appear salmon; a colour that doesn’t go really well with my skintone.

But anyway, here’s what two coats look like:

I topped it with a Gabriella Salvete I bought in Slovakia. It’s a lovely red/pink-y shimmer – and it’s a topper. It makes the mani bolder and brighter, I like that! Here’s that step:

Then it all went out of control :D
I dapped a diagonal stripe across each nail with a burgundy holographic Smitten called “I never Drink… Wine”. I forgot to take a picture of that step – perhaps because it wasn’t as pretty as I expected it to be.

So I covered it with glitter! If everything else fails: Use glitter. I used Claire’s “Fabulous”, which is a clear base with magenta, gold and silver glitter. It’s lovely!

I added a layer of topcoat, and here, sweet ladies, is my final mani:

This ended up pretty nice, I think.

Here are the polishes I used:

What do you think of this? Is it a go or a no go? And do you always know what your manis end up looking like?