Penélope Luz Midas

Hello ladies! Today I want to show you my current manicure that I am wearing since last Thursday and really enjoying it. I decided to pair a dark chocolaty base with a gold leaf top coat, and I was very happy with this delicious look.
For this manicure I used two nail colors that I think work really great together - Essie Shearling Darling and a gold leaf top coat Penélope Luz Midas. Keep reading if you would like to find out more about this look!

Penélope Luz Midas is gold leaf flakes top coat in a clear base. It reminded me a lot to Zoya's 18K Gold and OPI's The Man With The Golden Gun top coats, only I think that Midas has bit smaller flakes.
The bottle is pretty much filled with these gorgeous golden flakes and it was easy to get a nice coverage with one stroke. I've noticed that not all of the flakes were completely smooth and in some areas I got a chunkier look (some of the leaf flakes were a bit chunkier than others), but that solved once I applied a top coat (PUPA's Gel Top Coat).
I feel that Midas is a gorgeous and luxurious top coat that can look great over so many colors, light or dark - I think it will look great applied over black, dark blue, red, turquoise and even nude base, which I want to try in the future.

I applied one coat of Penélope Luz Midas over Essie Shearling Darling (two coats) from Essie's Winter 2013 collection. I really love this dark mahogany shade, it has a rich color with a hint of brown, in shade it looks almost like a dark chocolate rather then a dark cherry.

I really loved how these the gold flakes looked over that base color, it was such a delicious combination!

I hope you enjoyed this post and liked this manicure. You'll be seeing more of Penélope Luz nail polish on the blog in the future since I got a huge package from her a while ago, including so many gorgeous colors and glitters toppers. If you are not familiar with Penélope Luz yet, you should totally check her store & blog, and follow her on Facebook - she is a huge inspiration to me and has wonderful manicures and creative photos.