Essie Topless & Barefoot with As Gold As it Gets - weekly nail review

I love gold. Actually, no I don't.  I love platinum and silver.  The only place where gold works for me is my eyes - hazel and gold, now that's what I'm talking about.  In order to round out Essie's Luxeffects in the most diplomatic sense, I finally bit the bullet and had As Gold As It Gets painted on my digits last week.  Quite frankly, I can't wait to get this particular pairing off of my nails.  It's boring, blah and meh.  My nail look is a triple threat that took me straight to boring town (no, this place doesn't really exist).  Metaphorically speaking, boring town is about as bad as old lady pink nail polishes.  Clinique was once the queen of old lady pink nail polishes - I think you get the point.

As negative as I've gotten about this gilded variant, it might be worth another go with say a blue or a teal.  Maybe I should really blame my disappointment on the bland base colour.

For a closer look at all of Essie's Luxeffects polishes, here's a recap.

Which one is your favourite?

Butter London's Fairy Lights with Essie's A Cut Above - weekly nail review

Now I'm really getting into the meat and potatoes of Essie's Luxe Effects; we've seen my variations and inspirations with Shine of the Times and Pure Pearlfection.  I've worn Butter London's Fairy Lights alone and while pretty and even somewhat striking; however, it really needs an added oomph. The grey undertones of this pink fall flat and can even make my nails look dirty and what person wants that?  Just by adding one coat of Essie's A Cut Above, I've gone from blah to PJ Sparkles circa 1989. PJ was my prized possession at the young age of six-years-old and quite frankly, they don't make toys like they used to.

I definitely relived my childhood this week.

Fairy Lights & A Cut Above

Mesmerized

Sparkles

Some might find this look to be a bit manic, but I find it to be funky.  When executing this look, opt for an industrial strength top coat in order to really seal in the larger pieces of glitter; if I hit my nails against something at just the right angle, the glitter had a tendency to pop off. A Cut Above and Set in Stone give similar shades a 3D effect - it's almost as if beads of water are dripping off of my nails, that, or diamonds.