Penélope Luz Midas

March 09, 2014

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.

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17 Comments

  1. What a pretty combination! That gold top coat looks great over that color :)

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  2. Oh, Natalie! Your nails, polishing and photography skills are pure perfection! <3 Love this gold leaves polish too.

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  3. That's gorgeous! I really like gold leaf toppers; I've just taken off Mentality 12K Gold, which is a white gold one :)

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  4. this is def what i was looking for, i'm searching for a perfect gold topper for a while now

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  5. Wowww, so perfect!!! Thank you so much!! Is so beautiful it made ​​me want to use the Midas again! (I've used many, many times :P) <3 <3 <3

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  6. Love it. That gold leaf top coat is perfection.

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  7. Gorgeous top coat! I would love to see it on black or dark blue or so :)
    xx

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  8. Очень красивое сочетание! Благородно и сдержанно!)

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  9. Very nice, your pictures show it perfectly! Definitely rely on yor swatches :D

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  10. How beautiful Natalie...
    I've used Midas last week with a light blue... It's one of my favorite ones from Penélope Luz... and I have almost all of them...
    When winter avirres here by... I'll use it with brown too... I've already done it once, and it get really beautiful...
    I loved your post and photos...
    Kisses
    Eva - www.adegadeesmaltes.blogspot.com

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  11. It's gorgeous, and your nails look just perfect! Those pictures look so professional!

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  12. Sheer perfection!! Amazing photography, beautiful nail combo and just pure awesomeness! **

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  13. Such a beautiful manicure, those two polishes go so well together! Lovely nails xx

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  14. Gorgeous, I think it will look beautiful over many other dark colours and I'll wait for your swatches of it over some lighter colours too, it will be interesting! :-)

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  15. I always looooove a gold topper over luxurious shades like that Essie :). Great combination!

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  16. I just can't get over how gorgeous your nails are...!

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