Gold Flakie Top Coat !!

After a lot of testing and playing with different suspension bases for glitter, not to mention testing numerous glitters and flakes for bleeding and melting I have finally come up with the base I want.

Thanks to Aerosil R 972 I have the perfect base for glitter.  Of course I had to share it with you all.

I filled half of the bottle with a clear polish and filled the rest with the aerosil powder.  I shook it until my arms fell off and it didn't seem to dissolve .  Very disappointing.   I walked away from it to figure out something else.  After 2 hours on google I went back to my clumpy mixture in a bottle.  To my delight it had all dissolved.  No clumps.  No discolouring.  Perfection.   In went the gold glitter flakes.  After 4 days the glitter was still suspended and no discolouration.
I still want to try one more powder that is easier to get in Canada but I'm very happy with these results.

I've used a black base so you can see the gold flakes better.  From the left.......the nail shown has one coat of my flakie.  The nail in the middle has 2 coats.  The last nail is 2 coats but I played with it and moved the flakes around while it was wet.
It's priced the same as my glitter .  You can see all of my polishes and info at http://www.facebook.com/DuplicatesByD   

See you there !!!
Happy Nails !!