SensatioNail Gilded Glamour is one of seven new glitter gel polishes. I have three of the collection, and mine are all in a clear or very sheer base. So I decided to use this gold and rose gold glitter gel polish layered over a base colour.

I figured cream should compliment the gold and rose gold particles well, and picked Bluesky BP09 (Creme de la Creme).

It’s a lovely look that I kept on for quite a while. Even with gel polish I rarely wear it for more than about five days. Sometimes I remove it completely, but more often, I paint over it with either another gel or a regular nail polish, or even add some nail art.

This look heralded another new nail shape for me. I seem to have been a bit fickle about my nail shape recently and have been reshaping my nails quite frequently. I had round nails, then went back to almond, and here they’re coffin shaped. I have coveted coffin – or ballerina – shaped nails for some time now. (But – spoiler alert – as much as I wanted them, this shape didn’t last long and I’m back to almond again!)

The SensatioNail glitters come in lots of colours. Apart from Gilded Glamour (gold/rose gold), I also have Lilac lustre (lilac) and fuchsia Fireworks (red/pink). Some of the other available colours look lovely too. All of the ones I have are quite sheer, but were buildable to nearly opaque in three to four coats.