Gold leaf pressed into oxblood

Torn flakes of gold leaf set into a deep oxblood, a different scatter on every nail.

Chrome and metallics

Shades

How it was done

Technique: Torn leaf, pressed wet
In the chair: 2 h 20

The leaf goes down while the color is still tacky, torn rather than cut so no two nails have the same edge, then sealed under two coats so nothing catches. It looks expensive and it wears extremely well, because the leaf is under the top coat rather than sitting on it. She has had this four times now.