I've been fascinated with gold - the color and jewelry (hey, who isn't?). Not all gold polishes deliver as much pigmentation on the bottle as when it is on the nails. China Glaze Lighthouse looked too yellow in the bottle but on the nails, it was just the right shade of gold for me.

China Glaze Lighthouse

With natural light

Was it me or does this flood the cuticles?
And because I could not leave it well enough alone, this happened after just a couple of days...

With OPI Black Shatter, voila! Instant animal print, tee hee :)
Gold + black shatter = Purrrrty.