Cocktail Glass - Layla Ceramic Effect Ipanema Girl

Jme and I picked up a bunch of Layla polishes earlier this year and Jme has swatched quite a few already which you can check out in our Layla tag. Here's one of mine!

[Bottle to nail: Layla Ceramic Effect Ipanema Girl (2 coats)]

This beauty is Ipanema Girl from Layla's Ceramic Effect line of polishes. Isn't she so beautifully glowy!

[2 coats: Layla Ceramic Effect Ipanema Girl]

Ipanema girl is a green glass fleck with an intense lime shimmer as you can see in my photos! These were all two coats for full opacity, though as usual, that depends on the length of your nail. 

[2 coats: Layla Ceramic Effect Ipanema Girl]

I rarely have problems with the formula of glass flecks and this was no different. Dry time was relatively quick and the finish was quite glossy even before my usual layer of topcoat. The intensity of the glass flecks combined with the strong glow gives it quite a foil/metallic finish.

Compared to China Glaze Running in Circles, a staunch favourite of mine (swatch and review here), Ipanema Girl is a lighter shade, more towards lime, with finer sparkle and a slightly jelly-like finish. I still prefer Running in Circles, but it depends what you're after - both are gorgeous!