It's three coats of colour for a total of five coats. Any more than that usually peel for me.
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I would try that over a black undie!
Some more color-knowledgeable nail friends of mine also say try it over a dark blue or purple, depending on the shimmer and how it behaves - or maybe a blue leaning grey!
Do you have any swatch sticks or silicone mats you could swatch on, to see how it goes? Or even on paper, if needs must!
This is actually the right answer. The way most “paints“ work is they absorb all of The colors of light except the one you see.
These “color flopping pigments” work differently. They modify a certain wavelength of light into a different wave length of light in a way that creates this cool pearlescent appearance that you like.
The problem is the light passes through the coating and reflects off of your nail, which interferes with the cool look you’re going for. You need the black undercoat to absorb the light that passes through so the only light reflected for you to see is the cool effect you you’re going for.