Layla Mercury Twilight Swatches

Hey girlies. I'm very excited to show you my manicure today, it's a very beautiful polish. It's Mercury Twilight by Layla, a stunning linear silver holo. It's very, very pretty. I'll give you the bad news first though: the formula sucks ass. Holy cheeseballs, this polish was a pain in the ass to put in. It still has some streaks and bald spots but I did not want to waste any more polish...I tried to put it on over two different bases before this one, and the bottle is only 10 mL so you can imagine how much I wasted and how much it hurt my little polish-loving heart. It's pricey, too. It costs $15.50 for 10 mL. You're getting less product for more money... but oh boy is it worth it. You're going to have to excuse the quality of these photos. I had to use my phone because my camera is being a pain in the ass too. Here is three coats, with OPI top coat:

The trick to applying this? No base coat. Not even the ol' using a matte top coat as a base worked. I had to skip on the base coat... this will probably result in quicker chipping but whatever. I love this, it's soooo pretty. I can't stop looking at my fingers. :]

What do you think? Do you like it? Have it? Let me know! Any tips on how to apply it better?!