I really love this polish! It’s beautiful in one coat and it looked and felt great with four coats! I’m so in love with the way it looks both on its own, and over other colors! Definitely my favorite from this collection!

Sure, you *could* use this on its own, but I'm absolutely 100% in support of this as a topper. It TRANSFORMS just about any polish into something so beautiful and shimmery. After seeing so many swatches online, I had to buy this because it's almost an exact dupe for one of my favorite discontinued toppers, Sinful Colors "Outta Space."

If you're looking for something that builds up into an opaque shimmery gold, you will definitely be disappointed. I don't believe it's meant for that. However, if you're like me and obsessed with toppers, you have to add this polish to your collection!

SC "Outta Space" is slightly more of a green-gold, while Orly's "Ephemeral" is more gold. Seriously guys, it's so beautiful. I'm so excited that Orly made this polish and I hope they keep it around in their permanent collection.

My swatches don't do this polish justice, but for comparison's sake, SC's "Outta Space" is on the left, while Orly's "Ephemeral" is on the right. They're swatched over white, black, taupe and grey. If you've used a flakie polish before, this has a similar effect in that it looks different over every color. You'll definitely find some ugly combinations, lol, but IMO there are so many more pretty ones.

Give it a chance! I wasn't paid for this review, I'm just a fan!

If you want gold nails this is for you. If you want what’s pictured, make sure you read all the disclaimers because you won’t get a white shimmering nail without buying a white polish, too. It’s more white with flash but in real life, all I see is yellow and it’s awful.