MINE Professional Education Guide 2014 | Page 19

Indulge in REAL Precious Minerals Indulge your fingertips with 22K gold lacquer. Pigmented with pure 22Karat gold, this one-coat lacquer offers a decadent golden hue for those who accessorize with uncompromising opulence. 79 Au 47Ag Gold Silver STYLE COMBINATION OPTIONS Neutral Base Coat, Crimson Base Coat, Royal Blue Base Coat, Crystal Top Coat, Silver Shimmer Top Coat, Gold Shimmer Top Coat, 24K Leaf Top Coat, White Gold Leaf Top Coat. PRO TIP FUN FACT If you feel like you are not getting enough coverage with one coat, shake the bottle for another FULL sixty seconds and try applying again. Sometimes when the bottle is fresh, it is so full that it takes more effort to shake it. Try resting your bottle upside down for a while before using. 22K gold is an alloy, or mixture of 24K Gold and Fine Silver. 24K gold is 99.999% pure gold and 22K gold is 91.3% gold and 8.6% fine silver. 24K gold is too soft to make traditional jewelry out of and alloying the metal helps it retain it’s shape. Therefore alloys such as 22K, 18K, 14K and 10K are used for jewelry production.