A composition for forming an air dry soft nail coating comprising an alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer and a volatile solvent after an application of the composition to a nail forms a soft nail coating. Such soft nail coating is suitable for use in preparing a mirror effect on a nail. Further, the present invention also relates to a nail coating comprising at least the soft nail coating and a powder layer. These two layers are central to a method of forming a mirror like effect on nails. A multilayer laminate nail coating comprising the bilayer, a top coat layer, and optionally a base coat layer is also taught.
