A Simple Jelly Sandwich

Here is a simple jelly sandwich:

I started off with two coats of China Glaze- Tarty-Y For The Party (Avant Garden Collection Spring 2013). A very nice formula, fairly opaque on the first coat as well.

Then I added one generous coat of Orly- Ultraviolet (Flash Glam Effects Collection). This is part of the chunky glitter collection that Orly put out a few years ago, and I believe some of them are still permanent, not sure about this one though. A lot of the glitters from that line have the sinking glitter problem, but fortunately this particular polish doesn't have that problem. It does slightly, but all you have to do is just hold it upside down before you paint your nails and you get a very glitter dense coat for each nail.

Lastly, I topped it off with OPI- Care To Danse? (NYC Ballet Soft Shades Collection 2012). This a very pale pink shade and is also part of OPI's permanent line as well. It works perfect for layering, I would never wear this alone. You would probably need like 5 coats to get it opaque.

Jelly Sandwich using Loaded Lacquer

Loaded Lacquer is one of those indie brands that sort of just exploded recently. It is probably because of the "Jiggles" collection. The Jiggles is a line of jelly polishes, meant to be used in jelly sandwiches with their awesome glitters. The store was pretty much out of stock for while, but she restocked and I finally snagged the main one I have had my eye on, and it is definitely a staple in ever polish junkies collection:

I also got one of her glitters to use underneath!

I started with two coats of OPI- My Boyfriend Scales Walls (Spiderman Collection Spring 2012). This polish is probably going to be the first full size bottle I use up!

I then used Loaded Lacquer- Wasabi With You? (Sushi Bar Collection Summer 2014). This is a gorgeous mix of medium size glitters in square and hexagonal shapes, in various colors like metallic turquoise, matte green, and holographic turquoise. It also has some tiny micro glitters in there too. Coverage was great, too! I have one coat here.

Then I just applied one coat of Loaded Lacquer- Coconut which is your standard white jelly polish. It makes endless possibilities and now I can make any white crelly like polish combination!

Jelly Sandwich + Gradient

My goal for this month is to wear strictly untried polishes, and older polishes I haven't wore in a really long time. So, there might not be as much nail art, more simple swatches. Here is the first:

 

 

I started off with two coats of OPI- Jade Is The New Black. This was one of my first OPI polishes, and I used to wear it a lot. But due to me having a hoarding problem, I haven't wore it in while!

The other two polishes I used are untired.

Then I used Nails Inc- Piccadilly Arcade for the gradient. It is a nice finely milled glitter with some bigger chunks in there, very easy to work with.

Lastly, the jelly I used on top is Zoya- Frida (Gloss Collection 2012). I used two coats. I am really on a Jelly kick right now, and can't wait for more!

Subtle Jelly Sandwich

I am finally using my second jelly I got recently from the OPI New York Ballet Collection. HERE is the first one I did.

I will start off with pictures of the base colors I used:

I am lovin these super girly nails. The pinkish purple base is Nubar- Isis Purple (Cleopatra 2009). I used two coats. Then I topped it off with one coat of Lush Lacquer- Mr. Bubble. Probably one of my favorites from Lush Lacquer.

And here it is with the jelly on top:

 

  Sunlight

 It looks super shiny in the shade!!

As you can see, it is very subtle.

I used one fairly thick coat of OPI- Care to Danse? (New York Ballet Collection 2012). It gives it just a little more oomph I suppose,, I love it. Go get it at your local ULTA! It is permanent.

Jelly Sandwich using OPI

I have always loved jelly sandwiches, but don't have enough in my collection. I had been eying the shades from the New York Ballet collection for over a year now, and finally bought two of them. I think I may get the mini Oz set now...Any suggestions for good jellys?

 

 Weird lighting, but I thought it looked nice!

Mrs. Kittie decided to join the fun!

This is probably one of my favorite combinations I have ever done. I used to do a lot of combinations using at least 3 colors, but nail art took over that. I might start getting into that more now! I think it looks a lot like an indie polish.

The purple base color is OPI- Planks A Lot (Pirates of the Caribbean 2011). It was two easy coats. Next, I applied the glitter which is OPI- Polka.com (Euro Centrale 2012), the only color from that collection I thought my collection would benefit from! Lastly, I applied one coat of the jelly which is OPI- My Pointe Exactly (New York Ballet 2012). I had no desire to get any polishes from that collection, but two of the jellies are part of the permanent collection at ULTA, and i couldn't resist in finally getting it! This one is a nice light grey, so you can layer it over a lot of different shades! I think I am going to do another one soon with the other one I got, which is a light pink. I may try to do two coats this time, too.

Hope you like these as much as I do! And feel free to let me know about some good jellies!

Jelly Sandwitch + Glitter Gradient

I am going to keep this post short and sweet, but at least I have something to show you!

This is my first time doing a glitter gradient starting at my cuticles. It is so much harder than a gradient starting at the tip of the nail! Since the main color is a flakie polish, I just had to try it out with a matte top coat!

 

 

 

You can see the flakies better now. Plus when I took my second set of pictures, the sun decided to come out.

I started off with one coat of HITS- Can Can, which I think is long gone now. I got it from Llarowe when it was on sale. The glitter I used for the gradient is Essie- Stroke of Brilliance from their Luxe Effects line, and is fortunately permanent! Lastly I added Essie Matte About You top coat.

Hope you enjoyed this! I have a class that is ending soon, so hopefully that will alloy more time for nail stuff!