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Friday, January 13, 2012

My first glitter sandwich

Hello loves! It's finally Friday! I've been crazy busy this week and now I'm very very tired. I'm looking forward to some relaxing days this week end (although I should study again). Today I want to show you a little experiment I did last week. I was very curious to see how this would look so I did a quick swatch of this mani on one hand. So here it is, my very first glitter sandwich!


A glitter sandwich is a manicure that uses jelly polish and glitter. It had a base of the jelly, then glitter and then another coat of the jelly, so that the glitter looks suspended in the jelly. This gives the mani a lot of dimension. For this I've used S-he Stylezone 399, OPI Gone Gonzo! and a top coat, of course. 


I usually don't like jelly polishes because they are too sheer for my taste. I do however have two blue jellies, just because I buy every blue I see and I ended up with those. This particular one is very sheer, but also has a horrible formula, making application a pain in the behind. It's thick and goopy and it bubbles if you put it on too thick. I used 2 coats as a base and then did a third coat after I put the glitter on. It didn't come out that great, as you can see that there are some spots where the glitter is still uncovered. Also the nail line is still visible in some shots. This also dries very dull, so top coat was very necessary. 


I am still on the fence about this mani. I didn't wear it properly to see what I really think about it. It was just a swatch that I removed after photographing. So I ask you to tell me what you think. I'm very open to suggestions because I do want to try this again in the future and I want to know what I did right and what I did wrong. Please comment! 


5 comments:

  1. which top coat do you use? I tried the sally hansen one and it is baddddddddd! and I love the turquoise on your nails:)

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    1. I've used one that's only locally available for this mani. But from the ones available in the US I really like Out the Door. You can find my review here: http://lacquerbuzz.blogspot.com/2011/11/inm-out-door-top-coat-review.html Hope it's useful!

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  2. This looks awesome Mihaela!!! I'm in love with the colors and the glitters you used. The only thing I can suggest regarding the VNL is to use a more opaque jelly as the base. When I did that, I wasn't able to see the VNL. I love this though! Really!!

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    1. The other jelly I have is more opaque, I think. But I don't want it to cover the glitter too much. Next time I'm gonna try it with that one. Somehow I feel I'm not that bothered by VNL with this kinds of manis.

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  3. LOVE this, I dont own many jellies, but really want to try a jelly sandwich manicure.I think it tones down the bling of the glitter and I also like matte topcoat on glitter too. :-)

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