Colorful Jelly Sandwich Manicure

Howdy all!  I hope everyone is having a great week so far.  I am so excited about today's manicure that I just want to get right to it.  Remember this manicure I did the other day?  Today's mani is kind of like that one's more colorful cousin.  Alright, here we go!

 

 

Isn't it so pretty?  Sorry for all the photos, but I love this one so much!  The nude glitter sandwich from the other day reminded me that I needed to try different color combinations.  And, I must say, this manicure has made me finally fall in love with jellies.  There is just something about their translucency that is just so beautiful, you can't help but love 'em!

For this one, I started with 2-3 coats of China Glaze Ride the Waves alternating each nail with 2-3 coats of Sinful Colors Dream On.  After those dried, I brushed on Wet 'n' Wild's Beautiful but Dangerous glitter which has fuchsia and bright blue square glitter mixed with gold and black smallish hexagonal glitter.  I decided I needed some other sizes of glitter so I spot coated on some O.P.I. Servin' Up Sparkle; tiny holographic and larger hexagonal holographic glitters in a clear base.  After all the glitter dried, I added another coat of Ride the Waves on the blue nails.  On the pink nails, I initially did another coat of Dream On, but it dried a little too thick, so I swapped it out for Wet 'n' Wild's Fuchsiarama which is more of a true jelly.  I ended up using 2 coats of Seche Vite plus a coat of Jessica Brilliance (my SV ran out!), even with the jelly on top, the glitter was a bit of a piggy eating up my topcoat.

Whew!  Lots of photos, lots of words, but one hot manicure for sure!  I hope you enjoyed my post and thanks for stopping by!

China Glaze-Ride the Waves

Hello and happy Friday!  It would have been a happier Friday if I was at the park watching a movie with my friends as I planned to be.  However, the CTA decided that was not to be.  I waited for a half an hour for the bus, checking on it via text for that whole time, only to learn it wasn't coming.  I still could have made it to the park, but by then, I was in a horrible mood and was all hot and sweaty.  All I could think of was my couch, so I just headed home.  Not an auspicious start to the weekend at all.  Hopefully, tomorrow will be more cooperative.

In any case, I hit Sally's yesterday and picked up a few new polishes and I have one to show you!

 

This is China Glaze Ride the Waves from their Summer Neon Collection.  It. Is. Gorgeous.  End of story!  From the top is an indoor shot, a shot in the shade and a shot in the sun.  Looks pretty good from every angle, yes?  I have to admit when I started applying this, I was a little disappointed because it's pretty dark, almost navy, when wet.  It didn't look anything like what I'd hoped it would until it dried and I got a top coat on it.  Then it was love!  The formula was nice and applied easily.  It's kind of a like a jelly, but not exactly.  I'm wearing 3 thin coats here...you can kind of see the nail line if you look closely, but not enough to bother me. 

 And, because I couldn't possibly leave the house with just a single color of polish on my nails, I had to bling it up a bit.

I used the flowers from Cina's Midsummer Dream nail art kit and the glittery flower shapes from their Champagne Toast kit.  It's a nice touch for a summer manicure and the yellow and orange colors over the blue makes a nice contrast. 

So, I'm determined to have a better evening than how it started out.  I think I'll chill out on the couch and watch Say Yes to the Dress.  I love that show even though I have no real desire to get married myself :)  Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have fantastic Friday nights!