Open Face Jelly Sammy

Hey guys,

I did a different technique today that I am really liking.  I am calling it an open face jelly sammy but I think I have seen people call it an eggshell mani?  Basically it is a jelly sammy, but after you do that you apply another coat of glitter on top of the mani.   I used Sally Hansen Smooth and Perfect Satin and the pink hex glitter from Sally's Girl.  Oh as a side note I love these Smooth and Perfect polishes!  They are really great for jelly sandwiches or as a really subtle nail look.

I did two coats of Satin, one coat of the glitter, another coat of Satin, and lastly one more coat of glitter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Jelly Sandwich

Another Christmas/Holiday mani today.  Sorry I just can't get enough of Christmas themed nails right now!  I wish the jelly polish had come out whiter than it did, I guess I need to find a different white jelly than the one I have because it always seems to look more like a pale yellowish nude than a white on me.   I used OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!, my Christmas glitter franken and INM Northern Lights top coat.

 

 

 

 

Slumber Party

Here is another one of the Lush Lacquers that I got.  Slumber Party is a cute mix of white, black, blue, purple and pink matte glitter.  Similar to Mr. Bubble but with more colors thrown in to the mix!

I decided to do a jelly sammy with this one, it was just calling for it haha.  I used two coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!, one coat of Slumber Party, and two more coats of the OPI.  I later topped it with one coat of OPI I Juggle...Men.  I don't think it really did anything because the shimmer is barely noticeable on the nail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Care To Danse?

I have yet another jelly sandwich today.  I think I like paler, more pastel toned jelly sandwiches rather than a brighter one.  

I used 3 coats of  OPI Care To Danse?, 1 coat of NYC Starry Silver Glitter, and one more coat of Care To Danse?.

Pie In the Sky

I have a different kind of jelly sandwich today.  For this one I did a creme as the base, added glitter then did a jelly over the top of the glitter.  This is a fun way to do a jelly sammy because you can do whatever base you would like all you need for the jelly part is a white, off white or pale pink jelly to put over the top; it works as a mani refresher too if you are tired of your current one but don't really want to take the polish off.

I used Maybelline Pie In the Sky (this was a limited edition color a few years ago but something similar is Orly Snowcone), one coat of Wet N Wild Hallucinate and one coat of Wet N Wild Party of Five Glitters, then two coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu.

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Jelly Sandwich With Flakies

I did another jelly sandwich, but instead of using glitter I used a flakie polish.  Flakies are a top coat that have like little mylar flakes in it.  They flash different colors at different angles, they have been getting fairly popular here recently.  Several companies have flakie top coats, Essie has one called Shine of the Times (I hear this one is being discontinued though), Zoya and Finger Paints both came out with some this last spring, I know some others have them too but the Essie one is probably the easiest to find if you can grab it before Essie quits making it.

For mine jelly sammy I used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Purple Pizzazz and Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Hidden Treasure (both of these are discontinued products but you can get a purple that is close to Purple Pizzaz by Sinful Colors Daddy's Girl).

I used three coats of Purple Pizzaz, one coat of Hidden Treasure and one more coat of Purple Pizzazz.

Jelly Sandwich Take Two

I have another jelly sammy today, I love this one so much!  It is nice and subtle but still has a little kick to it.  For this one I used OPI Don't Touch My Tutu and Wet N Wild Party of Five Glitters.

Don't Touch My Tutu is really sheer but builds to a nice milky white that covers the nail pretty well, I did three coats of it with one coat of Party of Five Glitters and then one more coat of Don't Touch My Tutu.

Jelly Sandwich Nails

I have got a jelly sandwich mani to show you all today.  I am sure some of you are wondering what the heck a jelly sandwich is.  Jelly nail polishes are sheer or milky creme nail polishes, you know those kind that seem to take a ton of coats to become opaque.  OPI calls them "sorbets" last year they released some in their Texas collection (I used one of them for this manicure).  A few of the neon Milani's are neon (Techno Red and Rad Purple).  Really you can check by seeing how sheer the polish is around the rim of the bottle when you take the brush out.

Anyways for a jelly sammy you do one to two coats of your jelly nail polish, a coat of a chunky glitter and then another coat or two of you jelly.  It looks super pretty and gives the nail polish depth.  The end result look really cool and it's a great way to use a polish that you think is too sheer on its own.

I used OPI Y'all Come Back Ya Hear? and an silver hexagonal glitter from LA Colors (sorry I have no name for it).  I used two coats of the OPI, one coat of the glitter and two more coats of the OPI.