Candeo Joker Jelly Sandwich

Hi guys! Today I have another queued post for you - guess what I'm doing while you're reading this? That's right, I should have just finished my last final exam for the semester and I'm probably frantically packing and rushing to the airport to catch my flight across Canada. Today I have a fun look that I did using one of my favourite indie polishes that I've purchased and a technique I really like using for glitter polishes: the jelly sandwich!

I started out with OPI Do You Lilac It? and two coats of Candeo Joker. To finish off the look I layered one coat of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!

Look at all that glitter trapped in there. This reminds me of gems trapped under some ice.

I love the way the sun caught the glitters in this picture.

What are some of your favourite combinations for a jelly sandwich?

CrowsToes Cheshire Jelly Sandwich

Good morning, everyone! I showed you CrowsToes Cheshire a little while ago and I knew that I wanted to turn it into a jelly sandwich immediately. I love the look of laying a jelly polish over a glitter because it makes the glitter look like it's trapped under a layer of ice or something and it really softens that look.

For this look, I first put down two coats of my favourite white polish, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. Next, I layered on one coat of CrowsToes Cheshire. To finish off the jelly sandwich effect, I used two coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!

Here's a close up shot of this manicure for you. My only wish is that I had more of the gold glitter on my finger nails. What are your favourite polishes to do jelly sandwiches with?

Jelly Sandwich with OPI Polka.com

Hi guys! I hope you've been doing well. I've had a hectic week full of ups and downs. Today I have a post that I meant to put up a while ago, I guess I must have forgot about it, but it's a good one so I'm excited to be able to share it with you today! I previously swatched the OPI Euro Centrale collection for you, and now I'm showing you another way to wear the beautiful glitter of the collection - OPI Polka.com.

Yuuuum! Isn't this awesome? I love how the colours of the glitter are still vibrant, just a little muted by the jelly sandwich effect. I used my previous combination of OPI Polka.com over top of OPI My Vampire is Buff, and then to jellify this manicure I added one coat of my favourite sheer white polish - OPI Don't Touch My Tutu!

I am more and more obsessed with jelly sandwiches as they days go on. They are so easy to make and they have such a cool effect. I love knowing that there are at least two awesome ways to wear every glitter polish.

Would you make a jelly sandwich with OPI Polka.com? What are some other layering combinations you would use it for?

OPI Oz The Great and Powerful - Swatches & Review

Hi guys! Wow, I feel like a swatching monster lately. It seems like every time I turn around there's a new collection here for me to swatch, but you know what? I'm not complaining at all! I'm especially not complaining after getting to try out a few of OPI's new shades from their collaboration with Disney to celebrate the upcoming release of Oz The Great and Powerful. This is OPI's annual Soft Shades collection which is usually full of light, creamy, jelly polishes. This year OPI have vamped it up a little and we get a collection of three gorgeous light colours, three glitter toppers, and a new liquid sand shade!

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I do have quite a few photos to show off as I review four of the shades from this collection so buckle up!

OPI I Theodora You is the first colour of the collection that I have to show you. I have to confess something, I might love this colour more than any other polish released so far this year. I am head over heels for I Theodora you. I wore this on its own for a couple days because I couldn't bring myself to take it off and continue swatching the collection - please forgive me!

In these photos I'm showing you three coats of OPI I Theodora You. There is still a bit of VNL, but that is only to be expected with a jelly polish. My photos don't show it off too much but this polish is super glossy! I had no problems at all with the formula.

I can't stop talking about this perfect pink. It reminds me of going to a baby shower for a little girl! OPI describes it officially as an "adorable, sheer pink" and I have nothing to add to that.

The next polish from the collection that I received is OPI Lights of Emerald City. Shown above is one coat over three coats of I Theodora You.

Here I have shown two coats of The Lights of Emerald City. Please ignore the chip on my index finger nail!

Again two coats of this lovely iridescent and white glitter topper. I was looking at this in the bottle for so long before I finally figured out what the white squares remind me of - toothpaste! Anyone else see the resemblance?

I like this look, I'm a fan of white glitter as it's pretty subtle.

You know how much I love a good jelly sandwich so of course I couldn't resist adding one more coat of I Theodora You over The Lights of Emerald City. This was feeling a bit thick as it was six coats of polish, but I think it's pretty enough to be worth it.

I love how the white square glitters look like they're trapped under pink ice!

This clean, sheer white is OPI's Don't Burst My Bubble. In the bottle it leans quite pink, but that sort of disappears on the nail. Again, I am in love with this shade. For the record, my nails do have a slight yellow stain to them so as you can see, these polishes are very forgiving.

Here I have three coats of OPI Don't Burst My Bubble on and it's still quite sheer.

OPI describe this as a cloudy white and I think that's right on par. I see this being perfect for jelly sandwiches when I don't want to take too much away from the base colour.

The final colour I have from the collection is OPI When Monkeys Fly! It is a very interesting mix of two sizes of holographic hex glitter as well as large gold-brown hex glitters. They're not quite as yellow as true gold, but they're not brown, I'm not sure what to call them.

Here I have shown one coat over the previous three coats of Don't Burst My Bubble. The large glitters were surprisingly easy to retrieve from the bottle!

Here is what this looks like with two coats!

I couldn't resist throwing in a nice bottle shot there, look at that holo!

Now I know you're wondering if these large glitters have any issues with taco-ing or curling. As you can see in this photo, the ones on my pinky finger don't sit quite flat, but it appears they do on most of my other fingers. Could it be because the pinky has the most curved surface? Either way, they didn't irritate me and I think some thick top coat could even things out.

I couldn't resist throwing another layer of OPI Don't Burst My Bubble over top of this manicure for another jelly sandwich. This may be one of the first times I'm not crazy about a jelly sandwich though, I liked the depth of the holo glitter before.

Overall I really enjoyed the four polishes I received to review. OPI do a yearly Soft Shades collection and this one is one of the more interesting ones in years in my opinion. I love that they seem to be taking the lead of indie brands and adding cool glitters into their collections. My must haves would be I Theodora You and Lights of Emerald City, but all four polishes have awesome formulas.

Will you be picking up any of these shades? Let me know what you think of this collection!

As with all OPI nail lacquers, the shades inspired by Oz The Great and Powerful contain no DBP, Toluene, or Formaldehyde, and feature OPI’s exclusive ProWide^™ Brush for the ultimate in application.

This limited edition promotion will be available beginning March 2013 at Professional Salons and Spas for $10.95 CAN suggested retail for each nail lacquer.

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The products in this post were provided to me for my honest review!

OPI New York City Ballet - Swatches and Review

Hello! Today I have five of the six shades from OPI's annual SoftShades collection to show you, and this year's theme is the New York City Ballet. Though I have never been a fan of sheer shades like this before, I have to admit there are a few winners in this collection, and don't even get me started on how perfect the glitter is.

A word of warning, this post is going to be extremely picture heavy!