Teal Tuesday: Jelly Sandwich

It's jelly sandwich time! I don't have a teal jelly, so I had to brainstorm how to make this work. I started with a base of Blackheart Mint to Be. It's an awesome creme that glows under a black light! I'm really impressed with the Blackheart polishes I've tried out.

Then I topped it with Milani Hot Pink, OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, Essie Stroke of Brilliance and another coat of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu. I kept going back and forth on whether I liked it while I was wearing it, but I like it in the pics :)

Check out these other Teal Tuesday blogs! If you'd like to join us, click on the badge at the top of my page!

Missy at Gnarly Gnails

Rhonda at Nails Beautiqued

Kirsten at Geeky Owl

Amanda at Mandy's Polish

ColorSplash Nails

Simple-and-Beautiful

Aimee at Persistently Glittery

Nat at No Holos!

Ana at Cherries Sweet

Caitlin at Caitlin's Creative Corner

Ariane at The Frenzied Polisher

Kia at Lacquered Libra

Belén at Nail Polish Lane

Sam at  Polished Art

Jess at Once Upon a Polish

Jasmin at Subtletyisoverrated

Elysse at Elyssian Bauty
Laurie at My Rusty Nails
Gisselle at Ms. Meow's Nails

Polish Day: Jelly Sandwich

Polish Days is when a group of blogger get together and each do a themed manicure together! Today's theme is jelly sandwich!

I started with two coats of OPI My Pointe Exactly. I had two glitters I wanted to use so I decided to do a "martini accent". For my glitters I used Icing Shredded on my thumb through middle finger and Lush Lacquer Midnight Affair on my ring and pinky. Then I topped it off with two more coats of MPE.

When I saw that OPI was releasing a grey jelly, I wanted it specifically so that I could use it in a jelly sandwich with black glitter. I really like it!

Here it is before I topped of the sandwich. I will definitely have to use these glitters over just a grey without sandwiching it soon. Love this!

If you'd like to join in on the next Polish Days, go here: http://www.pollypolish.com/polish-days/ 

Make sure to check out the other awesome bloggers' jelly sanwiches!

Hannah (Polly Polish) http://www.pollypolish.com/polish-days-july-jelly-sandwich Jen (The Nail Polish Project) http://thenailpolishproject.com/?p=2496 Susy (Susy In Color) http://www.susyincolor.com/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich/ Jenny (Beauty by Jenny) http://wp.me/p1RWKd-rf Mara (Mara in Polishland) http://www.marainpolishland.com/2012/07/today-is-jelly-sandwich-day.html Nail Tart http://nailtart.com/?p=388 Salla (OMG Polish Em) http://www.polish-em.net/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Jasmine http://colourcoated.com/2012/07/02/polish-days-jelly-sandwich/ Deborah (Love Varnish) http://www.lovevarnish.com/2012/07/polish-days-sandwichpd-jelly-sandwich.html Kat (Hooked on Polish) http://www.hookedonpolish.com/2012/07/its-sandwichin-time.html Melissa (The Crimson Petal) http://the-crimson-petal.onsugar.com/Jelly-Sandwich-Day-23689442 Cassie (Sparkles Make Me Happy) http://sparklesmakemehappy.com/2012/07/03/happy-jelly-sandwich-day/ Pris (Pris Nails) http://prisnails.blogspot.ca/2012/06/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Julie (Time On My Nails http://www.timeonmynails.com/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Keisha (Refined & Polished) http://refinedandpolished.blogspot.com/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Lynn (Oh So Lacquered) http://www.ohsolacquered.blogspot.com Alexis (xoxo Alexis) http://xoxoalexisleigh.blogspot.com/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Cuti-CLUE-les http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.ie/2012/07/polish-days-jelly-sandwich.html Mihaela http://www.lacquerbuzz.com/2012/07/sandwich-day.html Stephanie (Sincerely Stephanie) http://www.sincerelystephanienails.com Heidi (Pretty Painted Nails) http://prettypaintednails.com/water-based-nail-polish/jelly-sandwich-manicure/ Sabine (My Polish Stash) http://mypolishstash.blogspot.com/2012/07/polish-days-vol-2-jelly-sandwich.html A Lacquered Affair http://alacqueredaffair.onsugar.com/Polish-Days-2-Jelly-Sandwich-23792485

Summer Challenge: Ice Cream Sundae

Ice cream sundae day!!! I looooooove ice cream. If you haven't have Bluebell, you haven't lived. Or had ice cream. Their Homemade Vanilla cannot be beat and they also have other amazing flavors like Banana Split and Blackberry Cobbler. Ugh my mouth is water just thinking about it. Also I really really love homemade ice cream! Two summers ago we lost our ice cream maker and looked all over town for a new one. Best homemade ice cream topping: Butterfinger. Oh. Man. Anyways, I'm kinda anal about food, so when I eat ice cream, I mix everything up so it's equally distributed through the ice cream. I feel like picking exactly what will go in each bite isn't fair to all the ingredients...weird, I know.

For this mani representing sprinkles mixed into my ice cream, I used two coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu, one coat of a Love & Beauty glitter (silver, red and blue), then DTMT, then glitter, then two more coats of DTMT. I really like how this turned out, even if it is more patriotic that anticipated haha.

I love jelly sandwiches! Even though this has several layers, after SV, it didn't really take that long for it to dry :)

Make sure you check out the other awesome blogs participating in the challenge! Click the image above if you'd like to join us!

Debbie at The Crumpet

Danielle at Little Book of Beauty

Neivys at Maquiclub Girl

Jo at Northern Nails

Arlene at Nails and Vanities

Helena at Nail Wish

Róisín at Cuti-Clue-Les

Katee at A Girl and Her Polish

Sarah at Y Nails...Why Not?

Bec at Lacquer Dreams

Misha at Enigmatic Rambles

Sharon at What Color Is My Coat

Melissa at (Mis)adventures of a Wanna Be Martha

Laurie at Dressed Up Digits

Lucie at Lucy's Stash

Emma at  Manicurity

Caitlin at Caitlin's Creative Corner

Jane at Absolute Varnish

Amber at Never Naked Nails

Vic at Glowstars

Jackie at Mema's Manis

Rychelle at Colorsplash Nails

Stella at My Wet Nails

Missy at Missy's Manis

Kim at A Polished Addiction

Christine at Lost in My Reverie

Angie at Our Painted World

Bazzia at Polish My Mind

Missy at The Manicured Maniac

Michelle at Lacquer or Leave Her

Nikki at Lil Green Heart

Elizabeth at Nail Polish is My Crack

Ana Cris at Esta Cerrada la Drogueria

Shayleen at Simply Handy All Year

Dina at Secretary's Nail Art

Nayade at Toxic Vanity Toxic Vanity

Karen at Nails by Kaybel

Monday Mani - Jelly Sandwich

Every Monday in Polish-aholics Anonymous there's a challenge. Today was a jelly sandwich! In case you don't know, a jelly sandwich is a sheer polish layered over a glitter so that the glitter peeks through. 

I used one coat of China Glaze 108 Degrees, Icing Party Confetti, OPI Teenage Dream and then 108 Degrees again.

108 Degrees is actually a really bright shimmer, but it's hard to capture on camera. Also, the outdoor photos didn't really capture the holo glitter in Teenage Dream and it showed up best here in my dark living room lol. I snapped a quick pic that sort of shows it. I love jelly sandwiches!