Black and White Glitter Bomb

It all started with Lynnderella Connect The Dots. The black and white glitters had me at hello and then all the indie brands started making their own dupe versions. I almost caved a couple of times for a couple of them but then TKB started selling black and white glitters in all these various shapes and sizes and that was when I finally caved!

I bought the squares, hexes, diamond and bar glitters in a variety of sizes but I held back with the diamonds for this franken because I didn't want to go to town with it. Besides, I can always do some variations with the whole mix n match thing.

This is 3 coats of OPI Bubble Bath and 1 coat of my franken which I've named Technicolour Dreams, after a phrase from Matchbox Twenty's song, Black and White People.

Black and white glitter polish lemming KILLED! And at a fraction of the cost of a bottle of Connect The Dots!

SCORE!

Till my next post! :)

Birthday Jelly Sandwich Manicure

I celebrated my birthday a couple of days ago and knew I wanted a pretty glitter mani for my birthday mani but I didn't want to do the whole Deborah Lippmann Happy Birthday thing because it's so been-there-done-that. Then I thought why not do a white multi-coloured glitter mani? I really wanted KBShimmer Oh Splat! but it's out of stock on Harlow & Co so I decided to flex some creative muscle and come up with a similar look.

My birthday jelly sandwich mani started with one coat of my trusty PVA glue base coat and then four coats of OPI Care to Danse.



Then I topped that with one coat of Nail Pattern Boldness Le Big Party, a gorgeous multi-coloured tiny square and hex glitter topper.



Then it was sandwich time so on went another coat of OPI Care to Danse.



Next, I painted a layer of Amy's Nail Boutique Fiesta, a multi-coloured large hex topper.



And on top of that was another two thin coats of OPI Care to Danse, which completed the whole (10 layer) jelly sandwich.



I'm a little bummed that I couldn't really see Le Big Party as clearly as I wanted to. Maybe I'll skip the layer of Care to Danse between Le Big Party and Fiesta the next time I do this mani but overall, I still loved how cheerful this mani looked. It really helped cheered me up especially since I've been working in the West (I stay in the East so I have to travel all the way to the other end everyday) for the three weeks.
Hope you guys liked the jelly sandwich! :)

Cirque Ophelia Jelly Sandwich Gradient

I grabbed three Cirque polishes when Mei Mei was having the introduction sale for Cirque polishes and Ophelia's the last of the three.

Ophelia's a beautiful periwinkle blue glitter polish that contains medium hex and small circular glitters in a clear base. I wanted to try out a jelly sandwich with Ophelia so I started out with four coats of OPI Don't Touch My Tutu.



Then I topped that off with Ophelia, which I dabbed around, trying to create a glitter gradient.






In the picture below, I layered on another thin coat of Don't Touch My Tutu on my index and middle fingers, finishing off the jelly sandwich. I left my ring finger and pinkie nails as they were though, so you can see the difference between the jelly sandwich and just layering Ophelia on top of Don't Touch My Tutu.



Here, I have one thin coat of Don't Touch My Tutu on top of all my nails.



I love how the extra coat of Don't Touch My Tutu on top made Ophelia more pastel and muted.











Here's two close up shots of Ophelia and you can see that Ophelia actually has a secret iridescent shimmer in it as well! That was a nice surprise!







Here are some shots of the Ophelia jelly sandwich with a top coat.








I hope you can see the iridescent shimmer a little better in this last picture. I think the top coat helped the shimmer to sparkle a little bit more. Also, it helped that Don't Touch My Tutu was sheer enough that it didn't bury the shimmer!



I really love the colour combination of white and periwinkle. It's just so clean cut and classic, kinda reminds me of the china set I have at home. I'm looking forward to wearing Ophelia on top of the boring pink/nude shades I have to wear to work and I'm already thinking of a Bubble Bath and Ophelia combination for another jelly sandwich! :)

As for the lavendar and sage scent present in all Cirque polishes, I've heard loads of rave from fellow polish lovers but it's a little too sweet smelling for my liking. It's just me though. Each to his own right?
If you're interested in grabbing some Cirques, you can buy them directly from Cirque or head on down to Meimeisignature! Meimei ships internationally with the exception of Italy!