I'm continuing on my nail art journey to try new things. And for my current mani I did a Gelly sandwich!! I must say I'm very pleased with the outcome. But I must warn you…if you do not have patience, DO NOT TRY IT!!! Gelly polishes take forever & a day to dry. And to accomplish a Gelly sandwich you will be applying at least 3 coats of the Gelly polish, plus glitter…not to mention the base & top coat. So if you plan to attempt this make sure you have patience, nothing to do & nowhere to go.
I chose to use pink & red (I know very Valentine's Day) by request of some of my Instagram followers. Even though these are 2 colors I use & like the least, I'm really feeling it. In addition to using the Gelly polishes from the +Julep Maven Rock Candy Nail Glaze collection, I also used 2 different cremé polishes on my accent nails. On my left I applied a pastel pink cremé & on my right I applied a red cremé both by NanaCoco.
I did my traditional alternating mani, with each hand having more of 1 color. And because I'm addicted to stamping I just had to stamp a design as well.
Here's the steps I did to do the Gelly Sandwich mani:
Here's the steps I did to do the Gelly Sandwich mani:
- Apply base coat
- Apply 2 coats of the Gelly polish (depending upon opacity)
- Apply 1 coat of chunky holo glitter
- Stamp design
- Apply 1 final coat of Gelly polish
- Apply top coat
Here's what I used:
- Base coat: +OPI Inc Nail Envy - original
- Base color 1: Carol (pink) by Julep
- Base color 2: Wendy (Red) by Sinful Shine
- Accent Nail Left: Pink Rose by NANACOCO
- Accent Nail Right: Forbidden Color (red) by NANACOCO
- Glitter: Star in My Nail by NANACOCO
- Top coat 1: Seche Vite Top Coat - I apply this before stamping, if I mess up I can remove the design without removing the base color
- Stamp colors: Pastel Pink & Red both by Konad
- Top coat 2: IBD UV Top Coat cured under a 54 watt UV lamp for 5 minutes
- IP: Dashica Beauty Shop - Big SdP W
Polish Review & Application video:
NOTD & Stamping Application video:
Polished at All Times...by Lo'Rain!!!
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