Jelly Sandwich Time

Alright, I am here a day late on the jelly sandwiches I promised you! I forgot I had my Go Pink Wednesday! post set for the next day so I'm going to show them to you today! On Monday, I showed you Zoya's Gloss Collection alone with nothing on them. You can find that, here. I'm not a huge fan of wearing them alone. The colors just don't wow me enough so I used China Glaze's Halloween glitters to make them more, "me." 

 For Frida, I added two coats of China Glaze Make a Spectacle. I had a feeling this would look lovely together and was not prepared for how freaking awesome it would be. I L O V E this look. I should have just stopped here and called it fabulous. I will be wearing this combo again. Soon. Love it! 

Knowing that my goal was to show these polishes sammich style, I put on another two coats of Frida. One coat just turned the glitter teal. It looked funky. Two gave me the sandwich look I was going for. It's nice. In person, it looks very mermaid like. In person, it's sparkly. I like it. I really do...

I just couldn't stop thinking about this. This I love. Sorry, I just needed to show this twice. I'm funny that way. ;)

Moving on.....

 Paloma was the only one out of the three that I like alone. I still wanted to see what it would look like with China Glaze Make a Spectacle on top. This time I just put one coat on top. Having Paloma underneath gives MaS a different look than with Frida underneath. I like it this way too. 

 Very Christmasy to me. I want to remember this combo for the holidays. 

Then I had to ruin it by putting two coats of Paloma on top. It just didn't work for some reason. Maybe I just need one coat but a thicker coat? Live and learn right?

On to Katherine...

I loved the way ChG Make a Spectacle looked on top of these jellies but I hadn't had success sandwiching them yet. I decided to switch it up by using China Glaze Glitter Goblin. Glitter Goblin is from the Halloween 2012 Collection, Wicked. Glitter Goblin is.....so amazing that I'm not going to show you it on it's own today. I'm skipping to the sandwiched look and then I'll show it to you in it's own post. Glitter Goblin deserves it's very own post. 

I can't handle how gorgeous this is. My pictures aren't even doing it justice which makes me sad. If you happen to have these two polishes, you must try this look. You won't be able to stop staring at your nails, moving them around in the light, licking them, shoving them in your husband's face so he can see your pretty nails, etc. It's ridiculous how pretty this combo is. 

Katherine is super thin so I needed two coats on top of Glitter Goblin to get this look. It took a while for everything to dry but it was worth it. 

Tomorrow, I'll be back with Glitter Goblin. 

Maybe I'll post it later today. 

We shall see. =) 

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-Mira

Zoya Gloss Collection

I have had the Gloss Collection from Zoya for a while now and I'm so excited to finally show them to you! Tomorrow, I'm going to show you the jelly sandwiches I created with them. Today will just be my swatches and review. 

It took me a while to really understand what you can do with nail polish with jelly finishes. Before, they just frustrated me with how many coats they needed to become opaque. Now that I know what a jelly sandwich is in the nail world, I love them. I was excited that Zoya released these polishes and snagged all three on an impulse (that's how I usually roll). Now, I like these polishes just fine... I just don't love them. The colors aren't my favorite on their own. They take a lot of coats to look like the bottle color which is typical of a jelly. Each polish took about 4 coats and they were still a bit transparent. Again, typical of a jelly. With the right kind of bling layered on top, their true potential comes out which is how I prefer to wear them. I'll show you that tomorrow. 

 Zoya Frida

 Zoya Katherine

This was the hardest of the three to get opaque. 

 Zoya Paloma

This is the only one out of the three that I like on it's own. 

If you are thinking about purchasing these, remember they take a bit of patience. Each picture shows 4 coats of polish. You need to take your time in between coats to make sure the polish dries properly. It may seem dry on the top but the bottom layers may still be wet so be careful. Other than that, the formula was fabulous. 

Thanks for reading!

-Mira