Glitter Sandwiches

Hi girls!
Today is the last day for the Esmaltofílicas Challenge, but first I wanted to show you the experiments I've been doing with my polishes.
When I started painting my nails my biggest fear was to buy a very sheer polish, because I HATE to use 4-5 coats plus the nail art, plus the drying time!! But now a new technique has been discovered to make your sheer polish useful, the Glitter Sandwich!



Hola Chicas!
Hoy es el último día del Reto Esmaltofílicas, pero antes os quería enseñar los últimos experimentos que he estado haciendo con mis esmaltes.
Cuando empecé a pintarme las uñas mi mayor miedo era comprar un esmalte trasparentoso, porque ODIO tener que dar 4-5 capas más el nail art, más el tiempo de secado!! Pero ahora se ha descuvierto una nueva técnica para hacer vuestros esmaltes trasparentosos útiles, el Glitter Sandwich!

These are all made by alternating coats of glitter and sheer polishes, you have a very good tutorial by Nail Art 101. The difficult thing is to find the right polishes to do it (as always) so I gathered together all my sheer polishes and two glitters that I thought would be good for this technique.
Sheer Polishes: Essence Punk Royal, Yes Love Pastel Yellow, Yes Love Pastel Green, Yes Love Pastel Blue, Yes Love Pastel Purple, Essence Shining Star, Essence Frozen Queen, Astor Pop Color 148, Claire's 137 Jade Green.
Glitter Polishes: Essence Glorious Aquarius, Essence Circus Confetti.



Todos están hechos alternando capas de esmaltes de glitter y transparentes, teneis un tutorial de Nail Art 101 muy bueno. La dificultad reside en encontrar los esmaltes adecuados (como siempre) así que reuní todos mis esmaltes transparentosos y dos glitters que pensé que funcionarían bien con esta técnica.
Esmaltes Transparentosos: Essence Punk Royal, Yes Love Pastel Yellow, Yes Love Pastel Green, Yes Love Pastel Blue, Yes Love Pastel Purple, Essence Shining Star, Essence Frozen Queen, Astor Pop Color 148, Claire's 137 Jade Green.
Esmaltes de Glitter: Essence Glorious Aquarius, Essence Circus Confetti.

My favourites were these three because the had a lot of depth and the colours of the glitter showed perfectly through the polishes. Which are your favourites?



Mis preferidos son estos tres, porque tenían mucha profundidad y el color del glitter se veian genial. Cuales son vuestros favoritos?

Picture by: ThePolishaholic

This is Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop, a very famous polish that I LOVE!! But it's too expensive for me, so I wanted to recreate it with the Glitter Sandwich technique, so I bought a pink sheer colour and layered it over Essence Circus Confetti.



Este es Candy Shop de Deborah Lippmann, un esmalte famosísimo que me ENCANTA!! Pero es demasiado caro para mi, así que he querido reproducirlo con la técnica del Glitter Sandwich, así que compré un esmalte transparentoso rosa y lo uní con Essence Circus Confetti.

Ok... if you see it right next to the original one it seems like a total fail! But I swear I really liked the result, and the glitter was more visible through the pink in real life... The big problem was the Deborah Lippmann Candy Shop is soooo heavily packed with glitter, and Circus Confetti is just a topper. But if I figure the way to get more glitter on my nails I would have a very decent recreation of this famous polish. What do you think?



Ok... Si lo veis junto a la foto del original parece un desastre total! Pero os juro que me gustó mucho el resultado y que el glitter se veía mucho más a traves del rosa en la vida real... El mayor problema es que el Candy Shop esta lleniiiiiiisimo de glitter, y el Circus Confetti es solo un topper. Pero si consigo averiguar la manera de dejar más glitter en las uñas tendré un intento muy decente de este esmalte tan famoso. Que pensais vosotros?