Sandwiches Without Peanut Butter

I've never been on the PB bandwagon like so many of you fools out there.  Every once in a while I get a hankerin' for some, but one sandwich and four hours of sucking the roof of my mouth later, I'm over it.

Luckily, today's manicure is carb and food glue free!  All you need is a good jelly, some glitter, and a couple of nails that need dressing up.

Zoya Frida encapsulates Butter London Henley Regatta

And I go la la la la la - she's got the look...but uh-oh...that giant pinky is coming straight for you!

Aaaaaaargh, it's going to get you with its tiny irregular nail tip that I didn't even see until just now.
Nice filing, clawface.

The microglitter is a PITA to clean up, clearly, but man this payoff is so so worth it.

I had tried a jelly sandwich previously, again using Frida and another sparse glitter I thought would go well with it, but I hated it.  I think the difference this time was I used two coats as a base, instead of one, which works much better for my personal aesthetic.  I just don't like the super transparent ghost finish that most jellies have, so I "made it work".  Butter London Henley Regatta, a fantastic blue/green micro shimmer suspended in clear base, made the perfect partner for this one.  Frida turns everything this really ethereal turquoise that is just gorgeous.  I mean, sparkly in all lights mood elevating fantastic.