Before & After: Fun with textured polishes and jellies

Hello!

Guess what? When I did my post on using striping tape with textured polishes, I mentioned that I'd had some fun playing around with textured polishes and jellies. I'm back today to tell you about it...

Remember how I posted about the technique I found on Bee Polished where you can layer a regular polish over a textured polish, and keep the texture? Well, that's awesome and all, but it hides the pretty shiny bits if you're using a polish like the Zoya Pixies, or if you're using a glitter version like some of the Julie G textured polishes. So I thought to myself...what if I use a sheer jelly? Will that change the color of the polish, but let the bling shine through?

Turns out, it will. Let me demonstrate for you. Here we have Julie G Rock Candy:

Julie G Rock Candy

Ooo, aaahhh! Pretty isn't it? But let's say that I decide to wear it the next day, and I'm in a more...teal sort of place. But I don't want to lose the pretty glitter. Well, I've got a bottle of Zoya Frida over here...let's see how that looks over it:

Accent nail to show the color contrast. :)

I love it! It changes the color of the polish without hiding one bit of the blingy glitter. So, let's see how it looks in a full manicure rather than just an accent nail:

Zoya Frida over Julie G Rock Candy

I love it! And this is going to make my glittery textured polishes more versatile. While this is a sheer jelly made for layering, I imagine you can use any sheer polish of the type you'd use for a glitter sandwich and get good results. I'm definitely going to be trying more combinations. :)

Thanks for reading! Peace and love,
M.