LA Girl Hustle

Collection: Disco Brites

Bright violet crelly (jelly-cream hybrid). This is one of my favorites as it was my first purple when my stash was still small. I love the color but recent attempts to swatch this has proven it to be a PITA.

The pictures you see are the third time I’m swatching this. The formula used to be great but it keeps bubbling on me now. Maybe it needs more thinner? Still, the gorgeous color is worth it.

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Polish peels:
• NailTek Foundation II (1 coat)
• LA Girl Hustle (3 coats)

Strawberry Jelly Sandwich

My first jelly sandwich! What is that? It's basically glitter sandwiched between two jelly layers. Since jelly polishes are not meant to be opaque, it showcases the glitter underneath it beautifully. It's been popular on the Nail Board for a while and I thought, why not try it with a black glitter instead? I had the idea to try it with a red jelly and thought that it would be perfect for Chinese New Year since red is considered an auspicious color.

Does this remind you of strawberries? Because this is what it makes me think of! Essie First Dance is a neutral tone red jelly-cream and I love how squishy it is. I secretly wanted to lick my nails because they looked so yummy!

Since First Dance is a little opaque as a jelly, I tried to do the second coat as thinly as possible. I also gave extra dry time for the glitter to set as the brush can drag the glitter around, as seen in the bald spot in my middle finger.

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Polish sandwich:
• China Glaze Strong Adhesion Base Coat (1 coat)
• Essie First Dance (1 coat)
• L.A. Girl Uninhibited (1 coat)
• Essie First Dance (1 coat)
• Seche Vite Dry Fast Top Coat (1 coat)

LA Girl Turntable

A green-based turquoise jelly from the Disco Brites collection. Turquoise is one of my favorite colors, especially green-based turquoise. I even have bed sheets that are almost the same shade, just a touch more blue. Unfortunately, I didn’t take a picture of my nails against the bed sheets as my camera couldn’t differentiate between the two colors. I had a hard time trying to capture this shade and my usual camera settings made it seem too blue. The swatch above is warmer than my usual photos to bring out its true color.

Turntable applied beautifully, I used two coats for full opacity. The consistency was just nice, not too thick or too runny, and it dried very glossy like any other jelly. The most important thing to note is to never ever use this polish without a base coat. It stained my nails yellow in less than 24 hours the previous time! To make sure this didn’t happen again, I used Poshe Fast Drying Base Coat and viola, no staining. As usual, no top coat was added.