Gelish Trends – Let Me Top You Off & Rough Around the Edges

Who’s ready for some more Gelish Trends swatches? I have two for you today and will have a few more coming soon. This first one is called Let Me Top You Off. It’s a topper with red, blue and purple glitter. I applied two coats of this on each nail. My index and pink fingers don’t have a base color, the middle finger has a base of Artic Freeze, and the ring finger has Black Shadow. Initially I didn’t notice the purple glitter until I applied it over the black base, then the color really popped out at me. I didn’t think I would like this over black, but that ended up being my favorite of the three looks.  I think this would also look great over a dark purple or blue.  It’s very festive and fun!

This next one is called Rough Around the Edges.  I applied two coats of it over a plain nail, Artic Freeze, Black Shadow and Seafoam.  I honestly don’t know if I can say anything nice about this polish.  I didn’t like the consistency, it’s goopy and sticky and felt like I was applying oatmeal to my nails.  And it’s definitely rough… even after applying a top coat my nails had a lumpy, bumpy texture to them.  I like some textured polishes, but this didn’t do it for me.  The iridescent flakies in this polish would be really pretty if they laid flat nicely.  I heard that Fingerpaints is coming out with some flakie toppers in February, so I may have to try one or two of those to see how they compare.  What do you think… would you wear this?  I definitely won’t be wearing it again.

Here’s another shot of what it looked like on my swatch wheel… you can really see the texture here.