Essie's 'Glazed Days' Collection

The Essie 'Glazed Days' Collection

I recently purchased the Essie 'Glazed Days' translucent jelly polish collection that was released earlier this year. It was a little difficult to get a hold of this collection here in Canada, as I couldn't find it in any stores, and only found it in one place on line. However now, after getting a chance to use the polishes in some nail art, I feel that it was definitely worth the trouble finding these polishes!

Jelly polishes give a "squishy" effect (ie looks kind of like flavoured gelatin or jam) when worn alone on the nail. However, I think they truly shine when it comes to nail art. There are so many wonderful  jelly polish nail art applications , like the lead light technique, pond manicures, jelly sandwiches (layering over glitter), various layering techniques (for example, layering over interesting bases like a crackle top coat, or a holographic polish), watercolour blend techniques, and more.

There are 6 polishes in the Essie 'Glazed Days' collection: 'Glazed Days' (red), 'Confection Affection' (orange), 'Sweet Supply' (yellow), 'But First, Candy' (green), 'Ooh La Lolly' (blue), and 'Sweet not Sour' (purple). These jelly polishes are very pigmented, producing very saturated swatches of colour when applied to the nail - even after only one coat! That is fantastic for nail art, as a lot of jelly polish nail art applications are layered, and not needing multiple coats for adequate color saturation helps cut down on overall application and drying time.

Below, I have a picture of some nail art done on one of my fingers which features all 6 colours from the collection.

Nail Art using the Essie 'Glazed Days' Collection

I used the lead-lighting technique in this example. I started with a silver base coat, stamped the black design on the upper portion of the nail, and then coloured in the silver sections using the jelly polishes and a dotting tool.  

One thing I noticed in this application, is that the red and purple polishes 'Glazed Days', and 'Sweet not Sour' (respectively), are tonally quite similar to eachother. In the example above, I used 'Glazed Days' on the upper portion of the nail, in the section to the left of the orange section. 'Sweet not Sour' is on the very bottom of the nail, just below the blue section.  You can see how there definitely is a difference on how they look over the silver polish, but nevertheless, they do appear quite similar.  From the swatches that I've seen on line, the differences between the two polishes seem to stand out more when applied over white, or when they are worn alone.

Overall, I'm thrilled with this collection. I love jelly polishes, and these ones perform well, look beautiful, and are very pigmented. I can't wait to play around with them some more!