Here are some best practices to keep in mind when working with layer styles:
Elias double-clicked the preset, and the transformation was instant. The layer style worked its magic through a precise recipe: Cum Photoshop Layer Style
To take your liquid style to the next level, create a new layer above your styled layer and manually paint in a few tiny, pure-white "specular highlights" using a small, hard brush. These "micro-dots" of light simulate the brightest reflections of a studio softbox and make the liquid look incredibly fresh and wet. Here are some best practices to keep in
Use this to create subtle internal shading. Set the blend mode to Linear Burn with low opacity (around 20–40%) to ground the liquid. Use this to create subtle internal shading
To this day, if you look closely at the "R" in that famous water logo, you can still see the specular highlight—a digital ghost of the most notorious layer style in Photoshop history.