1:
The blending of the render is nice, but could be a little better at the left side.
The black ripple (at the right) is a little distracting. Maybe if you would move the render more towards the center, this feeling would be gone.
About the text; it pops out a little too much = distracting from the vocal point(s). Try to lower the opacity a little.
2:
I'll start with the text; it's too close to the render.
The way you smudges has a nice flow and the ripple at the right, kinda fits..
Something you could change/improve:
Change the text color to a color of your render.
Also; try to experiment with different fonts

Maybe you could also add a simple 1 px border. < Experiment.
Keep it up.
Btw.. My name is
Grily, not Girly

Oh, also.. Layer proof isn't really needed

You could still provide proof if you want.