Love Thy Polish - Speckled n' Freckled

Are you a jelly lover? I wasn't. Then I realized, that if you abhor VNL and love two-coaters like I do, you can have a lot of fun with jellies if you use them for layering:) So, this post is about jellies that are great for that purpose, and you jelly lovers, I know there are a lot of you out there, you can just use them the good old-fashioned way!

So, let me introduce, without much further ado, three new jellies from the Speckled n' Freckled collection that was released by Love Thy Polish this very weekend. And! They are not plain jellies, oh no! They have black glitters in two different sizes in them:) Formula and brushes were perfect. I used the small bottles, but have larger bottles from before and the brush is great in both!

First - Vermillion Dollar Baby - my favourite!

As you can see, it looks a lot duskier in the bottle than it will on the nail, even if you use on its own (check out these pictures, and faint dead away when you see Christina's nails!!) Me? I layered it over OPI Die Another Day.

And - Fauxreal Fuschia!! (Over a dusky purple Sally Hansen. I used a polish that was a few shades lighter to make it pop a bit - I wanted to see those speckles and freckles:)

Last but not least - Smoke and Dust - which was the only one that I used on its own:) Four coats, next time I will layer two coats over white. This is a nice, soft, grey:)

These polishes were sent to me for review:)

Nail Art - KleanColor and Nails Inc.

This Sunday I'm joining LeLack's Nail Art Sunday for the first time! Hope this counts as nail art...

Anywhichway,tThis is my absolute first stab at nail art! Looking at others, I've always thought gradients and water-marbling look really cool. Then I saw a video on how to do water-marbling, and well... I don't have that kind of time. For this, I just used a regular kitchen sponge to dab it onto my tips:) Easy peasy! Dried real quick too, so I didn't even use a top coat.

I used KleanColor's Pastel Teal as a base and Nails Inc. Cambridge Terrace on top.

SpaRitual - Lithophonic

This is a polish that looks steely grey shimmer at first sight, but the grey turns out to be a warm one, and even looks a bit brownish at times, and in some lights - green! The brush is round and short and easy to use (even for me, who is soooold on flat brushes). The formula covered in two coats, but was a tad thick I thought.

It goes well with the iPad I think, on which I'm currently reading Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel (the sequel to Wolf Hall). Both novels are Booker Prize Winners and center on the life of Thomas Cromwell, one of Henry XII's ministers. The sequel seems to actually outshine the first book in the trilogy! No mean feat!

SpaRitual - Lithophonic