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:)

Flormar - WL08

This gorgeous green was a gift to me from the wonderful Aylin at Posh Nail Art. She was my Secret Santa in the Christmas swap in our equally wonderful Facebook gift exchange group, Lacquered with Love, and she completely spoiled me.

This is part of Flormar's Wet Look series with super shiny crellies. I did use Poshé on this for drying purposes, but it was equally shiny without it! The brush in these bottles is flat and nice to work with. The formula was stellar - I was good in two easy coats, but added a third one because... well, because I'm neurotic about vnl?

Accent nail is Pahlish Toxic and Timeless!

Nordic Cap - Yellow?

The question  mark? Well, I've given this one away so can't check the name, but could it be anything else?!

This one was a request from my son. It was bright. I even gave up on my most sacred principle and did four coats of this sucker, and there was still some VNL. The little guy thought I looked really great though! So. It's sheer. It's yellow, but, it's about 10 kr at my local grocery store. Also, tip wear won't show when you wear light shades so at least I didn't have to wrap the tips:)

The book is by Barabara Kingsolver (LOVE her!) and it's about how she and her family lived for a year on only things they could grow themselves. Sounds boring? It's not - wait till you get to the chapter about tomatoes!! PS. This book might give you a bad conscience as well as a longing for the great outdoors.

Fnug - Like Lolita

I grabbed this color at a sale. I've never been able to bring myself to pay the preposterous sums asked for Fnugs in Sweden, but 50 SEK? I grabbed four and after trying this shade, I'm going back to scrape the bottom of the barrel!

I was gaping when spreading it over the nail and the expression "it spread like butter" suddenly made sense. It was - dare I say it - better even than my best OPIs. I did three coats. There is still a faint nail line visible and I think this formula is what people call a jelly. It should be said though that the Fnug-brush is the teeniest thing ever. I can hardly see it, miuch less use it. I used an OPI brush to put it on. Best of two worlds! Super shiny and long-lasting too!

The book is a sci-fi good enough to gobble up in one sitting. Everyone I've lent it to has loved it. I may even have shown it in another of my posts? Oh well, you'll survive, I think.