Illamasqua Speckled Nail Polish Dupes for Under $5

1. Wet N' Wild "Tonight's Gonna Be The Night" sandwiched betwen Essie "Ballet Slippers" 2. Hard Candy "Cocoa Smore" 3. Wet N' Wild "Tonight's Gonna Be The Night"over Model's Own "Utopia"

  I'm pretty sure if you are an avid reader of beauty blogs you've seen the Illamasqua Speckled nail polishes that look like robin's eggs.  I really want to try one of them out but there are sold out at Sephora, both online and instore.  If you can manage to track them down they cost $22 a pop which is way more than I like to pay for a single nail polish.  I had seen on Jen's blog Vibrant, Vivacious, Veracious Beauty Blog that she had reviewed an affordable dupe of the Illamasqua polishes by Hard Candy and made a mental note to check them out.

  While at Wal-Mart last week I picked up Hard Candy's speckled nail polish in "Cocoa Smore" and spotted a black glitter by Wet N Wild called "Tonight's Gonna Be The Night".  Both polishes were around $4 so I thought, why not get them both?  Cocoa Smore is a brownish grey with matte black and silver glitter throughout it.  It needs only two coats to be opaque but unfortunately it didn't have the best staying power and started to chip a lot after around 12 hours of wear.  Tonight's Gonna Be The Night on the other hand is a topcoat with matte black and gold glitter that you can wear on top of any nail colour for a speckled effect.  I also tried it sandwiched between a sheer polish which I think gave a better effect.

  Neither polish is exactly like the Illamasqua polishes but considering the low price tag for both Hard Candy and Wet N Wild polishes they're close enough for me!  If I had to choose between the two the Wet N Wild one would win since the staying power is amazing and since it's a top coat it is more versitile.

What do you think of the speckled nail trend?

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