Cult Nails Sale

So Cult Nails is closing its doors and having a huge closeout sale. Their polishes go for $12 a bottle, but they're 75% off right now. The discount is applied in your cart once you go to checkout. Don't worry, you can see it before you commit. I put two polishes in my cart to play with, and with shipping and all it was $11.99. Shipped! So hop on it if you wanted some Cult Nails before they fade away!

My First Cult Nails - Captivated

 I finally got my hands on my very first Cult Nails! I have wanted this one for ages now! Can you believe I didn't know she was an Indie company until less than a year ago?

I couldn't wait to see this on my toes!

It's an awesome pinky red jelly with iridescent glitter in different sizes - medium and small hex.

 I love the unique pinky red jelly base and the glitter combo!

The glitter makes me think of China Glaze Snowglobe and it shines so many different colors!

And a bottle shot. I really love her bottle shape and size!

Yay for my first Cult Nails!!

Cult Nails Lets Get Nekkid

Cult  Nails "Let's Get Nekkid!"

If you missed the pre-sale event, you've still got the opportunity to get the Cult Nails "Let's Get Nekkid!" Collection.  The collection, and individual polishes, will be available @ http://shop.cultnails.com at midnight on February 12, 2012.  The collection will retail for $50, or you can buy the individual colors for $10 each.   Don't miss your chance to own the Limited Edition "Toxic Seaweed". Colors shown (left to right): Mazo, Baker, Toxic Seaweed, Tulum, and Swanbourne.

I just love the story behind this collection. Maria, the maker of Cult Nails, made each polish with one of her family members in mind. She grew up in a family where everyone looked different, and loved it! I feel like she really captured such meaningful racial diversity...in a nail polish collection. How cool! You should read her story about this collection on her blog. It's really touching. These are sold separately and as a collection in her shop. Which are your faves?

Guest Post: Cult Nails

Hey dolls, it's Lakeisha from Refined and Polished. Today I have for you one of the beauties from Cult Nails…My Kind of Cool Aid. This is a light greyed-out purple that has a subtle silver shimmer included. Maria calls it gravender, which describes this color perfectly. The formula on this shade was awesome as I have come to expect from Cult Nails. It applied easily and was almost opaque in 1 coat. The second coat just increased the depth of the color. The dry time was relatively quick, which is always a plus.

I love this shade. It’s really unique in my collection and I love how it varies from grey to lavender in the light. This is definitely a shade that can be worn year round. I attempted my first scotch tape mani using My Kind of Cool Aid as the base. OPI’s Your Royal Shine-ness was used for the diagonal tips and Aldo Hit the Pavement for the dots.

I really like the way this turned out for my first attempt. While the color combo doesn’t scream summer, it makes me happy because they are my high school’s colors. I’ll be attempting more scotch tape manis in the future now that I know how relatively easy they are. I just have to be sure there are no air pockets in the tape to get a smooth line. Please feel free to leave any tips on ensuring clean lines when using tape. Hope you all enjoyed the guest post. You can see more of my nails here. Happy polishing dolls!