Cults Nails Behind Closed Doors Collection Swatches & Review

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I haven't been so excited for the release of a Cult collection since the Let's Get Nekkid Collection at the beginning of the year!
Every single polish appealed to me in this collection so I did the pre-order and it was absolutely worth it!

Note: I wore most of these to work over the course of a week and only photographed them once I got home at night - usually after almost 24 hours of wear time - so there are some which appear a wee bit chipped. They got battered around at work some days and I didn't always remember to wrap my tips, oops.

Cult Nails Disciplined

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Disciplined is a delicate sheer grey jelly with blue, purple and pink sparkling glass flecks. The blue flecks make the grey appear to be blue leaning too but it's pretty neutral. This is a buildable semi-sheer (a finish which Maria seems to be especially fond of!) so you need at least 3 coats for full coverage.
I'm in love with it! The shimmer/sparkle is spectacular but not in your face and I adore all things grey.

Cult Nails Bitten

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 Bitten is a claret with glass fleck shimmer that looks to be either red, pink or purple, depending on the angle/light. It is drop dead gorgeous, super sexy!!!! You only need 2 coats, but I applied 3 because I fudged a couple of nails and needed the extra coat to make them all look even. The formula was good, but beware that the polish gets darker with each coat so try to use the same amount of polish on each nail or they'll appear uneven. I quite like that I can wear Bitten dark or light!

 Cult Nails Afterglow

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 Afterglow has a lot going on! It's a bronze shimmer with an almost duochrome berry coloured shift with gold to pink glass fleck shimmer. Another beauty and quite different from any other polish I own! The formula is great, covers in 2 easy to apply coats.

Cult Nails Coveted

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 Coveted is a beautiful forest green shimmer with silver foil flakes. It's the only polish I was worried about. In some of the swatches I saw, the silver flakes just looked out of place, unnecessary. However I ended up coveting Coveted myself! The micro shimmer in the semi-translucent base is spectacular and it manages to be a rich yet dark green without looking blackish at all. The foil flakes are pretty great too, but they are rather thick and sharp so you may need to fiddle with them so that they lay flat to the nail or they'll scratch you!!! I applied 2 coats and only had an issue with the silver flakes on my ring finger.

Cult Nails Flushed

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Flushed is possibly the star of  a stellar collection. A purple with a heavy pink shimmer in the style of shimmer in  Takko Lacquer Kiss The Sky. It applies like butter in 2 coats and is just stunning! Probably backup worthy!

It is rare for me to find a single nail polish collection wherein every single shade is a keeper. And in Behind Closed Doors not only is every shade a keeper, but absolutely gorgeous and unique too!

OPI Muppets Holiday Collection 2011 Swatches & Review

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Hey everyone,

How are your weekends going?

My Muppet polishes arrived last week and yesterday I finally had some time to swatch them. I only got 5 of the 12 because they just didn't appeal to me - especially the glitters. I just couldn't see myself wearing them. The shimmers however I LOVE!

Animalistic - a pink meets orange (almost duochromey - or the shimmer gives that effect) = reddish polish with those gorgeous fine flake like glitter/shimmer particles that change between gold and pink. I love this one! My photos don't capture all the different colours it can appear as but it's wonderful. This is unexpectedly a two coater with flawless formula and good dry time.

Meep-meep-meep -  is a bright, deep pink with chunky-ish glitter flakes. This was the one I was most excited for & it is fantastic but the other polishes outshine her a little. My camera couldn't capture it properly (too much shimmer/sparkle & it fails to properly focus). The effect in the bottle is closer to what it looks like on the nail in real life. Another good formula, 2 coats, quick dry time.

Pepe's Purple Passion - My personal favourite! A deep plummy/brown purple creme with chunky glitter flakes . I've seen that most bloggers aren't fans but I just adore Pepe. I love the way the chunky flakes are a shade or two lighter than the base - they elevate what could have been a boring shade & I'vr never seen this texture before. I personally love the finish on this one two, shiny but a bit bumpy. Application is an interesting experience though! I can only liken it to spreading a thick berry dessert sauce (think boysenberry) over my nails. It's very manageable, just odd. I recommend thinner layers. There was too much polish on the brush when I painted my middle finger and you can see the right side of the nil is raised as a result. It could probably be a 1 coater but I did two to get it even. If you want the surface to be perfectly smooth I recommend 2 layers of a thick top coat eg. Seche Vite

Warm & Fozzie - Fozzie Bear always was my favourite Muppet! I loved Pros & Bronze & now OPI have given us her brother! Made in the same style, Warm & Fozzie is made up of those glittery flake-like particles in brown (I think), antique gold & pink. Even better, it has a thicker/more opaque formula so only takes two coats. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy too...

Excuse Moi! - A pink jelly base filled with pink micro glitter & multicoloured round glitter. This is the only glitter I picked up and I kind of regret it. It has a great formula (probably the best glitter formula I own) and application, again only 2 coats to opacity. But, I'm not sure I'll wear it. What do you think? Stash or Trash?

So there my lovelies are. How do you feel about them? Which ones have you picked up? Do you think Rainbow Connection is a must-have, or like me do you already have a few Happy Birthday dupes & won't waste your money on another? I really want to try out Designer De Better so if anyone has it already I'd love to hear your opinion of it!!!!

What do you think of my mosaic style photo collages? Should I go back to individual pics?

xxx
NPA