Cult Nails - In a Trance and with stamping

Todays mani is another polish from my Cult Nails haul. This is In a Trance - a gorgeous olive green, gold based shimmer. I absolutely love this vintage gold and it applies beautifully. This is three coats and topped with Essie Good to Go.

And just because I can't seem to leave well enough alone I thought I'd attempt to embellish it a bit. I wish I'd left it alone because it looks amazing on its own. Nevertheless this is In a Trance stamped . . .

Base colour: Cult Nails In a Trance

Nail plate: Bundle Monster BM 05
Stamp colour: China Glaze 2030
Topped with Essie Good to Go

Enigmatic with Harmony stamping

I've never thought to use China Glaze Harmony for stamping but it works wonderfully. It is such an opaque smooth metallic colour that it transfers beautifully. I'm happy with the tone on tone effect this created.

Base colour: Cult Nails Enigmatic

Nail plate: Konad M51
Stamp colour: China Glaze Harmony
Topped with Seche Vite

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Cult Nails - Enigmatic

As much as it pained me to remove Awakening - I'm delighted to replace it with Enigmatic. Enigmatic was somewhat of a surprise. It's gorgeous in the bottle but the first coat is very sheer and brownish. It isn't until the second coat that the purple gorgeousness (is that a word?) pops out. Enigmatic is a deep shimmery brown based purple with a lovely silver micro glitter that looks amazing in the sun.

Awakening stamped with Millennium & Hypnotise Me layered

Do you know what's really cool about blogging - especially being on the other side of the world from most of you . . . thanks to the wonders of international time zones, when I get up in the morning there are all your posts and pictures of your amazing manis and stamping for me to see! What a way for me to start the day =)

Anyway moving onto nails . . . this is a wee embellishment on Cult Nails Awakening.

Base colour: Cult Nails Awakening

Nail plate: Bundle Monster BM208
Stamp colour: China Glaze Millennium
Topped with Essie Good to Go

EDIT: Wow can't believe I didn't do this sooner . . . . this is Cult Nails Hypnotise Me layered over Awakening. Hypnotise Me is a sheer jelly with loads of glitter. It's super thick but I don't mind that and the sparkle is really something to write home about! The only thing I'm not completely sold on is the rough feel it leaves when it dries, almost like a matte polish. Nothing that a topcoat wouldn't take care of though, so all good.

Cult Nails - Awakening

Following my exciting 'nail mail' yesterday I'd like to share Cult Nails Awakening with you.

Awakening is a dark teal creme with a fairly thin jelly like formula. I actually found it to be quite a challenge to apply carefully and these pictures show three coats. That said, once I got used to how it flowed it became a lot easier, and coupled with the fact that it dries super fast - and I am very impressed! And on top of that it is 4 free so it's winner all the way!

I am in love with this gorgeous slate blue teal. The finish is super shiny and these photos are without a topcoat . . .

China Glaze Foxy with stamping

Todays polish is China Glaze Foxy. Foxy is from the Vintage Vixen collection and is a lovely deep russet brown with hints of gold shimmer and burgundy undertones. Foxy applies beautifully although I've decided that I've really developed a preference for OPI's larger brushes. However, that certainly doesn't detract from this formula which goes on beautifully and dries pretty quickly. This is 2 coats and I've very happy with the application.

Base colour: China Glaze Foxy

Nail plate: Konad M25
Stamp colour: China Glaze Hi-Tek
Topped with Essie Good to Go

The Amazing Zoya Charla!

I haven't had a lot of experience with Zoya polishes as they aren't widely available in NZ and this lovely is from a haul from NaildeRoyale.com.

Wow - I just can't believe how striking this polish is, I just can't stop looking at it. While it's probably been reviewed and swatched to death - it's new to me! It's very difficult to accurately capture Charla's true colour but these photos are a pretty good likeness I think. In some lights this polish looks more blue that green.

I love this blue/green emerald sparkliness with a hint of gold. The formula goes on smoothly for glitter and is opaque in two coats and I was impressed by how quickly it dries, having read on some other blogs that Zoya polishes can tend to take a bit longer to dry. I'll happily put up with that to be able to feel confident that the polish I'm using is 3 free (plus camphor).

Onto the piccies  . . .

Probably the best colour representation