Cult Nails Road Trip Anyone Collection

One of my favorite things to do is to go on a road trip. I love filling the cooler with fresh ice cubes and packing it full of our favorite snacks. Back in the day, I'd bring my favorite CDs to listen to over and over again. Now, I just take my husbands ipod (he has an amazing collection of tunes). Staying at a hotel is always exciting for me. First of all, I don't have to clean it. That's always a plus! Secondly, there is usually a pool and a hot tub. That's the perfect way to end a day packed in a car. It's also a great way to really get to know someone when you're stuck in the car with them for a day or more. I always had at least one road trip on the agenda every summer ever since I was a kid. Cult Nails nailed *snort* this collection just by making it summery colors. I had to grab it just for nostalgic reasons alone. 

I'm going to discuss the formulas first because they were consistent across the board. Usually, Cult Nails cremes are on the thicker side. This isn't a bad thing! A thicker polish can provide coverage in one coat (with practice) Thick polish doesn't always mean difficult and gooey. If you still don't like the consistency, add polish thinner and voila, you're problem is solved. With that said, I was surprised that the polishes in this collection were on the thin side. Again, that isn't a bad thing in this case. They were very easy to work with. No complaints here! An important tip (I think) is to wipe off the excess polish from the brush (inside the neck of the bottle) before application. This prevents your cuticles from getting flooded. With using thinner coats with these polishes, I needed two coats of the cremes. In some pictures, I use Mayhem (holo top coat) and All Out as an accent nail. For those two polishes, I used one coat. 

Now, for the pictures...

 Cult Nails Party Time

 Cult Nails Party Time is a basic bright blue creme polish that every girl should have in their collection. I can see myself reaching for this shade over and over again. I'm a sucker for blue polish and this particular shade of blue is gorgeous. 

 Cult Nails Party Time with one coat of Cult Nails Mayhem on my accent nail. Mayhem is a holographic top coat. Need I say more? Ok, it's a linear holographic that is more on the subtle side. You can get a stronger effect by applying another coat. I wanted the base color to show through more which is why I went with one. Another must have from this collection. 

 Cult Nails Party Time with one coat of Cult Nails All Out on my accent nail. Cult Nails describes All Out as being a "multifaceted shimmer that will glisten from yellow, gold, orange, or green depending on what color it is layered over." I'm not in love with using All Out as an accent with this color. I would wear it on each nail but I wanted to show you how it compares. Warning: This topper has a serious shimmer that will have you staring at your hands all day. 

Cult Nails Riot

Cult Nails Riot is a bright mint green creme. Love! 

 

Cult Nails Riot with one coat of Cult Nails Mayhem on my accent nail. I did a full mani with Riot and Mayhem with a few small rhinestones on my accent nail earlier this week. You can see that post, here. 

 Cult Nails Riot with one coat of Cult Nails All Out on my accent nail. Again, I think this would look better if All Out was applied to every nail. That's just my personal preference. 

Cult Nails Be Loco

 Cult Nails Be Loco is a bright coral creme that has a lot of peach in it. I love this color but it doesn't love me. This will be one of my summer pedi colors. For those of you who can pull this off, I envy you. 

 Cult Nails Be Loco with one coat of Cult Nails Mayhem on my accent nail. I think Mayhem looks so beautiful with Be Loco. I think I can pull it off this way too. That makes me happy!

Cult Nails Be Loco with one coat of Cult Nails All Out on the accent nail. I like All Out both as an accent and on each nail with Be Loco. 

Cult Nails, Road Trip Anyone? can be purchased from http://www.cultnails.com/lacquers/ for $12 each. Mayhem is $14. 

Which polishes will you be rocking from this collection? Do you have any favorites?

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-Mira

Cult Nails Riot and Mayhem

Here's a fun fact, I usually write my posts late at night. I, for perhaps the first time, am writing this post early in the morning. I am not a morning person. Never have been and never will be. I've never been a good sleeper so this time of day is just not pleasant for me. I barely slept last night. In fact, I finally fell asleep around 5:00 a.m. and then one of my demanding kitties felt the need to ask for breakfast by yelling in my face. How dare he want to eat. Welp, I've given up and I have a post to write so here I am. Why am I telling you this? There's a big chance that I will have grammatical errors and/or not make sense. Please focus on the pretty pictures and go easy on me please! 

So the Snail Nail Swatcher has struck again! Last week was Maria's of Cult Nails birthday. On the day of, a lot of fabulous bloggers recreated one of her manis and dedicated it to her. I wasn't in the loop but wanted to participate and I am just now posting this. At least it's still her birthday month right? *doh* The manis I have the skill set to recreate were already done so I decided to put my own spin on one instead. This is what I did.

 I used two coats of Cult Nails Riot (green), two coats of Cult Nails Mayhem (holo topper), and one coat Cult Nails Wicked Fast Top Coat. The rhinestones are from a Kiss Nail Art charm pack that I received from the May Nail Art Society Kit. 

I think the center rhinestone is a pretty good match! 

This is the mani that inspired me.

This is not my picture. I repeat, not my picture. This picture belongs to Maria not Mira. You can find this picture on the Cult Nails Facebook page, here. 

I hope you like my mani, Maria! Happy very belated birthday!

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Please subscribe and visit me on my Facebook page. 

-Mira