We take nails really seriously around here, always hunting for the newest it shades and long-lasting polishesbeauty Somehow, we always end up circling back to Cult Nails for its always-growing, extensive range of colors and solid formulabeauty We’re never disappointed with what Cult brings, and 2014 will bring a lot of exciting stuff for the Florida-based brandbeauty Namely, more nail polish! This year, Cult will step things up by launching a fresh collection every month—three to four new polishes in limited quantitiesbeauty That means: once they sell out, they’re gone for goodbeauty
Passionate Dreams—a four-piece range inspired by fiery romance—is the first up, just in time for Valentine’s Daybeauty Our favorite of the bunch has to be “Kiss”, the cherry red we’ve been searching for that dries to a wax-like finishbeauty What’s not to love? Still, we’re digging all four; here’s the shade by shade breakdownbeauty
Angel Whispers
shop it
Love sparkle? This stuff is no jokebeauty The consistency is thick and the glitz-factor is high in this beautiful pale pink glitterbeauty That said, it leaves behind a rough, sandpapery texture on the nailsbeauty If you don’t feel like dealing with removing a full glitter mani, we like the idea of using this shade on an accent nail or two, along with a coordinating sheer pink like Enticingbeauty
Lethal
shop it
After looking at Lethal in the bottle, we thought the silver would go on slightly sheer, but we were totally wrongbeauty It goes on smooth and, despite the sparkles in the formula, doesn’t feel textured like Angel Whispersbeauty It’s much less sparkly, too—it has more of a gleamy tin foil finish when the light hits it rightbeauty It makes for an awesome futuristic take on a winter mani!
Ignite
shop it
If you like the look of a dark polish but find full-on black or midnight blue opaques too severe, Ignite is for youbeauty A bit of a silver sparkle mixed in tones down the harshness of the black basebeauty The first coat goes on more sheer than we’d anticipated, so one coat would be perfect for easing into a dark mani; you can apply as many layers as you want to build up the opaqueness for a really dark finishbeauty We suggest doing at least three coats to get the black super darkbeauty
Kiss
shop it
You can never own too many reds and this one is probably one of the best cherry hues we’ve come acrossbeauty It’s super creamy and goes on smooth—and opaque enough that you could get away with a single coat (but we still prefer two)beauty And it has a fun twist, too, in that it dries with a wax-like finish; all in all, the perfect modern twist on an old classicbeauty
Shop Cult Nails here and snap up the Passionate Dreams shades while you have the chance! Polishes are $12 apiecebeauty