Cult Nails Awakening and Hypnotize Me

Hey everyone!  In the aftermath of the rather anticlimactic hurricane that passed through DC, I am forced to come to terms with the fact that I return to school tomorrow morning.  I'll be taking 14 class credit hours, and doing law journal work AND interning on my Fridays.  At this point I plan to post most days of the week, but I make no promises.  I will be trying to do enough swatches in one sitting on weekends to post for the week.   However, if I only can squeeze in 5 then I'll have to settle with 5.  Perhaps Eisenbrat or SonyT will fill in some of the gaps, but I know SonyT has even more law school stuff going on than I do and Eisenbrat has her own stuff going on.  Only time will tell, but I promise to do my best.  UGH I have a ton of reading to do already and classes haven't even started!  Now who wants to see some polish??  Today I have for you Cult Nails Awakening and Hypnotize Me from Maria's (R3Beauty) fall collection.  I pre-ordered these RIGHT when they were made available and was so excited to see them.  Cult Nails polishes are 4 Free and SO nice.

Awakening is a deep, slightly dusty, teal creme.  I really like this color and I think it mingles well with the other fall colors we've been seeing.

4 coats Awakening, no top coat, artificial light

This is the thinnest formula I've seen from Cult Nails thus far.  It needs 4 coats to be fully opaque, but the color builds well.  The 4 coats provide a depth of shine and I don't count this against the polish.  I know some people will, but to each her own.  If a polish dries fast and doesn't pool in my cuticles, I have no problems with 4 quick coats. 

Also part of Cult Nails fall collection is Hypnotize Me.  It's this light blue/green, very sheer jelly base packed with fine light blue and green glitter.  The polish is clearly meant as a top coat and as I show you this collection I will be including a swatch of it over each polish.  You'll get one with top coat and one without, because Hypnotize Me dries to a satin finish.

One coat Hypnotize Me over Awakening, no top coat, artificial light

In contrast to Awakening, Hypnotize Me is the thickest formula we've seen from Cult Nails.  I WISH it were thinner, but at the same time I still love it.  It packs SO much glitter and though you can't see it here, it tints the coat under it a bit green.  I even like the satin finish.  The good news is that this isn't difficult to apply and the satin finish makes it dry quickly. 

Awakening+Hypnotize Me+Nubar top coat, artificial light.

Adding top coat makes the green glitter stick out a bit more.  The final look reminds me of a galaxy or something.  I like it a lot.

Cult Nails polishes are available for $10 each here.

~Shbecky