I just posted my vacation nails and now I'm going to post my post-vacation nails. I mentioned before that this was my third time in Paris. My first time was in July, my second time was in October and now again in end of July/early August. What I noticed this time around, and I guess I kind of always knew, is that the style in Paris is pretty relaxed and chic. I went with my friend who is way more into fashion that I am, and she had expected eye catching/eye popping fashion or colours, but that's actually not the case. Anyway, in the subway at separate occasions, I had noticed a few ladies with grey nail polish. It's summer, so you'd expect bright colours right? Well, I didn't see much of that. For some, I didn't even notice any nail polish colour. Anyway, since I've been sporting the bright colours all season long, I thought I'd go with a grey this time. I wanted a change even before noticing it on other ladies.
Unrelated but this is my favourite view of Paris. On the Seine River facing the Eiffel Tower.
I bought Cult Nails' Disciplined a while ago before I owned Illamasqua's Rain Drops. NOPI Pick of the Glitter I bought at Target Canada. I've never seen this in other stores so I'm not sure if this is a Target exclusive, but it's very pretty. I love the chopper glitter with gold and teal hexagram glitter.
I added the glitter accent, but that's not what I saw in Paris. I just felt like adding it. :)
Bottle shot: There's a flash of blue and fushia shimmer
Bottle shot: NOPI Pick of the Glitter
Thoughts
This is my first Cult Nails colour. I must have applied it incorrectly or something because I applied three coats to have it somewhat opaque. My right hand, I accidentally left more polish, so for a thicker coat it is easier for it to be more opaque. I did notice that even with Seche Vite, this took a very long time to dry. Overall, I really like the colour. It's grey but since there's fushia and blue shimmer, it adds a lot more to the colour that isn't your typical grey. In the daylight, it's very pretty. At home with my lighting, I was worried that the glitter would make it look like it's for the holiday season but in the sunlight, I thought it went together pretty nicely. The gold hex glitter isn't the holiday gold, it's a light gold.
Breakdown
Base coat: Nicole by OPI Base Coat Plus
Colour coat: Cult Nails Disciplined (3 thin coats) and NOPI Pick of the Glitter (1 coat on ring finger)
Top coat: Seche Vite
1 coat
2 coats
3 coats
With NOPI glitter accent with a lot of glitter
Right hand with less hex glitter but more chopper glitter
I purchased Cult Nails Disciplined on the Cult Nails website but this is now available on nailpolishcanada.com. NOPI was bought at Target Canada.
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