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Color Club: the holographic polishes

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Now Color Club is new to me. I’d never heard of this brand before about February this year when I discovered the lacquerhead blog world. Essentially all the blogs I read had good things to say about Color Club formula-wise and so I naturally started a wee wish-list for myself.

For me, living in Australia, Color Club is really rather cheap, even with the cost of postage to here from the US. I can buy these polishes for about AUD$6 each including postage from Trans Design if I buy about seven at a time, otherwise there is a seller on eBay that sells them for between USD$2.50-$3.00 with postage to Australia of USD$4.450 for the first polish and $2.50 each bottle thereafter. The AUD is basically on par with the USD at the moment so it makes buying polish from the US really rather affordable compared to the retail prices we pay for polish here is Australia.

So, having discovered this particular eBay seller, I recently decided to do a big order and, bar a handful of colours that the seller didn’t have in stock at the time, I’ve fulfilled my wish-list of Color Clubs.

Amongst that wish-list was Revvvolution and Wild at Heart, being two of five holographic polishes that Color Club bought out sometime ago. Of course, for completeness I had to get the remaining holographic polishes didn’t I? Unfortunately Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em was one of the few this seller didn’t stock so I only ended up getting four of the five but I thought I’d show those four here today.

First off is Revvvolution, a charcoal holo. I gather that this one is a very popular Color Club polish. It’s not the strongest holo but has a lovely sheen.

Color Club Revvvolution

Color Club Revvvolution

Color Club Revvvolution

Next is Fashion Addict, a pale pink holo.

Color Club Fashion Addict

Color Club Fashion Addict

Colour Club Fashion Addict

Next is Worth the Risque, a silver holo.

Color Club Worth the Risque

Color Club Worth the Risque

Color Club Worth the Risque

And last of all, Wild at Heart.

Color Club Wild at Heart

Color Club Wild at Heart

Color Club Wild at Heart

Wild at Heart is my pick, followed by Revvvolution. I guess I tend to have a thing for darker colours and especially purples. The one I don’t have – Love ‘Em and Leave ‘Em is a beige or pale coffee coloured holo. I’ve got a few silver holos and one other pale pink holo, all of which have a stronger holographic appearance than these Color Club ones. Notwithstanding that the holographic effect in these isn’t stong, I still love Wild at Heart and Revvvolution.

Formula-wise, these applied really well. Worth the Risque and Fashion Addict were sheerer than the other two and really could have done with three coats, particularly Worth the Risque. But these pics are two coats for all of the polishes and you can see a wee bald spot on my ring fingernail with Worth the Risque. Drying time was also really good.

I’m really pleased with the quality of these polishes, given that they are relatively inexpensive and that I’ve bought over 40 Color Club polishes. I’m looking forward to trying more of them:)

Have you tried any of these polishes? What do you think of Color Clubs generally?

xx

Cult Nails – Manipulative: or the benefits of being organised!

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I think I was only just discovering the world of nail polish around the time that the pre-sale event for the Cult Nails Divas and Drama collection was happening. Being only just vaguely aware of the brand, and also having the polish palette of a 12 year old at that stage, the Divas and Drama collection didn’t hold any interest for me then. It was only a couple of months later that I started seeing a number of blog posts featuring shades from the collection that I threw caution to the wind and went ahead and ordered it.

I’ve had this collection for about a month now but hadn’t got around to wearing any of the polishes until recently. Being in the southern hemisphere, in inland south-east Australia, it’s winter and damn cold so I’ve not been hankering after summery shades. But if there is one thing that swatching your polish collection to swatch sticks is good for it is reminding you of what you already own. So it was that Manipulative came to mind when I was selecting a polish to wear last Saturday.

Cult Nails Manipulative

The pic of the bottle doesn’t really do Manipulative any justice as the camera hasn’t picked up the brightness of the colour that it has in person. The formula for this polish is great. I’ve worn three Cult Nail colours so far and so far it has been three out of three. They apply beautifully, are not too thick or too thin allowing you good control over the polish. And they are very fast drying. A win all round in my mind.

Cult Nails Manipulative

Anyway the other spin-off of swatching 280+ polishes to nail art sticks in one hit is that you can readily compare what polishes you have on the nail (the fake, swatch stick nail that is). I don’t know why I hadn’t realised it before, but this was how I cottoned on the fact that Manipulative was quite close in colour to China Glaze’s For Audrey.

Cult Nails Manipulative & China Glaze For Audrey

Now I had bought For Audrey on a bit of a whim in an ‘off-the-cuff’ order I did from Trans Design. I was helping a friend work out the postal costs so of course I had to demonstrate the entire checkout process didn’t I? For entirely scientific, researchy type purposes you understand. Anyway, For Audrey was one of those polishes that I kept on hearing people rave about and that piqued my curiosity. But I hadn’t worn it before I decided to compare it here.

Cult Nails Manipulative & China Glaze For Audrey

So which is which? You can probably spot it given the slight sparkle that Manipulative has.

Middle & Little Fingers - Cult Nails Manipulative; Index & Ring Fingers - China Glaze For Audrey

Manipulative is ever so slightly darker than For Audrey. For Audrey is a plain creme whereas Manipulative has that slight shimmer to it. Formula-wise, Manipulative is hands down the winner. As I said above, Manipulative is, to quote Goldilocks, just right. Whereas For Audrey is thin and quite runny in comparison. Still readily workable but just not as easy as Manipulative.

So which would I pick? For formula, ease of application and colour I’d have to say Manipulative. It’s slightly more complex in colour than For Audrey though they are both lovely colours. My polish palette must be developing at lightening speed as a few months back I would never have dreamed of wearing either colour. But now it’s a very different story. I loved having Manipulative on my nails and I can’t wait to wear it again.

Since taking these photos I’ve also acquired Color Club’s New Bohemian which strikes me as another polish very close in hue to these two. Any thoughts? Do you have any of these polishes? Which would be your pick?

xx