Simple Grunge Nail Art with Cult Cosmetics

Happy Sunday, everyone! Sundays are my favorite time to relax and be lazy, so today I painted a super easy grungy manicure to show you guys, using some polishes from Cult Cosmetics.

To get this look, I started with a base of Cult Breakwater, a gorgeous medium purple creme. Once that was dry, I wiped most of the polish off of Cult El Porto and Cult DTLA's brushes, and swiped them onto my nail for a grungy effect. I topped it all off with top coat to smooth out the design.

Super easy, right? I love this design because it comes out looking different every time I try it. I think it looks a bit like tweed, doesn't it? This is actually the same technique that I used in my popular grungy flower nail art.

It helps to pick colors that are very opaque, for this technique. I chose all Cult polishes because they're pretty much fully opaque in one coat!

For those of you who are wondering - I know I have been slacking on the nail art front lately! I had to take a break from the 31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2.0 because there was so much to swatch for fall/winter, but I will be getting back to it this or next week, I promise you! So that's why I made this simple nail art look to hold you guys over until then ;)

Here are the polishes I used for this manicure. You can purchase them from the Cult Cosmetics online shop for $9.99 USD each - don't forget to use the code KELLI for 15% off your entire order!

These polishes were provided for my honest review.

31 Day Nail Art Challenge 2.0, Day 7: Metallic

So, today's challenge prompt is "metallic", which is a prompt I always get a bit nervous about. There are so many cool ideas that involve metallic nail polish, but they are generally too advanced for my skill level, or I just don't have the right tools to create them! Anyway, for today I settled on a dry brush manicure using the same technique as my grungy French tips.

To create this look, I started with a base of Cult Cosmetics DTLA, and then with hardly any polish on the brush, I dabbed on China Glaze Tongue & Chic, China Glaze Don't Make Me Wine, and Essie Nothing Else Metals. I love these colors together, and I think it looked so cool in real life, but the photos didn't show it so well - so I took some macro shots for you to get the real beauty of this technique!

On the left is an extreme close up of the polish on my middle finger nail. (You can click on this image to enlarge it more!) It almost looks like snake skin up close, doesn't it?!

I really love how subtle the teal and pink are in this manicure. I think they go really well with the metallic purple - I believe it's my first time using that metallic color from Essie, and I'm glad I bought it!

Here is a visual of the polishes I used:

The Cult polish can be purchased here (use the code KELLI for 15% off), and the China Glaze and Essie polishes can be purchased here (use the code POLISHCHALLENGE for 15% off. Don't I always hook you guys up with coupons?! Haha.)

As always, please check out the other talented ladies I am doing the challenge with!

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Some polishes in this post were provided for my honest review.