Skin type: Dry, sensitive skin.
Hey all,
These nail polishes from Smith and Cult come in various colors and finishes. The shade I will be reviewing today is called Dark Like Me which is a plum shade with some red undertones in it.
Price: $18
Product Description:
Smith and Cult offers a collection of high-octane colors and shades, flawless application and a consistent, brilliant shine for your nails, lips and eyes. Created by beauty veteran DinehMohajer who revolutionized the color cosmetics industry in the 90’s with Hard Candy, these line of colors bring out the next level of expression in beauty by reflecting the duality in people’s thoughts and feelings.
Each name and shade is inspired by entries from the founders “Diary of a Beauty Junkie” and captures everyone’s collective complexity to beauty and color to deliver trendsetting and pigment packed colors and shades.
All colors are also made with the highest quality premium ingredients and the nail lacquer is formulated with the exclusive 8-free formula, which removes eight unwanted toxins including DBP, formaldehyde and toluene.
Smith and Cult Dark Like Me adds a gorgeous and vibrant shine to your nails with a polish that is highly pigmented, chip-resistant and 8-free—meaning free of potentially harmful ingredients like dibutyl phthalate, toluene, formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, camphor, xylene, ethyl tosylamide, and triphenyl phosphate. Its long-wear formula also delivers a high-shine finish.
Smith & Cult offers a line of eye-popping colors and shades for your nails, lips and eyes with high quality products.
Opaque aubergine. Highly pigmented shades: Long-wear, high-shine formula. Base coat: Maximum adherence. Top coat: Protects and provides extreme clarity and brilliant shine. 8-Free – formulated without: Dibutyl Phthalate, Toluene, Formaldehyde, Formaldehyde Resin, Camphor, Xylene, Ethyl Tosylamide and Triphenyl Phosphate.
Made in USA.
Ingredients:
Butyl Acetate, Ethyl Acetate, Nitrocellulose, Adipic Acid/Neopentyl Glycol/Trimellitic Anhydride Copolymer, Acetyl Tributyl Citrate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Bentonite, Acrylates Copolymer, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Benzophenone-1, Silica, TrimethylpentanediylDibenzoate. May Contain/PeutContenir (): CI 77891 (Titanium Dioxide), CI 77742 (Manganese Violet), CI 77510 (Ferric Ammonium Ferrocyanide), CI 77007 (Ultramarines), CI 15850 (Red 6), CI 15850 (Red 7), CI 19140 (Yellow 5), CI 15880 (Red 34), CI 47005 (Yellow 10), CI 77266 (Black 2), CI 42090 (Blue 1)
My Experience with Smith & Cult Nailed Lacquer – Dark Like Me:
The bottles of Smith and Cult are one of its Unique Selling Propositions. The nail polishes come in a thick clear glass cylinder shaped packaging and the caps are shiny gold with uneven dents on them. When I went to buy these nail polishes, I was digging the whole collection to find a proper cap thinking that they have been dented while shipping. Ha Ha! 🙂 The gold cap is just for decoration because you have to pull it out for revealing the inner twist open cap which holds the brush. The bottle is one of the most stunning bottles in my entire nail polish collection.
The nail polish display counter of Smith and Cult never goes out of attention due to its unique bottles and look. The founder Dineh Mohajer has inspired the unique names of the polish as well as the intentionally dented bottle caps from the unrefined thoughts and feelings as well as the life experiences of Dineh.
I got 3 nail polishes from this brand and trust me, I wanted to get all of them at once. All the shades are so beautiful that you can’t settle with just 3 of these beauties. The shade Dark Like Me looks more like a plum color in daylight but, in indoors, it looks more dark and hard. Although Smith and Cult have their own base coat and top coat, I use my Essie base coat before I apply the polish.
Initially, I apply a single coat and wait for 2 minutes to let it dry and then, I apply the second coat. The nail polish dries to a sleek glossy finish and doesn’t necessarily need a top coat. The shade looks like a very dark aubergine color on my nails, just as it’s described by the brand. It stays on my nails for good 5 days without any chipping, but using a top coat prolongs the wear time even more. The nail polishes are free from all the 8 harmful chemicals. There are so many unique shades and I am waiting to get more.
Pros of Smith and Cult Nailed Lacquer – Dark Like Me:
- Free from 8 nasty chemicals.
- High glossy finish.
- Long lasting.
- Unique colors.
- Unique packaging.
Cons of Smith and Cult Nailed Lacquer – Dark Like Me:
- None.
IMBB Rating: 5/5
Will I Recommend/Repurchase Smith and Cult Nailed Lacquer – Dark Like Me?
Yes, I do recommend them highly for the lovely shades, and high glossy finish as well as the luxe bottles! Imperfection never looked so good 🙂
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