As many of you know we had some SEVERE delays from the facility that fills our polishes for us. Grrr, every time I think of it I get a little cranky, so let's not focus on that. But FINALLY it seems like our polishes will be arriving this week! WAHOO! So it is time to plan part 2 of our sale.

The way this sale will work is those colors that we had on order, that sold out early in the sale will go on sale for $5 for up to 2 polishes per person. I received a lot of emails/questions with the last sale, so I want to make it clear. It is 2 polishes per person. Meaning if there are more than one orders being placed because you have a room mate, daughter, cousin, mother etc living with you, each person needs to place their own order and have it sent to them. We will cancel any orders that we deem are taking advantage of the sale because multiple orders are going through for the same person/address. You can't use your pets name and think we won't catch it. We will.  We strive on being number 1 in customer service, but that doesn't mean we want to allow people to take advantage of our generosity. Let's play nice and enjoy the spirit of the sale. So with that out of the way, let's get back to the fun stuff!

The colors that will be on sale are the following colors only: Enigmatic, Hypnotize Me, Cruisin' Nude, Let Me Fly, Iconic and Living Water. It appears that My Kind of Cool Aid will remain sold out for a bit longer. :( We will post a coupon code for $5 off up to any two of these polishes the day before the sale.

The sale will be for one day only on Saturday May 12th and we will change things up a bit and start this sale at 9AM EST and it will run until 8:59AM EST Sunday May 13th.

So if you didn't have a chance to get these colors in the last sale, hold tight, you will have a chance in just under 2 weeks!! WAHOO!!!

As I am getting further and further into the decorating of the office, I am coming up with more and more ideas. We are starting our office out by working on the storage area and the receiving/boutique area. This receiving area will serve a few purposes. We can have blogger events, open houses, local salons, interviews, photography, and of course work from this one multi-purpose space. I have ordered wallpaper for one wall, we have paint samples to try out, some of the furniture has been purchased, other furniture, we know what we want and yet have to plan. But the walls need to be a showcase of sorts. One of the things I want to do is put up pictures of our polish around the office. So we will use photos like these:

Have you checked out the latest jewelry website Bauble Bar? You guys know I love accessories as much as I love polish, so when I heard about this site I immediately had to check them out. I love just looking around their website, there are so many pretty things to see!

My favorite part of this site is the Buried Bauble on Fridays. If you sign up for a Bauble Bar account, which is just basically registering for the site, you receive an email every Friday with hints about what the buried bauble is. The buried bauble is a piece of jewelry you can score at a discounted price for $10 just by figuring out the hints. It's a fun little way to play and score big. I need to think of something like this for the Cult! I can only imagine the fun we could have! Hmmm....

A few Friday's ago they had this really cool looking necklace on their site as the hidden bauble. Unfortunately I don't see it on their site anymore, so it must have sold out. It is a Flouro Deco Pendant. It came in fluorescent pink, yellow, orange and black. I grabbed one in each color with the exception of pink. But I grabbed 2 yellow. One for me and one for a lucky one of you!


Just leave me a comment below to be entered. Let me know if you wear jewelry, if you have heard of the Bauble Bar and if you are loving these Buried Baubles as much as I am! Simple as that! The contest will run through the weekend and I will pick a winner on Monday! This contest is open to everyone including those internationally. Who knows I may throw in a bottle of polish or two to with your new necklace!


If you want to get in on the buried bauble action just sign up for an account at Bauble Bar and use my invite code if asked: 45859. (Full disclosure: if you sign up using my invite or code and spend $50 I get reward points for future vault purchases.)

In the mean time leave a comment to be entered to win this yellow Flouro necklace! (The necklace was purchased by me. I am not being paid or asked to write about Bauble Bar or to have this give away. I just want to share my excitement about my new find.) I can't wait to see what today's buried bauble will be...

I was feeling a little blah this week, and have been pretty busy as well. When I think of everything I have done and still have to do, it all feels a bit overwhelming, but in a good way. I was just talking to Juan the other day about how when I had a FT job, going into work everyday made me have such a heavy feeling. There were so many things I knew I needed to do and being stuck in an office all day, wasn't cutting it! Now I control my schedule and even when I am slammed busy, I never feel like that! It's great!

Many of you know we are moving Cult Nails into a new (to us) office in just a few short days. Now imagine you are moving into a new home and you have NOTHING to furnish it with. NOTHING! GAH! It is such an awesome yet crazy feeling. I get so happy that I get to pick everything and then I freak out with these random thoughts: "OMG! We have to buy a fridge!" "Do you think we need an area rug?" "How far in advance do I call the cable company for internet?" "Should we go pick the paint for the walls?" "What kind of desk should we get?" "Do you think they will leave the blinds for us?" "We need cleaning products for the office!" "Dang it, that means we need a broom and vacuum too!" You see where I'm going with this? I wish I had an unending wallet so I could just hire someone and give them my vision and then leave for a week on vacation and come back and see this beautiful office! LOL!

I think Ikea is going to be our saving grace and help us stay in budget for some furniture. Lowe's will also become a best friend since we want to build a bar/counter that can function as a nail bar if we have an event there, to being a work station to pack orders, to a place to sit and have lunch. The space is small so it needs to be multifunctional for us. I am wanting an old hollywood, nail bar, boutique feel to the space. Can I mix any more things together? In my mind I can see it. Budget wise, that is a whole 'bother ballgame!

My dream desk! It's the Hollywood Swank by Jane Seymour Collection. Financially, this will stay a dream though. One day...

Gorgeous seating by the Hollywood Swank by Jane Seymour Collection. It swivels! I was sitting on this one last night day dreaming at the store. LOL

I really think this is going to be the seating. This settee comes in a dove gray velvet with rhinestone buttons. Not appropriate for my house, but perfect for the office! This is also from the Hollywood Swank by Jane Seymour collection.

In the photos above you can see the damask wallpaper in the background. I'm thinking one wall accented in this print.

I would love a bar similar to this in there. This would double as my desk and work area.  It can serve double duty for me which is cost and space effective.

And of course because my life just wouldn't be my life with out a fully loaded schedule, I have two of my favorite cousins coming into town in just over a week (just days after we get the office keys) and they are staying with us. So we will have a full house for a weekend. I can't wait! We are also planning a mini reunion of sorts, I have a close cousin who lives just over an hour away from me who is also coming down. Then I have 2 cousins that moved to FL that I haven't seen since I was 13 or 14 that are coming down as well so we can all hang out. I can't tell you how excited I am to see them and get to hang with my all my cousins. I think the last time we were all together was when my family briefly lived in PR. So you know we are going to have a lot of fun! Maybe I can put them to work helping get the office ready? NAH! It's just going to be a fun weekend - NO WORK! (Well maybe a little work, I can't help but to always be thinking about the Cult!)

I have all today's orders packed already. I need to get them to the Post Office, get my house cleaned and get ready to go run some more errands. Exciting right? More updates soon!

 I knew I was going to wear my Fashion Star dress designed by Sarah Parrott and picked up by H&M. I had been saving it for my anniversary dinner. I love that it can be casual and dressy. Left in the original format this dress is super low cut! I actually sewed a button in to bring up the low cut front to a more appropriate for me length. But if I'm being honest, I was subconscious the entire night wishing I went a bit higher. Juan of course thought it looked great. But I always feel selfconscious letting the girls hang out. If I was still in my 20's I probably would have left the dress as originally intended.

 I couldn't resist, I just had to to the Jolie leg pose! I had to! How could I not?

The back of this dress does not allow for a bra thanks to the black mesh design. But I had a backless bra from Fashion Forms that worked great. I mean seriously though, I LOVE this dress! I want to go put it back on just looking at these pictures! OK so I'm just a little obsessed with these Fashion Star items!

 Of course since it was our anniversary Juan had to indulge me and take a picture with me!

On our way to dinner, Juan stopped at the mall. I really did not want to go into the mall all dressed up. But what girl can turn down the little blue box? This is my first ever item from Tiffany's. Ironically, I have purchased Tiffany's for one of my daughter's already and more than once, but nothing for myself. So this was pretty exciting. I have been eyeing a few necklaces from there, from the "inexpensive" to the ridiculous. Of course we went with one of the reasonable options, but it was exactly what I wanted and now I have a Tiffany's necklace and a Tiffany's diamond! WAHOO!


It is very tiny and delicate. Perfect for everyday use. Of course I did try on the much larger and much more expensive version while I was there, how could I not. But to be honest, this is the one I wanted. I actually was tossed between this one and another one that was a little bigger. But this one was perfect. I haven't taken it off since getting it!

Blogging has opened my makeup world to so much more than I could have ever imagined. At our last Central Florida Beauty Bloggers meet up, I had the pleasure of meeting the beautiful Safia from Lipstick Mixtapes. Safia is a local makeup artist in Orlando and she has worked on some major campaigns that include Universal Studios, Disney and Coach Leathers. When I met her, I was so impressed that she had started her lip stick line! I couldn't wait to get home and buy some of her lipsticks to try out.

First off I must say I'm not a huge lipstick fan for day to day wear. I don't usually wear it. More often than not, I wear lip balm every day. But when I go out at night I love a good lipstick! I want something that will last since I'm not fond of touchups. I want something that will not bleed and that will stay on my lips. I don't think that's asking for too much, do you? Lipstick Mixtapes did not disappoint.

I'm reviewing two colors here. Esther and Grind Time.

Grind Time is on the top and Esther is on the bottom

First up is Esther. Esther is what I would classify as a creme finish lipstick. It is very light feeling and is not quite sheer, but not opaque either. It is buildable to an opaque finish though. I had a tough time telling if I had this one on at first it is so close to my natural color. This is perfect if you like to wear a natural looking color for day.

I love how soft and delicate this looks. Almost like I'm not even wearing lipstick at all.

While swatting this I realized it looks similar to Cult Nails Bad Devious Nature - turns out they are an exact match to each other! Sorry for the crappy picture, I took it really quick once I noticed they are a perfect match.

On my lips it took on an almost magenta look once it interacted with my natural lip color.

The first day these arrived I was playing around and put on Esther and then Grind Time on top and then a little more Esther. LOVE! This is something I can wear! As a matter of fact, I have been wearing it quite a bit! It has become my go to color for nights out and I think it is the perfect contrast for my normally natural makeup look.  As for wear, it lasts several hours, easily. I wore it the other night for a friends birthday dinner and when I went to the bathroom after dinner and drinks, I found that it had faded a bit, but still looked great. It looked almost like a pink stain, the creme look was gone. But all in all for being close to midnight, I was pretty impressed and skipped the re-application.

What a week! I can't believe it's already almost over already! It feels like just days ago that I was posting that I was leaving my job to focus on Cult Nails full time. Now here I am working from home and well, it didn't last long, I'll be heading to an office everyday again real soon. But this time it's going to be Cult Nails office! WAHOO! Juan has been telling me for months that we need an office. I kept saying we have a warehouse space, I can totally work from home, why would I go to an office if I can work from home and store everything in a warehouse? I mean seriously. Well yet again Juan was right. Polish has taken over my house. While I love that, I hate it at the same time. I want my dining room back. So we found a tiny space that we can call home and it's just down the street from the house, so it's perfect! But this week was crazy while we were trying to finalize everything, I actually go sign the lease in just a few hours! Eek! We won't have access for a few more weeks, but as soon as we do I'll take pictures and post them. But I'm sure you all assumed that already!

We also just had a launch party on Tuesday for the Divas & Drama collection. I think I am going to try to do these for each collection. I'm undecided, but we will see. Maybe I can coordinate something with one of our blogger meet ups for an upcoming collection. Let's see.

Yummy cookies from Cultie RandomLanda on Twitter

Two of my lovely friends, they are the ones who put this amazing night together.

Giving the logo pose. LOL

I also received boxes full of rhinestones and studs for nail art. We also received the gold flakes a few weeks ago. This will be the start of some nail art supplies on our website. We will add more depending on how this goes. I tried to get different things than what you normally see. I got some square and rectangular rhinestones, some pretty multi color gemlike "stones", square, octagonal, circle and other various shape studs. Just some cool looking stuff. They won't be available for sale for a few weeks though. First they all need to be photographed and named and then the site needs to be updated. It'll be crazy. Juan wants to introduce a handful at a time because otherwise it will take him forever to update the site. So while we work on this, we have a job for some of you!

Looks so pretty here, but I had to inventory thousands of these! Bleh!

We are looking for individuals who may be interested in using some of these items along with our polishes for some nail art photos that we can use on our website. You don't have to be a blogger, but if you are, you are free to post about the products your receive. You just have to be able to follow through and meet the deadline, and send us hi-res photos for use on our site. Simple! :) If you are interested just send us an email with a sample nail art photo and we will let you know if we select you! You can email me at maria @ cultnails.com (no spaces)

My nail art using Bad Devious Nature and the square studs. Keeping it simple!

That's the latest update for this week. For those who have been following since the beginning, can you believe I'm getting an office! AAHHH! It's tiny and not at all fancy or anything, just a little space to call Cult Nails, but still! AAAHH! I'm afraid to pinch myself, I don't want to wake up yet!

I haven't blogged in over a week now. Have you missed me? LOL! This post is so long over due.  It was so hectic last week with packing orders, that there was just no way I was going to stop to write a post. Although, somehow over the last few years it has become a sort of cathartic process for me, so I have been dying to get back on here. As things grow and change so hasn't my blog and I see it is evolving yet again. I hope to be able to continue to post at least three times a week though.

Juan is finally able to grow a stache and it comes in grey!  LOL!

Feel Me Up... butter cup.... (OK so only some of you may get this, but still!)

Can I just say I had the beginning of a migraine when I took this picture! I took some meds but they just weren't working enough. But I persevered puffy eyes and a ton of makeup and all! LOL!

Polish burrito rolling that is! Many of you know that we wrap each bottle of polish we ship in 100% recycled packing paper that is also 100% recyclable. They have been dubbed polish burritos.

Polish burritos! Yum!

Side view of the hair cut

I had so much fun at the event that took place at The Millennia Nails & Day Spa in Orlando. I am a huge germaphobe an getting my nails done in a salon is just petrifying to me. But this salon is top notch! They are so clean and after talking to the owners about their salon and of course Cult Nails, I was so glad I went to the event! The owners really care about the salon and the quality of the work they do. They are into doing amazing looking nails, nail art and polish! While I was there to network with the amazing ladies that attended the event, I was glad I had time to talk to the owners. I ended up getting the most amazing pedicure and now have one more place to add to my list of places I have to go to when I'm in Orlando. One of the owners showed me some nail art she did and I can't get the design out of my head, so one day soon I am going to try to recreate it for you. Otherwise I'll need to go to Orlando again so she can do my nails! 

Do you have your calendars marked yet? Saturday marks the big day!! WAHOO!! I have to admit I'm a bit nervous. If all goes well the Divas & Drama collection arrives on Friday. That means that I will be wrapping polish burritos all night Friday night well until the wee hours of the morning. From there it is packaging orders and trying to get them all out the door so we can begin packing orders from the $5 sale. I was hoping the Divas & Drama collection would make it to me early so that I could work on packaging the $5 sale starting on Saturday. And if that isn't enough, Saturday is one of my BFF's b-day. Tonight the girls are all going out for pre-birthday drinks with the ladies group we belong to, then Saturday a few of us are taking her out to celebrate. So in the middle of the sale, I have to leave to celebrate a birthday! YIKES! It should be fun answering any Tweets or FB questions while still being present at the dinner! Oh no - I just realized I haven't bought her gift yet! What do you get a girl who loves to dress up like you, but has WAY more clothes and shoes and accessories than you? *hits head on desk* I need to find her something fantabulous!

OK back to the sale. The sale will start at midnight EST on April 7th. It will go on until 11:59PM EST on April 7th. The $5 can be used toward regular in stock polishes and treatments. (Limited Edition polishes will not be included - Toxic Seaweed & Seduction).

Based on poll results the majority wanted us to either delay the sale or allow backorders. We went with neither of these options. We came up with an entirely new option. We will hold a separate 1 day only $5 sale for the items we have on back order when the new stock arrives. Because the delay could be several weeks, we didn't want to get into a backorder situation. We will limit that sale to 2 polishes as well. So theoretically between the two sales you could end up with 4 polishes for $5! Wahoo! To make it worth your while, first you need to know which polishes are on re-order status.

Hypnotize Me actually sold out last weekend and we have already re-ordered that. So that will be included in the 2nd sale. Enigmatic, Iconic, Living Water, Let Me Fly, In a Trance and Get it On are all also scheduled for our re-order. They each have less than 200 currently available in stock right now.

We also have low stock on a few other colors, that came out of no where. We had a strong stock available when we re-ordered colors and then all the sudden sales increased and bam! now they are low stock! So a heads up if these are on your list. Awakening, My Kind of Cool Aid and Quench all have less than 200 available in stock now. We have to re-order them, but have not done it yet. Once they sell out, they could be unavailable for about 3-4 months, because unfortunately that is how long it takes with verifying the colors and formula of the new batch matches the original and all that fun stuff.

The rest should be good. I think, I hope... I think this covers all the questions. But feel free to leave any that I am not thinking of in the comments, via Twitter or on our FaceBook wall. Hope you all enjoy the sale and thank you again for all your amazing support of our small brand!

I have been wanting to chop my hair off for a few months now. But at the same time I love my long hair. I love extremes I guess. But last week I went to trim my hair as many of you know by now and I accidentally cut off more than I originally intended. This has left me with hair right at just longer than shoulder length and I have to admit, I am just not feeling it. So as I sit here with this hair, I am debating on making the cut. I have spent some time pinning some short hairstyle on my  and now I just need to decide how short do I want to go?

My former long hair - and this is in a ponytail!

My new shorter length

So while I want to chop it all of into a cute updated pixie cut (and believe it or not I used to have a pixie cut and I loved it, just didn't love the need for a haircut every 6 weeks. I am just not that high maintenance!) So I was thinking maybe I should go a bit shorter to start out and if I'm feeling up to taking on the maintenance then I go go shorter from there. Plus it won't be this sudden drastic change. Which in my 20's I was all for, it's just hair after all, it'll grow back. But now the whole drastic change thing just isn't for me. Here are some shorter styles I pinned. (you can see more on my if you're interested.