Review & Swatches - 6 new Catrice shades!

Hi loves! Last Friday I went to the Kruidvat on my lunchbreak, hoping to find the new Catrice polishes. I found an untouched display of them! I was so happy to see the new colors in store as I was very curious about a lot of them. I wanted to buy some more but mainly because I know swatches are always appreciated. They just wouldn't be colors I'd wear usually so they'll probably show up once, just not right away ;-). Please hit the read more button after the first picture to see all swatches I did!

Let's start with some info on the new line. The reason Catrice discontinued the complete collection was because this would be a new formula, also the brush got replaced. I must say I don't really get the new formula part, they aren't magic one coaters now. I also did not dislike the previous formula. The brush.. yeah. It got even worse I think. The first brush Catrice used was a nice, flat kind of brush. Not too wide, easy to control. They replaced it with a kind of OPI brush, but more rounded on the bottom. A little bit harder to manage but once you got used to it, it's fine. Now, it is still the same width, but there seem to be a bit more bristles making this brush more fat (spreading out more over the nail, which is hard to handle on small nailbeds) and the quality control seems to be gone, as most brushes are crooked in the bottle cap! They point to one side like they got hit or something. Poor brush. The amount of polish remained the same, the bottle shape remained the shape (though there now is a small dent in the bottom of the bottle instead of being flat), the bottle cap now has Catrice on top of it in relief. The price has been raised from € 2,69 to € 2,99. I don't see a reason why the price should have been increased.

Now, for the swatches! I'll tell you how many coats were used per swatch, I used Essence Studio Nails 24/7 Nail Base as basecoat, Essence Better Than Gel Top Sealer for topcoat.

Catrice Hugo Moss. This is a bright green jelly on the first coat, but builds up to a dark green. You can see on the edges how bright it actually is. On the bottle there is a recommendation to wear basecoat and I really think you should with this shade!

Application was a bit tricky. On my index I managed to get it nice and even in 2 coats, creating a little less dark finish. The other nails got 3 coats. It is shiny but even prettier with topcoat.

Catrice Purple Reign. A warm purple (color corrected already but it was hard top capture!) filled with blue iridescence shimmer. I really liked how the shimmer looked in the bottle and luckily it is also visible on the nail!

I needed 2 coats and this felt a bit watery/thin, though it has no problem i building up to opacity. The formula just didn't feel as buttery as I like with creme based colors.

Catrice Shopping Day At Bluemingdales. This color keeps confusing me, when I was photographing it, it showed blue while my nails looked like they were more purple. But, this does look colorcorrect if I hold the bottle in daylight! So, this is a bright blue, but it also has something slightly muted about it.

This applied very well, a good formula and 2 coats. This also has the basecoat recommendation and looking at the color I'd say they are right about that.

This is in daylight!

Catrice Petrolpolitan. This is a muted petrol green filled with the same kind of iridescence shimmer you find in Purple Reign. I liked how this looked in the bottle but it got kinda meh on the nail for me. Not sure why!

Application was fine, more creamy than Purple Reign and opaque in 2 coats. The shimmer is nicely pronounced but not overwhelming, it's a good mix.

Catrice Squeeze Me. This medium grey is filled with gorgeous gold shimmer and wow, I was so suprised by this one the nail! I am thinking that if you liked the idea behind Essie Armed & Ready, but the outcome not so much, this might be the polish for you. The shimmer has a different tone but the idea is the same, and this is stunning! The grey certainly has a green hint to it.

I needed 2 coats for opacity and this applied so good. The gold shimmer seems to be the same kind as the next polish has, and it applied equally good. maybe the shimmer helps?

Catrice Mint Me Up. You need this, like NOW. This mint creme holds copper flecks (yes!) and gorgeous gold toned shimmer. It is perfect, gorgeous, stunning. I love it so much!

Application was a breeze, this is the formula I love! Creamy, buttery, glides on easy, not pooling my cuticles. 2 coats and you are done!

I immediately thought of this one as a dupe for Butter London Two Fingered Salute, though I do think it might be more of a sisterhood rather than identical twins with these. What do you think?

Whew, there we have it, 6 new shades from Catrice! Tell me, what is your favorite?