CND Black Platinum and Zoya Freja are pretty close but not the same. Black Platinum is slightly more frosty and metallic. Freja has a slightly more bluish tinge. CND Hyde in the Dark has the best coverage of the bunch, it two coats where all the others (except for Dying Love) looked best with three. It’s my favorite from this bunch. Color Club After Hours gave me some cuticle drag issues. That didn’t happen to me before when I swatched this color so I’m going to blame my haste in painting. Finally, Misa Dying Love is the darkest from this set, close too black. It also had great coverage at two coats.

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CND decided to do away with over half their collection. MORE THAN HALF!?!? Can I just tell you guys that this news made me die a little inside. I love CND, especially their style book. I can only hope that the company isn’t going under and that they’ll continue to release their seasonal collections. I have a huge CND wish list and now I feel incredible pressure to order everything on the list this very instant. *sobs quietly*

Special thanks to MUA’s Sdevil23 who scanned this announcement for us.