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Hi friends! Today’s blog post is for the Vice 2025 collection by Cirque Colors! The Vice collection is one of the annual collections that I always look forward to. This year’s Vice collection is inspired by 1980s Miami and features 3 new shades plus 4 re-promotes. One of those re-releases happens to be one of my most sought after Cirque Colors polishes!
The Vice 2025 collection is available right now on the Cirque Colors website. It should be up on Cirque’s various stockist pages shortly. You can use my affiliate code NicoleLovesNails to save 10% off the entire Cirque Colors website or on the Beyond Polish website.
As these are neon polishes, it’s ridiculously difficult trying to get them to be color accurate. I tried my best but just know, these are BRIGHT.
Cirque Colors is a US based indie brand. Their polishes are 11ml, non-toxic, Vegan and Cruelty-Free.
Live Swatch Video
Cirque Colors sent these to me as press samples to use for a sponsored video over on my YouTube channel but this post isn’t sponsored.
Boozy Brunch
Description: a neon coral crème
Boozy Brunch is one of the re-released shades originally released in 2018. Formula was really good but a little bit thinner in comparison to some of the other polishes in the collection but not too thin or watery.
My photos show Boozy Brunch in 2 coats plus glossy top coat.
Drama Queen
Description: a neon purple-magenta crème (New!)
Drama Queen is the only polish in the collection that isn’t eye searingly bright but it still feels very summery. Neon purples are rarely ever as bright as other neons. This one dries down quite a bit darker than it appears in the bottle.
My photos show Drama Queen in 2 coats plus glossy top coat but this was a one coater.
Drama Queen 1 coater. dries down darker and flat. 2 coats.
Miami-Dade
Description: a neon blue cyan crème
Miami-Dade was originally released in 2019. I did the goofiest goober happy dance when I saw this one was coming back. Totally lived up to the hype that I gave it!
Great formula that was a bit on the thicker side but still easy to work with. I used 2 coats for my photos.
This isn’t a dupe or that similar to the recently re-released Golightly (Creme de la Creme collection). It’s brighter and more aqua leaning in comparison.
White Lie
Description: a neon white crème (New!)
White Lie is probably the polish that is most.. surprising? Shocking? Confusing? in this release. This is a very bright stark white shade that also glows under UV light. Hence the neon part. 80s and 90s kids, think of the manicures you gave yourself in school with White Out.
This was pretty dang thick, it was just on the line of needing thinner. I usually find the more opaque the white, the thicker the formula is so I was terribly surprised since it was really opaque. This is the kind of white that I would reach for
My photos show White Lie in 2 coats plus glossy top coat. This is opaque enough in 1 coat that it would be a great base for nail art or paired with toppers. For wearing it on its own I would recommend 2 coats.
If you are curious how this compares to Cirque’s other white creme, Carpe Diem, side by side Carpe Diem looks more yellow toned and White Lie is brighter. I have side by sides of the two polishes in my YouTube Video.
Retail Therapy
Description: a neon fuschia pink crème
My love for wearing neon panks is forever at war with the hatred of photographing them. Good lord this was difficult to color correct, I’m honestly still not 100% happy with it but it’s close.
Retail Therapy was originally released in 2018 and re-released in 2020. This was just shy of being a one coater but as per usual, my photos show it in 2 coats plus glossy top coat.
Valley of the Dolls
Description: a neon bubblegum pink crème
As a pank lover, I love that we got two pinks in this collection. Valley Of The Dolls is more of a pastel neon, meaning it’s still a super bright pank but it has a lot of white added to lighten it up a bit.
This is one of the polishes in the collection that I would say is a 2-3 coater depending on if you are a chronic polish overworked like myself. If you can control yourself and do something sensible like the 3 stroke method, you’ll be good in 2 coats.
Valley Of The Dolls is another re-release but I don’t have a year on when it was originally released.
Suninn
Description: a neon bright yellow crème
Suninn Color correcting this one was rough. It is a bright neon yellow with the tiniest bit of a green/chartreuse lean. Not quite neon tennis ball yellow, it has more yellow to it than that.
Formula on this was good but it did self level a little bit slower than the other polishes in the collection. This is another one that will be a 2-3 coater depending on your application. Polish overworkers, try to control yourself so you won’t need to add a third coat!
Final Thoughts
A surprise to absolutely no one, I loved this year’s collection. Depending on the year, I usually either am super pumped for the re-releases or wishing there were more new shades. Seeing how I now finally have a fresh bottle of Miami-Dade, you will hear no complaints from me.
Suninn is my favorite from the new shades this year. It’s very much a summer appropriate chartreuse which I love wearing. I’m still pretty surprised that Cirque opted to include a white “neon” this year. After wearing it, I feel like it does make sense as it makes me think of white pedicures that feels very summery.
I goofed and didn’t get black light shots on my nails for these polishes but they do all glow under blacklight, even White Lies.
What do you think of this collection?
Cirque Colors
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Sale Information
The Vice 2025 collection is available now on the Cirque Colors website. This collection is sadly considered limited edition but usually the Vice collection is available all summer long. It should be popping up at Cirque Color's various stockist pages.
If you would like to pick this collection up feel free to use either my affiliate link or code. I do receive a commission when they are used.
Pricing
$12.50 for 11ml bottles
Bundle pricing $78.75 (direct link)
save 10% off with code NicoleLovesNails on CirqueColors.com and BeyondPolish.com
Just a heads up, Cirque did announce that they will be increasing their prices on their specialty finish polishes starting on June 1st. According to the email that went out the majority of the catalog won't be affected. I am guessing these cremes likely won't be part of the pricing increase but I wanted to mention it all the same.
Cirque Colors polishes are also available at the following retailers
- Rainbow Connection (UK)
- BeautyLish
- Beyond Polish use code NicoleLovesNails to save 10%
- BeautyLish
- Femme Fatale (Australia)
- Harlow & Co (Canada)
- Hypnotic Polish (Eu)
- Nailland (Eu)
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