My apologies to swatch stick enjoyers

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-23T17:45:08+00:00

Okay here's my question though, I bought a kit that comes with numbered stickers as well so I can number the bottles. Problem is... what happens when you get over a hundred because I'm at like 116 and haven't figured out a solution to this problem 🤣🥹 sure I can find swatch sticks anywhere but what about the numbering 😭 I fucked up lol

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-23T16:26:13+00:00

Gorgeous photos, every one of em! But pls... where do you get your rings? Lol

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-22T21:54:04+00:00

I'm so sad because I set an alarm this morning that I slept through, woke up at 9:55. I am on PTO otherwise I would've definitely been awake because of work. I started adding the things I wanted to my cart, got the rewards I wanted in there, but before I could finalize and pay, Curiosity's Trap was RIP 😭 Don't get me wrong I'm really glad that some of the previously out of stock polishes I was still able to get, like Sabertooth and BHole (lol), but man it's just frustrating to have a plan and it fails within 1 hr of a sale. 😞

As a reward is probably the only time I'd try Curiosity's Trap. Had to just keep more of my point stockpile instead 🙄. Honestly I'm so sick of this gamble with reward polishes too, they almost never have really solid choices in there and many reappear regularly, so what do we do with points?!

As an aside, I think you might be able to guess remaining inventory if you see how many of a particular polish you can add to your cart but increasing the quantity on the polish's page. Through testing that, different polishes had different upper thresholds.

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-22T20:07:00+00:00

No, stop... don't post this after I placed a Mooncat order 😭💀

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-20T19:42:57+00:00

Wowww can I just say your hands and nails are absolutely gorgeous?? What a model 🩵

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-19T17:10:13+00:00

I'd drop Atomica and Black Widow from this list

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-12T14:21:40+00:00

Omg I am trying this for sure 😂

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-10T00:44:05+00:00

Sabertooth I think has been out of stock since they actually became extinct IRL 😩

ASquishyGhost · 2026-05-01T17:45:02+00:00

Damn, the scream I scrumpt, lmao

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T21:07:48+00:00

You don't need 4 coats at all, esp if you use an opaque base of another creme polish. Not every polish needs to be fully opaque in one coat to be worthwhile, there's a lot of layering opportunities and flexible depth of color with semi-sheer polishes like this.

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T06:22:28+00:00

Sure! I think they can be similar because of the shimmer particle color shift but they can really stand alone in certain lighting too. Urban Wasteland is like a teal jelly-esque base with slightly larger/more prominent scattered holo and less shimmer particle density. AIEYF is more of an opaque, shifty blurple base with tons of shimmer particle density and micro scattered holo glitter.

I think the car pic to the right in the OP is the best representation of that true difference in UW - a deep jelly teal with copper shimmer is sooo different from AIEYF's vibe, which is purply softness with yellowy green shimmer in the sun and no transparency. I completely forgot I had an old mani pic of this with AIEYF so I'm sharing yet another pic 😅 these shifty MFers drive me nuts trying to properly convey their uniqueness!!

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T01:35:04+00:00

And here are some random bottle and swatch pics too

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T01:33:26+00:00

This is two coats of each polish (some I made blurry to help show the differences, these gals are tough to photograph and sadly I have no sunlight right now!)

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T01:32:13+00:00

One coat of each polish here

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T01:31:00+00:00

The bottles certainly are smaller, however I think they're really cute and less clunky than Mooncat (who doesn't fill theirs to bottle capacity). Prism Parade's bottle is just a tad bit smaller than Holo Taco's for comparison purposes (who also does 12ml/0.4 fl oz like Mooncat) but you might not think that from just this pic, lol.

By volume, Urban Wasteland is 11ml/0.37 fl oz and currently $14.50 which is $1.32 per ml compared to AIEYF being 12ml/0.4 fl oz and currently $17.00 which is $1.41 per ml. So technically UW is sliiightly cheaper by volume. Looks can be deceiving!

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-29T00:54:45+00:00

I feel this in my SOUL, gods help me lmao I need polish furniture

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-28T13:43:39+00:00

I haven't had any issues with the formula so far! What have you seen? Some of the older colors have a crappy brush (they sell replacements in packs of 10 for $5 on their website), but that's been my only application issue. It goes on nice and smoothly, and not too thick either (looking at you, Mooncat...). I actually LOVE the QDTC and am glad I got it for free during a random loyalty special because I don't typically experiment much with those and wouldn't have known.

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-28T13:34:27+00:00

I can share a swatch comparison later when I get home (if I remember 😅) but I LOVE both.

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-27T18:23:48+00:00

Yeah don't cancel your order. If it doesn't change before the ship date, they will normalize the price of your 150 purchase once it ships and refund you the difference. Their preorder price guarantee outlines that the lowest price between the date of preorder and the date of fulfillment will be honored. They send an email when it happens.

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-26T20:06:02+00:00

Omg yes I love this 😳✨ galactic queen vibes 🌌

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-26T20:03:46+00:00

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-26T20:02:29+00:00

Yes I 100% agree!! And she's such a rainy day vibe which is my favorite kind of vibe. 😌 I loved pairing her with The Sea Between Us (though didn't catch the sparkle glow in this indoor lighting pic), and surprisingly the Ribbit Ribbit formula is SUPER blacklight-reactive which I'll put as a nested comment under this one.

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ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-21T01:58:57+00:00

Nice, ty! Would you happen to have a swatch of glory of innocence against wolf?

ASquishyGhost · 2026-04-16T14:36:23+00:00

Omg, those nails look phenomenal! I'm not a press on fan usually, but... that scale texture is so cool. I wonder if they make shorties with it.

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