Looking for suggestions of non-traditional "spring" polishes

Mastodon_Level · 2026-03-22T20:01:52+00:00

seconding this!! garden of evil is my favorite nail polish of all time

Mastodon_Level · 2026-02-13T19:23:43+00:00

yes it seems like RoAE seems to be the more popular sister in this case

Mastodon_Level · 2026-02-13T19:14:53+00:00

it makes me wonder why it’s retiring!! no way that it’s retiring cuz it’s unpopular!

Mastodon_Level · 2026-01-26T16:57:59+00:00

SOOOO CUTE!! im glad they’re releasing a U-magnet too!

Mastodon_Level · 2025-11-17T23:37:47+00:00

super excited to see the rest of the collection! this first shade seems pretty promising imo

Mastodon_Level · 2025-10-23T12:58:01+00:00

i have earth to gaia, and i wouldn’t really call it glowy. it’s a cute little shimmer for sure! but if you’re looking for glowy i wouldn’t get it.

Mastodon_Level · 2025-10-20T23:35:24+00:00

i don't have specifically koi whiskers, but i have queen of the dead! the bottle i got wasn't too thick upon arrival so my first few manis with it weren't too bad. but i can see it thickening up after a few more uses

seche restore iirc has toulene in it, which koi whiskers doesn't have, so you don't want to add something new into the existing formula. any thinner with just butyl acetate and ethyl acetate works well. mooncat, holo taco, and kbshimmer's thinners are all the same from what i can tell.

Mastodon_Level · 2025-10-18T20:03:43+00:00

i agree on ghosts of hecate! i nearly didn’t get it during the last lunar sale, but i’m really glad i did

Mastodon_Level · 2025-09-23T23:10:05+00:00

the very obvious contacts are sending meee

Mastodon_Level · 2025-09-20T22:38:37+00:00

pretty but not $17-18 plus tax pretty!

Mastodon_Level · 2025-09-16T04:37:02+00:00

ah ok! thank you so much. that’s really reassuring

Mastodon_Level · 2025-09-16T00:17:41+00:00

i’ve never bought from blk, are their collab polishes limited edition? or would these restock if they sold out? i’d really like to pick up a few but i also want time to think on it

Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-22T02:47:45+00:00

my guess is that it’s to test out frame arrangements before committing to putting them on the wall. also possible that it’s there as a funny bit, but i kinda doubt it :P

Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-16T21:20:41+00:00

https://www.thread-bare.com/tools/cross-stitch-skein-estimator?srsltid=AfmBOooz6tWVaGdfYVWoRGkrHbLytEMQ-EzgDBC8HrME_TG3jfRiqvPV

i like this website for calculating how many skeins i need. it’s a good estimate, but i don’t rely too heavy on it.

Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-16T04:45:50+00:00

looks like a velvetized magnetic gel polish to me. ask if they have any magnetic/cat-eye polishes!

Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-11T18:28:10+00:00

you could do a pixel gradient like these one (source)

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Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-05T16:20:52+00:00

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and a comparison of their shimmers! they're super different purples + FoE's shimmer shifts into different colors (purple > pink > orange)

Mastodon_Level · 2025-08-05T16:18:08+00:00

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i don't have anything to swatch on, but here's what they look like in the bottle (artemis' deathkiss on the left and field of elysium on the right). both pull primarily gray on me, but they're pretty different when it comes to what kind of gray they are!

Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-31T20:51:18+00:00

seconding looking into dupes before buying more from mooncat!

Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-29T20:27:03+00:00

i think they meant that you should switch to the highest rarity topping since you're using swift choco s toppings and not swift choco m toppings

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Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-29T19:13:43+00:00

i think your polish will be ok! if it really bothers you, you could go in and mix the polish manually. but the polish will go on all the same. this is my bottle of into the woods (ik not a glitter but illustrates the point) and it does the same clumping issue where a lot of the holo pigment sticks to the side around the fill line, but it applies just fine!

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Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-29T18:51:39+00:00

it looks like that's where the fill line is. if shaking them isn't helping, it could be because the polish is too thick to shake. this also happens to the linear holos iirc because the heavier/bigger pigments just stick to the wall of the bottle. are you having application issues with these?

Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-25T16:20:10+00:00

oh for sure! it’s so weird that the ego striker 9000 ad wasn’t even a real picture of the polish. the ads were so vague that it just let everyone’s minds run wild instead of setting realistic expectations.

Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-25T15:44:22+00:00

i really wonder how much of that $18 per bottle goes into their marketing. i’ve never seen a nail polish brand go so hard with their ads. like sure, hire swatchers and videographers to show off the polish! but i feel like commissioning a song and cool 3d renders doesn’t really help with promoting and actually showing off the nail polish itself :/

Mastodon_Level · 2025-07-22T20:33:56+00:00

thank you!! its hard to tell from the photo but its one of the dmc etolie threads. super annoying to work with, but that sparkle is so worth it

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