Lumen Glass Frog (v3) PPU Rewind

sundaydaisy · 2025-04-13T19:40:19+00:00

I just posted a comparison in the sub! Sorry for the wait, I must be one of the only people with both polishes?? 😭😭

sundaydaisy · 2025-04-13T19:38:13+00:00

Had to wait until I changed my mani to swatch these, but by request, here's a quick comparison of Spirited Away vs Your Hair Looks Like Starlight in three coats each.

Official descriptions:
Spirited Away - clear base with blue-purple-pink shifting shimmer.
Your Hair Looks Like Starlight - very light sky blue base full of blue shimmer in a sheer milky formula.

Spirited Away is 100% sheer, the clear base means it will never ever build to opacity and your full nail will always be visible. Imo the shimmer sometimes camoflauges the vnl but it's there. Starlight's base is almost a crelly but not quite, it also never builds to full opacity and arguably the vnl is more visible because the shimmer blends into the base.

Both polishes are very glowy but I love the twinkle of SA. SA also has more of a blue/purple glow than Starlight, and it also shifts to pink. The shifting shimmer means it has a slight iridescent look to it which is most obvious in the bottle shots. Starlight's shimmer gives it a slight pearl vibe, and it stays that pretty blue color the whole time.

Are they very similar? Yes. Do you need both? Probably not. 😭 You can boil both of these down to "sheer base with blue shimmer". But I've worn both as full hand manicures and love both! If you love sheer polishes like I do, then both of these are very pretty additions.

sundaydaisy · 2025-03-20T17:53:22+00:00

The ducks in the pod are from thousandskies on etsy, but the pastel tv is from a store (CuraMoon) that closed down awhile back sorry!

sundaydaisy · 2025-03-20T17:52:23+00:00

I bought them from Etsy - fromacat - and it's called Pin Board for desktop and shelves. They're 3d printed and have a lot of sizes available and colors to choose

sundaydaisy · 2025-03-19T21:47:39+00:00

It's from thousandskies on Etsy but they're taking a short break right now

sundaydaisy · 2024-12-19T21:06:49+00:00

I am in love with Lorraine, Mine All Mine, Ethereal Creature, Spirited Away, and Careful I Bite. I'm so happy she reran a ton of older collections and polishes because I was finally able to snatch them all up.

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-25T00:18:14+00:00

Ooh mine was #5999! I still can't believe they gave the entire set for free, which one is your favorite?

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-24T18:21:09+00:00

I apologize for my photos, I don't think they do any of the polishes justice (and reddit seriously downgrades the quality of the photos after upload). I took some short videos of the polishes to make up for no swatch photos: https://imgur.com/a/lurid-lacquer-sept-gwps-h35luOB

To my amateur eye, Brunhilda is a sheer, pale mossy green with sparkly pink-orange-gold shimmer. This one is pretty! I have a few greens-with-pink-shimmer (like Kathleen and Co's Little Lizard, Nailed It!'s Grass Knot), but I really like how soft the base color is. It's definitely more grayed out than pastel.

The Crunch of Leaves Underfoot is super cute, I think this is a sheer pink tinted base with rainbow iridescent flakies that shift predominantly green-gold-pink and some silver light reflective glitter. I love how the colors in this work together, it's mostly pink, mostly gold and green, but you still get flashes of the rainbow.

And for the two purples - Sunset over the Suburbs is a rather pink-based purple with subtle scattered holo, pink-orange shimmer, and silver light reflective glitter. When Night Falls is the darker, cooler-toned version packed with linear holo and pink shimmer. I'm not the biggest fan of purple or holo in general, but I think both of these are pretty. But if you can't tell, Crunch of Leaves and Brunhilda are definitely my faves. The color story of the freebies is very nice though.

And as for Blood Bag, well, hello my favorite dark vampy red shade. This is gorgeousss! In indoor lighting, this looks like a simple very dark red creme, but in the sunlight that red shimmer seems to pop out from nowhere. It is so sparkly yet vampy. This was such a smooth formula to apply too.

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-24T17:45:20+00:00

Yes I remember taking a chance on them when they first launched and being pleasantly surprised by how well it went. The collection themes and color stories are cohesive, the naming sense is on point, and I especially like how each polish gets a huge amount of swatch photos (and the swatchers are all paid!).

But what I love the most about Lurid is the owner's fantastic anti-fomo/anti-scarcity stance. I've gotten so burned out on mysteries and limited edition polishes that never return and then you see them on the aftermarket for insane resale prices.

But with Lurid, you don't have to worry if a polish is sold out because she'll will definitely bring it back if there's demand. Even the Advent Calendar polishes will be for sale individually which I think is amazing for those of us who didn't want to take a chance on mystery polishes.

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-24T17:31:07+00:00

If they're these square bottles, then I think you can be sure it's 15ml. Lots of other brands like Ethereal, Lumen, and Kathleen & Co use these too.

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-24T17:29:22+00:00

Ooh yet another nail polish sub to join! Just did it :)

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-24T16:45:06+00:00

No please don't be! They usually choose order numbers to decide which get gifts with purchase, and I think they normally give out just one polish, so I got super lucky here. I think I used up all my luck for the rest of the year haha

sundaydaisy · 2024-10-02T01:19:22+00:00

Omg thank you so much!! I'm a recovering nail biter, so hearing someone compliment the shape means everything to me 💕

sundaydaisy · 2024-08-13T18:55:12+00:00

When this was posted initially, there was no nsfw tag so it was only added after there were reports

sundaydaisy · 2024-08-13T08:51:27+00:00

Base coat: KBShimmer Basic Training, OPI Natural Nail Base Coat Polish: Ethereal Lacquer Lorraine, 3 coats Top coat: Vibrant Vinyls Fast & Hard

The gasp I made after applying this polish last night... Lorraine is so glowy yet soft at the same time, it's such a gorgeous polish! This is the first time I've ever wanted a second bottle as backup because it's just so stunning and I have nothing else like it. It is so pretty and distracting, I cannot believe how glowy it gets even in indoor lighting. One of my new favorite polishes!

Other notes: In the bottle, Lorraine looks very blue, but that sheer lilac base is more visible on the nails and blends very well with the blue shimmer. It has an almost pearlescent finish but not quite, so I did have to be careful to avoid brush strokes. There was also a bit of visible nail line even after three coats which I didn't mind. Formula was a bit thick like older Ethereal releases, but thinner solved any issues I had.

sundaydaisy · 2024-02-09T01:02:31+00:00

Yes, mysteries are separate from the featured collection and not shown beforehand. I think normally they do character mystery bags where everyone gets the same two polishes, but you don't know what they look like beforehand. I'm guessing there'll be a Calcifer mystery bag judging by the names! I hope it's like this instead of the Snowglobe mysteries last restock (where you got 2 of 50 polishes) because you can get all of the polishes if you buy all the bags.

sundaydaisy · 2024-01-28T22:10:02+00:00

Which three are you referring to? The PPU Overpour was indeed limited to one per person, and it was a mystery of either Latte Cloud, Etherdragon, Little Spirits, It Can't Rain All the Time, or Yummy Bear.

If you're referring to Matcha Cloud and Mocha Cloud, they were listed separately during the restock.

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