Nicole was wearing it Sunday and it looked so pretty on her. It reminded me that I don’t think I ever wore it in a full mani. Also, I remember when Kelli swatched the collection, she liked Pixie Party better, which is unusual because she usually prefers anything with a purple base. But Fairy Dust is very coppery.
The fairy dust slander 💔💔💔 lmao I’m just kidding. Honestly I love it and I hope they come out w more colors in that finish! It’s gonna be my next manicure I think :)
So fun! I actually really did laugh out loud when you compared bar glitter to shaving your legs! 😄😆😅😂🤣 I despise bar glitter and have never understood it's appeal. I really enjoyed your video today! Thanks for posting!
Go take a look at the DVN 2024 Spring collection 😂 they have a thermal with bar glitters called The Sink After He Shaves 😂 and it really does look like that 😂😂
I sooo agree with you about nail polish prices. Even for mainstream. I remember when Zoyas were $8. And Essies were also about 8 dollars in stores as well. Cirque Colors prices are indeed crazy. The first time I ordered from them I was shocked at the bottle size. I recently went on their site to look at some of their new colors.. I couldn't believe I was at $56 after adding 4 polishes.
Cirque wasn’t quite as bad until they raised prices to pay for the new lids and wide brushes. It’s ridiculous because I’ve seen many people say they wouldn’t buy because of their teeny brush. Increased sales could have absorbed it with strong marketing.
omg yeah Zoya now being $12 and with a skinny brush??? no thanks lol. it’s been a while since I bought essie but I feel like their new brush & formula at least make up for being $10~ ? and omg yeah re: Cirque, if I remember correctly they announced their price increase maybe 6 months before implementing the new wide brushes.. 🫣
The top coat one - i started out my nail journey using both Seche Vite and Seche Vive, and while they're both fantastix when the bottles are new, i CANNOT STAND the shrinkage and so i will never use them again. But i know so many people still love them both! Ive fully switched over to Essie Gel Setter and the Essie Gel Couture top coat.
aghh yeah the shrinkage is awful with Seche Vite! i actually didn’t experience much shrinkage with Vive and loved using that one for a while. but i’ve heard great things about the Essie topcoats! i’m glad those have worked for you 🤩
Mooncat is probably my favorite boutique brand, but I absolutely refuse to try the Speed Demon topcoat because I find the price obscene. It's more than a dollar per ml, for a TOP COAT! With the rate I go through the stuff, you can rip my $6.50/15ml KBShimmer top coat (or the newly $8 top coat from Glisten&Glow) from my cold, dead hands. Still love Mooncat though, they can take my money via other products lol
This is totally valid, I know it’s pricey! I do wanna try the KB one since I’ve heard great things about it & would love to call that my holy grail since it’s cheaper lol!
I have stopped buying from cirque colors for the price point. I just can't rationalize the high peice and small bottles. Especially when I can grab bigger bottles from other indie brands off of polished pickup for (usually) cheaper.
I always buy Cirque during their Black Friday deals. They usually have a week after Black Friday where they sell shimmers and jellies with 25% off and that’s my chance to grap the polishes from my wishlist.
@@Diametricallyopposed00 This is maybe the third comment I've seen in a few weeks that mentions Cirque jellies not drying. This is so curious to me! It has to be a body chemistry thing, yes? I only recently got into their jellies (mostly from Stefanie's influence) and I love them. They dry fast. I'm really curious about why or how the formula reacts differently to different people. I'm new to nail polish world and still learning lots
Yeah honestly it’s best to wait for a sale when shopping cirque! And taking advantage of their rewards program too. I’ve seen a few comments as well about jellies not drying on people, and find that so strange since I’ve never had that issue! If it’s specific to jellies then yeah I would assume it has something to do with whatever ingredients just not meshing well with the persons body chemistry, but I have no clue lol
I feel you with Ethereal and Lumen. I try to be very careful about the mysteries, because I often don’t love everything I get 😅 Oh no, chartreuse! It’s so funky and weird that I love it! 🤭 I consistently buy Holo Taco’s least popular polishes without realizing it, I must have weird tastes 🤣!
people who buy mysteries are so brave honestly lol i’m far too picky to spend money on something I probably won’t love 🤣 and aww yeah someone else had mentioned they usually end up loving Holo Taco’s worst sellers too! it’s fun when she puts those in bundles though, makes it easier for you to shop them 😝
@@PolishedYogi I’m a fool for doing the mysteries honestly, it’s not bravery 🤣! And it’s kind of ok with HT, I feel like part of an exclusive “we like ugly stuff” club 🤣
I actually bought Fairy Tail because you made me fall in love with it in one of your favorites videos haha Also, not me with my 5 bottles of glossy taco... It's the only boutique/indie topcoat I've really ever used and I decided to stock up during their sale.. Maybe it's time I try the Mooncat one!
Omg that means so much lol!! im so glad you were able to see its beauty & fall in love with it 🥹 And hahaha look if it works for you then that’s great!! But maybe if you’re planning to shop mooncats lunar sale you could throw in a bottle of topcoat to finally try it 😝
I just can’t get on board with plain jellies. Without flakies or holo or shimmer, they just look a mess on me. I am now more into multichromes when I used to hate them, but again only with something else. Most hyped brand to me is Bees knees. Like calm down. The people selling them for like $80 online because they’re so amazing???? I just don’t get it. Most hyped polish for me is the mooncat monarch one. I just don’t get it either.
That’s def fair! I do love a little sparkle in my jellies too hehe. And ooo that’s true about BKL also being overhyped! I feel like a lot of it died down tho after they took that hiatus last year(?) bc it seems like I see people go crazy over Ethereal/Lumen now (funny though tho that’s also kind of dying as people are noticing-similar to BKL-they end up releasing very similar shades to what they have) the resale aspect is also insane!!! I do think a lot of them are beautiful but definitely not worth the amount people are asking for 🤣 I can also see that about FotM too, even tho I do really love that one lol
Oh my gosh, I love this series! I love all your thoughtfulness. I love bling and crazy polishes on my toes. Loud finishes like Wildflower Foxfire are perfect for my toes. I like to see the finish pop from a distance. In the Summer I like to put funky finishes like holo, glitter bombs, solar and thermals, and neons. So much fun at the pool!
Such a great Saturday entertainment, I love it! I am so with you regarding Fairy Dust. I find on me it is not contrasting enough next to my skin tone nor is it sparkly flashy enough to make up for it. Trend I didn‘t like the first couple of times and not liking it any more today: crackled polish. Oh and frosty finishes (when I was a kid that was the finish „ladies of a certain age“ would wear). I rather pay an Indie brand USD 14.00 than a Boutique brand USD 16.00 (especially since I can dupe their collections with my stash most of the time). I had to chuckle over your remark about red nailpolish. That‘s pink for me. I also don‘t wear yellow or white or peach. And ugh bar glitter. Re Top Coats: QDTC by Indie brands are my jam, I am a sucker for Cuticula‘s scented QDTC
I think I have two unpopular opinions for the overhyped polish but Mooncats Sabertooth and Flight of the Monarchs are beautiful but like….not that special?? Like pretty for sure but….not sure why people were losing their minds 😂😂 it made me feel crazy for not being obsessed lol. And for one I’m obsessed with that I never hear about- I LOVE ILNP Clover!! I think it’s so under hyped. So sparkly!! But I know not everyone loves that color.
Ok that’s def fair and I would agree about Sabertooth, but idk Flight of the Monarchs def had me in a chokehold 🙈 BUT I do get it too lol 🤣 And omggg lmao I lowkey hated Clover when it came out!! 🙈 def not my usual color buuut I did see someone share it on Reddit recently and I was like you know what it’s not thattt bad? So I’ll have to pull it out again. I definitely do love that finish though!
Hahaha yessss on Fairy Dust. To be fair I haven’t put it on yet but I ordered it and once I saw it in person I just didn’t get it. Hopefully I fall in love when I put it on but I feel like there are tons of indie polishes that are similar.
The price of indie and boutique nail polish has increaaed significantly. The other thing that bothers me is the very expensive shipping some brands charge; there was one that was applying $14 shipping for a 6 polishes collection. I know mooncat and HT are expensive, but the rewards are amazing. Some smaller brands also have rewards, and I love that.
omg yes the shipping prices too! $14 for just shipping is insane?? 😫 i def agree about the MC/HT rewards! i usually will try to order enough to get free shipping lol or wait for a sale so it like evens out!
I only have responses for some of these, but here goes (sorry for the long comment lol): 3 - A Nail Polish Finish You Don’t Like: Cremes, which is funny because when I started painting my nails in ... 2018(?) I would only buy cremes and use matte topcoat every time. But once I found more interesting finishes like multichromes and magnetics I rarely wear cremes now. 4 - A Brand You Think is Overpriced: Mooncat. I bought five of their polishes on a 20% off sale and I was so pumped to try them, but I just don't love the formula and their magnetics don't react as well as other brands for me. When ILNP is right there with a diverse catalogue and each polish is several dollars cheaper than Mooncat, I just can't justify buying Mooncat. I feel similarly about Holo Taco. 6 - A Trend You Didn’t Like At It’s Peak, but Do Now: A silly answer because I actually don't own any in this finish, but Jellies! I used to think they were dumb, but now I want to buy some. It's just a shame a lot of brands don't do them or they're expensive or not easily accessible. I would love to buy several jellies for a skittle but most are out of my price range right now. If I could pick up jellies during a drugstore run, I'd do it but mainstream brands don't really make them. 7 - A Color You Don’t Wear Often or At All: Because I'm a guy who paints his nails I've always leaned toward more masculine colors (whatever that means, and I'm not saying men/male-identifying people should only wear dark colors lol) so I never wear nudes/neutrals, reds or pinks and I rarely wear brights or neons. But something that bugs me is when men only use black. Like... there are so many good alternatives to black -- any deep jewel color will do or even grey/gunmetal. But I usually stick to deep greys, blues, greens, purples burgundies. That's also why I love multichromes because a lot of them are already deep in color. Ok, that's it! Thanks for the video, Stefanie!
Thank you for another lovely and fun video. Just love them! 💖You mentioned two RUclipsrs in the beginning: Hillary (who I know) and Nicole (who I don't know). Would share the channel name for Nicole? I'm always looking for new nail polish channels! My favourites are you, Hillary and somecallmecoco. Greetings from Germany! 💌
Hello!! 🇩🇪🤗 thank you for such a sweet comment! You can find Nicole by her channel called “Nicole Loves” - it used to be Nicole Loves Nails but she’s recently been including cooking/lifestyle stuff too which is fun! I hope you’ll enjoy her content and reviews ☺️
My unpopular opinion on your unpopular opinion (which essentially makes my opinion popular) - Fairy Dust is way more beautiful than Pixie Party. It was my favorite polish of 2023.
I've only been into nail polish in general since January of this year so I don't have much of an opinion on a number of these questions but I can say I find it very hard to justify spending on high priced cremes and what I consider to be boring (but still beautiful) looking polishes. KB Shimmer has been an amazing find for me because they are almost $5 cheaper than other indie brands and are large bottles. I'm in Canada so some of these indie brands are $20 and it's pretty painful given how horrible our inflation is right now.
YESS omg seeing cremes go for basically over $10 is just so crazy to me! And I can’t get behind people justifying it saying that the formulas are better bc more often than not, they aren’t lol 😬 KB is def an amazing and affordable brand!!
I mostly buy crème polishes from mainstream & buy specialty finishes from indie makers. A fave indie maker had a spring crème collection I recently bought & had bald spots & needed about 4 coats for opacity. I thought they would have been perfect since I’ve bought many specialty polishes from the maker & loved but 🤷🏼♀️
@PolishedYogi For cremes I've been buying Revelon HD Snap for my cremes and Amazon has them for $8 CAD which is reasonable. They are one coat and a nice formula!
My unpopular opinion is usually HT & Mooncat. I think both are overrated. I’m not saying that they are bad & I do own polishes from both but I also have a tendency to need to hate what the popular opinion is 😂 I try to not follow trends just to spite the trend, I’m goofy like that 😊
"A Polish You Like But Think is Overhyped" -- for me it's House of Hades! To be fair I don't have it myself, but am I wrong in thinking that it seems so easily dupe-able with a dark crème or jelly plus Freezer Burn/Sonic Unicorn Skin from Holo Taco? Thanks for the fun video by the way! This is my first comment, I usually just lurk haha. :)
For me personally, I've been disappointed by SO MANY "royal blue" nail polishes that weren't as bright and punchy as I want personally. I dont think its un-dupable or the best blue ever, but it is a gorgeous super punchy bright blue IMO. IDK if worth the hype, but it's good 🤷
hello! thank you for commenting hehe I lurk a lot too so i get it 😝😶🌫️ with House of Hades, maybe I don’t own that many intense glowy blues but to me I was like WHOA this is intense and worth the hype. i wouldn’t say its not dupeable bc i think OPI has a polish from their zodiac collection last year that was super similar, BUT i definitely don’t think Freezer Burn or Sonic US over a dark base would give anywhere near the same effect-maybe unless you sponged them on? idk if i’ve seen anyone try that but i’d be curious to see the difference!
I could see why you think that about HOH but Mooncat has really perfected that inner glow look. Lurid Lacquer - the new brand - might unseat them. Someone in the Mooncat group today was bemoaning the lack of golds. I thought - I could point you to about 20 options in other brands!
Mooncat’s House of Hades should have won awards!! (Lolol I know people will say this is overhyped 😂) Same with Jellies or super sheer tints! Hahaja “Go girl give us nothing” Reddit can be funny. Kismet is beautiful. I also laugh when people complain how something is too sheer and they had to use like five coats. Hahaha don’t use it then. Omg! I also don’t like the bar finish. I also don’t like when something is rebranded that was out for a while! It’s the same in makeup. I don’t wear a lot of red nail polishes but for some reason I have several cream (my least favorite finishes 😂) ones. I guess many years ago when I used to buy polishes randomly, I always chose red! I am new to polish as I have mentioned a million times before(lol) BUT YES!! I al over Lumen and Ethereal. I do not like the FOMO and I avoid it in makeup so I have decided to do that in the indie polish world. It’s also why I am glad I am on a no buy and not doing Hella Handmade and PPU these past four months. I hate only having like three days but really three hours as they sell out quickly. It’s too much. All of the polishes you showed that don’t get enough love were gorgeous 😮 I really enjoyed this video💃🏿
hahah i knoww some people were sooo not into HoH !! but i loved it lol 🤣 and i knoww as mean as i think reddit can be sometimes, they really are soo funny! i love to lurk 🤭 oh rebranding is def a good one! esp when its more than just the label/name and the whole bottle is different too, i know people HATE that 🙈 thats so true too that even PPU/HHC are fomo inducing 😶🌫️ idk why i’m more forgiving of them, maybe bc they usually have higher caps, or bc i’m only really interested in a few brands 🤔 but so glad you loved those few retired shades i shared in the end!! ugh my heart aches over them not being available anymore, they were sooo pretty. it also makes me nervous to see what others i shared will be retired next year 😭
I love these videos! My hot takes are: I don’t wear a lot of pink, but I have found some that I love (MC Sand Viper ily) I actually love chartreuse and “prugly” colors, but used to avoid them because I was told they were super ugly so it’s partially a rebellion haha I agree about the trending renaming of colors, it’s too much but at the same time, I can see how it romanticizes a certain color and make it feel like a fun moment. I hate, haaaaaaaaate speckled nail polish. I don’t love PP collections that are all slight variations on the same two colors. I respect the originality but not my thing. I think reflective glitter is nearly pointless if it only shows up well with flash or on camera. Glossy Taco has not been great for me, agree! Jellies rule! I wasn’t sure at first but now I’m all the way on board. I hated matte finish at the height of its popularity but I really like it now!
This was so fun! I always love learning more about you beauty! 💖Here are my answers: I do not really have an answer for numbers 1 & 2 😆🤷🏼♀️ 3. I am not really a fan of the milk bath nail trend. At least not milky nails on their own. I do like them layered and with nail art. 4. I never realized how expensive Cirque was until we were talking about it one time. But I just do not understand why brands like Dior, Chanel, Hermes, and Louboutin are SO insanely priced. It used to be back in the day that Dior had my fav brush…but now so many more mainstream brands have such good paddle style brushes. But their brush and formula are still one of my favs, esp among luxury brands. But I only will buy if they are on-sale, or I’ll ask for a specific color as a gift for my B-day or something. I received a Louboutin in a pinky beige called Tutulle back when they first were released and I absolutely despised the brush. But the bottle was super cool and unique. 5. The trend I never really could get behind was the “glazed donut” nails. I just don’t think you can properly achieve that look without using gel chrome. So I just didn’t bother much with it. 6. The trend I didn’t really like at first was jelly nails…but you have converted me 💯🥰. Now I love them and it just evokes that summer popsicle look I really love! 7. I don’t really wear many browns. It’s not that I don’t like them, but I just gravitate towards different colors in the fall and winter when I would wear them. 8. The polish I like but think is WAY overhyped is BKL Doomicorn. I know SO many people will @ me for that! 🤣 9. The topcoat I don’t really like is surprisingly ILNP. I wanted to like it but I got shrinkage with it. The other one that is popular that I tried to like was Cuticula. It gets so stringy! Nothing compares to G&G and Mooncat for me. They are super glossy, plumping, and I have zero shrinkage with either. 👏🏻 10. A polish I don’t think gets enough love is a topper actually. The KB shimmer Out Of Sequins is just SO SO beautiful and adds a little magic to any mani! ✨✨✨
I’m right on with you on a lot of these. I wanted to particularly highlight your point on Fairy Dust - love it, but I too, especially as a Libra 😂, feel like Pixie Party is it. I was like it’s the pink of all pinks calling all pink lovers.
@@PolishedYogi yes girl I was dead when I saw that ☠️ I almost bought it just bc of the name but I ended up passing since it's a thermal and I already have quite a few I need to use up before they die. But yeah, that was too much for me 😂😂😂 it really does look like the sink after my husband shaves tho... If my sink was pink.
Interesting perspective on Dark Horse. I get it and agree with you. I do love that shade but not even half as much as say Dragon Scales or Not Today satan. Jellies - I can see where they look amazing on you and don't necessarily look good on everyone. I liken visible nail line to toe cleavage in shoes where the top comes down too low and you can see the cracks between toes LOL. and YES! Barf to bar glitters. Yukky! me too with chartreuse and reds. Fairy Dust - any time i wear that I end up putting a topper on it so i get it. It's pretty but to me it is missing something. My answers - a popular polish I don't like would be Whiskey Sunise by Mooncat. A polish everyone hates but I like - don't know!!! A nail polish finish I don't like - matte!!! Overpriced brand - Cirque. I stopped buying them after they took more than 4 weeks to ship an order. i cancelled it and have not bought from them again. A trend I cannot get on board with - matte finish (I sense a theme). Trend i didn't like but like now - blues in general. Color I don't wear often or at all - same as you chartreuse and reds. Polish over hyped - hands down House of Hades by Mooncat. Also Disco Dust by Holo Taco (don't like it at all) Top Coat I don't like - Holo Taco. Polish that does not get enough love - KB Shimmer polishes in general and Cupcake brands . Specifically love Daydreaming by Cupcake Polish.
i feel like it’s just one of those polishes i like on other people but not on me! i definitely do have to give it another try in the fall though, maybe similar to Fairy Dust i’m just missing something 🤣 i never thought to layer something on top of Fairy Dust so i might have to try hat, i’ve people layer it over other shades and it looks so fun too! and omggg the VNL to toe cleavage comparison i CAN’T 💀 hahaha i totally understand though! i’m glad you also agree with me on the bar glitters, chartreuse and reds 🙈 but omg i love Whiskey Sunrise lol! and isn’t the second one kind of hard?? and UGH yes the long 3-6 week turnaround time from some brands is soo crazy! i feel like Cirque usually ships way faster than that but i don’t blame you for never wanting to order from them again. and ahh i knew someone would say House of Hades is overhyped lol! i get it, but at the same time i think its worth it bc the color glows like 🤯 for me at least hehe. and ohh yes i’m with you on KBShimmer not getting enough love! they really deserve as much as the boutique brands imo, their quality is up there 🤩 thank you so much for answering!!
2:25 I definitely agree with you on the jelly polishes! I love them! 3:23 yuck! I completely agree with you on the bar glitters! Especially the black ones! That always seems so gross to me out. I used to always think of shaved armpit hair. 5:00 I agree for what you get with mooncat Polish or Cirque, etc, they are extremely pricey for what you get! The least they could do is 15 mL like most other brands. 7:56 pink, and red are colors i almost never wear. Thank you for the video! I really enjoyed it!
I totally get the fairy dust overhype and destashed my bottle 😅 totally agree that Mooncat House of Hades is also overhyped… FYI, ethereal is now restocking old collections so a lot less fomo based sales now ❤
oh that’s good to know Ethereal is restocking older shades/collections! I really do appreciate that, and love when brands “bring” back polishes after some time!
-I have ILNP Dash of Cocoa, so I'll never get MC Dark Horse. But it did make me curious, so I went to ILNP and DoC is currently 60th most popular of 579 items, which was surprisingly high to me since it's currently spring. I guess everyone wants a nice dark brown in their collection. -Cirque pricing really suffers since they're based in NYC. Those cost of living prices are not kind to them >.
omg Dash of Cocoa looks riiiich 😮💨🤤 but wait how do you see where its ranked?? i’m so intrigued by this lol! and that’s true too about Cirque being NY based.. i know they also opened up a second warehouse in NJ sometime last year (or 2yrs ago) but idk if they were fully planning on moving. HAHAH i’m so sorryyyy about Fairy Dust!! don’t get me wrong she’s soooo beautiful. but it always struck me as odd the way everyone would always post about it allll the time, when i feel like Fairy Dust and Pixie Party are on the same level! 🫣 but yes i can definitely see HoH being overhyped too, at first i was like ok no i get it, but then we got a lot of other intensely glowy cobalts from indies and mainstream alike soo it was suddenly not that special - omg maybe this is also what i felt about Fairy Dust! it kicked off that orange shimmer in a purple base that i ended up seeing sooo often last year 🤔 and agh i hate a super strong smelling polish/topcoat too! i don’t notice it being worse in HT thankfully. but i’m glad you like both ILNP and Mooncat!!
@@PolishedYogi I just sorted all polishes by popularity. I don't know how often it updates, but I know fall and winter polishes do climb up higher during their seasons because Autumn was waaay up there before. Hmmm...there's a video idea in there somewhere with exploring ILNP's catalogue. 🤔 Most brands don't have so many polishes in stock so there's not as many surprises.
1. Dreamland Shake Your Shamrock - the formula was awful, I didn’t even get a single wear 2. Holo Taco Lemon Spritzer. The linear holo glows so nicely. Why does everyone hate sunny yellow? 3. Matte finish polish. If I want a matte finish, I will use a matte top coat over a glossy one. The formulas on matte polishes are not beginner friendly. 4. Cirque Colors. I am very selective on any purchase from Cirque due to the price point. 5. I would love it if the blue shimmer in everything trend slowed off. 6. Reflective glitter as a topper does add a nice sparkle. Not as difficult as I once thought. 7. Blue. Most blue polishes do not look good on me. 8. Holo Taco Existential Crisis. It is a fine polish just not life changing on the nails. 9. I am not a fan of the KB Shimmer top coat. It gets gloopy faster than other topcoats and shrinks. 10. ILNP Hayride deserves all the love in the world. Everyone who reviewed the Harvest collection said to skip that polish. It is not the same as Pumpkin Patch. Also it glows like afternoon sun on yellow leaves.
Ooo I haven’t heard anyone say they didn’t like that Shamrock shade! That sucks about the formula being bad for you. As far as Lemon Spritzer goes, maybe it’s not fair for me to say since I never tried it myself, but I just don’t see it as a sunny yellow 😅 generally I don’t like Holo Taco yellows though bc they lean too green for me I do agree about matte polishes! Leave it to a topcoat. But omg noo I would be sad to see the blue shimmer “trend” die off! I’ve been loving those.. but I get it lol I wonder what the next color shimmer will be? 🤔 Also yayyy for coming around to reflective glitter!! I def can see why people hate the full glitter polishes, but yes toppers are not nearly as bad!! ✨ And oooo I’ve heard a few people say the same about Existential Crisis! 👀 from their photos I can understand the disappointment, but it makes me wonder how I’d feel if I ever tried it. But :0 about the Kb topcoat! I always hear great things about it esp regarding it not shrinking! I still have to try it myself too. And ohhh I love Hayride! Definitely agree it does need more love bc it’s often overlooked. I know I felt like it was too similar to Pumpkin Patch to be in the same collection, but at the same time it felt so cohesive and wouldn’t be the same without it. Thank you for reminding me of that one, the picture you painted was beautiful! ✨
Love hearing opinions whether I agree or not! Makes me think about and appreciate all the beautiful choices we have in this hobby! My answers: (1)Orly Metamorphosis (2)Holo Taco Pastel Cremes (3)Textured (4)Mooncat, Holo Taco, Cirque (5) Blush nails (6) Jellies? still peaking? (7) Black (8)Cirque Coronation (9)Glisten &Glow, Seche Vite (10)ILNP Dear Santa
Another great and helpful video. Your frankness is rare and appreciate so much. ☺️Personally I don’t like anything yellow because to me it just looks like stained nails to me. Also prugly colors (I just think they are ugly 😂). Black flakes don’t took good to me either idk why?
aw thank you so much! that really means a lot 🤗 and i can see that with yellows, i do generally love them but some can reallyyy tow the line where its just not flattering 🙈 and hahaha i’m the same where prugly = ugly 🤣 i’ve seen people say that the black flakes look like specks of dirt and that’s why they don’t like them, maybe its something similar for you?
Honestly, Fairy Dust is a good answer! I’ve seen it so many times since it came out, people rant and rave, and every time I think it’s so pretty…but I still haven’t picked it up and I’ve placed more than 1 ILNP order since it came out!
Honestly I have to agree with you on fairy dust. It’s gorgeous and I definitely love it, but I can easily choose pixie party over it any day! Honestly quite agreed with pretty much all of your opinions!! I’ll have to try Mooncat’s top coat next time I need one. I’ve only used Holo Taco and ILNP’s so far, and I’ve enjoyed both, so your high praise of Mooncat’s really intrigues me!!! As always, thanks for sharing 😁😁
I’m so glad to see so many comments that agree about Fairy Dust lol! I was soo scared to say it since I feel like I NEVERR see anyone say it’s not worth the hype 🙈 but yess I know mooncat’s topcoat is pricey so I would wait for their lunar sale! I also do really love ILNP’s top coat though, i find it to be a little thinner than mooncat but it lasts so long on me esp paired with their base coat! and generally quick drying too, but idk I never actually timed how long it takes to compare them, it just feels~ like mooncat dries faster 🤣
Interesting topic, sure to get some dialogue going in the comments! 😄 I am only about six months into my nail care journey, so I can't contribute much, but I am so intrigued by this community and the very strong opinions lol Talking about colors is the most interesting to me. We all have different perceptions of beauty, and different skin tones, and different ideas of what looks right or not... I think I am pretty "basic" in some ways, in that I am absolutely horrified by most "prugly" shades that I see swatched, but I'm still endlessly entertained by the people who enjoy them. But at the same time, I personally can't do reds or red-leaning pinks. I'm anaemic and pale and often have a lavender tone in my fingers and toes. I can't even wear red or orange or yellow clothing or I'll look absurd. So that makes my nail polish options pretty straightforward. Good thing I love blue! 😂 Blues and purples and magentas, and some teals. In regard to finishes, I'm not drawn to metallic-looking ones, even if the texture is not actually there, if it appears textured, I'm not into it. And as for prices, I think it's interesting that many comments here seem to agree about Cirque. From my perspective, I live in a place where even Essie and OPI are 12 dollars at the closest Walmart, so boutique prices don't seem like a big deal to me, especially when the quality and wearability is so good. And doing the math, 11ml vs 15ml, even if the bottle price is a few dollars difference, it really breaks down into pennies difference per milliliter. Not a big deal to me. I thank you again for your huge swatch video of Cirque jellies. I had been curious about this formula, and your efforts there really influenced me to try them, and now I am certain that jellies are my jam. I found my ideal formula for my preferred aesthetic! Playing with toppers and sandwiching and painting gradients directly on the nail!? It's the best, such fun. Thanks 💜
I just tried fairy dust the other day and I totally agree with you. It was quite pretty, but I definitely feel like the product photos are prettier, and that the photos I took of it looked better than in real life.
exactly!! 🙈 its beautiful for sure, but idk why people were going crazyyy over it lol. maybe it was the color combo/finish too, and then we saw so many other brands do similar purple bases with orange shimmer? 🤔
I'm doing these questions as well cus it sounds fun! ☺ 1. BKL- Doomicorn 😶🌫 2. same in terms to having a difficult time in specifying, so my general answer would be prugly shades, usually taupe or olive ones. 3. between glitters and jellies... jellies. I have long nails and have for most of my life, but I don't like seeing my nail line unless it's a sheer pink or white shade as a palette cleanser. 🥲 I think I might not even like textured either, but since I don't have any, it feels wrong to answer with that. 4. This was hard to answer since most of my expensive ones were from auctions... I want to say Holo Taco now? not sure why though. 5. I'm going to be honest, I don't really follow with social media trends... so I don't know how to answer this one. 🙃Uh.. I guess negative space nail art? 6. uh... ugly pretty colors? I used to not like them, but they've grown on me? Idk how to answer this properly either cus of what I said in #5. 7. I had to really think about it.. I would say purple leaning pinks? I only found out after getting Ethereal's Friday Night from PPU last month do I not like super dark pinks on me. Mooncat's A Midsummer's Dream, which I've finally tried on now, is the darkest I'd be okay with in terms of pinks on myself. 8. BKL - You Were My Monster. I wore it, and it's really pretty while being subtle... but since I got it from an auction, Idk if it was worth $110... 😓 Also, since I DO have a collection of Ethereals, since seeing them over time now, I do agree with your take on the egh aspect of fomo. That's why after I collected most of the past mysteries to appease my collector's side, I kind of stopped getting from them and started looking at other brands. Though ALSO, same for Holo Taco, tbh. 9. Night Owl Lacquer's top coat. It sadly shrinks on me, so I use it only for my toes cus then my perfectionist mind doesn't have the time to stare at them like I would with my fingers. 10. Essie's Mind-full meditation. Weirdly enough, it's a creme, and I put it on my feet and it really impressed me with its coverage and I somehow really like the shade despite it being a creme! (Maybe this will get me to revisit cremes someday! 🤭) Btw, I really do think you should try out reds more often! I tried and that's what made me a non-seasonal wearer last year, just makes me feel more confident in myself!! I really enjoyed this video! & I hope you enjoy reading my answers too! I like engaging with you, so I truly appreciate that you make time to respond to these! 🥰
I think you are the only other person who feels like I do about Doomicorn. 😂 I mean it is fine, but it is not fab! I just don’t get all the hype over it. 🤷🏼♀️
agreed with most of your opinions yet again! though... okay hear me out. i know fairy dust seems to be THAT girl, and i like her too (and pixie party) but Up Above???? she has to be my faveeee at least from that collection idk haha
honestly i stopped purchasing from Cirque due to how expensive it is compared to bottle size and it's not like the stuff they put out is wildly imaginative especially when you compare it to like KB Shimmer or something. i will say, i really did love that one magnetic collection they did with Eye of the Beholder. That was the one time i was truly ever impressed with magnetics.
That’s totally fair! I think back then they were def putting out shades/finishes you wouldn’t see often but these days there’s soo much overlap among brands. I think the only finishes that set them apart are really their jellies, maybeee their shimmergraphics too? But yeah sometimes I’m still a sucker for how they curate a collection, like yes that magnetic one I think called Illusionist ? So cool! 🧲⚡️
My friend lent me Into the Wishing Well to try because it's been on my wish list for a longggg time, and I absolutely adore it!! It's sooo beautiful I'm honestly surprised it's not shared or talked about more on like Reddit and stuff haha
i’m ao glad you got to try it for yourself!! i had shared that in one of my fav shimmers videos and ugh its just soo pretty, i checked their site and am shocked its STILL available! why is no one picking it up 😭😭
I feel you on Fairy Tale - to me it’s this perfect chocolate shade, AND it was one of the easiest to work with magnetics from the launch (along with the green and blue). Bummer it’s gone but I’m glad to have mine. Love these videos ❤
so glad you get it too! 🥹🤎 i felt like i was the only one devastated over that one when she first announced it hahah 🤣 but so glad you enjoyed this video! 🤗
@@PolishedYogi I was bummed about it, but not as bummed overall as usual. As a green lover, and a purple meh-er, the discontinuation usually leaves me significantly more bummed out 😅
Fairy Dust is pretty, but Pixie Party is one of my favorite nail polishes of all time❤ And I'm the same with wearing red. Also, i recently bought several Cirque polishes for the first time and loved them, but I'm glad i bought them on sale. So i 100% agree with your "Boomer" opinion lol.
Hehe so glad you love Pixie Party too!! And also agree on the red, I feel like it’s so common for people to either love or hate wearing red but I don’t see others who like it, but still don’t wear it 🤣 And omg yeah getting cirque during their sales is a mustttt! I do think generally their quality is great, but still so hard to justify paying full price lol
I want to like confetti nails SO badly, but like you I just can’t 😭although I actually did like that finish for a few polishes in the Sally Hansen Sesame Street collab!
Lol right!! Maybe if they were matte bar glitters they would be more passable 🤔 and yeah that’s true sometimes it can really work depending on the theme of the collection! I thought some of those were pretty cute too hehe
I also don’t really wear reds much and reach more for deeper, dark reds! But personally I actually don’t like how a lot of reds look on me…idk something with my undertone i guess 😂 A polish that I like but think it’s overhyped, idk how “overhyped” this is but it’s Mooncat’s millennia for me! I bought it during my first order from Mooncat since it’s recommended as a starter magnetic from them and I DO lean towards darker colors and I did think it was super pretty when I first used it! But I dunno what it is, nowadays I don’t care for it to the point of thinking of destashing it…😅 it just seems so boring and lacking compared to my other magnetics, or maybe my eyesight has somehow gotten worse because it feels like the blue magnetic pigment barely shows up in the polish
omg yeah i think in my Fav Magnetics video i mentioned loving Apollo way more than Millennia !! i also did find that one to be superrr sheer, maybe over a black/navy base it would look better but yeah even still i would rather wear other galaxy inspired magnetics 😅
@@eatlocal123I think on the site it does say that it looks best if you put it over top a black polish? If you haven’t tried that, I do think it helps with the opacity issue but not my other problems with it 😅
Very unpopular opinion I don’t love House of Hades…😅 I actually like the charity polish more: Portrait of an Introvert 😊 Also i think I will never get on board with cracking polish 😅 😫
hehe i don’t think that’s super unpopular, i know a lot of people were disappointed in HoH 🙈 but yay for loving Portrait of an Introvert!! 💙 and hahaha yeah crackle is def another hate it or love it trend 🤣
What a fun video!! 🤗 Thank you for the timestamps so I could quickly copy and paste the questions to throw in some answers of my own: *[1]* A Popular Polish You Don’t Like Toe Beans by Holo Taco. I just dislike pink, so that's a me thing ha, ha lol, but there's nothing wrong with the polish. I knew there was going to be excitement around it, and some of the nail swatchers I watch listed it in their top 10 polishes of 2023 (late December to January video uploads), so I just had to ignore it. 😆 *[2]* A Polish Everyone Hates But You Like I know that there are people with sensitivities to texture (very valid), but for me I actually really like polishes that have that smooth sand/soft grain texture. They really don't sell well for any brand that makes them, which is sad for me but I wish there were more colors and options in that particular finish lol. *[3]* A Nail Polish Finish You Don’t Like Any type of glitter or topper that sticks up awkwardly and doesn't lay flat nicely on the curve of the nail. *[4]* A Brand You Think is Overpriced This doesn't apply for just one brand (it applies to many), but a quick example; $13 for a clear top coat from Mooncat. I get it that there's R&D that goes into formulas, and it's worth paying a bit more for a product that is smooth, doesn't cause shrinking, dries quickly etc. But it is actually nutty that a clear top coat is $13, and brands are trying to normalize that this is what it should cost customers. 😤 I look at my order history as well, and I still remember the time when I Scream Nails changed their pricing suddenly from $9 a bottle to $13.50 (and the relentless spam of deals). *[5]* A Trend You Can’t Get On Board With Crackle nail polish is just not for me lol. *[6]* A Trend You Didn’t Like At It’s Peak, but Do Now I never disliked the velvet style of magnetic polishes; I just never paid much attention to it when it was at its highest peak. I dabble in it a bit more now than I used to. *[7]* A Color You Don’t Wear Often or At All Pink I never wear. I also get really picky when brands don't describe their shades well, and I have to look at dozens of swatches in different lighting conditions to ascertain if something leans into the pink family, if it has any kind of pink pigment/sparkle in it etc. *[8]* A Polish You Like But Think is Overhyped Holo Taco's Matte Taco. I like it, it's a good product, but I'm not one of those HT extreme fans that believe the brand can do no wrong. There have been occasions where I feel like the language used in the livestreams is overhyping certain products as well. Matte Taco is good, but it's not the best, most 'chalkboard', mattifying effect top coat in my collection either. One-Coat Black is a good product, but so is Salon Perfect's Oil Slick which is around $2-$4.30 a bottle. *[9]* A Popular Top Coat You Don’t Like For me it's Seche Vite (OG one in the clear bottle) because of the shrinkage issue and I'll probably never buy it again. But I do know that Seche Vive (blue bottle) doesn't have that problem. I appreciate the pricing on the pro refill kits though. *[10]* A Polish That Doesn’t Get Enough Love I expect this for polishes that aren't new, but I always get compliments when I use the shade Fresh (CNL45) by L.A. Colors for nail art. Whether it's painting leaves for the top of a strawberry, palm fronds, trees or moss, it just looks like the 'correct' color for leaves if that makes sense. Tbf a very basic green crème just isn't exciting, but I haven't found a perfect dupe for it from another brand yet. If anyone knows of a perfect match, do let me know. 😊
of course! appreciate you sharing your responses too, they were fun to read! and i definitely do hear you on mooncat’s topcoat being expensive 🙈 there probably are other more affordable ones out there but its just one i keep going back to! i’ve heard great things about KB so hopefully i can try that or Cuticula soon. also for your very last one- i wasn’t able to find many photos of that LA Colors but it reminded me of the green from essie’s summer collection last year, where it looks like the perfect green for leaves etc! but sadly that one seems like its discontinued at least on essie’s site :/
The holo taco top coat does take longer to dry than mooncat speed demon for me, but I feel like it is so much shinier than speed demon. So I'm still looking for my holy grail top coat.
Okay I’m glad you kinda have the same experience with dry time!! I didn’t notice a difference in shine personally but hmm have you tried KBShimmer’s topcoat? I’ve heard that one is really great too!
I’m not a fan of HT glossy taco either. I tried and it just doesn’t work for me. Seche Vite is my go to top coat. I know others have issues with shrinkage from it, but it doesn’t do that on my nails. 😊
this was fun! 😆 love the shirt and yasss spill the teaaa Feel you on MC Dark Horse 💀 guess that shade rly lives up to its name 😂 i too agree yea it looks nice on other people but i like the ethereal flakies more. my own answer for 'colors you don't wear' surprised me: i too don't wear reds. Even though all reds look great on my skintone, and i own and enjoy several blood-red lipsticks and buy red shirts 😅 idk, i just somehow don't really like the look of red nails. And seeing as i own several blue/purple polishes..maybe it really just happens that i like the cooler colors on nails 🤔 im also on the side of sheer finishes 😆 every time a new polish comes out, i see people sad/concerned abt VNP. Sorry guys but sheers for life for me 😂 i rly just like the ethereal 'the polish looks innate to the nail' aesthetic, where some harsh opaque creme shades just look like fake plastic nails glued on, esp if thickly layered? I think my truly unpopular opinion is liking short-short nails. I keep practically no free edge. I experimented with a few milimeters of free edge for a few semesters in college, but then went back to no free edge. It's just so much nicer to type, write and do anything with!!
hahah thank youu!! so glad you enjoyed this one 😄 i’m glad you totally get me on the red nails thing! it’s so weird bc its not like we actively dislike it haha but yeah our preferences just lie elsewhere 😆 and omg short nails are truly the best bc they’re cute AND practical!! i do love the look of slightly longer nails but ugh they just get in the way sometimes lmao
I feel like I'm a walking unpopular opinion with my nail polish choices lol. I'm NoT lIkE oThEr PolIsH lOvErS 😆 I'm a yellow/green/orange/brown polish fan. So basically, the 10 worst sellers for Holo Taco this year were my most worn 🤦 I'm like you in that I don't really wear red often at all. I'm also a freak, and don't love purple. It has to be a light purple (lilac/lavendar) for me to wear it. A polish I have in my collection that I don't think gets enough love is Holo Taco's Lemon Spritzer 😭it's basically linear holographic butter yellow and I do not get how it was so poorly received (I mean, I do get it, it's yellow 💔). I'm also with you as well in terms of, usually if it's a really popular shade that is getting a lot of hype, I enjoy it too.
Hahah aww yeah that stream must really suck for you every year 😩 that’s so crazy you don’t really love purple either, I def do prefer lavender purps the most but I also loveee deep ones!! The medium purples are usually the ones I wear least 🙈 And omg Lemon Spritzer!! 😩 maybe I’d feel differently about it if I wore it, but idk to me it never looked like a butter yellow! I generally don’t like a lot of yellows Cristine releases because they’re just too green leaning for me lol 🙈
So... 1) I don't like HT Existential Crisis; there, I said it. 2) I like Lumen's Papillon, but I use VNL blurring base coats, so... 3) No on Flakies with Black Flakies added....it looks dirty somehow... 4) Well yeah, Cirque...but Sally Hansen Miracle Gel is 12.99 at my local CVS, and that is nuts! 5) Gel and Acrylic Nails...never! 6) Reflective Polish, I like it more now. I think that is because I use glitter smoother... 7) Yellow, Orange and Red. I do have 2 yellows I will wear, and about 3 Oranges, (mostly Neon or slightly coral leaning ) but I only have 1 red, and I wear it like once a year? 8) Linear Holo Top Coat. I like it but... 9) HT Glossy Taco, yep, that is the one...We miss you Super Glossy Taco! 10) Ok, I am going to go with Brands here; Alchemy Lacquer, Night Owl Lacquer, Garden Path Lacquer, Fancy Gloss, these are great polishes! Also, where are you Sinful Colors?
omg yeah i remember hearing a lot of people ended up hatinggg Existential Crisis! and oof yeah I also remember the recent reddit “drama” over Lumen’s Papillon lol 😅 but wow I didn’t realize there was a Sally Hansen line that’s $13?? I know they have soo many, and i’m used to the ones that cost maybe $3 ! yess a glitter smoother (and tbh a peel off base) is soo needed for reflective glitters. and ahh i have yet to try Garden Path or Fancy Gloss, maybe soon, but i love the other two brands!! and I feel like Sinful Colors went out of business or something, I stopped seeing them in stores and I think I remember hearing even their social media went dead too?? they had some great ones 🥺
Luman and Ethereal are a mother-daughter brand? Is that true? Also what does that mean lmao. Also I'm really torn on how I feel about your controversial op here, on one had I get it, on the other, they do an unlimited pre-order for a new collections, usually a second run to sell the leftovers, then after that usually (never really) sell old collections just new ones. Believe me I GET how frustrating that is, but like...a lot of other indie brands do the same and dont get the flack. I mean BKL operates nearly the same way??? I dont get why Ethereal gets the brunt of the hate for things a lot of indie makers do.
yes it’s true! i always get it mixed up but it’s like the owner of Lumen is the daughter (or mom lol) of the owner of Ethereal! and that’s definitely fair too, but I think right now the convo seems to be around Lumen & Ethereal bc they’re just THE brand(s) everyone is talking about, like BKL isn’t nearly as popular as before their hiatus and i feel like since they came back a lot of people have already acknowledged BKL of being guilty of the same things (or at least specifically them releasing very similar shades). so in a way i feel like a lot of people already moved on from those feelings/that convo about BKL but are now having them about Lumen/ Ethereal.
@@PolishedYogi Gotcha gotcha. i definitely missed the 🍵on BKL, from my perspective it seems that BKL is super well known as opposed to other indie brands, so I was confused you know lol.
Ok i am honestly baffled and confused by kismet. I have basecoats that have more coverage! And i'm not talking blurring basecoats. For what could you need a polish that even in 3 coats doesn't have any real color? Like i get that whole "your nails but better" vibe but i feel like all the ones i've seen had more color
That’s totally fair! Funny enough the few blurring base coats I’ve tried (Emily de molly & PFD) were TOO opaque for me lol. But it’s not even about the coverage for me either, it’s really the “color” which I know sounds silly! I do think if my nails weren’t stained, I’d probably feel the same as you like what’s the point of this polish hahah. But since they’re stained, it does the perf amount of color correcting for me!
I don't own any bar glitter, but I love it 🤦♀️😂. As for Lumen and Ethereal, I think they're overhyped. I like them in the bottle but once on the nails, I can't help but think how stingy the maker was with the coverage bcs often even after 3 coats they are super sheer. So I don't own any.
I agree about Lumen and Ethereal! After seeing on Reddit how a lot of their polishes need 3 or 4+ to get the desired look, I've chosen to not buy from them.
i’m glad you love bar glitters lol! i get h ow they can be cute, it just never seems to work with me unless its part of a glitter mix! but even still they usually stick out to me and aren’t my fav 🙈 but yes exactly! i love me some sheer polishes and don’t mind VNL, but I feel like all the swatches i’ve seen of Lumen look SO much more sheer, like they’re supposed to be toppers?? but they’re not marketed that way.. at least with Ethereal they usually have more tinted/buildable bases and its usually the formula that’s so annoying lol but i can deal with that part at least!
Dark Horse is such a disappointment on me. So beautiful on others. Bee’s Knees Queen of Rot looks like garbage to me. You would have to pay me a lot to wear it. I don’t like her super sheer polishes. You shouldn’t need 3 coats of anything to make it look sheer. You’re just paying for the suspension base. I have a bunch of both brands that I love but nothing is an automatic drop in my cart. I researched toulene and most risk comes from the high exposure a manicurist might encounter at a salon. Certainly people swatching and hoping for bio kids should probably avoid. But, seche vite also dulls some delicate shimmers. I tried Cuticula’s scented coat and I think it takes longer to dry than the unscented. So I save that for manis I have more time to cure. I like most finishes. I find straight jellies the most difficult to work with. I have trouble judging the right thickness and drying time. Then I mess it up. Big flakes? No problem. Jellies turn into mud slides.
And frankly I don’t get the hype behind BKL. You often need at least three coats or an undie. And they release a lot of very similar colors. And a lot of their polishes stain. Sorry, not sorry
Yeah BKL def falls under the same criticism as ethereal/lumen when it comes to releasing similar shades! So frustrating.. I haven’t had any staining issues, but don’t have many BKL to begin with 🤷🏻♀️
Ummm calling out fairy dust while I’m literally sitting here putting on fairy dust 😩😩😩🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know. I just removed this polish yesterday 😂
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LOL I’m sorryyy 🙈🙈 I’m sure it’s stunning on you so don’t mind me!!
I'm wearing it right now while I watch! lol
Nicole was wearing it Sunday and it looked so pretty on her. It reminded me that I don’t think I ever wore it in a full mani. Also, I remember when Kelli swatched the collection, she liked Pixie Party better, which is unusual because she usually prefers anything with a purple base. But Fairy Dust is very coppery.
The fairy dust slander 💔💔💔 lmao I’m just kidding. Honestly I love it and I hope they come out w more colors in that finish! It’s gonna be my next manicure I think :)
Lmaoo I felt like I was already fighting for my life trying to defend myself 🤣🤣 and I heard we’ll be getting something similar 👀🤫
@@PolishedYogi I heard that too!!! I can’t wait for a fairy dust skittle 🥹🥹🥹 that makes me soooo happy!
I love this type of video! I think about that “pointy nails look like whittled down teeth before veneers” comment all the time 🤪
Lmaooo will never forget that comment 🤣
So fun! I actually really did laugh out loud when you compared bar glitter to shaving your legs! 😄😆😅😂🤣 I despise bar glitter and have never understood it's appeal. I really enjoyed your video today! Thanks for posting!
Hahaha so glad you could laugh at that too 🙈 I’m so happy you enjoyed this video!! Thanks so much for watching 🥰🤗
That comment made me laugh out loud too😂 did not expect that!
I enjoy bar glitter and still got such a kick out of that comparison! 🤣
Go take a look at the DVN 2024 Spring collection 😂 they have a thermal with bar glitters called The Sink After He Shaves 😂 and it really does look like that 😂😂
@@eyes2seee that is SPOT ON for the name. The sheer state absolutely gave me a visceral, icky reaction. 🤣
I sooo agree with you about nail polish prices. Even for mainstream. I remember when Zoyas were $8. And Essies were also about 8 dollars in stores as well.
Cirque Colors prices are indeed crazy. The first time I ordered from them I was shocked at the bottle size. I recently went on their site to look at some of their new colors.. I couldn't believe I was at $56 after adding 4 polishes.
Cirque wasn’t quite as bad until they raised prices to pay for the new lids and wide brushes. It’s ridiculous because I’ve seen many people say they wouldn’t buy because of their teeny brush. Increased sales could have absorbed it with strong marketing.
omg yeah Zoya now being $12 and with a skinny brush??? no thanks lol. it’s been a while since I bought essie but I feel like their new brush & formula at least make up for being $10~ ? and omg yeah re: Cirque, if I remember correctly they announced their price increase maybe 6 months before implementing the new wide brushes.. 🫣
The top coat one - i started out my nail journey using both Seche Vite and Seche Vive, and while they're both fantastix when the bottles are new, i CANNOT STAND the shrinkage and so i will never use them again. But i know so many people still love them both! Ive fully switched over to Essie Gel Setter and the Essie Gel Couture top coat.
aghh yeah the shrinkage is awful with Seche Vite! i actually didn’t experience much shrinkage with Vive and loved using that one for a while. but i’ve heard great things about the Essie topcoats! i’m glad those have worked for you 🤩
Mooncat is probably my favorite boutique brand, but I absolutely refuse to try the Speed Demon topcoat because I find the price obscene. It's more than a dollar per ml, for a TOP COAT! With the rate I go through the stuff, you can rip my $6.50/15ml KBShimmer top coat (or the newly $8 top coat from Glisten&Glow) from my cold, dead hands. Still love Mooncat though, they can take my money via other products lol
This is totally valid, I know it’s pricey! I do wanna try the KB one since I’ve heard great things about it & would love to call that my holy grail since it’s cheaper lol!
@@PolishedYogi kbshimmer top coat has toulene fyi :(
I have stopped buying from cirque colors for the price point. I just can't rationalize the high peice and small bottles. Especially when I can grab bigger bottles from other indie brands off of polished pickup for (usually) cheaper.
I always buy Cirque during their Black Friday deals. They usually have a week after Black Friday where they sell shimmers and jellies with 25% off and that’s my chance to grap the polishes from my wishlist.
I’m totally with you. And I bought a bunch of the jellies and they don’t dry. I won’t pay full price for anything from Cirque anymore.
@@Diametricallyopposed00 This is maybe the third comment I've seen in a few weeks that mentions Cirque jellies not drying. This is so curious to me! It has to be a body chemistry thing, yes? I only recently got into their jellies (mostly from Stefanie's influence) and I love them. They dry fast. I'm really curious about why or how the formula reacts differently to different people. I'm new to nail polish world and still learning lots
Yeah honestly it’s best to wait for a sale when shopping cirque! And taking advantage of their rewards program too.
I’ve seen a few comments as well about jellies not drying on people, and find that so strange since I’ve never had that issue! If it’s specific to jellies then yeah I would assume it has something to do with whatever ingredients just not meshing well with the persons body chemistry, but I have no clue lol
You’ll only catch my cheap ass buying cirque when they are 50 percent off 😅
I feel you with Ethereal and Lumen. I try to be very careful about the mysteries, because I often don’t love everything I get 😅
Oh no, chartreuse! It’s so funky and weird that I love it! 🤭
I consistently buy Holo Taco’s least popular polishes without realizing it, I must have weird tastes 🤣!
people who buy mysteries are so brave honestly lol i’m far too picky to spend money on something I probably won’t love 🤣 and aww yeah someone else had mentioned they usually end up loving Holo Taco’s worst sellers too! it’s fun when she puts those in bundles though, makes it easier for you to shop them 😝
@@PolishedYogi I’m a fool for doing the mysteries honestly, it’s not bravery 🤣! And it’s kind of ok with HT, I feel like part of an exclusive “we like ugly stuff” club 🤣
I actually bought Fairy Tail because you made me fall in love with it in one of your favorites videos haha
Also, not me with my 5 bottles of glossy taco... It's the only boutique/indie topcoat I've really ever used and I decided to stock up during their sale.. Maybe it's time I try the Mooncat one!
Omg that means so much lol!! im so glad you were able to see its beauty & fall in love with it 🥹
And hahaha look if it works for you then that’s great!! But maybe if you’re planning to shop mooncats lunar sale you could throw in a bottle of topcoat to finally try it 😝
I just can’t get on board with plain jellies. Without flakies or holo or shimmer, they just look a mess on me. I am now more into multichromes when I used to hate them, but again only with something else.
Most hyped brand to me is Bees knees. Like calm down. The people selling them for like $80 online because they’re so amazing???? I just don’t get it. Most hyped polish for me is the mooncat monarch one. I just don’t get it either.
Totally with you. 💯
That’s def fair! I do love a little sparkle in my jellies too hehe.
And ooo that’s true about BKL also being overhyped! I feel like a lot of it died down tho after they took that hiatus last year(?) bc it seems like I see people go crazy over Ethereal/Lumen now (funny though tho that’s also kind of dying as people are noticing-similar to BKL-they end up releasing very similar shades to what they have) the resale aspect is also insane!!! I do think a lot of them are beautiful but definitely not worth the amount people are asking for 🤣
I can also see that about FotM too, even tho I do really love that one lol
She could do five collections in a row without releasing another dark, broody red and there would still be plenty.
Oh my gosh, I love this series! I love all your thoughtfulness. I love bling and crazy polishes on my toes. Loud finishes like Wildflower Foxfire are perfect for my toes. I like to see the finish pop from a distance. In the Summer I like to put funky finishes like holo, glitter bombs, solar and thermals, and neons. So much fun at the pool!
hehe so glad you enjoyed!! and omg that sounds like so much fun, def will have to try that for pool days this summer 😁🤩
I don't have enough variety of brands to answer these! I have mostly Mooncat. But I sure had fun watching!
i’m glad you at least love all your mooncat shades!! and so glad you had fun watching too 🤗
Such a great Saturday entertainment, I love it! I am so with you regarding Fairy Dust. I find on me it is not contrasting enough next to my skin tone nor is it sparkly flashy enough to make up for it. Trend I didn‘t like the first couple of times and not liking it any more today: crackled polish. Oh and frosty finishes (when I was a kid that was the finish „ladies of a certain age“ would wear). I rather pay an Indie brand USD 14.00 than a Boutique brand USD 16.00 (especially since I can dupe their collections with my stash most of the time). I had to chuckle over your remark about red nailpolish. That‘s pink for me. I also don‘t wear yellow or white or peach. And ugh bar glitter. Re Top Coats: QDTC by Indie brands are my jam, I am a sucker for Cuticula‘s scented QDTC
I think I have two unpopular opinions for the overhyped polish but Mooncats Sabertooth and Flight of the Monarchs are beautiful but like….not that special?? Like pretty for sure but….not sure why people were losing their minds 😂😂 it made me feel crazy for not being obsessed lol.
And for one I’m obsessed with that I never hear about- I LOVE ILNP Clover!! I think it’s so under hyped. So sparkly!! But I know not everyone loves that color.
Ok that’s def fair and I would agree about Sabertooth, but idk Flight of the Monarchs def had me in a chokehold 🙈 BUT I do get it too lol 🤣
And omggg lmao I lowkey hated Clover when it came out!! 🙈 def not my usual color buuut I did see someone share it on Reddit recently and I was like you know what it’s not thattt bad? So I’ll have to pull it out again. I definitely do love that finish though!
Hahaha yessss on Fairy Dust. To be fair I haven’t put it on yet but I ordered it and once I saw it in person I just didn’t get it. Hopefully I fall in love when I put it on but I feel like there are tons of indie polishes that are similar.
Ahh yeah exactly! 😅 I hope you keep us updated on how you feel about it once you wear it though!! 👀
The price of indie and boutique nail polish has increaaed significantly. The other thing that bothers me is the very expensive shipping some brands charge; there was one that was applying $14 shipping for a 6 polishes collection. I know mooncat and HT are expensive, but the rewards are amazing. Some smaller brands also have rewards, and I love that.
omg yes the shipping prices too! $14 for just shipping is insane?? 😫 i def agree about the MC/HT rewards! i usually will try to order enough to get free shipping lol or wait for a sale so it like evens out!
I only have responses for some of these, but here goes (sorry for the long comment lol):
3 - A Nail Polish Finish You Don’t Like: Cremes, which is funny because when I started painting my nails in ... 2018(?) I would only buy cremes and use matte topcoat every time. But once I found more interesting finishes like multichromes and magnetics I rarely wear cremes now.
4 - A Brand You Think is Overpriced: Mooncat. I bought five of their polishes on a 20% off sale and I was so pumped to try them, but I just don't love the formula and their magnetics don't react as well as other brands for me. When ILNP is right there with a diverse catalogue and each polish is several dollars cheaper than Mooncat, I just can't justify buying Mooncat. I feel similarly about Holo Taco.
6 - A Trend You Didn’t Like At It’s Peak, but Do Now: A silly answer because I actually don't own any in this finish, but Jellies! I used to think they were dumb, but now I want to buy some. It's just a shame a lot of brands don't do them or they're expensive or not easily accessible. I would love to buy several jellies for a skittle but most are out of my price range right now. If I could pick up jellies during a drugstore run, I'd do it but mainstream brands don't really make them.
7 - A Color You Don’t Wear Often or At All: Because I'm a guy who paints his nails I've always leaned toward more masculine colors (whatever that means, and I'm not saying men/male-identifying people should only wear dark colors lol) so I never wear nudes/neutrals, reds or pinks and I rarely wear brights or neons. But something that bugs me is when men only use black. Like... there are so many good alternatives to black -- any deep jewel color will do or even grey/gunmetal. But I usually stick to deep greys, blues, greens, purples burgundies. That's also why I love multichromes because a lot of them are already deep in color.
Ok, that's it! Thanks for the video, Stefanie!
Essie is about to launch a line of jellies! They're live in the UK and going live in the US in May.
Thank you for another lovely and fun video. Just love them! 💖You mentioned two RUclipsrs in the beginning: Hillary (who I know) and Nicole (who I don't know). Would share the channel name for Nicole? I'm always looking for new nail polish channels! My favourites are you, Hillary and somecallmecoco. Greetings from Germany! 💌
Hello!! 🇩🇪🤗 thank you for such a sweet comment! You can find Nicole by her channel called “Nicole Loves” - it used to be Nicole Loves Nails but she’s recently been including cooking/lifestyle stuff too which is fun! I hope you’ll enjoy her content and reviews ☺️
My unpopular opinion on your unpopular opinion (which essentially makes my opinion popular) - Fairy Dust is way more beautiful than Pixie Party. It was my favorite polish of 2023.
Hahah I’m not surprised to hear that 😝 even tho Pixie Party is my top fav I would consider them like the same level of beautiful! 🤩
Thank you. Brown, yellow and green polishes need more love
Definitely!! But I’m still gonna be picky about them LOL 😝
@@PolishedYogi of course you are!
I've only been into nail polish in general since January of this year so I don't have much of an opinion on a number of these questions but I can say I find it very hard to justify spending on high priced cremes and what I consider to be boring (but still beautiful) looking polishes. KB Shimmer has been an amazing find for me because they are almost $5 cheaper than other indie brands and are large bottles. I'm in Canada so some of these indie brands are $20 and it's pretty painful given how horrible our inflation is right now.
Same
YESS omg seeing cremes go for basically over $10 is just so crazy to me! And I can’t get behind people justifying it saying that the formulas are better bc more often than not, they aren’t lol 😬 KB is def an amazing and affordable brand!!
I mostly buy crème polishes from mainstream & buy specialty finishes from indie makers. A fave indie maker had a spring crème collection I recently bought & had bald spots & needed about 4 coats for opacity. I thought they would have been perfect since I’ve bought many specialty polishes from the maker & loved but 🤷🏼♀️
@PolishedYogi For cremes I've been buying Revelon HD Snap for my cremes and Amazon has them for $8 CAD which is reasonable. They are one coat and a nice formula!
@@danamarie0424 I do the same! The polish needs to be pretty special for me to spend a lot on it!
My unpopular opinion is usually HT & Mooncat. I think both are overrated. I’m not saying that they are bad & I do own polishes from both but I also have a tendency to need to hate what the popular opinion is 😂 I try to not follow trends just to spite the trend, I’m goofy like that 😊
haha totally get you on that! i love that attitude of not following them out of spite lmao 😌
"A Polish You Like But Think is Overhyped" -- for me it's House of Hades! To be fair I don't have it myself, but am I wrong in thinking that it seems so easily dupe-able with a dark crème or jelly plus Freezer Burn/Sonic Unicorn Skin from Holo Taco?
Thanks for the fun video by the way! This is my first comment, I usually just lurk haha. :)
For me personally, I've been disappointed by SO MANY "royal blue" nail polishes that weren't as bright and punchy as I want personally. I dont think its un-dupable or the best blue ever, but it is a gorgeous super punchy bright blue IMO. IDK if worth the hype, but it's good 🤷
hello! thank you for commenting hehe I lurk a lot too so i get it 😝😶🌫️ with House of Hades, maybe I don’t own that many intense glowy blues but to me I was like WHOA this is intense and worth the hype. i wouldn’t say its not dupeable bc i think OPI has a polish from their zodiac collection last year that was super similar, BUT i definitely don’t think Freezer Burn or Sonic US over a dark base would give anywhere near the same effect-maybe unless you sponged them on? idk if i’ve seen anyone try that but i’d be curious to see the difference!
I could see why you think that about HOH but Mooncat has really perfected that inner glow look. Lurid Lacquer - the new brand - might unseat them. Someone in the Mooncat group today was bemoaning the lack of golds. I thought - I could point you to about 20 options in other brands!
Mooncat’s House of Hades should have won awards!! (Lolol I know people will say this is overhyped 😂)
Same with Jellies or super sheer tints! Hahaja “Go girl give us nothing” Reddit can be funny. Kismet is beautiful. I also laugh when people complain how something is too sheer and they had to use like five coats. Hahaha don’t use it then.
Omg! I also don’t like the bar finish.
I also don’t like when something is rebranded that was out for a while! It’s the same in makeup.
I don’t wear a lot of red nail polishes but for some reason I have several cream (my least favorite finishes 😂) ones. I guess many years ago when I used to buy polishes randomly, I always chose red!
I am new to polish as I have mentioned a million times before(lol) BUT YES!! I al over Lumen and Ethereal. I do not like the FOMO and I avoid it in makeup so I have decided to do that in the indie polish world. It’s also why I am glad I am on a no buy and not doing Hella Handmade and PPU these past four months. I hate only having like three days but really three hours as they sell out quickly. It’s too much.
All of the polishes you showed that don’t get enough love were gorgeous 😮
I really enjoyed this video💃🏿
hahah i knoww some people were sooo not into HoH !! but i loved it lol 🤣 and i knoww as mean as i think reddit can be sometimes, they really are soo funny! i love to lurk 🤭
oh rebranding is def a good one! esp when its more than just the label/name and the whole bottle is different too, i know people HATE that 🙈
thats so true too that even PPU/HHC are fomo inducing 😶🌫️ idk why i’m more forgiving of them, maybe bc they usually have higher caps, or bc i’m only really interested in a few brands 🤔
but so glad you loved those few retired shades i shared in the end!! ugh my heart aches over them not being available anymore, they were sooo pretty. it also makes me nervous to see what others i shared will be retired next year 😭
I love these videos! My hot takes are:
I don’t wear a lot of pink, but I have found some that I love (MC Sand Viper ily)
I actually love chartreuse and “prugly” colors, but used to avoid them because I was told they were super ugly so it’s partially a rebellion haha
I agree about the trending renaming of colors, it’s too much but at the same time, I can see how it romanticizes a certain color and make it feel like a fun moment.
I hate, haaaaaaaaate speckled nail polish.
I don’t love PP collections that are all slight variations on the same two colors. I respect the originality but not my thing.
I think reflective glitter is nearly pointless if it only shows up well with flash or on camera.
Glossy Taco has not been great for me, agree!
Jellies rule! I wasn’t sure at first but now I’m all the way on board.
I hated matte finish at the height of its popularity but I really like it now!
This was so fun! I always love learning more about you beauty! 💖Here are my answers:
I do not really have an answer for numbers 1 & 2 😆🤷🏼♀️
3. I am not really a fan of the milk bath nail trend. At least not milky nails on their own. I do like them layered and with nail art. 4. I never realized how expensive Cirque was until we were talking about it one time. But I just do not understand why brands like Dior, Chanel, Hermes, and Louboutin are SO insanely priced. It used to be back in the day that Dior had my fav brush…but now so many more mainstream brands have such good paddle style brushes. But their brush and formula are still one of my favs, esp among luxury brands. But I only will buy if they are on-sale, or I’ll ask for a specific color as a gift for my B-day or something. I received a Louboutin in a pinky beige called Tutulle back when they first were released and I absolutely despised the brush. But the bottle was super cool and unique. 5. The trend I never really could get behind was the “glazed donut” nails. I just don’t think you can properly achieve that look without using gel chrome. So I just didn’t bother much with it. 6. The trend I didn’t really like at first was jelly nails…but you have converted me 💯🥰. Now I love them and it just evokes that summer popsicle look I really love! 7. I don’t really wear many browns. It’s not that I don’t like them, but I just gravitate towards different colors in the fall and winter when I would wear them. 8. The polish I like but think is WAY overhyped is BKL Doomicorn. I know SO many people will @ me for that! 🤣 9. The topcoat I don’t really like is surprisingly ILNP. I wanted to like it but I got shrinkage with it. The other one that is popular that I tried to like was Cuticula. It gets so stringy! Nothing compares to G&G and Mooncat for me. They are super glossy, plumping, and I have zero shrinkage with either. 👏🏻 10. A polish I don’t think gets enough love is a topper actually. The KB shimmer Out Of Sequins is just SO SO beautiful and adds a little magic to any mani! ✨✨✨
LOL...hair in the tub after shaving!!! 🤣🤣🤣
🙈maybe it was my fault for swatching it over a sheer lol !
I’m right on with you on a lot of these. I wanted to particularly highlight your point on Fairy Dust - love it, but I too, especially as a Libra 😂, feel like Pixie Party is it. I was like it’s the pink of all pinks calling all pink lovers.
Lmao thank youuuu, I feel so validated and by a fellow libra no less!! 🤣♎️💖
@@PolishedYogi sorry, not sorry ✌️ 😂 ♎️
Team Pixie Party!!! 😁
YESS 🗣️🧚🏼♀️💖
Have you seen the Spring 24 DVN collection? They literally have a thermal with bar glitters called The Sink After He Shaves 😂😂😂
OMG NO WAYY lmao that’s incredible! 🤣
@@PolishedYogi yes girl I was dead when I saw that ☠️ I almost bought it just bc of the name but I ended up passing since it's a thermal and I already have quite a few I need to use up before they die. But yeah, that was too much for me 😂😂😂 it really does look like the sink after my husband shaves tho... If my sink was pink.
Interesting perspective on Dark Horse. I get it and agree with you. I do love that shade but not even half as much as say Dragon Scales or Not Today satan. Jellies - I can see where they look amazing on you and don't necessarily look good on everyone. I liken visible nail line to toe cleavage in shoes where the top comes down too low and you can see the cracks between toes LOL. and YES! Barf to bar glitters. Yukky! me too with chartreuse and reds. Fairy Dust - any time i wear that I end up putting a topper on it so i get it. It's pretty but to me it is missing something.
My answers - a popular polish I don't like would be Whiskey Sunise by Mooncat. A polish everyone hates but I like - don't know!!! A nail polish finish I don't like - matte!!! Overpriced brand - Cirque. I stopped buying them after they took more than 4 weeks to ship an order. i cancelled it and have not bought from them again. A trend I cannot get on board with - matte finish (I sense a theme). Trend i didn't like but like now - blues in general. Color I don't wear often or at all - same as you chartreuse and reds. Polish over hyped - hands down House of Hades by Mooncat. Also Disco Dust by Holo Taco (don't like it at all) Top Coat I don't like - Holo Taco. Polish that does not get enough love - KB Shimmer polishes in general and Cupcake brands . Specifically love Daydreaming by Cupcake Polish.
i feel like it’s just one of those polishes i like on other people but not on me! i definitely do have to give it another try in the fall though, maybe similar to Fairy Dust i’m just missing something 🤣 i never thought to layer something on top of Fairy Dust so i might have to try hat, i’ve people layer it over other shades and it looks so fun too! and omggg the VNL to toe cleavage comparison i CAN’T 💀 hahaha i totally understand though! i’m glad you also agree with me on the bar glitters, chartreuse and reds 🙈
but omg i love Whiskey Sunrise lol! and isn’t the second one kind of hard?? and UGH yes the long 3-6 week turnaround time from some brands is soo crazy! i feel like Cirque usually ships way faster than that but i don’t blame you for never wanting to order from them again. and ahh i knew someone would say House of Hades is overhyped lol! i get it, but at the same time i think its worth it bc the color glows like 🤯 for me at least hehe. and ohh yes i’m with you on KBShimmer not getting enough love! they really deserve as much as the boutique brands imo, their quality is up there 🤩 thank you so much for answering!!
2:25 I definitely agree with you on the jelly polishes! I love them!
3:23 yuck! I completely agree with you on the bar glitters! Especially the black ones! That always seems so gross to me out. I used to always think of shaved armpit hair.
5:00 I agree for what you get with mooncat Polish or Cirque, etc, they are extremely pricey for what you get! The least they could do is 15 mL like most other brands.
7:56 pink, and red are colors i almost never wear.
Thank you for the video! I really enjoyed it!
Hehe yay thank you for joining along!! Appreciate you sharing your opinions 😁
I totally get the fairy dust overhype and destashed my bottle 😅 totally agree that Mooncat House of Hades is also overhyped… FYI, ethereal is now restocking old collections so a lot less fomo based sales now ❤
oh that’s good to know Ethereal is restocking older shades/collections! I really do appreciate that, and love when brands “bring” back polishes after some time!
-I have ILNP Dash of Cocoa, so I'll never get MC Dark Horse. But it did make me curious, so I went to ILNP and DoC is currently 60th most popular of 579 items, which was surprisingly high to me since it's currently spring. I guess everyone wants a nice dark brown in their collection.
-Cirque pricing really suffers since they're based in NYC. Those cost of living prices are not kind to them >.
omg Dash of Cocoa looks riiiich 😮💨🤤 but wait how do you see where its ranked?? i’m so intrigued by this lol!
and that’s true too about Cirque being NY based.. i know they also opened up a second warehouse in NJ sometime last year (or 2yrs ago) but idk if they were fully planning on moving.
HAHAH i’m so sorryyyy about Fairy Dust!! don’t get me wrong she’s soooo beautiful. but it always struck me as odd the way everyone would always post about it allll the time, when i feel like Fairy Dust and Pixie Party are on the same level! 🫣 but yes i can definitely see HoH being overhyped too, at first i was like ok no i get it, but then we got a lot of other intensely glowy cobalts from indies and mainstream alike soo it was suddenly not that special - omg maybe this is also what i felt about Fairy Dust! it kicked off that orange shimmer in a purple base that i ended up seeing sooo often last year 🤔
and agh i hate a super strong smelling polish/topcoat too! i don’t notice it being worse in HT thankfully. but i’m glad you like both ILNP and Mooncat!!
@@PolishedYogi I just sorted all polishes by popularity. I don't know how often it updates, but I know fall and winter polishes do climb up higher during their seasons because Autumn was waaay up there before. Hmmm...there's a video idea in there somewhere with exploring ILNP's catalogue. 🤔 Most brands don't have so many polishes in stock so there's not as many surprises.
LOL I feel the same way about fairy dust. I put it on my nails and was like…. Is this it?
Lmaoo literally!! I just couldn’t help but feel like this emoji 🧍🏻♀️
Yes!!! It looks terrible on me. I’ve tried it over so many creams, just to find some way to not to waste it, but I still hate it
Jellies are beautiful!!!
i couldn’t agree more!!
1. Dreamland Shake Your Shamrock - the formula was awful, I didn’t even get a single wear
2. Holo Taco Lemon Spritzer. The linear holo glows so nicely. Why does everyone hate sunny yellow?
3. Matte finish polish. If I want a matte finish, I will use a matte top coat over a glossy one. The formulas on matte polishes are not beginner friendly.
4. Cirque Colors. I am very selective on any purchase from Cirque due to the price point.
5. I would love it if the blue shimmer in everything trend slowed off.
6. Reflective glitter as a topper does add a nice sparkle. Not as difficult as I once thought.
7. Blue. Most blue polishes do not look good on me.
8. Holo Taco Existential Crisis. It is a fine polish just not life changing on the nails.
9. I am not a fan of the KB Shimmer top coat. It gets gloopy faster than other topcoats and shrinks.
10. ILNP Hayride deserves all the love in the world. Everyone who reviewed the Harvest collection said to skip that polish. It is not the same as Pumpkin Patch. Also it glows like afternoon sun on yellow leaves.
Ooo I haven’t heard anyone say they didn’t like that Shamrock shade! That sucks about the formula being bad for you.
As far as Lemon Spritzer goes, maybe it’s not fair for me to say since I never tried it myself, but I just don’t see it as a sunny yellow 😅 generally I don’t like Holo Taco yellows though bc they lean too green for me
I do agree about matte polishes! Leave it to a topcoat. But omg noo I would be sad to see the blue shimmer “trend” die off! I’ve been loving those.. but I get it lol I wonder what the next color shimmer will be? 🤔
Also yayyy for coming around to reflective glitter!! I def can see why people hate the full glitter polishes, but yes toppers are not nearly as bad!! ✨
And oooo I’ve heard a few people say the same about Existential Crisis! 👀 from their photos I can understand the disappointment, but it makes me wonder how I’d feel if I ever tried it.
But :0 about the Kb topcoat! I always hear great things about it esp regarding it not shrinking! I still have to try it myself too. And ohhh I love Hayride! Definitely agree it does need more love bc it’s often overlooked. I know I felt like it was too similar to Pumpkin Patch to be in the same collection, but at the same time it felt so cohesive and wouldn’t be the same without it. Thank you for reminding me of that one, the picture you painted was beautiful! ✨
I feel that way about the green shimmer. I love greens but that iridescent color of green is not flattering.
Love hearing opinions whether I agree or not! Makes me think about and appreciate all the beautiful choices we have in this hobby! My answers: (1)Orly Metamorphosis (2)Holo Taco Pastel Cremes (3)Textured (4)Mooncat, Holo Taco, Cirque (5) Blush nails (6) Jellies? still peaking? (7) Black (8)Cirque Coronation (9)Glisten &Glow, Seche Vite (10)ILNP Dear Santa
I think the UP hype should pass. Since it became unavailable, it seems to me there are mimics to it that work.
omg i love orly metamorphosis! and ahh yeah i hear you on Coronation, its beautiful but arguably not worth the almost $20 price tag 🙈
I’m gonna have to try the Mooncat top coat next time I do an order.
i know it’s pricey so definitely worth waiting for their sale!
Im not a big green/yellow fan either lol and also the bar glitter too, i feel they peel up and get caught in clothes!
omgg yes glitters that don’t lay flat in general is another pet peeve !! 😖
I love Mooncat Dark Horse!
i know soo many people do!! maybe i just need to wear it in a skittle, or as an accent nail in the fall
Another great and helpful video. Your frankness is rare and appreciate so much. ☺️Personally I don’t like anything yellow because to me it just looks like stained nails to me. Also prugly colors (I just think they are ugly 😂). Black flakes don’t took good to me either idk why?
aw thank you so much! that really means a lot 🤗 and i can see that with yellows, i do generally love them but some can reallyyy tow the line where its just not flattering 🙈 and hahaha i’m the same where prugly = ugly 🤣 i’ve seen people say that the black flakes look like specks of dirt and that’s why they don’t like them, maybe its something similar for you?
@@PolishedYogi Yes I’m pretty sure that is why I don’t like black flakes 🤣 I think we all just have our own preferences!
Honestly, Fairy Dust is a good answer! I’ve seen it so many times since it came out, people rant and rave, and every time I think it’s so pretty…but I still haven’t picked it up and I’ve placed more than 1 ILNP order since it came out!
i’m glad you agree!! like it is super pretty but yeah not one I’m always reaching for lol 🙈
Honestly I have to agree with you on fairy dust. It’s gorgeous and I definitely love it, but I can easily choose pixie party over it any day!
Honestly quite agreed with pretty much all of your opinions!! I’ll have to try Mooncat’s top coat next time I need one. I’ve only used Holo Taco and ILNP’s so far, and I’ve enjoyed both, so your high praise of Mooncat’s really intrigues me!!!
As always, thanks for sharing 😁😁
I’m so glad to see so many comments that agree about Fairy Dust lol! I was soo scared to say it since I feel like I NEVERR see anyone say it’s not worth the hype 🙈
but yess I know mooncat’s topcoat is pricey so I would wait for their lunar sale! I also do really love ILNP’s top coat though, i find it to be a little thinner than mooncat but it lasts so long on me esp paired with their base coat! and generally quick drying too, but idk I never actually timed how long it takes to compare them, it just feels~ like mooncat dries faster 🤣
Interesting topic, sure to get some dialogue going in the comments! 😄 I am only about six months into my nail care journey, so I can't contribute much, but I am so intrigued by this community and the very strong opinions lol Talking about colors is the most interesting to me. We all have different perceptions of beauty, and different skin tones, and different ideas of what looks right or not... I think I am pretty "basic" in some ways, in that I am absolutely horrified by most "prugly" shades that I see swatched, but I'm still endlessly entertained by the people who enjoy them. But at the same time, I personally can't do reds or red-leaning pinks. I'm anaemic and pale and often have a lavender tone in my fingers and toes. I can't even wear red or orange or yellow clothing or I'll look absurd. So that makes my nail polish options pretty straightforward. Good thing I love blue! 😂 Blues and purples and magentas, and some teals.
In regard to finishes, I'm not drawn to metallic-looking ones, even if the texture is not actually there, if it appears textured, I'm not into it.
And as for prices, I think it's interesting that many comments here seem to agree about Cirque. From my perspective, I live in a place where even Essie and OPI are 12 dollars at the closest Walmart, so boutique prices don't seem like a big deal to me, especially when the quality and wearability is so good. And doing the math, 11ml vs 15ml, even if the bottle price is a few dollars difference, it really breaks down into pennies difference per milliliter. Not a big deal to me. I thank you again for your huge swatch video of Cirque jellies. I had been curious about this formula, and your efforts there really influenced me to try them, and now I am certain that jellies are my jam. I found my ideal formula for my preferred aesthetic! Playing with toppers and sandwiching and painting gradients directly on the nail!? It's the best, such fun. Thanks 💜
I just tried fairy dust the other day and I totally agree with you. It was quite pretty, but I definitely feel like the product photos are prettier, and that the photos I took of it looked better than in real life.
exactly!! 🙈 its beautiful for sure, but idk why people were going crazyyy over it lol. maybe it was the color combo/finish too, and then we saw so many other brands do similar purple bases with orange shimmer? 🤔
Haha I love bar glitter so much.
i love that for you!!
I'm doing these questions as well cus it sounds fun! ☺
1. BKL- Doomicorn 😶🌫
2. same in terms to having a difficult time in specifying, so my general answer would be prugly shades, usually taupe or olive ones.
3. between glitters and jellies... jellies. I have long nails and have for most of my life, but I don't like seeing my nail line unless it's a sheer pink or white shade as a palette cleanser. 🥲
I think I might not even like textured either, but since I don't have any, it feels wrong to answer with that.
4. This was hard to answer since most of my expensive ones were from auctions... I want to say Holo Taco now? not sure why though.
5. I'm going to be honest, I don't really follow with social media trends... so I don't know how to answer this one. 🙃Uh.. I guess negative space nail art?
6. uh... ugly pretty colors? I used to not like them, but they've grown on me? Idk how to answer this properly either cus of what I said in #5.
7. I had to really think about it.. I would say purple leaning pinks? I only found out after getting Ethereal's Friday Night from PPU last month do I not like super dark pinks on me. Mooncat's A Midsummer's Dream, which I've finally tried on now, is the darkest I'd be okay with in terms of pinks on myself.
8. BKL - You Were My Monster. I wore it, and it's really pretty while being subtle... but since I got it from an auction, Idk if it was worth $110... 😓
Also, since I DO have a collection of Ethereals, since seeing them over time now, I do agree with your take on the egh aspect of fomo. That's why after I collected most of the past mysteries to appease my collector's side, I kind of stopped getting from them and started looking at other brands. Though ALSO, same for Holo Taco, tbh.
9. Night Owl Lacquer's top coat. It sadly shrinks on me, so I use it only for my toes cus then my perfectionist mind doesn't have the time to stare at them like I would with my fingers.
10. Essie's Mind-full meditation. Weirdly enough, it's a creme, and I put it on my feet and it really impressed me with its coverage and I somehow really like the shade despite it being a creme! (Maybe this will get me to revisit cremes someday! 🤭)
Btw, I really do think you should try out reds more often! I tried and that's what made me a non-seasonal wearer last year, just makes me feel more confident in myself!!
I really enjoyed this video! & I hope you enjoy reading my answers too! I like engaging with you, so I truly appreciate that you make time to respond to these! 🥰
I think you are the only other person who feels like I do about Doomicorn. 😂 I mean it is fine, but it is not fab! I just don’t get all the hype over it. 🤷🏼♀️
agreed with most of your opinions yet again! though... okay hear me out. i know fairy dust seems to be THAT girl, and i like her too (and pixie party) but Up Above???? she has to be my faveeee at least from that collection idk haha
i loooove Up Above too!! idr where i said it but i feel like that one was so overlooked compared to Fairy Dust & Pixie Party, but it’s gooorgeous!
@@PolishedYogi truly opal vibes!!
honestly i stopped purchasing from Cirque due to how expensive it is compared to bottle size and it's not like the stuff they put out is wildly imaginative especially when you compare it to like KB Shimmer or something. i will say, i really did love that one magnetic collection they did with Eye of the Beholder. That was the one time i was truly ever impressed with magnetics.
That’s totally fair! I think back then they were def putting out shades/finishes you wouldn’t see often but these days there’s soo much overlap among brands. I think the only finishes that set them apart are really their jellies, maybeee their shimmergraphics too? But yeah sometimes I’m still a sucker for how they curate a collection, like yes that magnetic one I think called Illusionist ? So cool! 🧲⚡️
My friend lent me Into the Wishing Well to try because it's been on my wish list for a longggg time, and I absolutely adore it!! It's sooo beautiful I'm honestly surprised it's not shared or talked about more on like Reddit and stuff haha
i’m ao glad you got to try it for yourself!! i had shared that in one of my fav shimmers videos and ugh its just soo pretty, i checked their site and am shocked its STILL available! why is no one picking it up 😭😭
I feel you on Fairy Tale - to me it’s this perfect chocolate shade, AND it was one of the easiest to work with magnetics from the launch (along with the green and blue). Bummer it’s gone but I’m glad to have mine.
Love these videos ❤
so glad you get it too! 🥹🤎 i felt like i was the only one devastated over that one when she first announced it hahah 🤣 but so glad you enjoyed this video! 🤗
@@PolishedYogi I was bummed about it, but not as bummed overall as usual. As a green lover, and a purple meh-er, the discontinuation usually leaves me significantly more bummed out 😅
Fairy Dust is pretty, but Pixie Party is one of my favorite nail polishes of all time❤
And I'm the same with wearing red.
Also, i recently bought several Cirque polishes for the first time and loved them, but I'm glad i bought them on sale. So i 100% agree with your "Boomer" opinion lol.
Hehe so glad you love Pixie Party too!! And also agree on the red, I feel like it’s so common for people to either love or hate wearing red but I don’t see others who like it, but still don’t wear it 🤣
And omg yeah getting cirque during their sales is a mustttt! I do think generally their quality is great, but still so hard to justify paying full price lol
I want to like confetti nails SO badly, but like you I just can’t 😭although I actually did like that finish for a few polishes in the Sally Hansen Sesame Street collab!
Lol right!! Maybe if they were matte bar glitters they would be more passable 🤔 and yeah that’s true sometimes it can really work depending on the theme of the collection! I thought some of those were pretty cute too hehe
I also don’t really wear reds much and reach more for deeper, dark reds! But personally I actually don’t like how a lot of reds look on me…idk something with my undertone i guess 😂
A polish that I like but think it’s overhyped, idk how “overhyped” this is but it’s Mooncat’s millennia for me!
I bought it during my first order from Mooncat since it’s recommended as a starter magnetic from them and I DO lean towards darker colors and I did think it was super pretty when I first used it! But I dunno what it is, nowadays I don’t care for it to the point of thinking of destashing it…😅 it just seems so boring and lacking compared to my other magnetics, or maybe my eyesight has somehow gotten worse because it feels like the blue magnetic pigment barely shows up in the polish
I feel the same way about Millenia I also got it in my mooncat order but it takes three coats to be opaque so I am annoyed with it.
omg yeah i think in my Fav Magnetics video i mentioned loving Apollo way more than Millennia !! i also did find that one to be superrr sheer, maybe over a black/navy base it would look better but yeah even still i would rather wear other galaxy inspired magnetics 😅
@@eatlocal123I think on the site it does say that it looks best if you put it over top a black polish? If you haven’t tried that, I do think it helps with the opacity issue but not my other problems with it 😅
Mooncat’s magnetics do not hold a strong line - except Apollo. Drown My Demons looks better but their formula is for a softer line.
I hate reflective glitter. Never wanted to try, never will try. And also …magnetics. I love to paint my nails but I’m not trying to make it my job.
That’s totally fair! Esp regarding magnetics, they can be so time consuming 😅
Your shirt! You are such a delight. Haha
Hahah thank you!! It’s a must for these unpopular opinion vids 😝
Very unpopular opinion I don’t love House of Hades…😅 I actually like the charity polish more: Portrait of an Introvert 😊
Also i think I will never get on board with cracking polish 😅 😫
hehe i don’t think that’s super unpopular, i know a lot of people were disappointed in HoH 🙈 but yay for loving Portrait of an Introvert!! 💙
and hahaha yeah crackle is def another hate it or love it trend 🤣
What a fun video!! 🤗 Thank you for the timestamps so I could quickly copy and paste the questions to throw in some answers of my own:
*[1]* A Popular Polish You Don’t Like
Toe Beans by Holo Taco. I just dislike pink, so that's a me thing ha, ha lol, but there's nothing wrong with the polish. I knew there was going to be excitement around it, and some of the nail swatchers I watch listed it in their top 10 polishes of 2023 (late December to January video uploads), so I just had to ignore it. 😆
*[2]* A Polish Everyone Hates But You Like
I know that there are people with sensitivities to texture (very valid), but for me I actually really like polishes that have that smooth sand/soft grain texture. They really don't sell well for any brand that makes them, which is sad for me but I wish there were more colors and options in that particular finish lol.
*[3]* A Nail Polish Finish You Don’t Like
Any type of glitter or topper that sticks up awkwardly and doesn't lay flat nicely on the curve of the nail.
*[4]* A Brand You Think is Overpriced
This doesn't apply for just one brand (it applies to many), but a quick example; $13 for a clear top coat from Mooncat. I get it that there's R&D that goes into formulas, and it's worth paying a bit more for a product that is smooth, doesn't cause shrinking, dries quickly etc. But it is actually nutty that a clear top coat is $13, and brands are trying to normalize that this is what it should cost customers. 😤 I look at my order history as well, and I still remember the time when I Scream Nails changed their pricing suddenly from $9 a bottle to $13.50 (and the relentless spam of deals).
*[5]* A Trend You Can’t Get On Board With
Crackle nail polish is just not for me lol.
*[6]* A Trend You Didn’t Like At It’s Peak, but Do Now
I never disliked the velvet style of magnetic polishes; I just never paid much attention to it when it was at its highest peak. I dabble in it a bit more now than I used to.
*[7]* A Color You Don’t Wear Often or At All
Pink I never wear. I also get really picky when brands don't describe their shades well, and I have to look at dozens of swatches in different lighting conditions to ascertain if something leans into the pink family, if it has any kind of pink pigment/sparkle in it etc.
*[8]* A Polish You Like But Think is Overhyped
Holo Taco's Matte Taco. I like it, it's a good product, but I'm not one of those HT extreme fans that believe the brand can do no wrong. There have been occasions where I feel like the language used in the livestreams is overhyping certain products as well. Matte Taco is good, but it's not the best, most 'chalkboard', mattifying effect top coat in my collection either. One-Coat Black is a good product, but so is Salon Perfect's Oil Slick which is around $2-$4.30 a bottle.
*[9]* A Popular Top Coat You Don’t Like
For me it's Seche Vite (OG one in the clear bottle) because of the shrinkage issue and I'll probably never buy it again. But I do know that Seche Vive (blue bottle) doesn't have that problem.
I appreciate the pricing on the pro refill kits though.
*[10]* A Polish That Doesn’t Get Enough Love
I expect this for polishes that aren't new, but I always get compliments when I use the shade Fresh (CNL45) by L.A. Colors for nail art. Whether it's painting leaves for the top of a strawberry, palm fronds, trees or moss, it just looks like the 'correct' color for leaves if that makes sense. Tbf a very basic green crème just isn't exciting, but I haven't found a perfect dupe for it from another brand yet. If anyone knows of a perfect match, do let me know. 😊
of course! appreciate you sharing your responses too, they were fun to read! and i definitely do hear you on mooncat’s topcoat being expensive 🙈 there probably are other more affordable ones out there but its just one i keep going back to! i’ve heard great things about KB so hopefully i can try that or Cuticula soon. also for your very last one- i wasn’t able to find many photos of that LA Colors but it reminded me of the green from essie’s summer collection last year, where it looks like the perfect green for leaves etc! but sadly that one seems like its discontinued at least on essie’s site :/
@@PolishedYogi Thank you so much and I'll keep an eye out for the discontinued Essie. Thanks for the recommendation! 😊❤
The holo taco top coat does take longer to dry than mooncat speed demon for me, but I feel like it is so much shinier than speed demon. So I'm still looking for my holy grail top coat.
Okay I’m glad you kinda have the same experience with dry time!! I didn’t notice a difference in shine personally but hmm have you tried KBShimmer’s topcoat? I’ve heard that one is really great too!
@@PolishedYogi I haven't tried it yet but it's on my list for the next time I order from kbshimmer, which will probably be pretty soon 😂
I’m not a fan of HT glossy taco either. I tried and it just doesn’t work for me. Seche Vite is my go to top coat. I know others have issues with shrinkage from it, but it doesn’t do that on my nails. 😊
ah you’re lucky you don’t get shrinkage!!
this was fun! 😆 love the shirt and yasss spill the teaaa
Feel you on MC Dark Horse 💀 guess that shade rly lives up to its name 😂 i too agree yea it looks nice on other people but i like the ethereal flakies more.
my own answer for 'colors you don't wear' surprised me: i too don't wear reds. Even though all reds look great on my skintone, and i own and enjoy several blood-red lipsticks and buy red shirts 😅
idk, i just somehow don't really like the look of red nails. And seeing as i own several blue/purple polishes..maybe it really just happens that i like the cooler colors on nails 🤔
im also on the side of sheer finishes 😆 every time a new polish comes out, i see people sad/concerned abt VNP. Sorry guys but sheers for life for me 😂 i rly just like the ethereal 'the polish looks innate to the nail' aesthetic, where some harsh opaque creme shades just look like fake plastic nails glued on, esp if thickly layered?
I think my truly unpopular opinion is liking short-short nails. I keep practically no free edge. I experimented with a few milimeters of free edge for a few semesters in college, but then went back to no free edge. It's just so much nicer to type, write and do anything with!!
hahah thank youu!! so glad you enjoyed this one 😄 i’m glad you totally get me on the red nails thing! it’s so weird bc its not like we actively dislike it haha but yeah our preferences just lie elsewhere 😆
and omg short nails are truly the best bc they’re cute AND practical!! i do love the look of slightly longer nails but ugh they just get in the way sometimes lmao
Love the shirt 😂
Heheh thank you!! It’s my fav to wear for these type of videos 🤣
What does it say? I could only see Nobody.
I feel like I'm a walking unpopular opinion with my nail polish choices lol. I'm NoT lIkE oThEr PolIsH lOvErS 😆
I'm a yellow/green/orange/brown polish fan. So basically, the 10 worst sellers for Holo Taco this year were my most worn 🤦
I'm like you in that I don't really wear red often at all. I'm also a freak, and don't love purple. It has to be a light purple (lilac/lavendar) for me to wear it.
A polish I have in my collection that I don't think gets enough love is Holo Taco's Lemon Spritzer 😭it's basically linear holographic butter yellow and I do not get how it was so poorly received (I mean, I do get it, it's yellow 💔).
I'm also with you as well in terms of, usually if it's a really popular shade that is getting a lot of hype, I enjoy it too.
Lemon Spritzer is the only linear holo polish that I own 😂 so I was shocked to find out others don't like it
Hahah aww yeah that stream must really suck for you every year 😩 that’s so crazy you don’t really love purple either, I def do prefer lavender purps the most but I also loveee deep ones!! The medium purples are usually the ones I wear least 🙈
And omg Lemon Spritzer!! 😩 maybe I’d feel differently about it if I wore it, but idk to me it never looked like a butter yellow! I generally don’t like a lot of yellows Cristine releases because they’re just too green leaning for me lol 🙈
So...
1) I don't like HT Existential Crisis; there, I said it.
2) I like Lumen's Papillon, but I use VNL blurring base coats, so...
3) No on Flakies with Black Flakies added....it looks dirty somehow...
4) Well yeah, Cirque...but Sally Hansen Miracle Gel is 12.99 at my local CVS, and that is nuts!
5) Gel and Acrylic Nails...never!
6) Reflective Polish, I like it more now. I think that is because I use glitter smoother...
7) Yellow, Orange and Red. I do have 2 yellows I will wear, and about 3 Oranges, (mostly Neon or slightly coral leaning ) but I only have 1 red, and I wear it like once a year?
8) Linear Holo Top Coat. I like it but...
9) HT Glossy Taco, yep, that is the one...We miss you Super Glossy Taco!
10) Ok, I am going to go with Brands here; Alchemy Lacquer, Night Owl Lacquer, Garden Path Lacquer, Fancy Gloss, these are great polishes! Also, where are you Sinful Colors?
omg yeah i remember hearing a lot of people ended up hatinggg Existential Crisis! and oof yeah I also remember the recent reddit “drama” over Lumen’s Papillon lol 😅 but wow I didn’t realize there was a Sally Hansen line that’s $13?? I know they have soo many, and i’m used to the ones that cost maybe $3 ! yess a glitter smoother (and tbh a peel off base) is soo needed for reflective glitters. and ahh i have yet to try Garden Path or Fancy Gloss, maybe soon, but i love the other two brands!! and I feel like Sinful Colors went out of business or something, I stopped seeing them in stores and I think I remember hearing even their social media went dead too?? they had some great ones 🥺
Luman and Ethereal are a mother-daughter brand? Is that true? Also what does that mean lmao. Also I'm really torn on how I feel about your controversial op here, on one had I get it, on the other, they do an unlimited pre-order for a new collections, usually a second run to sell the leftovers, then after that usually (never really) sell old collections just new ones. Believe me I GET how frustrating that is, but like...a lot of other indie brands do the same and dont get the flack. I mean BKL operates nearly the same way??? I dont get why Ethereal gets the brunt of the hate for things a lot of indie makers do.
yes it’s true! i always get it mixed up but it’s like the owner of Lumen is the daughter (or mom lol) of the owner of Ethereal!
and that’s definitely fair too, but I think right now the convo seems to be around Lumen & Ethereal bc they’re just THE brand(s) everyone is talking about, like BKL isn’t nearly as popular as before their hiatus and i feel like since they came back a lot of people have already acknowledged BKL of being guilty of the same things (or at least specifically them releasing very similar shades). so in a way i feel like a lot of people already moved on from those feelings/that convo about BKL but are now having them about Lumen/ Ethereal.
@@PolishedYogi Gotcha gotcha. i definitely missed the 🍵on BKL, from my perspective it seems that BKL is super well known as opposed to other indie brands, so I was confused you know lol.
Tfs!!! =-) my least fav finish - glitters; overpriced brand - Cirque Colors & Holo Taco - tied; popular top coat - G&G
Hehe thanks for sharing your opinions too!! 🤗
@@PolishedYogi I didn’t even finish using the G&G on a full mani 😤
Ok i am honestly baffled and confused by kismet. I have basecoats that have more coverage! And i'm not talking blurring basecoats. For what could you need a polish that even in 3 coats doesn't have any real color? Like i get that whole "your nails but better" vibe but i feel like all the ones i've seen had more color
That’s totally fair! Funny enough the few blurring base coats I’ve tried (Emily de molly & PFD) were TOO opaque for me lol. But it’s not even about the coverage for me either, it’s really the “color” which I know sounds silly! I do think if my nails weren’t stained, I’d probably feel the same as you like what’s the point of this polish hahah. But since they’re stained, it does the perf amount of color correcting for me!
I don't own any bar glitter, but I love it 🤦♀️😂.
As for Lumen and Ethereal, I think they're overhyped. I like them in the bottle but once on the nails, I can't help but think how stingy the maker was with the coverage bcs often even after 3 coats they are super sheer. So I don't own any.
I agree about Lumen and Ethereal!
After seeing on Reddit how a lot of their polishes need 3 or 4+ to get the desired look, I've chosen to not buy from them.
i’m glad you love bar glitters lol! i get h ow they can be cute, it just never seems to work with me unless its part of a glitter mix! but even still they usually stick out to me and aren’t my fav 🙈
but yes exactly! i love me some sheer polishes and don’t mind VNL, but I feel like all the swatches i’ve seen of Lumen look SO much more sheer, like they’re supposed to be toppers?? but they’re not marketed that way.. at least with Ethereal they usually have more tinted/buildable bases and its usually the formula that’s so annoying lol but i can deal with that part at least!
Dark Horse is such a disappointment on me. So beautiful on others. Bee’s Knees Queen of Rot looks like garbage to me. You would have to pay me a lot to wear it. I don’t like her super sheer polishes. You shouldn’t need 3 coats of anything to make it look sheer. You’re just paying for the suspension base. I have a bunch of both brands that I love but nothing is an automatic drop in my cart.
I researched toulene and most risk comes from the high exposure a manicurist might encounter at a salon. Certainly people swatching and hoping for bio kids should probably avoid. But, seche vite also dulls some delicate shimmers. I tried Cuticula’s scented coat and I think it takes longer to dry than the unscented. So I save that for manis I have more time to cure.
I like most finishes. I find straight jellies the most difficult to work with. I have trouble judging the right thickness and drying time. Then I mess it up. Big flakes? No problem. Jellies turn into mud slides.
Let’s let ILNP have a moment okay 😅
But they always have a moment! They’re one of my fav brands lol 🤣
Umm. 🧐 I haven’t really even started the video yet. I had to pause to say… I want that tee shirt!!!! 😝
Ok. Back to the 🎥 🍿
Hahaha thank you so much 😝
Perfect shirt, no notes 👌
Heheh thanks so much!! 😝
And frankly I don’t get the hype behind BKL. You often need at least three coats or an undie. And they release a lot of very similar colors. And a lot of their polishes stain. Sorry, not sorry
Yeah BKL def falls under the same criticism as ethereal/lumen when it comes to releasing similar shades! So frustrating.. I haven’t had any staining issues, but don’t have many BKL to begin with 🤷🏻♀️