My First Mooncat Sale
TLDR
- How’s “am I everything you fear” on shorties?
- Do you want to influence or de influence any of these?
- Are there any dupes I should consider instead?
- What are your favorite Mooncat polishes for Spring and Summer?
I have been enjoying peeking into other peoples carts and seeing how different our tastes can be. I have never bought Mooncat before, but it’s my birthday soon, and I have decided to take advantage of the sale. There’s no way I can get all these, so I need to cut back.
What I need most is spring & summer polishes. I tend to be drawn towards autumn & winter shades as a matter of taste, but then in the warm seasons I really do like to dress with the weather and feel like I’m vibing with what nature is doing. Every October it’s like “I’m goth, actually” and every March it’s like “girl, no you’re not.”
The other thing on my mind is matching my polish to the kind of book I’m either reading or writing, and possibly to my ink or my fountain pen.
Sakura’s Serenade seems perfect for Valentine’s Day, Spring/Summer, and when I feel like leaning into the mood of love and romance. I really enjoy wearing thermals and watching them change, but I’m also nervous about spending $$$ on a luxury polish that might get weird in a year or two.
To All Who Ghosted Me reminds me a bit of this purple taupe nail polish from Sephora by OPI that I was obsessed with back in like 2010, only with a bright blue flash. Very wearable. Good for the rainy side of spring.
Garden of Evil would have been perfect during March and April planting season. Another good shade for when you’re done with winter. It’s pastel without feeling like Easter. A garden witch color.
Sagebrush I see this recc’d a lot and I do have a lot of sage in my wardrobe. I think this is a very wearable, natural, earthy shade with some interest and dimension. So why do I feel kind of meh about it? Is it because I saw something recently about “Millennial Sage” and felt totally called out? Possibly.
Ribbit Ribbit I love how bright this is. It just seems super fun for spring and especially summer. I would consider Plankton as an alternative, or Fauve cosmetics Delirium. Not that they’re dupes, but they’re all joyful greens. I don’t have any joyful greens and I want one. I often wear brights on my toes in the summer.
River Styx I have a few impulse drugstore teals but they have all disappointed me. Maybe this could be the one to scratch that itch. It seems really glowy. It seems like it might go with this gorgeous teal fountain pen. (Finding an exact dupe would be a whole other post.) This color screams summer to me.
Am I Everything You Fear I love this, but I’m wondering if my nails are too short to really get the effect? I have long nailbeds but relatively short nails. I have a decent C curve. This polish would be the vibe for sci-fi, horror, and paranormal romance. I like how it’s moody but it has that romance pink.
Heart of Stone A glittery neutral with some pink. I’m worried that the stone color would feel too close to my skin tone. Would this give me glittery mannequin fingers? I wish I were more comfortable with pale nail polishes. I keep buying them and hating them. I have several ballet pink and beige fail-polishes. I was tempted by Sand Viper but I’ll not be fooled again! I should probably delete this from my cart.
Bootlegger Speaking of neutrals, I like brown. I feel like brown is underrated. This seems like it could be a nice late summer brown. It’s got so much gold in it that it makes me think of summer harvests, transitioning into pumpkin season. It’s possible that I’m just trying to convince myself that an autumn polish qualifies for summer. It’s also possible that this’ll look wretched with my skin tone but I think I’ll be ok. I can wear gold jewelry.
Dark Horse There’s no pretending this is for spring/summer, but it’s right up my alley and seems to have more gold than the dupes I’ve looked into. Part of me is reluctant to wear brown because so many people say it’s boring and/or ugly, but I am trying to embrace it as once of my favorite colors. Because it is. People can mind their business.
Dark Night of the Soul This is really pretty and would be fun to wear while reading or writing about a character at rock bottom. It’s brighter than a lot of moody blues, while still being moody. I have a feeling it’s probably not especially unique, but I don’t have any dupes in my collection.
Freshly Bitten I asked my partner to pick a polish for me to wear, and this was it. I am not surprised that it is a vampy purple. Honestly, every polish they pick turns out really well (Fauve’s Matisse’s Mirage was not on my radar and is now a favorite.) This would obviously be great for fall and winter. Maybe early spring, like when it’s still snowing. It would be perfect for reading and writing about vampires.
So anyways, I want them all, but I cannot justify so many Mooncat polishes.
I guess I can cut Sagebrush and Heart of Stone because my thoughts on them were more mixed, unlike some of the others. That still leaves me needing to cut several more.