u/Fluffyrainclouds

The photos show the Natasha Denona Glam Palette, a mix of the Natasha Denona Retro and Pastel Palettes and Becca Moonstone Highlighter, Becca Capri Coast Bronzer (this is already the replacement for a fully panned one, and sadly it's gone too), Becca Year of the Pig Highlighter and Becca Flowerchild Blush.

First of all, I miss Becca.

A few years ago, I finally started to earn some money and somehow was in love with Natasha Denona. I bought several palettes, rearranged them and sold some mix versions with shades I don't use. But the thing is.. I don't really like to use those things at all. The only exception is that one pan in the Glam palette, because it was my standard shade to add a little colour to my lid.

The mattes barely have any payoff and the shimmers are so subtle I'd call them outright boring. I don't know what my thing was back then with this brand, but I rarely reach for these things. The pastel ones were fun for a while, but I've discovered indie brands and pastels with actual color payoff, so that ship has sailed, too.

I don't really want to destash them because I bought the retro one 5 years ago, the pastel and glam are 4 years old. While I'm fine with using shadows that old, it feels wrong to give them to someone else. So, I'm thinking about tossing them.. But it feels wasteful and wrong, too. I thought about making a challenge out of it and hate pan them, but tbh I don't think I'd follow through since I'd rather use eyeshadow I enjoy.

Do you think tossing something after a few years of neglect is fine or do you have any other ideas?

I've wanted the polish on the right soo bad, but it wasn't available in my country, so I looked for similar options and got the other one months ago. Then the one I wanted all along was finally available and.. Now I'm thinking about destashing it because they look so close. One is more blue, one is more green.. But would you notice if I wear them both? I don't think so. I've never had polishes this close in my collection and I'm trying to figure out if those are different enough to keep both, or if I should destash one of them.

Also, I hate the regular brushes from this brand and I'm out of replacement brushes for the new one.

Do you think those are different enough? Tbh I'm disappointed because I've wanted it so bad and now it's here and I'm like "yeah I already own something like this".

Cirques Royal Jelly is my favourite jelly, it reminds me of the perfect, deep amethyst purple. So I tried to turn my nails into amethysts! My layers are a bit too thick, there are a few bubbles here and there, but I'm happy how they turned out.

Products used:

KBShimmer Stay Put Hydrating Base Coat, Cirque Colors Lavender Sky, Cirque Colors Ube Jelly, Cirque Colors Royal Jelly, ILNP Coconut Cream, Holo Taco Not Milky White, Sally Hansen Insta Dri Top Coat, Essie Gel Setter Top Coat

What I did: Two Coats of Lavender Sky (I would only do one next time), put a little bit of every jelly polish on a clear stamper and smoosh on nails. Don't overdo it, otherwise they'll all merge into one purple color. Mix a little bit of Not Milky White into Coconut Cream and draw a few lines on the nail. Go in a second time with the stamper, this time only with white and dark purple to deepen the contrast. Done!

To be honest, Aspen and I have a slightly weird relationship. I destashed it once, missed it a few weeks later and bought it again. I'm still not sure about it, but sometimes I want to wear this color so bad. I own nothing else like it and now I know it looks lovely with Cheers.