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I was so excited to get “I Love You So Matcha” from Cracked Polish in my last haul! I have been so into wearing magnetics for the past year that anything non-magnetic is a real palette cleanser for me. Even a bright Matcha green jelly. 💚

I’m wearing 3 coats of “ILYSM” with Mooncat Speed Demon top coat. Mani is over clear dip powder for strength.

My avocado fanny pack from Mercari arrived over the weekend, and I’ve already moved into her to try out. So far so good!

I also happened to be matching my mani to it. I’m wearing Cracked Polish “I Love You So Matcha.” Such a great combo with avocado!

Wearing the cargo shoulder bag in lemongrass today! I don’t use this bag that often but I wanted to wear it out for the day! I’ve found that the cargo shoulder fits about as much as the mini nylon shoulder and the small crescent. The little front pockets are so handy! One is holding my hand sanitizer and the other has Altoids lol

My small sage stripe crescent and chocolate shoulder bag have arrived!! This is my first small crescent and I am glad it can fit my essentials, but it is a little bit of a tight fit with my hardshell glasses case. But I really love the sage strap - it compliments this bag so well!

And I’m a shoulder bag lover so I’m glad to have this chocolate one in my collection! It’s such a pretty brown.

I’m debating getting the sage stripe fanny pack because I am loving this print (and I don’t typically buy the same print twice…) I have an avocado fanny on the way. If I like that one I may go for it! 💚

Got a wishlist polish and it lived up to the hype!

Wearing:
OPI Natural Nail Base
Cracked Polish “Strawberry Jam” - 3 coats
Essie GelSetter Top Coat

I’m new to jellies/crellies, but I adore this formula! It was so easy to apply and self-leveled beautifully. I can’t wait to try layering this with some fun glitters!

Showing it on shoulder and crossbody!

Medium crescents are my favorite Baggu bags, but I’m really loving the loaf lately! It holds a good amount and it’s super comfortable on the shoulder.

I’m kind of regretting not getting the sage stripe loaf, but I think I want my next one to be a solid instead of a pattern. 🫶

Finally wearing my newest Bee’s Knees polishes from the Return to the Swamp Collection!

I tried the base coat method (applying base coat followed by top coat after magnetizing the color layer. I don’t think it worked for me…feel like it dispersed my magnetic coat and I probably needed to magnetize them again). Still a really pretty and fun skittle! I will just stick to applying and magnetizing my top coat.

OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
Pinky - The Water Remembers
Ring - Mind the Thorns
Middle - The Horrors Persist But So Do I
Index - Hex the Patriarchy
Thumb (left) - Scales and Scutes
Thumb (right) - Root of Hemlock
OPI Natural Nail Base Coat
Sally Hansen InstaDri Top Coat

I’m a BKL and Mooncat girlie, but I’ve been enjoying trying out the polishes from Cracked! This is my second purchase from them.

Polishes I picked up:
- Street Corner Bouquet
- Raspberry Glaze
- Strawberry Jam
- Breakfast at Monique’s
- I Love You So Matcha
- Ready to Stumble

I’ve never been into jellies or crellies before, but these formulas are so nice to work with!

I haven’t tried their magnetics yet, but plan to eventually. I just have so many BKL magnetics I’m still working through. I know everyone raves about Scorchy but the red/orange shift isn’t as much my vibe, so open to other magnetic recs from Cracked!

Here is my updated Baggu collection including my newest acquisitions: Sage stripe small crescent and coffee shoulder bag! Waiting for these to ship to me but exited to have them.

There are a few bags I plan to destash (cargo shoulder, horizontal duck and maybe a few more) but over all I’m happy with my bag collection. 🫶🫶🫶

My favorites: medium crescent will always be my go-to! The loaf is quickly becoming a close second as favorite bag. And the shoulder bags are my favorite work bags. They fit my 13” laptop comfortably plus everything else I could need. The baby reusable is so handy to carry lunch, takeout, or whatever you need. Also the small cloud carry on was such a great personal item bag for flying, and I know I’ll use it for weekend car trips, too.

Wanted to love more: the everyday cloud bag! I mostly love it for the madras print. And I think all the pockets are fabulous. I just don’t love the shape or how the straps sit on my shoulders.

Favorite pattern: I’m a sucker for all of the cute fruits! I know they do strawberries a lot, but I don’t mind lol

Wearing 3 coats of SNS “Barely Touch” right now, and I used the CNDesigner Dips liquids. This is my favorite milky nude. Sometimes I like wearing it as is, and sometimes I like to paint over it!

I started buying Bees Knees Lacquer last August. It is definitely my most purchased brand, with Mooncat and Essie being next.

Things I love about BKL:

1. The formulas and shades are just so good!

2. The sales! I feel like she does sales a decent amount of sales, even on new collections.

3. That she sells over pours so you have a chance to get a shade you may have missed out on.

4. Supporting a fellow Korean-American!

I have worn probably 75% of my BKL polishes, but I haven’t yet worn my newest from the Return to the Swamp collection, and a few others I just haven’t gotten to yet.

There are a few that I plan to destash because they didn’t wow me like I hoped they would (Crystalline Clarity is pretty but I’m just not a holo girlie, Too Many Beds only really looks pretty in flash imo, and a few others).

The mosaic magnetics are superrrrr pretty and dimensional, but I can’t stand the texture! I may need to try a glitter grabber with them and I may like them better.

I’ll wrap up by saying my number one favorite BKL polish is I Put The Omen in Women. I should’ve bought a backup of this one! And while I adore the magnetic formula, I crave more shimmers like Take No Shit and His Gentle Ruler!!!

I included some swatches as the last two photos. 💖