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(Rant incoming

Moment mori x2

And nyyrian nights x2

Doing a multi-post since my heads been spinning lately and I’m fighting off depression/anxiety due to the fact that my dream wedding which is less than three weeks away is being pulled from under my feet. Last week everything was fine I was at the point where I was ready to relax and plan decorating and getting ready to see my family and friends who are traveling from all over to see me get married to my partner of eleven years! (My hs sweetheart) 🤍 last week I got my hair done in preparation, I threw on an untried (momento mori!) which was one of my contestants to wear down the aisle- she’s ghastly and neutral with spice and to me I’d consider this a beautiful off white on myself (I know people either hate this or love it as it is nearly a flesh toned color, but I love the naked elegant nail look where my claws just blend into my hands!) so this one wowed me and I didn’t expect to love it so much. Still undecided though. (It’s between stolen kiss, pearl clutcher which was my #1 option from last year, and then this one or even Clare de lune!) so still have to make decision!

Anyway I just got a phone call from my fiancees mom (i was getting married on her sisters land/property near the woods and river- right across from the Airbnb they have and were letting me and my bridesmaids use) that they decided they cannot handle having our wedding anymore- and we needed to figure something else out LESS than three weeks out. I have family and friends traveling from out of state that took of work and spent money to come meet her family and see us get married! Not only that but we already spent a few thousand dollars on decorations and renting the tent and tables and chairs which are already there… the location is perfect and sentimental to us because it’s our favorite time of the year- it’s outside on the countryside so surrounded by woods and nature and the river, my aisle is literally giant trees where we were gonna walk down with mums and pumpkins- overlooking the river behind us and her parents even homemade us our own intricate arch. I’ve had this vision for over two years… the food is planned and supposed to be prepared on their outdoor flattop grill. And they completely transformed the property just for this event and her aunt was even supposed to be the one to wed us- which bonus! She has even backed out of doing that and letting us use the airbnb.

This was a gift from them when we got engaged as they know we don’t have a lot of money and neither of our families do- I would’ve just eloped and not had a wedding rn had they not offered the gift to accommodate our big family and friends (about sixty people) now I wish we had paid them instead of it being a gift; or signed a contract or something because now I feel screwed over and completely overwhelmed with having to scramble and figure out something else this close out and know even if I do it’s not gonna be as beautiful as expected. And I need to start telling my family and friends plans have changed and that I’m still having a wedding but the location changed. And I’m dreading all of this now. The reason why is complicated her husband got injured a few days ago and will be okay- however they gave us the property already and there’s no legitimate reason why I couldn’t have just hired someone else to marry us and they allowed us to use the property but his fiancee apparently just can’t mentally handle it anymore even though we’ve offered to handle literally everything and even absolved her of the responsibility of marrying us.

This has ruined my wedding (though im gonna try
My best to make it as great as I can all things considering cause at the end or the day I still will get to marry my best friend with my family and friends and hopefully can still pull it off even if now it’s not gonna be as beautiful) now I’m also worried about finances as I’ve spent all that money already. Now having to find a place we can afford, that can still work with our catering, and now even find a place to sleep and get ready the day of and before.

Please send all the love and positivity this way as I’m fully mourning this situation and trying not to show my fiancé how devastated I am and soldier on and try and make this thing still work. Today going to drive an hour away to a potential spot which Is just okay… but not the vibes we wanted however I am no position to be picky as I’m desperate at this point. Can’t wait to change my mani and decompress right now- right now I’m wearing nyyrian nights which I do I love 💕

Out of rewards I’ve picked up so far this is the BEST one hands down! So worth the points, infact I may pick up another bottle with points again because I would pay hard earned dollars for it! (And was going to during the sale so I’m so glad I got it for free!) I know people can complain about the rewards often and aren’t satisfied always but I never will complain considering Mooncat is so generous with their points system and being able to collect free polishes for just buying polishes anyway will always be a good trade off for me! I highly encourage you to grab this one if you haven’t already!

I wish I’d picked up silent scream but didn’t since I rarely wear black, but man was that also a good one! Hoping for forbidden fruit next to be a reward!

Mutiny is a gorgeous emerald jewel toned green, this happens to have a blue green undertone to it, I think this was two thick coats which made it less apparent but in extreme angles I get this murky blue green! Oh it’s so stunning! Green is my favorite color I’m so surprised I neglected this so long ! (Honestly always loved it but I avoided magnetics for the longest cause they’re generally a pain for me to do, but they’ve grown on me a lot so I don’t mind carving the time for them if I’m not having a super busy week!)

so this polish is full glam and that I adore. I start with the pros- I actually love this silvery lavender shade I will say I think I expected it be a little less muted lavender irl but I still really like the subtle purple! Oh man she twinkles and twinkles- ahhh I’ve missed super glittery shades like these and I couldn’t tell you how excited I was to be a fan of Mooncat and be around for a new glitterbomb!

Now let’s talk about the cons, I do think this was harder to work with- I went in with that in my head and instead of globbing on three coats and a thiccc ol top coat I decided to have a base color going in- (sweet nightmare) which was I think the move cause I still have some bald spots where glitter wouldn’t disperse evenly- (however I do need to try this again on its own, cause I’m not sure if it was just interference with the base color or if it was just the glitter rewetting and moving around with another layer.) I tbh can’t really imagine doing a third extra coat of glitter had i not had a base color i think it might not look good on me anymore lol, but that’s just a preference as im sensitive to textures at times.
Also i I cannot barely detect the reflective glitter in here so that kind of bummed me out honestly lol, I think it just blends in with the silver cool toned purple and I mean I was flashing the light on my nails. I will say I like the formula of the other glitters much more than this shade, with that being said though I’m excited to wear this out for my bachelorette weekend party tomorrow as it’s very blingy! (I think litter box
Formula was really nice and easier to work with if I were to rate this I’d give it probably
4 stars out of 5) I’m taking a star off cause I did have to manipulate it a bit and also do yourself a favor
And add some thinner to this one!

Love love love this polish! Easy to work with! I like it sheer too with just one coat but I built it up for this mani! (2x coats) it reminds me of the intense glorious shimmer formula of one of my favorites the trouble with immortality- however there is a very small duochrome shift in this! To a deep blurple color at extreme angles!

What an absolute cutie of a polish! It’s so ethereal and juicy! The scattered holo and the iridescent jam packed flakies make this ordinary pink something a little special! I feel so feminine and dainty wearing this shade!

This is in three light coats (honestly I loved it with just one or two, but wanted to see how much I could build it up without a blurring coat ! And it’s a very sheer polish but honestly I love it this way and would love more similar jellies like this in their future line up! My nails are still a bit stained from a mani I did literally months ago but almost fully grown out- I could’ve used a bit of a blurring or neutralizing base coast to blur the nail line but in this instance I was going for a very jelly translucent look.

I know I say this alot but this is a favorite. As far as pinks go anyway I think it knocked out my favorite the living doll and midsummers out of their place of favs! And I stan those pinks ten toes down 🐷💅🏽🫶🏼

Thought it would make it easier for everyone to build their carts or maybe save a few bucks (or not!) by comparing these shades.

I was originally dead set on just buying the set (even though I been on a no buy 😬 but I’ve been having second thoughts after looking at my massive collection and lack of space, and honestly my poor poor wallet nailpolish is a splurge and not a necessity for me I’m just addicted lol) 😂 so I think I’m gonna be good and only allow myself like four (mayyyyyybe five) I was thinking for sure I’d get both the new glitters however it seems it may be a bit redundant considering I have serpents and hiss, I’d love to save money and room for future possible glitter bombs hopefully in some more bright colors (I’m dying for a true red or black or green!)

Picked up avatar state during the lunar sale and just now am getting around to playing with it! And what a fab polish. I almost didn’t get this one since I already had GEM and moonlight lullaby- all beautiful great polishes but if I had to pick just one I think I’d definitely pick avatar! The glow is insane, it literally lasted all night long 😆 I love how this one looks the most in daily settings- GEM is a lil yellowish looking and I was eager to change it fairly quickly, still pretty though but I get bored of the white polishes very quickly- moonlight is beautiful as heck in certain lightings but I find it did look kind of bluish grey and like gem I was eager to switch it up after a day or two. This one however with the blue shimmer I am not getting bored of this one, especially under a lavender base coat it kind of reminds me of moonjelly but without the flakies and the amazing intense blue hue glow!

Idk about you all but I’m excited to get my claws on the newest glow in the darks they’re about to drop for Halloween season! Especially since they all have more of a base color to them. Mooncat surely does glows really well! I just can’t wait to play with a glow in the dark skittle! I’ve been having so much fun in the dark haunting my apartment and doing rave finger dances in the mirror of my bathroom 😆

First time poster here! Ive recently fallen back in love with make up after a four or so year hiatus- I guess I had kind of make up fatigue back then- or now looking back at it I believe I just had over consumed too much I became overwhelmed and burnt out from everything. Fast forward to the present day- I have now nailed my everyday more natural make up look- which is cute and subtle- (however boring I will admit lol) but the good news is that because of my overconsumption and break from buy, buy, buying I did get to try a lot of products and figure out what my staples are- my intentional treasures if you will- I no longer really need to try new foundations, concealers, etc etc- which saves me a lot of money and creates peace in my life and space in my storage! to make a long story short I lost 80% of my collection when I moved last year and had nothing but my basic everday stuff- it wasnt until even this month i began to fall back in love with creating and exploring with color again! Which has been an absolute blast- there’s so much new indie brands out there now absolutely killing the game! I am now into collecting in a more intentional way (I’ve picked up six pallets now which i think now I just need one more rainbow pallete to have a fully complete and rounded collection) anyway, I’ve been practicing everyday (wow my eye shadow game was rusty) but it’s all seemingly flowing back to me or through me shall I say! I’m just super inspired by the new brands and color stories and other beautiful people out there and their visions! I whipped together this little freestyle look the other day with no reference trying to kind of find my own style and own inspo and I love how it came out!

Primer- iconic London glowy primer
Foundation- makeup forever hd foundation
Color corrector- huda beauty pink pomelo
Concealer- fenty hydrating concealer
Eye primer- scratchedbykat in Blanco
eyeshadow- rotten pallete blend bunny
Brows- Anastasia brow pomade
Lip liner- maybelline lifter liner
Lipstick- abh lip velvets
Powder- huda beauty loose powder
Setting spray- Huda easy bake

I been wanting prickly pear for ever and I finally own her! I officially own all the ones of the current collection I want and the dds I was after (aside molten lava) so I’m quite content! Excited to see this new release I’m hoping it’s not a glitter bomb cause I will unfortunately probably fold and ruin my no buy! 😂

This one’s so cute! Love the flakies

My first ever PPU order and I’m obsessed! this here is two coats of pahlish’s moonbow. And just wow! What a shifty one! I own lots of polished but this is immediately a favorite! I’m a sucker for the microflakies and shifty ones!

getting around to an untried! This is three coats of dew pearls!

Tbh I wasn’t sure how I felt about it last night applying it- but I didn’t get to really appreciate it until I got to see it in daylight and i must say I’m quite fond of it now! It did take me three coats and I will say it’s quite sheer and this one does show imperfections, as In brush strokes- that doesn’t completely bother me anyway but more so I think I’d use a blurring base coat next time so i didn’t have to wait forever for it to dry and get thick after all the layers! Anyway the pink shift is lovely and the shimmer is very dainty!

(I did end up doing a big chop because the nail I repaired a couple weeks ago I chipped completely beyond repair and I was honestly just having a bad day and cut them all down regretfully but it’s okay I’ll grow them back! I am a wee bit sad about it honestly cause my weddings in like less than 100 days and my long nails are my fav feature of mine buttttt I will say man I missed the casualty of how simple it is to do text and type and do things again with my hands without the length in the way. 😆 however I will be growing them back out again slowly but surely! The semi short shorties are tres chic and ill own them till I get my length back!)

Hope everyone has a fab day!

Rewearing my absolute #1 mooncat tectonic shift! 🦕🦖 it’s a shame it’s a dd. Someone very kind on here actually sent me this polish for free and I can’t remember their name it was absolutely the sweetest thing someone’s done for me in the nail community 😭😙 ill never forget that and I hope wherever she is having a blessed day!

Second time wearing this one and it’s been about a year! And I’ll say it again it still stands to be one of my favorites of the 100 or so polishes I have! It’s just one of those unique ones, it’s chrome like- purple, orangey sunset hue vibes! Very ethereal!

Base cracked
2x take me to your leader
Pfd top coat

These crèmes are divine! And this may be one of my fav sets I’ve ever done! If you ever need an instant dopamine boost this mani does the trick! I will in a few days put some sugar and spice on top!

(Finally) got my greedy claws on supervillain! I been after this for months and finally found it for a fair enough price! It’s so worth it i fear I’m so sad it won’t return! I would love another bottle of it! It’s just so gorgeous and up there with my other favorite flakie dd tectonic shift!

One layer of AMDM and one coat of supervillain on top!

What’s your white whale mooncat polish? Or if you have it what is it?

What a shifty lil number. I swatched this on my hand many months ago and wasn’t sure about it (it can look a little bruised toned and muddled it kind it reminds me of the green blue color of my veins) I remember at the time feeling dissapointed because I loved the color so much but I wasn’t convinced it looked good on me, and ended up just taking it off- to be tried again later.. last night I was in the mood for something grungier and moodier and I finally felt in the mood to try this on but as a full mani and I am convinced! I love it now! I’m so glad I tried it again, I added an extra layer of moondust on top for extra sparkle! 🤭🌈

First pics with flash
Second pic is just under regular lighting in the kitchen
Third is under direct lighting
And fourth pic is under soft lighting!

Base- cracked sticky coat
AIEYF x2
Top coat fancy gloss

I’ve been wanting to put on mf supernova for so long and finally got around to doing so! WOW this shade is just beautiful!! I wasn’t sure I’d like this one on its own but it’s honestly now one of my top picks out of the bunches I own ✨🪄 I def will get back up of this during the sale, amongst the other mooncat glitters. Does anyone have any recommendations for glitters like these from other brands? I’d love to collect some of these in different shades!

Base nailtiques 2
2x mf supernova
Fancy gloss topcoat