Smokin Hot 🔥 September 2023 Hauls

[sonnydee]

 

 This summer has really been a scorcher! 🥵 But let's give everyone a better reason to sweat! Sweatin over some haulin! 🔥🔥🔥 please continue to use August haul thread until September 1st. 

[CookieGirl1]

@caitbird I'd love your thoughts on the Beauty of Joseon products after you've had a chance to try them all out.

[caitbird]

@CookieGirl1  for sure! It might be a little while before I get to them though, I have a bunch of other open products I'm trying to get through first 😅

[caitbird]

My second Soko Glam order of September - I wasn't going to order again so soon, but several of my favorites were 30% off so I took advantage of the sale to stock up. The Benton serum was a free GWP.

[lmaster]

Beautiful packaging! @caitbird 

[WinglessOne]

Last (I think) round of September acquisitions: nail polishes, or why I should really go on a polish no-buy soon. 

Polish Pickup - August (didn’t arrive til September): 

Bluebird Lacquer’s bottle label makes me smile whenever I see it. 🙂

August’s theme was dreamscapes. I did really well: just 3 polishes! I was so proud of myself—and then September rolled around. 😂🤦‍♀️ This is my first Sassy Sauce polish, so it’ll be fun to test on my nails. Here’s a closeup photo of all 3 shades: 

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Mooncat: 

Forgot to include Mooncat’s base coat and glossy top coat, which I also got with this order.

The top 3 are from Mooncat’s Alice in Wonderland collection. The last one I bought as a consolation for missing a similar shade (House of Hades, which quickly went OOS—and I might go back and grab it now that it’s back in stock because self control, haha, what’s that).

Closeup photo: 

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2 polishes are magnetic. On my swatch sticks, the nail is magnetized and the swatch below the nail is not.  

Bottom half is an intentionally blurry flash photo to show off more holo rainbow sparkles.

Starrily: 

My first order direct from Starrily. I love their box.

Closeup photo and notes: 

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Starrily spoke directly to my love of plain jellies with their Jellyfish Journey collection. These jellies are truly sheer in one coat and build to nearly opaque in two coats, with no streaking. (My swatch sticks show a single coat swatch below the nail; the nail is two coats.) 

Three not-plain-jelly polishes somehow snuck into my cart, including Pegasus which might be the shiniest purple metallic polish I’ve seen in person. Here’s a closeup of that trio: 

King Midas is ridiculously rainbow + gold sparkly in person.

Phoenix Oops! Mystery Bag (purchased at Beautometry): 

Closeup photos and notes: 

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These are mix mess-ups and/or experimental shades that didn’t make the final cut for any Phoenix collection release. I think there were 45 total possible shades, and Phoenix numbered them rather than name them. I got numbers 16 through 30. I kinda wish they’d jumbled up the numbers in the mystery bags, but I assume that would’ve made it harder to avoid repeats. Eh, I like everything I got so I’m not complaining. 

Closeup photos. Bottom 3rd of each image is a flash photo. 3 polishes are magnetic; the nail is magnetized and the swatch below the nail is not. 

L to R: Phoenix Oops shades 16 through 20.
L to R: Phoenix Oops shades 21 through 25.
L to R: Phoenix Oops shades 26 through 30.

Polish Pickup - September: 

Closeup photos and notes: 

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September’s theme was haunted history. I think 2 of the polishes I picked are Amityville inspired, though Ember’s The House reads more Poltergeist to me. Bent Neck Lady’s inspiration was The Haunting of Hill House. Here for the Boos was inspired by Denver’s Cheesman Park. My photos don’t capture enough of BNL and HftB’s color shifts; they’re amazing in person. Seriously, photos do those 2 polishes zero justice. 

Closeup photos. 4 polishes are magnetic; the nail is magnetized and the swatch below the nail is not. 

Bottom half shows swatch sticks tilted forward a bit to try catching some color shifts.
At first glance, Ember’s The House may look similar to Phoenix’s Oops 20, but the latter has a black (or blackened navy) base while the former has a turquoise base. In this comparison photo, the right side is a flash photo. 

SIMILAR, NOT SAME. 😄

[lmaster]

I'm in awe!!! Like a kid in a candy store @WinglessOne 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @lmaster !

[CookieGirl1]

@WinglessOne love all of your polishes!  I was so mad at myself that I didn't jump on Mooncat Cyborg when it was temporarily back in stock and now I'm having major regrets so I'm glad that you got some good polishes from them.

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @CookieGirl1 ! And I feel you: there’s a Live Love Polish shade I stalked but never bought, and it didn’t make the Mooncat rebrand cut. Sigh… sorry you missed Cyborg. 😞 

[caitbird]

@WinglessOne  wow, look at all those stunning polishes! Hard to pick a favorite, though I am partial to those blue-greens!

[WinglessOne]

Thank you @caitbird ! I can’t pick a favorite either, but the blue greens are lovely! 

[curlychiquita]

Everything is so pretty, @WinglessOne! I love blue and orange polishes!

[WinglessOne]

Thank you @curlychiquita ! Blue polishes are hard to pass up. 💙 I have more blues in my overall collection than any other shade. 

[JoSometimes]

So many amazing polishes  @WinglessOne! 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @JoSometimes !

[Titian06]

Wow, you picked up amazing looking polishes, @WinglessOne ! 🤩  Looking forward to you modeling them! 🙂

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @Titian06 ! Hopefully I can get back to wearing polish again soon! 

[CynthieLu]

Stunning polish haul @WinglessOne  "That's what Sea Said", with that blue peeking through in the photos, that looks really cool! I've been eyeing up Polish Pickup for a few months, you picked up really pretty ones from the August selection. 

Starrily does have beautiful packaging, that box is impressive 😍 ( so is King Midas, ooh that's a stunner!) Enjoy them all! 

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @CynthieLu ! I sometimes avoid looking at PPU because I know I’ll end up buying at least one polish—and I’ve never bought just one. 🤪 There’s also Hella Handmade Creations to consider, but for some reason I’m better at avoiding HHC… PPU usually has more things that catch my eye, despite the brand overlap. If you ever decide to buy from PPU, I’ll be interested to see what you picked! 

[AznAngelLiz]

I feel like these were purchased over several months but according to my emails, they were all this month. 

I’m debating whether to keep them for myself or give some as Christmas gifts…😅

 

[lmaster]

@AznAngelLiz what an absolutely amazing bunch!!