Phantom Carousel just arrived! Someone asked a few days ago if these might be dupes, so here's your comparison. 1 and 3 have two coats of Polished for Days' Phantom Carousel, 2 and 4 have three coats of Bees Knees Lacquer's Bad Vibes Only. IRL the base colors tints the magnetic pigment a lot more than my camera picked up. PC's magnetic looks downright purple in some lights. BVO's keeps that electric blue no matter what. They definitely aren't dupes!
Carousel is thicker and has a very rich mulberry/blackberry juice base. It's dark enough that it would have gone black with a third coat (big stain warning–it was pretty dry when I added top coat, and the brush still turned purple). The velvet looks identical to those intense blue/purple multichromes like Sassy Sauce's Read Between My Tulips. BVO is a pure cobalt glass blue. They're both gorgeous!
by bitter_water
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I have Bad Vibes Only (just waiting until I’ve grown out a patched nail bc I feel like my base needs to be *smoooooth* with a capital *Smooooth* lol
I have been eyeing Phantom Carousel and this makes me want it more! Thanks for the comparison!
Thank you!! Really hope bad vibes only gets a rerelease…