I've been trying to dupe Orly Cool Cucumber since I first saw it on vintagedusties's tiktok and I think I'm finally getting close! The mica in first dupe I made isn't visible enough, so I made some test mixtures with eyeshadow and glitters I had on hand.
I know all the tests have too much shimmer in them to be true dupes, but I'm trying to pick the shimmer that's closest to the original before working out the ratios.
I think 1 or 2 is the closest, but I can't decide. What do you think?
by FloralTraveler
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I’d say 2 is closest
2 is pretty close!
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4 looks closest in colour to the shimmer to me. This really reminds me of Death Valley Nails seasonal depression. Lovely colour!
Have you used eyeshadow for nail polish before? If yes, how did you find it to work?
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Base of the frankenpolish is Essence Forest Fancy & the original mica is from a kintsugi kit I got on Amazon. Other shimmers are:
1. Rose gold eyeshadow from Almay Palette Pops 010 Naturalista
2. Gold eyeshadow from NYX Sex Education Palette
3. Copper eyeshadow from Rimmel Magnif’eyes Palette – 006 WOW Edition
4. Bronze eyeshadow from Morphe x James Charles The Mini Palette, shade name Wig
5. 2AM London chrome powder in Gold Dust
6. Icon Glitter Dust nail glitter in Allure
Everyone is saying 2 but I wanna say 6…
My eye sees 1 or 3 as a better match to the COLOR of the shimmer. But I get why number 2 has people voting for it since the glitter dispersal seems closer.