Stupid question incoming, but so many people love the Urban Decay vintage polishes. Is it really hard to accurately make dupes, or have polish brands just not noticed people want the old Urban Decay back?
Anyways, ISO Bruise (2001) and Toxin
Swatch images by vintage dusties
I have seen Holla-gram by Sally Hansen (not dark enough and base color feels off), Medusa by Fancy Gloss Polish (shimmer is blue not green), afterimage by daisychainlacquer (not dark enough and base pigment isn't very opaque)
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For the second one, Sassy Sauce’s Cock A Doodle Doom is similar but with more shimmer!
It’s not an exact dupe, but what Pinnacle Polish is offering for PPU currently is pretty close to the first one you posted.
For Bruise, MAC Formidable and Orly Galaxy Girl are long discontinued polishes but are much easier/cheaper to find on ebay and secondhand sites.
Alchemy Haunted Thicket? Cosmic Dancing Shadows for a lighter version
For Bruise, Polished for Days Grave Consequences is a similar vibe.
For Toxin, ILNP Hallucinate is a similar vibe.
Not exact for either, but if you like these you might enjoy my favorite color of all time: Bees Knees Lacquer “I just want to spank it out of him”. It’s an orange leaning oxblood base that shifts purple with a green shimmer that shifts to blue. It gives me that grungy bruise-y feeling and might scratch the itch for you?