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Jan. 15th, 2024 09:18 amUgh, pretty sure period is about to kick down the door and say hello. Hopefully not Kool-Aid Man style though. Ew.
Anyway, while I whinge to myself about various aches and pains, I figured I'd also whinge to myself but in text form about the latest round of Holo Taco retirements. I stayed up hours after my ass wanted to be in bed (and about two hours after it SHOULD have been) to hear which shades were getting the axe because I knew that as soon as they were announced, at least some of them would sell out. Also, I wanted to snag the two returning polishes from the seasonal launch before they get shoved into a closet for another year.
Honestly, if not for the ticking clock for my sleep requirements and the twitchiness over the retirement announcement, I'd probably have been in nerd heaven because I love that HT releases their sales data (well, some of it) including their best and worst selling shades. It's fascinating to see what people buy and what they don't. And because they do this every year, you also get to compare it to previous years and see if there's improvement (yay, Zyler the Cat isn't in the bottom ten this year!) and sometimes not. Also, I really do love it when someone obviously cares a ton about whatever they're talking about and HT's creator really does love nail polish and data, so those two together and she's pretty clearly also in nerd heaven.
To be fair though, I don't really remember any of the worst sellers unless people repeatedly mention them (see Zyler) and same goes for the best sellers aside from One Coat Black which is their best seller by such a large margin that I really don't think it's worth mentioning as anything other than a quick affirmation that yes, it's still number one, woo. Gimme the top 12, because Not Milky White also always makes the list, though this one I am a little confused about because OCB has a fairly solid reputation as being good/great and NMW, even after being reformulated, is still mixed reviews at best.
Anyway. So. People have been betting on which shades were getting the axe this go round and the actual list is both shocking and not all at the same time.
( Listen to me blather for eons. )
I should probably go through and work on swatching the rest of my HT collection soon. But not now, as now it's time to work on breakfast and then finally resume my embroidery. Mebbe?
Anyway, while I whinge to myself about various aches and pains, I figured I'd also whinge to myself but in text form about the latest round of Holo Taco retirements. I stayed up hours after my ass wanted to be in bed (and about two hours after it SHOULD have been) to hear which shades were getting the axe because I knew that as soon as they were announced, at least some of them would sell out. Also, I wanted to snag the two returning polishes from the seasonal launch before they get shoved into a closet for another year.
Honestly, if not for the ticking clock for my sleep requirements and the twitchiness over the retirement announcement, I'd probably have been in nerd heaven because I love that HT releases their sales data (well, some of it) including their best and worst selling shades. It's fascinating to see what people buy and what they don't. And because they do this every year, you also get to compare it to previous years and see if there's improvement (yay, Zyler the Cat isn't in the bottom ten this year!) and sometimes not. Also, I really do love it when someone obviously cares a ton about whatever they're talking about and HT's creator really does love nail polish and data, so those two together and she's pretty clearly also in nerd heaven.
To be fair though, I don't really remember any of the worst sellers unless people repeatedly mention them (see Zyler) and same goes for the best sellers aside from One Coat Black which is their best seller by such a large margin that I really don't think it's worth mentioning as anything other than a quick affirmation that yes, it's still number one, woo. Gimme the top 12, because Not Milky White also always makes the list, though this one I am a little confused about because OCB has a fairly solid reputation as being good/great and NMW, even after being reformulated, is still mixed reviews at best.
Anyway. So. People have been betting on which shades were getting the axe this go round and the actual list is both shocking and not all at the same time.
( Listen to me blather for eons. )
I should probably go through and work on swatching the rest of my HT collection soon. But not now, as now it's time to work on breakfast and then finally resume my embroidery. Mebbe?