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Blanc said: 

luna pls teach me to code, i quit

Who? 

I looooove this!

Turncoat said: 

Blanc said: 

luna pls teach me to code, i quit

Who? 

 shhh we are painting our nails

https://www.sephora.com/product/what-s-in-my-bag-value-set-P515691 

had to get this, it’s sold out now but try the resale apps if you want it she’ll be on there 

so cute 🥰 

why would you commit brand suicide like this 

the money must all be in the click bait (hype/market value of brand), which works as shock value and 'for the meme' turning into net positive overhead in purchase volume 

internet brandsphere is different and audience is important to note, this same reverse psychology brand tactic may only work in combination with hype and within constraint variables such as careful context consideration of release? 

marketing analytics wise this is interesting, i feel like christine from holo taco is just individually diving deep into the forensic data curiosity she is motivated by, and i wonder just how deep she's gone or is going to continue to go and things she will find out- lol 

this is technically a smaller business, but it makes me wonder what big name corporations are doing with data analytics and just how well they are manipulating markets... 

at that level it starts to become far more complex... but in reality the tides change so quickly, and it's been, studied and proven that, the tides will only continue to consecutively increase, in rate- in terms of just how fast the tides will turn, how unpredictable and volatile the market *could* potentially become, making it higher and higher risk- the longer you try to 'stay afloat' as a brand entity 

so it makes sense, it's possible that, because of this (and, the obvious human life span only being so long) people are creating brands that are essentially churning out products that are the equivalent of 'fast fashion' brands of cheap shite, that is worthless, meaningless, in 10 years, or so- 

because the brand itself isn't going to even be in existence by then, it's been studied to, be at a better profit margin, to build it up quick- sell the hype, when it's at it's peak, and never look back- do it all over again with another cheap line of meaningless products that will have zero intention for market longevity 

and this is all in the name of greed and profit so, the products aren't honorable, the brands and their 'history' are hollow from the start, and you're investing real money, or giving your money to shisters essentially who are just playing a game. 

you end up the fool who was bought and sold? you know. so it's kind of angering to see capitalism enable this level of borderline deviancy from brands, and people can frame it how they like and see it as a good thing- if they want to dress it up that way. 

but at the end of the day, you're playing people. and that's why, i have such an interest in investigating the quality of products and speaking on them, i feel like makeup channels were sort of the people's 'last chance' at truth and honesty before they get ripped off. 

before the beauty community existed, makeup brands got away with murder and weren't held accountable for anything ethically. 

so, it's come a long way, but it's still not... where it needs to be, because a lot of big corps out there have enabled themselves to be practically untouchable, despite no matter what they release, being so unnappealing and low value, and disgusting, it still, works, because they've done their homework, and they have 'power' or a market value combined with, strategy and history, it's like the five wealthy families you know- like, names like este lauder, etc, it's like it just, will never die 

and while thats impressive from a business stand point, and you know, you did your job as a business if you've made it that far, and have that much advantage. but eh- i would tread lightly like, choose your idols wisely if you are into branding and marketing, just because something shows market success short term eh- the brands playing the long term game and dont have to rely on things like hype, that's who  you want to take notes off of, you know, in terms of, data and market analytics... and business strategy. 

i think its impressive to have brand longevity, and this whole 'fast fashion' thing is, really creating a very toxic dynamic where, brands are- it's a farce like, they're able to charge too much money for products that just simply don't hold that value in reality- and which value will depreciate. 

everything becomes, trash, nothing has, integrity anymore- eh, the brands that do, have a hard time staying in business, to beat their competitors playing this fucked up game *coughs for example ikea coughs* and, it's just becoming too common now where the product is shittier and shittier, and the brands are still, getting away with murder, taking money the product really isn't, worth eh- 

so it's important to find the diamonds in the rough and the brands that do at least have some integrity in what they release, if you care about quality standards- but 

if you care about your money not depreciating into the products you invest in, it made sense to invest in the luxury market- 

but now, even that's starting to completely cave in on itself, at a rate faster than the brands themselves could of predicted so this is the thing i'm talking about with market tides changing and volatility it's like, 

there is no safe product anymore you can invest in, eh, everything has become that model of 'fast fashion' and it's hot one minute and out the next, and it's creating this nauseating and suffocating degree of depreciation, the brands quality is just going down down down 

and to stay 'afloat' you almost have to be a brand with no integrity just to compete with the sea of shisters and shit out there, that are making it as a 'fast entity' like fast food taking over market economy 

and that's, an issue. an honest product used to matter, and now it's a full time job just searching through the sea of bull shit and lies to find the products that actually are quality and aren't scamming and price gouging just because they *can* and worth the money they're charging 

it's just so unregulated, and if capitalism is what the country is relying on for its stability, it just concerns me like, shouldn't there be more regulation and laws in place... and then policing that, would be next to impossible, and corruption would just create the same problem but far worse, and harder to correct eh- 

the economy like, is very unstable and, yeah all for the sake of these shitty businesses having their cake and eating it too- meanwhile you know, taking a shit on the other 99% who don't get to live on cloud 9, and are in the reality faced with a dog shit fucked up economy that's just fucking their whole world up and millions of lives are affected like 

where is the ethics and the regulation, the law. you know. 

everyone's already aware everything has gone too far- in every sector, eh, and its like, it creates a power divide or, powerlessness, due to the wealth gaps, and.... what the fuck, you know. it's very unfair, really. 

i think the reason why you see the uptick in popularity with drug store makeup is because people are fed up and aren't going to be fooled anymore into the nonsense. the only people willing to play that game are the ones with the money to spare, who simply 'like it' and so, that market is more niche and, small- which explains brand volume being down for, luxury makeup and how we're watching them dry up and cripple under the weight of people wanting a higher standard and calliber of integrity from brands and their quality in luxury, and the actual market scope just significantly shrinking so, there is literally a smaller pool or niche, audience that you have, who is actually purchasing or even caring, about your brand. 

i would say it's probably one of the hardest times to start or make it as any sort of brand right now, and the businesses that rely on manufacturers and aren't actually brands, are doing better than the brands themselves because all they have to do is put it on clearance, and calculate for the damage, they can afford to take the hit, essentially, and still play it off as a profitable business. for example- sephora. costco. or smaller clothing boutiques that carry random labels. anthropologie- free people. 

they're essentially vendors, where as brands, work directly with manufacturers and have a lot more risk than reward to play with as businesses. it's harder math, it's uphill battle- 

meanwhile places like, tj maxx. that just, carry whatever and cut their losses on whatever doesn't sell, and can afford to throw it literally in the garbage  (*coughs bath and body works*)- or even *recycle it* (*coughs forever 21* coughs) 

they're more stable. and have far less competition- as long as they offer buyer rewards, and have prices that aren't gouged. 

most businesses, ideas, brands, etc- that were all designed to 'profit' and 'make money' don't actually profit or make money. and dont' actually realistically make sense, and aren't able to realistically survive, or are not even realistic to carry out (extremely difficult to) and thats the reality that 'business' is subjected to... it even affects, health care sectors.

i would like to do a comparison study on 

nordstrom vs. other luxury department stores across the pond that seem to be doing just fine 

smaller luxury makeup vendors that do sell extremely high end items and are somehow surviving, and just investigating and looking into why and how they're surviving when nordstrom didn't, what did they do differently, etc. 

nordstrom vs. blue mercury (a high end makeup / skincare retail vendor) 

and so nordstrom had to forfeit and sort of switch models to copy tj maxx model sort of, and turned into nordstrom 'rack' 

and the change, how quickly they did it is just, very telling. even then people like, i feel like they love tj max, and hate nordstrom rack,

it's like why would you fail this hard when youve invested this much money into your shit like- get ur shit together nordstrom what are you doing. 

look at all these other stores that are just like what you were, like, what did they do wrong, i really don't get it. 

obviously, comparing a US based thing vs. things in a completely different economy over in fucking England or with a more world wide consumer base would probably be stupid 

idk like they said america was the land of opportunity and now it's quite the opposite it's like, very difficult to 'make it' or survive here, and 

we *created* that dynamic you know, like we played ourselves. 

and so, at this point... why... smh. why would a country do that. it's again coming back to this notion of like, brand suicide. but it's a nation. like, we are a capitalist economy. thats how we work. so why would you destroy the water wheel that kept us all alive and drinking water. 

economic suicide- and some will argue it was like, sabotage from the outside or whatever the inside out or whatever like almost a cold war fought with imaginary dollars, but i mean, you look at, 

rome, right. we all studied rome growing up, in school. and it took a room of middle schoolers no more than a few seconds to put it together it's glaringly obvious history is repeating itself and rome has dire similarities to the US 

so, in that way, it makes me wonder like, who has the power to repeat history on purpose, who would *want* to do that and why, and then you look at, you know for example i mean i'm not pointing any fingers here but a suspect *could be* the british monarchy 

so, i've wondered for a long time if the US Is some sort of like, guinea pig, for europe, and they exploit the us for various things, and for various reasons that have more to do with, protecting world power- and such? 

and so, it's like. if you live in the US, it's sort of like, fake. everything is just so overwhelmingly fake, that it's, a farce. like, to the rest of the world, we are the laughing stock.... meanwhile fighting all the worst battles with our own blood, foot soldiers. thinking we're hero's, and powerful, really deluded, eh- thats an illusion you know, its propaganda, you're not, heros, you're the worlds scape goat being dished the shortest end of the stick. 

you don't really want to be the worlds military super power- but someone has to do it. it has to exist, but in a contained way- so it makes sense, europe would, exploit the US, (again not pointing fingers, just all theory) but like come on the story they tell of christopher colombus and coming here to murder all the native americans like 

it's just like wake up. we were no more than another british colony, that's been used for various purposes now, for a long time... in exchange for a very illusory freedom thats again, caving in on itself. the brits were like 'sure you have your fun over there, you won't make it 200 years.' 

and then you watch things like covid happen, and it's like cmon. 

this country thats only been in existence a hundred years or so, up against, CHINA, and ENGLAND like 

its a farce and thats why nothing works here its not, fucking, real. so if you play the game, just know it's literally, a farce. the people who get it are billionaires. 

what are they doing it for? god only knows. but it's not for anything noble. there is no one left on 'the people's side' and thats why like voting left or right is just a fucking distraction, 

it doesn't matter like, who cares RED OR BLUE back and forth every four years is absolutely, a huge, game, as well. that america plays on itself and its people- 

so... like you think by taking a side ur, doign something for 'the people' just know you've been fooled. 

and i just wanted to add- most of these companies, and corporations, are practically ghost ships. 

thats why there's this big push for AI so it can just run on a never ending program like a fucking disney tea cup ride 

AI is the definition of, the opposite, of freedom and humanity like, it will be our enslavement because it will be gravely misused 

people who still believe in a free america, are dumb. it's a big, mcdonalds, lie. and, you know, some people say- eh- who have seen a enough of the real 'inside' *coughs CIA* they say you know, just, count your lucky stars. that you get to be, a civilian who, sits around, and, eats, and, decorates for christmas, and reaps the benefits of the fake bubble thats created, even tho its certainly not a perfect one, eh- like, they explained there isn't much better alternative- so, enjoy your bubble, while it lasts. 

but people abuse the bubble, because nothing is really protecting it from, that- and, we think there's fair and square and then you realize all the stuff that will put a normal human being in jail- if you're high and mighty enough, well those same laws don't apply in those, eschelons... so to speak. with different, responsibilities than to just, 'be a good law abiding citizen.'

so yeah as people continue to abuse the bubble eh, you know, eventually it bursts. so that's kind of what i'm getting at with the brand ethics thing, eh, these are part of the contributors to a toxic atmosphere eh, people scream about global warming and, you know, it's a great parallel to metaphorically represent an even more pressing reality people aren't, aware enough of- which is like, *economic* warming of the US like 

you don't want your country to be a weak bubble that can be burst at any moment by whoever wants to inflate it enough and watch it burst. you don't want to be some country's 'bitch' or 'bull dog' guard dog. but at the same time, you can't stand alone- so everyone has to hold hands in the weird way that they do. 

and all the world powers are like shaking hands and smiling and waving and then stabbing each other in the backs more than likely thinking they're being clever and getting away with something or, doing whats right for the fuckin, future or some shit. who knows. 

but again this illusion everyone gets along, total farce as well. you might as well torch the treaties that have been signed. they do no good. 

sure you can write a bunch of laws on paper, but they'll be broken. and, sure you can put a murderer in jail. but the person they murdered is already fucking dead. 

and you can't undo that. there is 'justice' or the perception of justice, and then there is reality. it's kill or be killed, it's stay alive until you're dead, because once you are dead no one can bring you back to life, and pointing fingers or even beheading the person responsible won't UNDO the fact you got KILLED. 

and that's sort of the fine, line we all exist on like... it's kill or be killed. you're either alive, or your dead. and there is no moral savior, or moral high hill to fucking die on like 

youre either alive or youre dead, and there is no rules, about it. that's it. thats the harsh reality that we all want to pretend doesn't exist because its too scary. its like, yeah, we can all pretend like we all get along and this isn't really happening. but this is what it is, no matter how you slice it.

if you believe any differently, if you don't see reality clearly for what it is, you'll just be played like a fiddle, and then taken out like trash. 

and a *lot* of people are just playing that stupid fucking fiddle game and its annoying 

it holds everyone back from a higher potential. idk. 

Blanc said: 

why would you commit brand suicide like this 

Expanding towards the military maybe? 

lol thank you for your input TC, will include this in the extensive data gathered and market research that the holo taco detectives team does trying to understand christine's launches and thus predict her future launches and the future of her brand 

https://www.reddit.com/r/simplynailogical/comments/q83g07/holo_taco_detectives_what_do_we_think/ 

https://www.tiktok.com/@simplynailogical/video/7490383307012803862 

https://discord.com/channels/849084597492252702/1215735964475850782 

i just came on here to say cozy sweaters do make everything better 

there is a brand out there that has dedicated their time to making the *coziest* sweaters i didn't have time to screen shot the name the ad was run so quick but i really want to order those and put them to the test like safiya naiygard but i mean 

i actually think this is a good product area to research. the *coziest* sweaters TM as a label and that's all they specialize in is just making everything super cozy 

there are brands out there doing it but i just need to know more about the materials 

i mean i guess the softest material is cashmere but i feel like on its own it doesn't hold enough structure or weight and is a little too slippy and thin, so there needs to be more to the story if you were going to create the softest hoodie ever TM or like the comfiest socks ever TM 

me like comparing all the best sock brands 

this is important research ok

no thing matters except if my hands have been exfoliated and moisturized and freshly manicured