I actually have been waiting to review a few shops, since I think it might be nice to live with the slime for a while instead of writing a review that's just based on what the slime was like when I first got it. But today I got an order from Ky and I've got things to say about it lol!
Rambling preamble (skip to review) First off, I had heard rumblings of discontent about this shop, but also had heard aspersions cast about Sonria and I found her slimes to be pretty good. So, I was open to Ky, especially since she clearly is a master at designing DIY slimes. Her IG is a go-to ASMR source for me and her posts make the slime look irresistible! Seriously, for all you stores out there--make your slimes look good on the internet. You'll have so many more buyers.
While it's definitely obvious that the slimes that are played with on the IG are of larger quantities than what you will be getting when you order, her representation of the product otherwise looks pretty legit and she still has kind of a small, hand-made store vibe, which makes it easier to pay 16$ for a toy that may only last for a few months, right? She also has my dream slime--a neon space unicorns and rainbows sundae-themed slime tribute to Lisa Frank. This thing just looks so incredible. She really nailed the concept.
So, I made a big order because, shipping. there was a 10% discount and the prices didn't seem terrible, even with shipping. I placed my order on the 4th and it arrived today, on the 14th, which ten days feels acceptable for a small business in Hawaii. They didn't go crazy on the packaging, which at first made me glad (I do not feel good about all the bubblewrap so many folks use!) but then I saw that one of the clay containers had gotten smashed and the clay pieces inside were totally flattened. Honestly, nothing else had any damage and the clay was always going to get smooshed, anyway, so I'm not bothered, BUT, I dunno. Use bunched up newspaper or something.
It included a gift of two free "small" slimes. Really, they are like 3-4 ounces. Definitely a decent size for a sample and both slimes were pretty awesome, but I still have complaints...
My rating system is pretty "strict"--I'm stingy about perfect scores, but anything with a score over 15/20 is something I'd consider buying again.

Taro Milk Tea Cheesecake 10/20

Someone else reviewed this recently and loved it. I do not. I had initially hesitated to buy this because I like taro, but sometimes find the smell of taro-flavored things like mass-produced ice-cream disgustingly sweet, and I worried that this slime might smell this way. It does not. To me, it smells like boiled white potatoes with an undertone of glue. Not great.
The DIY kit came in a sealed bag and everything looked in good condition and matched the website photos perfectly. The boba balls slime, however, was so unactivated it was straight-up glue and I ended up having to SCRUB my hands in hot water to remove it. Even so, the assembly experience was fun and mixing was fun, as well. But the result is a mid slime. It is quite tough--so dense, but not terribly stretchy--and isn't much for bubble pops or other ASMR. The bobas are soft and squishy and that's cool.
I'd like it better if it didn't smell weird, OR I'd be fine with smell if I liked the texture of the slime more.
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Tangulu 14/20

This came with giant, detailed charms and the giant fimos are beautiful and fun, but the clear slime was quite cloudy and yellow and for the price, that just seems like kind of a bummer. There's a fruity smell but the scent of the glue and maybe the add-ins overwhelms it. By itself, the smell isn't enough to deter me from playing with it. It is a stiff slime that tears easily, but it does stretch quite well if played with slowly. The slime is thick, so there isn't much noise from crunching, but it makes decent bubble pops.
Mainly, I just think there are other folks out there making what is basically this same slime, but I suspect that their versions smell better and maybe the quality of the slime is a little better, too.
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Slimereo Mug Cake 16/20

Super fun concept that was realized as a wonderfully detailed DIY kit. The clay oreo was in perfect condition and so detailed! This was a lot of fun to set up and then mix. Initially the oreo smell was spot on, but since I've played with it a couple of times, the chocolate smell has weakened somewhat and, again, there's just a strong glue smell.
The mixed slime is not bad. It is still pretty tough, but it doesn't rip when pulled fast and it gets pretty soft and fluffy with inflation. It's just still a little more dense than I prefer. It has a nice sizzle to it and even makes some pretty nice bubble pops with a bit of effort. It is moderately tacky, but not too bad and I certainly wouldn't add activator for fear of making it too tough.
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Boba Creme Donut 15/20

Another DIY kit that came in great shape. The clay donut was soft and everything assembled to make a beautiful, fun and interesting slime. Mixing was fun. The resulting slime is pretty close to that of slimereo Mug Cake, but instead of slakes of snow there are the tiniest mico-floam beads and some squishy bobas. I really like the way both feel and they seem to make this slime more pop-y than Slimereo. No sizzles, though. Bonus: this one doesn't smell bad! It smells like a caramel tea boba drink--lots of brown sugar and sweetened milk tea smells and then that sweet potato smell of boba.
but it's still a tougher slime that doesn't make a ton of noise.
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Slime-Brite (jury's still out for me on this one)

This seemed like Ky's answer to Slime OG's steel wool-themed slime and Ky's having it honestly kind of tipped the scales for me buying from Ky instead of OG. Again, the presentation is fabulous--fun charms, great concept that is rendered in a fun, visually-striking way, cool label. The smell is definitely a convincing imitation of, like, Dawn dishsoap, which I like. I also realize that I just really like bingsu in slimes so I'm into this one, but it is still very sticky (I'm too afraid to add activator lest it become tough like other slimes in this order) and it is much tougher than the bingsu slimes I have from Seoul Gage. It's not tough by what I think are American standards, I'm just not used to it. It still makes great, bingsu crackles and I love how it looks and smells. If it gets a little less sticky without turning more tough, I might really love this one.
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Which brings me to my next purchase:

My diet starts tomorrow 8/20

Again, super fun concept and so much detail! Everything was similar to the IG photos and in good condition except the clay pieces were a little hard, but it was fun to assemble and the slime components all seemed totally good to go. The smell is fine. The problem was mixing this produced a hard, rubbery slime--no stretch. I guess it was overactivated? I was ready to throw it out, but I had glycerine on hand so added maybe a tablespoon and that helped it, but it is still very tough. It does crinkle and crackle with the bingsu, but my hands hurt after just a couple of minutes of playing with it. Super not worth it, even with the amazing DIY element.
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Sandy Beach 15/20

This was the one that had the damaged clay pieces. Honestly, it didn't spoil the assembly experience. In fact, I pulled off the clear slime from the sand crust and first mixed the clay into that and what an awesome expeirence! I really love how it looks to mix colorful clay into a clear slime base. This has a moderate "beachy" smell that isn't bad. I think I just don't like sand in slime. I was expecting something like a pumice slime, but instead it just seems to kill any ASMR effect: no bubble pops, no clicks, no sizzles. The clay pieces were dried out in places so there's also some un-mixed goobers in the slime and the slime is also quite tough.
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Birthday Cake Pop 18/20

This one kind of saved the order (and maybe slime-bright) and it was totally one I almost didn't get it. It smells like how it looks--like a super bright, artificial birthday cake smell, which is actually pretty great. I love how it looks--such a loud, happy pink and love the sprinkles and the look of the different-sized floam balls. I'm not sure this is it, but I believe the floam balls being different sizes gives this slime extra bubble pops. This is a shiny slime that I expected to be tough, and it is--but somehow now I like that quality? Maybe it's because there's such a huge ASMR pay-off. Like, I' even getting some whistles when I stretch it.
I'd give this guy a higher score but, again, I have perfect and near perfect (to me) slimes in my collection and this doesn't feel quite at the level. But it's also unlike any other slime I have and I suspect it will end up being a favorite. I whole-heartedly recommend this one!
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Free slimes were Lemon Loaf (with no clay piece, which maybe makes it better?) and Java Chip Frappe, also just the base. Again, these were large samples. I'm just grading them out of 10 because...I don't know? they were free and also they aren't, like, the version of the slimes you would be able to buy?

Java Chip Frappe (Jury is still out)

This is supposed to be a "jelly cream bingsu". It seems like a pretty thick, dense jelly with a tiny bit of bingsu. The bingsu are enough to produce some soft cracks and sizzles, so I really want to be abl to play with it, but it is way to sticky. It is already pretty thick, so I've only added a little activator so far, which hasn't helped much. Hoping this stops being so sticky without also turning into rubber. Smells is listed as chocolate chip cookie, but it smells more like khalua to me. At any rate, I like the smell.
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Lemon Loaf 10/10

This is my favorite slime of the whole darn order. It is a highly resistant bingsu slime, but it really softens with inflation. Smells like a cake with a lot of artificial lemon flavor added to it, which sounds bad but it actually quite delicious. It looks great: a bright and cheery yellow that is broken up by specks of iridescence from the bingsu. Also, I love the lemon fimos! But, the cherry on top is the micro-floams! I love these tiny micro-floams that she uses. It may be psychosomatic, but I think they actually change the bingsu texture somehow? At any rate, this is a great, stretchy, inflating, crackling, squeezeable bingsu slime and I love it.
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Conclusion:

I really don't know what to make of this store, guys. I mean, I have only 3 clear "would buy agains" (one of which I didn't even pay for) out of a total of ten slimes, so, objectively, I should not buy from them again, but... I don't know. I definitely would not have spent all this money at this store if I'd seen some of the reviews I've seen since making the order. The complaints seem to be the same as my own: hard clay, tought slime, not great smells.
On the other hand, the Birthday Cake Pops and the Lemon Loaf are so good that I might be persuaded to try Ky again.
I guess, part of me wonders if the slime is this way because she's cutting corners on ingredients or doesn't know how to make slimes well? But then the amount of work and care that goes into designing the slime just makes me think there's no way this person doesn't know what they are doing, so then I guess this is the way the slime is meant to be (not for the Diet one, though--that was straight up bad slime) and it just isn't for me, but who is it for? who likes tough slime that doesn't make much noise?
Would be curious to hear others' thoughts.

My dad passed away on Easter. I know he loved his two cats more than anything in the world. Peanut is 9 and Red is about 10. My dad was very sick and started developing dementia towards the end. He was placed in an assisted living facility and passed 4 days later.
I am a long time cat lover. I have a Maine Coon that I love more than anything in the world. Part of the reason I love cats so much is because of my dad. He’s the definition of the cat distribution system. Both of his cats showed up one day and never left.
Unfortunately, I can’t keep his cats. I live with my boyfriend and his family. We already have two cats and three dogs. The house is pretty loud/over stimulating, and my dad’s cats need peace and quiet. I don’t even know if they’ve ever seen a dog.
It’s also important to mention that since my dad passed, I’m totally orphaned. I have no other family that can help out and take the kitties.
After making multiple social media posts, sending emails, and reaching out to multiple rescues, I finally found one that I can surrender Red and Peanut too. I got the email this morning and a phone call shortly after. The shelter is a non-profit and a no-kill. My appointment to surrender them is next week.
After I got off the phone, I was super happy and relieved. About a minute later, I started crying.
Since I didn’t live with my dad, I’ve been going over to the house 1-2x a day to make sure they have food, clean litter boxes, and know they aren’t forgotten about. I leave bird videos on for them so there’s some noise in the house.
I know this is the right thing to do but I feel terrible. I cried pretty hard when I was at the house earlier this afternoon. They’ve been through a lot and they’re mourning my dad’s death, especially Red. I feel like surrendering them to a shelter is the best chance they’ll have at finding families that will love them and give them the attention they deserve. I’m just feeling super emotional, incredibly overwhelmed, and very sad.

Damn bro it happened twice in a day. And RESTAURANTS CHECK THE PHONE THAT THEY DID CONFIRM!!!!!!!!!!. I picked up food from panda express for the first trip and they said someone is already picked up and I don’t believe that someone got my order so I contacted with customer and she said no one else has msg or pick up yet. So I called to uber and talk about that. And then they said they will call to restaurant and please hold on the line(dude I just found out that they never call to restaurant. they will said restaurant didn’t pick up their phone so WE WILL GIVE YOU A REFUND BACK FOR CUSTOMER AND inconvenience 3$FOR YOU) NO i want to give that order u bish uber I don’t want freakin 3$ you feel me. Anyway, they did refund for this and I passed with 3$. And then I got order at burger king. As ou see in the picture, it was 29$ so I want it. But same thing happened again. So I contacted customer again(it’s shown in the picture) but uber they said they will call burger king and hold the line(I knew that they will say they didn’t pick up the phone and gave refund) and yes they did. NOT THIS TIME I SAID”I’M AT BURGER KING YOU WANNA TALK WITH THEM HUH?????” And the uber guy freaked out😭😭😭his voice shaking and he said oh sure sir I can do that. So I made them talk. After a few talk burger king said they will remake the food and do the police report to the dasher who cancelled the customer. That’s what i thought. So I delivered that trip and got 29$. also customer appreciated for my action and gave his work’s card and said he will help with my car which is not good. Isn’t it lovely? Also during this shit happen, I forgot that I accepted delivery at doordash so customer called me after an hour. And he complained about he didn’t get that food yet😭😭 but hey…… after I delivered that late trip, customer give me 2$+ tip for no reason. Karma is no joke you knowxD

So instead of adding these heroes to Duels where you can use your collection to build a small deck and as you win games you can add more cards to your collection built deck they deleted Duels and throw it into Twist and you can’t even construct your own deck with the cards in your collection and you need to craft or already own a lot of these legendary cards which most are not worth the resources for a mode that had its “own expansion” that people put money into and then lock it down for months on end? This is outrageous. People wanted new heroes added to duels after the initial launch hype wore off and they did do that, but only two were even original excluding Lich King and the rest were just rehashed from solo adventures. Duels had so much potential, a lot of people enjoyed the dungeon runs of old in PVE, people love Bob from those PVE’s, one thing that always seemed like a missed opportunity was not incorporating him into Duels like the old PVE’s. Every single game mode they try they can’t nail the delivery, Battlegrounds popped off and remains so popular because it’s a “free” mode and it’s not even an original idea, auto battlers existed before it, they just added a few extra things, Hearthstone used to be one of my favorite pass times, I started playing with the launch of Naxxramas, I have played on and off for years, I try to not dust my cards aside from useless legendaries with the worst effects that they printed and man did they make a lot of those back in the day, I try to hang on to some of the more interesting and niche ones though, and the same goes for the epic cards, however I always tried to keep at least one copy of them. I enjoyed Duels a lot to be honest, but it got staler and staler because it was in “beta”. I like playing standard, but I don’t like dumping money into sets for preorders anymore, I’ve been burned to many times in the past doing so, yes a lot of cards have been power-crept over the years, but there’s also been some looks good on paper sets over the years that most of the cards saw zero play, not to mention they try and make like a little lot of cards for classes that are synergistic in each set and have been on the trend for awhile now, however they are effects that aren’t evergreen and they tend to print like 6-7 of these cards give or take and if you’re lucky and find one you enjoy then maybe just maybe they give it 2 or 3 more support pieces a month and a half later in the mini sets. Mini sets are neat, they shake up the meta because people want to try new things, but give it 2 weeks max and it’s back to the same exact meta just with 1-3 new cards from the mini sets added to the same copy paste meta deck it was before. I miss adventures so much, it was enjoyable playing through them, ran the same pricing as mini sets just about, but you got to experience lore, story, you had to experiment when it came to deck building to bet certain bosses, also each wing was released one week at a time which kept the meta feeling fresh and was constantly evolving until a few weeks after every wing had launched. Old Hearthstone had shitty cards by todays standards, it also had ones that were shitty then too, but I feel like there used to be a lot more tender and care put into the game as a whole. With all that said I’d like to end on this note, Wild needs more adjustments, power-creep is real and I thought there was a glimmer of hope with Taverns in Time because they did buff a handful of the older cards, are they playable in wild though, no. I feel like cards that have rotated to wild in the past and in the future need to be looked at individually and have their cost, stats, and in some rare cases even their effects adjusted, especially from like the first handful of expansions, wild will never have a significant shake up in its meta unless cards of old are brought down to be even at least the bare minimum of today’s cards power level. People complain about Wild constantly how it’s just a mode where your cards of old have gone to die in your collection until you dust them and there’s essentially never a chance for anything new to shine, it’s a digital card game, Taverns in Time was just a glimmer of hope, gave me that hope that cards of old could see life again, Duels did that too in its own way, I just wish there was more care put into the game like their what’d been in the past even with poorly designed cards, there was still more care put into it, adventures, dungeon runs, just more personality. I want to launch up the game and feel that sense of excitement and joy I once had and I doubt I am alone on that. Don’t even get me started on the amount of time and budget they sunk into Mercenaries for it to flop like it did, yet it’s still in the game simply because it has its own purchasable content. I wish they’d take a page out of Magic the Gathering’s book and add another format similar to MTG’s “modern” format and still retain the standard and wild format however as I said above I feel like the wild format needs an overhaul. I also think a format like MTG’s “commander” format would be interesting where deck building sizes are increased, starting health totals are higher, but you can only one a single copy of each card you put in your deck legendary or not with the added bonus that all the Highlander cards that have been printed old and knew were available in that format. I still play Hearthstone and I have on and off for years, but I just miss the feeling the game once gave me, I have had a lot of enjoyment over the years playing, I still do from time to time even now, but it just doesn’t feel the same like it used to. To whoever reads this thanks, best wishes to you.