January 2020 Favourites

If January is anything to go by then this year is going to fly by!  I feel like I only just sat down to write my New Years Resolutions post and now I'm having to think about my favourites for the month.  Eek!  Luckily for me I didn't play with too much this month (which will probably be a bit of a theme for the year because it is going to be exceptionally busy).  I also said in my resolutions that I was going to be tougher with my monthly favourites so let's see how well I can do this month.

Nail Art

The Hit The Bottle To Love Or Not To Love 01 stamping plate has been my obsession this month.  So much so I haven't even put the plate away.  It's still sitting on my nail table.  With that said it's really the only nail art I have done this month.
     

Stamping Plates

I've already mentioned this so it will come as no surprise to see the To Love Or Not To Love 01 Stamping Plate by Hit The Bottle in my stamping plate favourites.

Image from Hit The Bottle

Indie Polishes

Oh my indie girls have really stolen my heart this month....well again.  I don't think there has been a month where there has been no indie polishes in my favourites.  This month we have also seen the indie girls come together to create a polish each to help raise money for the Australian Bushfire Relief.

Emily de Molly Breath Of Fresh Air
This polish was one of the few polishes made for the Australian Bushfire Relief and OMG it is a stunner!

Emily de Molly Toppers (December 2019)
These toppers are amazing and I know that I am going to get a lot of use out of them.  I probably should check to see if these a still available because I may need some back up bottles.

Emily de Molly January 2020 Releases
I probably could have added in this full release (I also could have added in the cremes that were released back in December) but I am being tough and narrowing down my favourites.  Six out of eight polishes is a great start to narrowing them down isn't it?  I think so.  Polishes shown are Concentric Circles, Edge Of Your Seat, Elevate You, Romancer, Silver & Cold and The Devils Side.

Grace-full Nail Polish Balance & Harmony (Polish Pick Up January)
I love the all the colours in this polish - in the warm state, in the cold state, and the pink flash and gold flakes.  It’s a gorgeous polish and transitions well.

Grace-full Nail Polish Special Gift
I can't go past the four stunners that Theresa gave me for Christmas.  I love each and ever one of them.

Hit The Bottle Holding Back The Tears
This is another polish from the Bushfire Relief auctions that I fell in love this.  I love the colours in the polish plus it has a great formula.

Mckfresh Nail Attire Stand Together & Sparkle
Apparently I am loving glitter toppers this month.  I'm totally ok with that.  This topper is amazing.  The formula is great and I love colours within this polish.  I definitely want to try it over some other base colours but I honestly think black will always be the winner.

I'm super happy that I managed to cut back on my favourites this month.  Hopefully I can continue throughout the rest of the year too.  But time will tell I guess.  What have you been loving this month?

Emily de Molly January 2020 Releases - Swatches & Review

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All throughout 2019 you heard me say time and time again how much Emily de Molly killed it with their releases.  Well apparently 2020 we will be saying it again.  Prepare yourself and your wallets because you will be needing some of the January releases in your life!  Like usual, this post is very picture heavy but I think it's worth the extra pictures so you can get an idea of what these polishes are really like.  Of course, polishes are always better in person.

Concentric Circles is a silver holographic micro glitters in a magenta/light red base with a subtle pink/gold shifting aurora shimmer.  Yep - I am in love!  The colour is stunning and the formula is awesome.  If you have short nails you could get away with one coat but I used two coats for my swatch.

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Picture taken in light box

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Edge Of Your Seat is a dark blurple base with copper to green shifting shimmer and silver holographic flakes.  This polish is amazing!  I can't fault it or say nice enough things about it.  The only thing I wrote in my notes when I wore this polish is "AMAZING!".  For my swatch I used two coats.

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Picture taken in light box

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Elevate You is a dark purple base filled with metallic turquoise micro flakes.  This polish is limited to one large batch so I do recommend grabbing it as soon as you can.  This too is a really great polish.  I am a big fan of the colour and the formula.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Picture taken in light box

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Picture taken outdoors in shade

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Romancer is a pale taupe grey base with a fine particle pink/orange/gold shifting aurora shimmer and silver holographic flakes.  I think it's safe to say that 2020 I am still going to be obsessed with aurora shimmer.  I seriously love it and this polish!  The colour is gorgeous and the formula is great and easy to use.  It is more shifty in person.  I used three coats for my swatch, but you can stop at two coats.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

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Picture taken outdoors in shade

Silver & Cold is a light grey base filled with green to pink shifting foil type shimmer.  I love this one.  The colour is gorgeous and it is so shifty.  This one is definitely better in person than in my pictures.  The formula is easy to use and applies evenly.  I used three coats for my swatch but you can get away with two coats.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

Start Things Over is a thermal that switches from a mint green (warm) to a dusty blue (cold) and has pink to gold shifting shimmer.  Huge fan of this one too.  Both the warm and gold colours are gorgeous (and they transition well) and the shimmer is beautiful.  Again the formula is great and easy to work with.  I didn't actually make note of how many coats I used but I have a feeling I used three coats.

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Picture taken in light box (cold)

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Picture taken in overcast lighting (cold)

Picture taken outdoors in overcast lighting (transition)

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Picture taken outdoors in overcast lighting

Terrible Wonders is a dark brown base with silver metallic flakes and silver holographic flakes.  This one isn't a favourite of mine but I do like the colour and the glitter combination.  The formula is fantastic and is opaque in two coats.

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

The Devils Side is a dark red base filled with red and blue iridescent flakes.  This will come as no surprise that I love this one.  I love the base colour, the flakies and the formula.  My swatch shows two coats.

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Picture taken in light box

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Picture taken outdoors in shade

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Picture taken in direct sunlight

I'm going to have to come up with some more creative ways of saying "I love this collection" but I honestly love these polishes.  They are all so good!  I would list all my favourites but I would be basically listing them all so I will skip over that.

The January releases will be available from Wednesday 29th January at 10am AEDT from Emily de Molly's Australian site and on Tuesday 28th January at 6pm EST from the international site.