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Thursday, 10 June 2021

Emily de Molly "Basics" Toppers Collection - Swatches & Review

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In December 2019 Emily de Molly released a range of toppers.  I was (and still am) obsessed with these toppers so when I saw that they were releasing more toppers I was beyond excited!  Toppers just transform any polish and they are so fun to play with.  Previously when swatching toppers I usually just go for a black base but this time around I decided to swatch everything over a different base.  I definitely had some fun playing with these.  But enough chatting - let's take a look at these toppers.

 
Deadly Secret is a clear base with a black shredded glitters.  Love this one!  As soon as I saw this I knew I had to swatch it over a neon polish.  Love, love, love how it looks.  The formula it easy to use and has great glitter payoff.  For my swatch I used one coat over Emily de Molly Swing Error.

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Double Dare is a clear base filled with blue/purple iridescent flakes and orange to green shifting iridescent glitters.  Love this one too!  It is definitely better in person than in my swatch.  It's so shifty and just stunning.  Formula is great and easy to use.  For my swatch I used one coat over The Clades.

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Electric Charge is a clear base with blue/purple fine particle aurora shimmer.  Obsessed with this one!  It was actually one of the first polishes I wore from this collection and I didn't want to take it off.  Seriously, obsessed!  For my swatch I used one coat over LE200.

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From The Start is a clear base with a mix of colour shifting iridescent flakes in orange, lavender and aqua.  Love, love, love this one.  While I think it would also be amazing over a darker base I couldn't resist the soft base.  The formula is great and easy to use.  For my swatch I used one coat over A Subtle Approach.

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Hot Spot is a clear based topper filled with copper to gold to green shifting aurora shimmer.  Another one that I am obsessed with!  This one was the first polish I wore from this collection and I fell instantly in love!  My swatch shows one coat over Original Cindy.

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Knight In Armour is a clear based topper with a bright silver magnetic effect.  I like this one but I don't love it.  Maybe that's because I'm not convinced I used the right base colour.   I might need to re wear it over a different base.  The formula is great and easy to use.  For my swatch I used one coat over x452.

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Pinkie Swear is a clear base with pink to orange to gold shifting fine particle aurora shimmer.  Another one I am obsessed with.  I couldn't capture the gold shift in my swatches but OMG it's so shifty and amazing.  My swatch shows one coat over The Givens.

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Subset is a clear base with green to purple to red shifting iridescent flakes.  Another love of mine.  This one I couldn't resist putting over black and I love how it looks.  Again, the formula is super easy to work with.  My swatch shows one coat over Black Knight.

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Sun Catcher is a clear base with silver holographic glitters and iridescent glitters.  I love the look of this one but as you can imagine with the larger glitters the formula is a little trickier to work with.  It's not terrible but not as easy as the other polishes in this collection.  I used two coats for my swatch over Emmy 2.0 but would consider sponging it on next time.

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Verdant Fields is a clear base with a green to blue shifting aurora shimmer.  Love this one too.  Formula is great and applies evenly.  For my swatch I used one coat over Slackers, Bums & Weirdos.

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I'm sure at this point you are well aware that I absolutely love these polishes!  I even have a seperate section in my polish drawers for Emily de Molly Toppers.  Just so they are nice and easy for me to find.

The "Basics" Toppers are available now from Emily de Molly's Australian site and the international site.











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