As you may be aware for the last few months a lot of Australia has been experiencing bush fires. There has been billions (yes billions!) of animals lost, houses and buildings destroyed, lives lost and lots on injuries. As you can imagine there is a great need for help. Many of the Australian Indies have pulled together to great some special polishes to auction off in the upcoming days. I have swatches of these polishes to share with you today.
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Bettie Pain - Celeste is a pale grey bases with a soft holo effect and strong red to violet to gold shimmer. It also has a subtle thermal finish to make it a darker grey when cold. I think this is such a gorgeous colour. I do prefer the cold shade over the warm shade (although really there isn't a huge difference in colours) but I find the shimmer stands out a little more when it's cold. And is definitely a lot stronger in the bottle than on the nail. Formula wise I did find that this one did drag a little on particularly on the first coat so I recommend trying to use a little strokes as possible and definitely don't go over the same spots. For my swatch I used three coats.
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| Picture taken in light box (cold) |
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| Picture taken in light box (cold) |
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| Picture taken in light box (warm/transitioning) |
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| Picture taken in light box (warm/transitioning) |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade (warm/transitioning) |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade (warm/transitioning) |
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| Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm/transitioning) |
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| Picture taken in direct sunlight (warm/transitioning) |
Emily de Molly - Breath Of Fresh Air is a dark teal green base with a vibrant blue shimmer. Hayley has noted that there is a possibility of staining with this colour so a base coat is highly recommended. I love the colour of this one. It's deep yet vibrant. Is that even a thing? It is now. The formula is great and easy to work with but it was a little uneven on the first coat, but evened out on the second coat. I did wear this polish for a little over 24 hours and didn't have any staining (I used a base coat). For my swatch I used three coats.
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| Picture taken in light box |
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| Picture taken in light box |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade |
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| Picture taken in overcast sunlight |
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| Picture taken outdoors in overcast sunlight |
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| Picture taken in light box |
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| Picture taken in light box |
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| Picture taken in light box |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade |
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| Picture taken outdoors in shade |
Miss Priss Polish and Joss Cosmetics have also made polishes for the upcoming auctions, however they weren't made in time for me to swatch them. I imagine that there will be swatches of these polishes on Facebook and Instagram so definitely check those out.
Now that you have seen the swatches of the polishes I have, let's get into the nitty gritty of the auctions. The auctions will be starting on January 27th at 8pm AEDT and will be finishing on January 30th at 9pm AEDT. Due to the pace of wanting to get assistance to those in need shipping will only within Australia and the US.
Each polish is exclusive for this auction. There will be ten bottles of each brands polish for you to bid on. There will also be one mega auction item that consists of the whole set of polishes as well as an extra item from each brand and those extras are amazing!
I think that covers all the details that I know. Be sure to follow Hand In Hand on
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