Emily de Molly Alternate Dimension (Polish Pick Up September 2021) - Swatches & Review

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Hello September and most importantly happy Spring!  Spring is easily my favourite season.  Lots of sunshine, temperatures aren't too cold or too hot.  Unfortunately, Melbourne/Victoria has had yet another increase in Covid cases which undoubtedly means we won't be getting out of lockdown anytime soon.  Boo!  Anyway, another exciting thing this month is the Polish Pick Up.  Grace-full Nail Polish have a stunner (which I don't have but plan on purchasing) and Emily de Molly's polish is gorgeous as well and a definite must have.  Let me attempt to show you why.

Alternate Dimension is a navy base with pink to green shifting aurora shimmer and silver metallic glitters.  Now we all know that I am a complete sucker for anything with aurora shimmer so it will come as no surprise to hear me say that I love this polish.  It's super shifty and it's just straight up gorgeous!  The formula is fantastic, it's super easy to use and applies evenly.  For my swatch I used two coats.

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Alternate Dimension will be available from September 3rd to 6th on the Polish Pick Up's site.  This polish is capped at 300 bottles so get in quick!  Don't forget if you are in Australia you can purchase this shade directly from Emily de Molly's Australian site (and you can leave Hayley a note if you wish to combine with future orders).  

Emily de Molly Fire & Ice (Polish Pick Up August 2021) - Swatches & Review

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Today I have another polish from this month's Polish Pick Up.  This time it is the shade from Emily de Molly and OMG this is such a cool polish.  I fell in love when I first saw Hayley's swatches and again when I saw it in person.

Fire & Ice is a bright red base with orange and blue iridescent flakes and black shredded glitter.    Not only is this polish super cool but it is so unique.  I don't think I have seen anything like it before.  The formula is fantastic and easy to use.  For my swatch I used three coats but you can stop at two coats.

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Fire & Ice will be available from Polish Pick Up from Friday 6th August until Monday 9th August.  This polish is capped at 600 bottles and it's on not to be missed.

If you are in Australia, you will be able to purchase your bottle directly from Emily de Molly's Australian site.  Hayley is happy to combine with future orders too - you just need to leave her a note.  How amazing is that?  This is why we love Hayley and her customer service.

 

Grace-full Nail Polish Beauty Of Nature (Polish Pick Up August 2021) - Swatches & Review

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Happy August everyone!  I can't get over how quick this year is going by.  It's getting to that time of year where I'll have to start beginning to think about Christmas.  Do you plan Christmas in advance or are you someone who waits until December?  Anyway, you aren't here to listen to me talk about Christmas so let's take a look at this month's Polish Pick Up shade from Grace-full Nail Polish.

Beauty Of Nature is a deep green jelly base with crystal colour shifting flakes in green-blue-gold.  I love this one!  The colour is gorgeous and so are the flakes.  The formula is great and easy to use. For my swatch I used three coats but you can stop at two coats.

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Beauty Of Nature will be available via the Polish Pick Up from Friday 6th August until Monday 9th.  This polish is capped to 150 bottles.

Polish Pick Up Rewind July 2021 featuring Emily de Molly, Grace-full Nail Polish & Hit The Bottle

This month for Polish Pick Up they are doing a rewind where each maker brings back some of their previous PPU shades.  I thought why not grab the ones that I have previously swatched and reviewed and put them together in one post.  As someone who doesn't spend much time on Facebook I know how easily things can get lost in the PPU group so hopefully this post will help out.  Now disclaimer - I was previously sent all of the polishes for review purposes when they were initially released (and my swatches are from then too) but I wasn't asked by anyone to do this post.  In fact, they don't even know that I am doing this post.  To save everyone some time I am going to cut and past my reviews as well.  So without further ado, let's take a step back in time...

EMILY DE MOLLY

Alive By Magic is a dark red jelly base filled with red to green shifting shimmer.  The glitters predominately show red/orange and gold with some green showing up on extreme angles.  I absolutely love the glitters in this polish!  And for a red it's really nice (I'm not much of a red polish fan).  The formula of this is fantastic and easy to use.  You can easily stop at two coats, however it was a little see through at the tips for me - plus the extra coat of polish gives it more of that squishy look which I love!  My swatch shows three coats.

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Late Night Blooms is a purple base filled with pink/purple/green aurora shimmer and silver holographic micro glitters.  OMG I am OBSESSED and completely head over heels in love with this polish.  The colour is amazing and so is the shift, and the formula is fantastic.  It is easy to use and applies evenly.  Now for some strange reason I didn't write in my notes how many coats I used but I have a feeling my swatches are three coats - but it is a polish that you can stop at two coats with.

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GRACE-FULL NAIL POLISH

Brainard's Goo is a vibrant green to gold aurora shimmer.  This is such a cool polish.  It's a great colour and it shifts so well too.  The formula is easy to use but it is a little sheer on the first coat.  I found that it built up beautifully on the second coat, however it was still a little see through at the tips so I added a third coat.

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Mount Wellington is a multichrome with aurora shimmer that moves through blue, teal and purple.  This polish is super shifty and just gorgeous.  I love it.  The formula is great and applies easily.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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HIT THE BOTTLE

Guilded Mystique is described as a slate blue polish with a pale gold to silver sheen.  I love this polish.  It's such a gorgeous colour.  The formula is also amazing!   It only requires one coat (which is what I used for my swatch) and it stamps!  

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Hit The Bottle do have a second shade called Colliding Of The Realms but unfortunately I don't own that polish to share swatches and my review.

All of these beauties will be available from the Polish Pick Up from July 2nd until July 5th.