At the beginning of this year I set the challenge to swatch all of the things that I have purchased this year and to finish swatching all of the polishes that I purchased last year. There has been some days where I honestly didn't think that I would manage to do it all but today I am feeling like I can (providing I keep my shopping habits to a minimum). At the moment I only have one collection of polishes from last year to swatch and five more collections from this year (that seems quite high - in my defense three of those collections I have only had for a couple of days). Why am I telling you all of this? Well mainly because I am happy that I am making my way through the pile of things to swatch, but also Emily de Molly's August polishes have been sitting in my swatch racks for months and I have finally had the chance to swatch them and OMG! There are some AMAZING polishes in the mix.
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Everlasting Gaze is a turquoise green holographic with iridescent flakes and silver holographic micro glitter. This one is super pretty and the formula is great. I used two coats for my swatch, however it is still a little see through at tips in direct light.
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Midnight Serenade is a dark blue with pink/gold/green multichrome shimmer. This one is to die for! I think I could put this in my top favourites from Emily de Molly ever! My pictures really don't do it justice. The colour is awesome, the shift is fantastic and the formula is amazing. My swatch shows two coats.
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Now And Later is a neon pink with gold to green shifting shimmer and silver metallic micro glitters. This is a perfect summer polish! The colour is great and so is the formula. I used three coats for my swatch.
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Sweet Sacrifice is a purple with iridescent flakes and silver holographic micro glitter. This one is really stunning and the formula is good. I did find it to be a little on the sheer side so needed three coats to build it up. It is still a little see through at the tips in direct light.
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The Amber Palace is a reddish brown with iridescent flakes and gold holographic micro glitter. No surprise that I really like this one. I mean, it has flakies! The formula is also really easy to work with. I used two coats for my swatch, however I question if I should have done a third or not.
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This Moment is a pale rose gold holographic with blue chrome flakes and silver holographic micro glitter. This is another beautiful polish with a great formula. My swatch shows three coats.
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Undo What's Done is a dark cornflower blue with copper shimmer. I'm a big fan of this polish too. I love the colour, the shimmer and the formula. My swatch shows two coats.
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I love all of the August Releases! There are some amazing polishes. I'm really not sure I can pick favourites from this release. Which are your favourites?
Sweet Sacrifice & Undo What's Done are on my wishlist, but I can't justify buying any more polish when I'm still swatching polishes I bought last year. Right now I feel like I have enough in my stash.
ReplyDeleteWishlists are a dangerous thing but sensible. Good job on not buying anymore polish. I think that would be so hard. I have definitely slowed down a little with what I have been purchasing. That may have something to do with me wanting to reach my goal for the end of the year (having no untrieds from anything I purchased this year or last year - so far I think I am on track)
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