June 23, 2021

Emily de Molly July 2021 Revival Release Swatches & Review


Emily De Molly July 2021 Revival Release

Hello readers,
Today I have Emily de Molly's July Revival release to share with you. This collection features nine fan favorite shades that have come out of retirement. In some cases, though ingredients may have changed over the years, these have been recreated to be as close to the original as possible. For polishes where I happen to own the original version I've included side by side comparisons. Let's take a look at swatches.

Animated Hearts

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Animated Hearts features a clear base packed with silver holo glitters, blue shimmer and iridescent orange to green shifting glitters. The formula was easy to apply and took two coats for full coverage. This does dry down with some glitter texture so top coat is recommended. Photos show two coats of Animated Hearts with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetic What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Animated Hearts swatch

EDM Animated Hearts swatch

Emily De Molly Animated Hearts Review

Revival vs Original: The original formula was slightly thinner with less glitter payoff. I used two coats for both versions below, and you can see my nail still shows through a little for the original. If I added a third coat of the original formula the end look would have been identical.
 
Emily De Molly Animated Hearts Review

Save Your Boredom

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Save Your Boredom features a muted purple tinted base filled with a shimmer that shifts through gold, pink and green. The formula was excellent and took two thin coats for full coverage. Photos show two coats of Save Your Boredom with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Save Your Boredom

EDM Save Your Boredom

Emily De Molly Example Save Your Boredom

Revival vs Original: Holding the bottles side by side the shimmer in the revival shade appears to lean the tiniest bit more gold than that of the original. However, on the nail the colour shifts so much in different lighting and at different angles that it wasn't really noticeable. They look practically identical.

Emily De Molly Example Save Your Boredom

Major Themes

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Major Themes features a peach orange base filled with a foiled gold shimmer. I also get hints of blue-green at an angle in shaded lighting. The formula was very easy to work with. I used three coats here but it was so close after two that those with shorter nails or a less distinct nail line than me may find two is enough. Photos show two coats of Major Themes with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush Top Coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

I don't have the original of this shade to compare to, but the description provided by Emily de Molly mentions this newer version has a slightly larger particle size for the gold shimmer.

Emily De Molly Major Themes swatch

EDM Major Themes swatch

Emily De Molly Major Themes Review

Opposite Order

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Opposite Order features a brown tinted base filled with a super strong blue to purple shifting foiled shimmer. The formula was excellent and took two easy coats for full coverage. Photos show two coats of Opposite Order with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Opposite Order swatch

EDM Opposite Ordern swatch

Emily De Molly Opposite Order Review

Revival vs Original: The shimmer in the revival formula has a slightly larger particle size than the original but the colour is identical.

Emily De Molly Opposite Order Review

Pale Horse

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Pale Horse features a blue tinted base filled with a strong purple to green shifting shimmer and small silver holo glitters. Another great two coat formula here. Photos show two coats of Pale Horse with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Pale Horse swatch

EDM Pale Horse swatch

Emily De Molly Pale Horse Review

Revival vs Original: I don't have my original bottle anymore but I dug up my old swatch pictures. Revival is on the left, original is on the right. The description provided by Emily de Molly mentions that the multichrome pigment in the revival formula is a touch darker and leans a bit more purple than the original. To my eye it also looks like your nails need to be at more of a angle to get the bright green end of the shift with the revival version.

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Water Balance

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Water Balance is a bright foiled aqua blue with a gold to blue shifting shimmer. The formula was very easy to work with and took two thin coats for full coverage. Photos show two coats of Water Balance with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

I don't have the original of this shade, but according to the description provided by Emily de Molly the shimmer in the revival version has a larger particle size and leans a little more gold than the original.

Emily De Molly Water Balance swatch

EDM Water Balance swatch

Emily De Molly Water Balance Review

Riot Of Shadows

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Riot Of Shadows features a muted teal tinted base filled with little silver holo glitters and red to gold to green shifting shimmer. The formula was nice to work with and took three thin coats for full coverage. Photos show three coats of Riot Of Shadows with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Riot Of Shadows swatch

EDM Riot Of Shadows swatch

Emily De Molly Riot Of Shadows Review

Revival vs Original: The two look identical to me.

Emily De Molly Riot Of Shadows Review

Turbulence

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Turbulence features a cobalt blue jelly base filled with hex, dot and diamond glitters in shades of blue, pink, gold and silver. The formula was easy to work with and dried down surprisingly smoothly for a glitter jelly. I used three coats here. Photos show three coats of Turbulence with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly Turbulence swatch

EDM Turbulence swatch

Emily De Molly Turbulence Review

Revival vs Original: I got more dense glitter coverage with my original bottle. However, take this comparison with a grain of salt. My original bottle is very old so formula differences may be due more to age than anything else. Also, the description from Emily de Molly mentioned that though many of the glitters and colorants used in the original formula are no longer available she was able to find very similar replacements to achieve the same overall look.

Emily De Molly Turbulence Review

The Glaring

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The Glaring features a sapphire blue base filled with green shimmer and silver holo hex glitters in a variety of sizes. The formula was excellent and nicely pigmented taking two coats for full coverage. Photos show two coats of The Glaring with one coat of Girly Bits Cosmetics What A Rush top coat in daylight spectrum lighting.

Emily De Molly The Glaring swatch

EDM The Glaring swatch

Emily De Molly The Glaring Review

Revival vs Original: Emily de Molly has changed the base they use since the original release, so the revival version will better suspend the glitters and require less shaking. However, the base change doesn't seem to have affected the finish, the two versions look identical to me.

Emily De Molly The Glaring Review

Final Thoughts

The July Revival release will be available on July 3rd, 2021 at 10AM AEST on the Australian site and July 2nd, 2021 at 8PM EDT on the US & International site. You can find Emily de Molly on

www.emilydemolly.com.au (Australia) || www.emilydemolly.com (US & International) || Facebook || Instagram || Twitter || Pinterest

Happy polishing,

Michelle

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