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Happy May y’all! Today I am sharing the newest monthly duo from Heather’s Hues. It is officially the time of year to break solar polishes and I am here for it! Solar polishes and neons are pretty much my favorite thing about late spring/summer releases and the May duo checks off both of those boxes.
The May duo is available now on the Heather’s Hues website. As always, I will have links at the end of this post on where you can purchase these.
Heather’s Hues is a US based indie brand. Their polishes are handmade in 15ml bottles, 5 free, vegan and cruelty-free!
Live Swatch Video
Bougainvillea
Description: a fabulous solar polish that is clear when indoors and turns a beautiful berry when in the sun. It’s kissed with a mix of glitters and shreds in white and berry and finished with a touch of small iridescent blue-violet glitters.
Bougainvillea had a wonderful formula. It felt somewhere between a jelly and a crelly polish. The glitters and flakies spread out very easily. I didn’t need to do anything special for good coverage. The indoor color appears to be a very pale white with a hint of pink to it. Outside, it was a pretty berry pink color.
This had pretty good coverage for a polish that is described as colorless in the warm state. I think shorter nails might be good in 2 coats. I used 3 coats for my photos. This dries down slightly textured. I used 1 coat of top coat to smooth it out completely.
I soaked this off with acetone and didn’t have any issues on removal.
NOTE: If you are new to solar polishes, you need to expose them to UV light in order for it to change colors. For my photos, I used a blacklight UV flashlight (indoors shots only) as well as outside in the sun. Depending on how strong the light source is, will determine how much color change you will see. I swatched this in the late morning on a sunny day. I’ve found that even on cloudy days, you will see some color change but not as drastic as on a cloud free day. Top coat will only affect the color change if your top coat has UV blockers in it.
Cattleya Orchids
Description: a bright orange crelly packed with a mix of matte and metallic glitters and flakes in a variety of oranges and pinks
Cattleya Orchids had a great crelly formula. It applied very nicely and I didn’t have any formula or application issues. This polish is a BRIGHT orange crelly polish. I’d call it a pastel neon type orange, maybe just slightly creamsicle orange like.
The glitters spread out really easily and I didn’t need to do anything special to get them to apply. I also didn’t need to hold the bottle upside down with this polish. I used 3 coats for my photos.
Removal is going to be tricky from all of those glitters so I’d suggest soaking this off. I soaked it off with acetone and had 0 issues. No staining to report.
Side note: For whatever reason, I thought this polish was called “cat eye orchids”. So my filenames are wrong and I had to rerecord my live swatch voice over because I called it Cat Eyed Orchids *sigh*
Final Thoughts
I L-O-V-E-D this duo! I think they were both absolutely fantastic so I won’t be picking a favorite between the two because they’re both great. Solar polishes are some of my favorites and Heather always does them really well. I am VERY happy Heather is releasing more neons this year!
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Sale Info
The May duo is available now on HeathersHues.com. Each polish is $12.50 or you can purchase the duo for $25 plus shipping. These will only be available for the rest of the month and will be replaced by the June duo. At the time of upload, the April duo is still available.
You do NOT need to be a member of the Facebook group to purchase the monthly duo but to vote on photos you will need to be a member. Members also receive special birthday coupons and other perks.