Battle of the Aussie top coats

I was looking for a new top coat after getting priced out of my favourite one. Emily De Molly and Cosmic Polish are more affordable where I live so I wanted to try out their range and see if they work for me.

I have no affiliations with these brands and purchased all products out of pocket. This is an honest review, I hope it helps others in the same position!

💅Top coats tested💅

1. Cosmic Polish Warp Speed top coat
2. Cosmic Polish Stellar Shine top coat
3. Emily DeMolly Immortal top coat
4. Emily DeMolly Fusion top coat

In the images I wore the top coats in the following order:
Left hand
– Pinky fusion
– Ring stellar shine
– Middle immortal
– Index warp speed
– Thumb stellar shine over warp speed

Right hand is opposite order and thumb is fusion over immortal. All are worn over Cosmic Polish Echoes of Eden.

💸Pricing (all prices are in AUD)💸

Cosmic Polish retails for $13, without a bulk option. On their website they say their bottle is 13.5ml, but the new bottles I’ve received are 15ml with visibly more polish. So it’s $0.87 per ml.

Emily de Molly top coats sell for different prices for some reason. Immortal is $10, fusion is $11, both for 12 ml. They also sell in bulk refills for $27 for 40 ml. That ranges from $0.92/$0.83 to a sexy $0.68 per ml if you get the bulk refill.

Compared to the $1.79 per ml I was spending on my last fav top coat this is a steal 😭

👃Smell👃

None smell that bad except Fusion. Wow she stanks. It smells like Swedish bitter. The rest smell normal for a top coat.

⏳Speed⏳

Immortal is super quick followed by warp speed. The other 2 top coats are close behind. TBH I was relatively impressed by all of them, they were dry to the touch and lightly dent proof in a reasonable time

✨Gloss✨

Immortal and warp speed are slightly less glossy, fusion and stellar shine are more shiny. But in practice they’re all glossy enough that I wouldn’t care. Stellar shine is the plumpest and glossiest, immortal and warp speed are comparable but I noticed more slight imperfections in immortal, and fusion is the least plumping.

🔨Wear test🔨

For durability, stellar shine was the worst. It crackles! It had a million hairline fractures, even when I layered it over warp speed. I’m not a fan.

The rest performed relatively well. I think fusion chipped more than the rest. I was happy with immortal and warp speed.

🤔My opinion🏆

EDM Immortal and CS Warp Speed are my favourites. They both dry fast and are durable and shiny. I’m more than satisfied with either of them as my new go-to, they’re solid all around.

I think I slightly prefer warp speed. I noticed immortal got scratched a bit easier and dried with these very slight streaks. However, it is really hard to compete with the price point of the immortal 40 ml refills.

I thought EDM Fusion was fine, but it’s stinky and was less plumping.

CS Stellar Shine was my least favourite. The crackling is not a flaw I can look past, I have flexible nails and I need a top coat to withstand that. I was disappointed it still crackled over stronger top coats, so it’s not even all that useful to add extra gloss.

I hope this helped other Aussie lacqueristas that were looking for a local option!