Ozotic 534

Hi everyone! Here is a gorgeous polish from the (sadly) discontinued Ozotic Mish Mash Collection. Ozotic 534 is a holographic multichrome polish. I chose to layer 2 coats over Essie No More Film to make the multichrome pop. It shifts from purple/blue/pink-red/gold. I remember this was my first Llarowe purchase ever and I thought it was the most amazing polish I had ever seen at the time. The first time I wore it, I wore it for 5 days straight (a record for me!).

As I said, this polish is now discontinued, but there are some similar polishes out there now (I believe that Enchanted Polish Across the Universe is similar, but I don't have that one to compare). 

Two Scattered Holos: Ozotic 624 and L.A. Girl Dazzling Pink

So I guess you guys have figured out by now that I'm totally obsessed with large particle scattered holos. I want them ALL! Today I have two to share with you, one that I've had for ages and one that I acquired quite recently.

Ozotic 624 is a large particle purple scattered holo. It is a bit less vibrant of a purple than Zoya Aurora (I prefer Aurora I think). This is 2 coats. It isn't an "in your face" holo effect, but it is beautiful and glowy. Ozotic polishes are available from piCture pOlish as well as from Llarowe.

L.A. Girl Dazzling Pink. This is a juicy pink jelly with large particle scattered holo. This is a bit more red toned than piCture pOlish Shocked! (which is a true bright pink) and the holo particles are more dense. I enjoyed this polish SO much when I was wearing it. I get my L.A. Girl polishes from Rite Aid and online at Cherry Culture. They have quickly become my favorite drugstore brand bar none.

 

Thanks for looking everyone!

Ozotic 513

I decided to do a mani with an old favorite today, Ozotic 513. This is from the discontinued line of Ozotic linear holos, however, I do believe that Glitter Gal Crushed Ego might be similar to this. It is a deeper, more reddish purple than Color Club Eternal Beauty. This is 2 coats of Ozotic 513.

Thanks for looking! 

Happy Halloween!! A Few Halloween Manis...

I decided to share a few Halloweenish manis that I did this year with you. I'm dissappointed with myself because I didn't get into the Halloween spirit as much as I wanted to this year, but I had a ton going on this month unfortunately. But nevertheless...here are some Halloween themed manis as well as some Halloween indies.

The first one is a franken I made called Swamp Music. I layered it over Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Limestone. I thought it looked really swampy and monstery for Halloween.

 

 

 

Next I did a jelly sandwich with Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt and OPI Crown Me Already. To give it a little pizzazz, I used of my my older Halloween Lynnderellas, Bride of Franken.

 

 

 

And if any of you don't own Nina Ultra Pro Cobalt...you should. It is a gorgeous Cobalt Blue jelly. It is everything I wanted Revlon Royal to be. This is 2 coats.

 







 

Up next, I was craving some multichrome goodness so I decided to go with one that flashed orange and purple for Halloween. I used Ozotic 521 (2 coats over black) and stamped on some Halloween images from my Bundle Monster Plates with Finger Paints Black Expressionism. It was definantly not my best work, but it was pretty cute. 



 

 

 

Here is 521 by itself. It was a lovely gift from my pal Kristy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally I have Hit Polish Jack Loves Sally. This polish was one of my favorite Halloween indies from this year (there were SO many amazing ones!). It is a fun and different mix of matte glitters. This is 1 coat over Sally Hansen Fairy Teal.

 

 

 



 

So I guess that wraps up Halloween manis for me! I do still have a few Halloween indies that I *just* got so I will wear them soon for after Halloween fun! Thanks for looking everyone and Happy Halloween!

31 Day Polish Challenge Day 12: Stripes

So today I have for you my "stripes" mani. I will admit that I have been into nail polish for about a year and half and just last week I bought my first nail art stripers. I had no idea how easy they are to use and how many cool things you can do with them!

For this mani I used a base of Ozotic 503 (layered over black to bring out the multichrome) and then used the silver and black Stripe Rite polishes from Sally's for the stripes. I just love how it turned out! Something about it reminded me of a silk tie I saw once.

Here are the stripers I used. I found them to be really easy to control and the formula on the polishes wasn't too drippy (as I found with some others that I purchased this week...but I will discuss those in my next post.)



Here is Ozotic 503 on it's own. I was so happy to be able to purchase this from the recent Llarowe restock before it was discontinued. It is so lovely! This is 1 coat over black.

I hope you guys are enjoying my nail art adventures! There is much more to come and I am having a blast with it!

Fun With Holo Topcoats! (Featuring Darling Diva Polish Dreamy)

So, I don't know about you guys, but I think one essential thing to have in your nail polish collection is a holographic topcoat so that you can HOLO ALL THE THINGS! I have yet to purchase any Spectraflair or suspension base for myself, so the ones that I have are all commercially available (although some, unfortunately, are discontinued).

L-R Hits Hefesto, Darling Diva Polish Dreamy, Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond, OPI DS Shimmer

OPI DS Shimmer is the holy grail of holo top coats in my humble opinion. I was very lucky that a friend recently found a brand new one for me in a salon since it has long been discontinued and is going for some pretty hefty prices on Ebay. It is dense and linear and fantastic!

Hits Hefesto, luckily, is a very good dupe for DS Shimmer that is available at e-tailers like Llarowe that carry the brand (it is Brazilian). The cons of Hefesto are that it comes in a tiny bottle (I have only used it twice and you can see the usage in the bottle already) and the brush is horrific.

My bottle of Sally Hansen Nail Prisms Diamond gives a nice scattered holographic look if it is layered over other colors. This one has also long been discontinued, however it has been popping up in combination packs with other Nail Prisms at discount stores like Ross in the US recently. I have also heard that the taller (11 ml) bottles of Diamond have a more linear holograpic effect than the short (8.8 ml) bottles like mine.

Darling Diva Polish Dreamy is a recent acquisition from Etsy and it is a really cool holograpic topcoat. It is a little different because it not only has the finer linear holographic particles, but also has some larger holographic particles sprinkled in which gives it a fun, sparkly effect. If you want to purchase it, you can visit her shop here.

I also have Spectraflair franken that was given to me by a sweet friend as a gift. So if you decide to get your hands on some spectraflair, you can make a really nice one for yourself!

For today's mani, I decided to layer DDP Dreamy over my existing Ozotic 504 mani. I originally got the idea to layer a holo topcoat over multichromatic polishes from the lovely Kristy over at The Polish Haven when I had an insatiable lemming for the impossible to acquire Dollish Polish Toxic Avenger. I layered Hits Hefesto over Orly Space Cadet and it looked amazing and totally dupey to Toxic Avenger. So if you have a lemming for some of the Ozotic Mish Mash Polishes or Toxic Avenger, try layering a holo topcoat over some multichromes. You will not be disappointed! Anyway...on to the mani...

1 coat DDP Dreamy over Ozotic 504

I recently did another mani similar to this using Hits Mari Moon Cutie Pie and Hits Hefesto.



I will spare you guys the really terrible picture of my mani with Space Cadet + Hefesto, but believe me when I say that it rocked!

So...multichromes + holo topcoat? Just do it guys!

Ozotic 504

Today I have another Ozotic for you, but this time a multichrome. Ozotic makes some truly amazing multichromatic polishes and it is such a shame that they are being discontinued. There were a few that I was lacking since I have been slowly collecting Ozotic polishes, but when it was annouced that they were being discontinued, I had to grab the ones that have been on my lemming list for ages.

Ozotic 504 is the polish that I chose to wear today and it is truly STUNNING! The pigment in the polish shifts from blue/purple/red/orange, making it look like a truly amazing sunset on your nails. The color really benefits from being layered over a darker color, so I layered it over black so that the colors would really come out to play.

1 coat Ozotic 504 over 1 coat Finger Paints Black Expressionism (My HG black polish)

I am completely smitten with this polish! Again...if you are still in need of some of the Ozotic multichrome beauties, run (don't walk) to Llarowe or Overall Beauty and grab them while you still can!

Ozotic 518 over OPI Royal Rajah Ruby

If you've decided to join me, welcome! I have toyed with the idea of starting a blog for awhile, and after several requests for links to my non-existent blog, I decided to go for it!

As I'm sure a lot you have heard, the amazing Ozotic 500 series polishes from Australia are being discontinued, so I decided to order several from Leah Ann at Llarowe to round out my Ozotic collection before they are gone forever. The Ozotic linear holographic polishes are very nice to work with and do not require any special base or topcoats like some linear holographic polishes on the market, so they would be an excellent addition to your collection if you don't care to worry with finicky holos. They remind me very much of the older linear OPI DS holograpic polishes.

Ozotic 518 is a gorgeous true red linear holographic polish. It looks lovely on its own, but I decided to borrow an idea from my friend Noelie at Noelie's Nails and layer it over a deep burgundy to make it into a gorgeous, vampy holo. I am very pleased with the results.

First up we have pictures of the base color, OPI Royal Rajah Ruby.

Royal Rajah Ruby is a gorgeous burgundy shimmer from the OPI India collection. I saw swatches of this on MUA and I knew I had to get my hands on it. It screams fall to me, but I am happy to wear it anytime.

Next I layered 1 coat of Ozotic 518 over RRR. Here are a few pictures in indoor light.

Now a few pictures in the sunlight.

If you are interested in acquiring some of these beauties before they are gone, they are available from Llarowe and Overall Beauty. These e-tailers are both lovely to work with, I would highly recommend them both. They are also available from Picture Polish, but there will be international shipping charges for those of us ordering from the US.