Ozotic Mish Mash #532 (pic heavy!)

Hey everyone! Hope you have all had a fantastic weekend! For my first post back I have swatches of one of the new Ozotic polishes I picked up last week from piCture pOlish.

Ozotic #532 is one of four new polishes in the "Mish Mash" range - aka, the most freakin awesome range of polishes ever! I honestly couldnt believe my eyes when I saw the bottle - it's like Ozotic Holographic #509 had a baby with Ozotic Multi Chromatic #505. Yes, you heard right - linear holo AND multichromatic!!!

Depending on the angle and lighting, #532 flashes either a bright turquoise or lilac and the holo effect is outstanding, even in low lighting. This was two coats over a coat of OPI Black Onyx. I had no issues with application - the polish was the perfect consistency and applied smoothly, without pooling or dragging.

I thought I'd try out #532 on its own as well and although it achieved opacity after three coats, I am inclined to say that this polish should be layered over an opaque base colour. I think it would also look great over a dark blue or purple base.

Being a holo addict, I am completely in awe of this polish! The photos just don't do it justice. I adore the combination of holo and multichromatic and for this reason, this is hands down the best holo in my collection now!

There's only one downside to this polish - it was not cheap!! This one set me back $14AUD which is a little steep. However, for such a unique creation, I'm willing to fork out the extra cash! Naturally, I couldnt resist and I bought the other three Mish Mash polishes in the range as well, so I will try and get swatches of those done asap!

What do you think of #532? 

Another Holo Franken with SpectraFlair

Hey everyone! Today I have another SpectraFlair pigment franken to show you! Just over a month ago, the awesome Chris from Custom Creation Paints sent me a stack of different pigments to use for frankens and he kindly included some SpectraFlair pigment as well. He told me to put the SpectraFlair in a clear polish and use it as a top coat, however my desire to create an OPI My Private Jet dupe trumped his advice! So I grabbed a bottle of China Glaze Liquid Leather and mixed about half a gram of the powder in. 

Unlike my first franken, which had a scattered holo effect, the holo with this one was more linear. The holo effect was also not as strong as I would have liked, but it was still beautiful!   

Click on the pics to get a better look :)

The light cube photos just weren't doing this franken justice so I took a few photos out of the cube to show you the holo effect. They are blurry, but you get the drift! Look at the rainbow!

It would be remiss of me not to include a little warning in this post in regard to  using SpectraFlair for frankens. This powder should be used with caution and I recommend using gloves, a mask and protective eyewear when mixing this product into the polish. Better to be safe than sorry I say!

Overall, I'm quite happy with this franken.  I think I still need to get a bottle of holo MPJ at some point but until I am in a position to fork out 75USD (which will be NEVER!) my SpectraFlair frankens will have to do!

Glitter Gal 3D Holographic Blue

Hey everyone! If you are getting tired of my holo posts, you might want to close the window now. However, if like me, you are totally addicted to holographic polishes, READ ON, because I have a spectacular holo to show you today.

Since my holo obsession started, I have been on a search for the best holographic polishes on the market. As a lot of you would know, this is a hard lemming to fulfill because not many companies make holographic polishes at the moment. 

However, about a month ago, my search led me to the Australian brand Glitter Gal and today I have one of their 3D Holographic polishes to show you guys.

3D Holographic Blue is a light blue polish with a strong holographic effect. I used three thin coats for these photos, with no basecoat or topcoat.

As you can see from these photos, the holographic effect is very strong in all the different lighting situations, unlike the polishes in some other recent “holographic” collections (*cough* tronica *cough*). I did find the formula a little thin with this one, but three coats gave pretty good coverage..... and LOOK AT THAT HOLO!!! I honestly can't stop staring at my nails!

Now, I have to point out, the bottles are smaller than your regular bottle of polish (9ml/0.3 fl.oz), but there is a good reason for that. Kerry and Anna, the brains behind Glitter Gal, insist on only using “true” holographic particles in their formulation. This one ingredient is 30 times more expensive than any other nail polish ingredient, but this means that their holographic nail polishes are of the highest quality possible. Another big plus is that their holographic polishes are “Big 3 Free” as well.

If that wasn't enough, there are 27 holographic polishes in their range, including a black holo which I must get my hands on! 

Glitter Gal 3D Holographic polishes retail for $11.95AUD and you will be pleased to know that they ship internationally!

So what do you guys think of this polish? Will you be ordering some of these? The other 26 colours in their range have already made it to the top of my wishlist!

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My first franken!

Hey everyone! If you can't already tell, I'm kinda obsessed with holo polish at the moment. And when I say kinda, I mean A LOT!

So naturally I have another holo polish to show you today! But it's not any regular holo - it's my very first franken! And it's a black holo! Gah! I can barely contain how excited I am about this little creation of mine.

I honestly can't provide an accurate recipe because I was mixing all sorts of things together like a mad scientist but I know I put the following products in there:

China Glaze Liquid Leather
OPI DS Desire
OPI DS Original
OPI My Private Jet (non-holo)
Spectra Flair Flex Liquid Silver Powder (from ebay)

I have been searching for an amazing black holo for ages and I think this might fill the void!

Sorry for the blurry pics. The holo effect made my camera freak out!

So what do you guys think of my first franken attempt? I suck at naming things, so maybe you can suggest a suitable name for this one?? :D

Nfu Oh #61

Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of posts over the weekend. It has been a looooong weekend. Saturday morning I had to take my bridesmaids for their dress fittings and then after lunch my mum fell over in a shopping centre and had to be taken to hospital! Spent the next 8 hours in the emergency ward waiting for her to be treated! To top it all off, yesterday I had my bridal shower. A crazy, busy weekend! 

As you can imagine, I'm exhausted now, so I'll keep the chit chat to a minimum and just show you some spam of the amazing Nfu Oh #61 today. 

OPI DS Original

Hey everyone! Today I made the long trip to the nail supply store where I got the China Glaze OMG's from last time. Today's visit was just as successful as the last one! I found a stack of HTF polishes including China Glaze Channelesque, OPI DS Sapphire, OPI DS Desire, OPI Glacier Bay Blues and the polish I'm showing you now, OPI DS Original.

I have been lemming DS Original since I first got into nail polish. Well I have been lemming alllll the old DS polishes, but I never wanted to pay the prices they were asking on evilbay. So when I walked into the store and saw those polishes selling for $10, I had to grab them (and a couple of backups!)

DS Original is a lavender holographic polish. I used three coats to get good coverage because I found the formula a little thin, but even with three coats it dried lightning fast. The holo effect is quite scattered as opposed to the linear OMG holos. In regular lighting, the holo is subtle but still visible, but in bright lighting and daylight, it is spectacular! I have included photos with two different types of lighting. Behold, DS Original holo heaven!

I am totally in love with this polish and I can't wait to try DS Desire and DS Sapphire now. I am officially holo-addicted!

On a side note, I took your advice and softened out the edges of my nails to make a more feminine squoval shape. They seem more manageable at this length and with this shape, so I'll give it a go for a while! Thanks for all your advice everyone! :)