Football Friday: EWU Edition

After eeking out a win last week against Hawaii, the Dawgs open up play at home and will hopefully have a better outing (fingers crossed, otherwise it will be a long, grim football season). The weather is supposed to be beautiful and in the low 80's and nothing says September like a crisp breeze, sunshine and football! We're playing a lower division state school this week, but make no mistake, this is no cupcake game!

This week I decided to pull out another of my Ozotic polishes, Ozotic 624. This has a similar base to Ozotic 513, but instead of linear holographic this has a more scattered holographic finish. This polish has also been discontinued, but the piCture pOlish brand has been bringing back some of these polishes, reformulated and renamed-- so this one might make a second appearance in the future! Here I used three coats and no top coat.

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I couldn't let this polish languish any longer, especially since the weather is supposed to be so nice! I actually love the scattered holographic finish and the glow it gives this polish.

Go Dawgs! Beat the Eagles! 

Football Friday: Aloha Edition

This week marks the start of another college football season! The Huskies play their first game this weekend against Hawaii, in Oahu. Believe me, I wish I was there. I wish so so badly that I was in Hawaii. But with two small children and no spare money, it's a pipe dream. But man, it would be soooooooooo nice. Beaches, palm trees, tropical drinks-- sounds like heaven. Actually it would be heaven whether or not we had children, but most especially now that we do. Another time, I guess. Some day!

I can't promise regular Football Friday posts, but I'll try. Really what I'm doing right now is going through my swatched polishes that haven't made it onto the blog yet. So tonight I have the now defunct Ozotic 513. This is a gorgeous medium purple polish with a strong linear holographic finish. So pretty! This would look very pretty if I was actually lying in the Hawaiian sunshine, but it still looks gorgeous here too! Shame on me for letting this linger in a drawer for ages-- what a crime!

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So pretty! Doesn't this deserve to soak up some Hawaiian sunshine?

If you're into football, I hope you enjoy the first week of the season!

Go Dawgs! Beat the Warriors!

Ozotic 506

Tonight I have another multichrome polish from Ozotic, 506, which is a multichrome that shifts from blue to purple with maybe just a hint of green. Similarly to 505, I decided to layer this over A England Camelot to bring out the shift. Personally, I had trouble seeing the green but the blue-purple shift is very strong. Here I used two coats of 506.

Not a lot of words tonight, but definitely lots of pictures!

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Gorgeous polish! This has also been discontinued, sadly, but you may still be able to find it out there.

Ozotic 505

Hey all! Tonight I have another Ozotic polish for you-- one of their multichrome polishes, 505. This is a gorgeous polish that shifts from dark green to blue to purple. It's gorgeous in the bottle and luckily, just as gorgeous on the nail! For these swatches I layered 505 over A England Camelot, a deep shiny black, to bring out the color shift. I used two coats of 505 here.

Short on words tonight-- let's get to the pictures!

Under direct light, 505 is a gorgeous shade of emerald green.

In indirect light, 505 starts to shift from green to purple

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Unfortunuately, as another polish from the Ozotic 500 line, this polish has also been discontinued (why?!?!) and is sold out. Lame! This polish is so pretty and the color shift is gorgeous-- definitely moreso in person than in my photos!

Ozotic 522

Sorry for the lack of posts-- this weekend has been really busy! We had a fun date night on Friday and then have spent the rest of the weekend working. We painted what is becoming our guest room (and the old guest room will become our nursery) and then cleaned the carpets. Next we have to move furniture, but that will probably happen this week after work. It's nice to have something accomplished! Still a lot to do, but this is a good step.

Today I have another gorgeous holo for you-- Ozotic 522! This is described as a copper pink linear holographic, though it looks rather red in the bottle and in my pictures. Apparently, though, while reds seem to be some of the easiest polishes to make (and use), making true red holographics is very difficult and they end up leaning pink. I did try layering this over a red polish base, but it definitely fades the base color a bit, rather than enriching the red of 522. This polish is a little on the sheer side, so I needed to use three coats to get good, opaque coverage.

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The bad news is that Ozotic 522 is currently discontinued and therefore might be difficult to get a hold if you like it. The good news, as I mentioned in my last post, is that a lot of polish makers out there have jumped in to the fill the void and while you might not be able to find an exact duplicate of this particular polish you can still find some awesome holos out there!

Ozotic 517

Given all the nice weather and bright sunshine we've been having in the PNW, I decided to pull out some old swatches-- but they're holographic, so let's just say I've been waiting for the sun to come out so I could show them off. Ozotic 517 is a silvery blue linear holographic polish. I used three coats here, but and the polish was a little on the sheer side, but I don't recall having any issues with it when I applied it. The blue does get a little lost when you apply this, but it's definitely not a straight-up silver holographic. While I did use a base coat (Cult Nails Get It On), I did not use a top coat so you see 517 in all its glory.

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Isn't this gorgeous?! The holo is very strong, even when not not seen under a flash or in the sun. I think the blue softens the overall look of the polish-- I like it more than just a straight-up silver holographic polish.

Unfortunately, this particular polish has been discontinued, but luckily there are tons of other polish makers who have stepped up to fill the void since Ozotic discontinued their holographic polish line-- Hits, Jade, FNUG, Dance Legend, etc. I would recommend checking out Llarowe, Harlow & Co, or Ninja Polish for large selections of holographic polishes.