Ozotic Pro 528

Today I have such a beautiful rare gem from my collection - Australian brand Ozotic Pro from piCture pOlish.  This is 528 from the Elytra collection and it's a multi-chromatic glitter that shows up either blue, green or purple.  So much to talk about, so many pictures to show you!


First off, many many many thanks to Kimmi from The Plastic Diaries who brought this beauty to me (and a couple of others!) when we met at Cosmoprof North America.


Second, this is an older bottle of Ozotic Pro, at 16 mL.  The new bottles which just launched recently are more rectangular shaped and only 15 mL.

Photo from piCture pOlish

Third, this is not a color to wear alone.  I used a base of nubar Noir and then two coats of 528 followed by some Seche Vite.  Now for photo explosion!

In the sun, this color is okay - not spectacular.  The black base almost makes you lose the purple and you mostly see the green and blue.  Meh - okay.


I'm skipping my shade pictures for a minute so you can see indoors with the flash:

You really lose the purple and instead see this sea of turquoise.  Still a bit meh for me.


But then... shade... Are you sitting down?

Oh man I'm in love with this polish.  


You can purchase piCture pOlish and Ozotic from piCture pOlish's website directly, but know that it's coming from Australia, so your shipping will be a bit more expensive than you're probably used to.  You can also like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter. 


For the USA crowd, there is currently one US distributor named Llarowe.  Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to purchase anything so I don't know anything about her store or shipping but feel free to look at the link.  The old bottle (like the one I have pictured) is selling at $17.50 for 16 mL.  (To compare, a bottle of China Glaze is 14 mL.)


Update:  Overall Beauty is now selling Ozotic too!  Kim is a sweetheart and while I haven't purchased from her yet, I do know that she's great with her customers.

The Painted Nail: Name The Collection!

Photo from The Painted Nail Facebook Page

We heard about it at Cosmoprof North America, but now they are here!  Katie Cazorla from The Painted Nail has her winter collection made, but not named!  Instead, she's leaving that up to us!


HOW?


First, "Like" The Painted Nail on Facebook.  You will have to comment on the album pictures there (not on Katie's personal profile or public Facebook page).


Second, visit the "The Painted Nail NEW Collection" album.  Click here for a direct link!


Third, write your own name for each color OR "like" the written name that someone has already written.  According to Katie, the top 3 with the most "Likes" next to it will end up in the running for the actual names!  (Of course, they are subject to her final approval!)

To help you out a bit (all images & captions belong to Katie Cazorla/The Painted Nail - URLs are from her Facebook)

A beautiful dark cherry with brown shimmer accents!

Such a romantic and sexy midnight blue with dark shimmer accents!  Seriously Beautiful!!!

Love Chanel but can't stomach the price, look at my take on High Fashion but with a wallet friendly price!

Magenta shimmer with subtle, finely cut magenta glitter!!?? STOP the MADNESS!!

An absolutely STUNNING, Creamy Taupe. This color goes with EVERYTHING!! Plus looks fabulous with the glitter top coat for parties! Throw on an over-sized cocktail ring and get ready for compliments a plenty!

An electric TEAL with finely cut teal glitter to give it an insanely GORGEOUS depth and tone!

The most beautiful finely cut glitter top coat! HOLIDAY WORTHY FOR SURE!!!

Go go go!  (If you're curious, I commented as Krystal Seidel)

POP Nail Contest Entries & Winner!

Thank you to those who participated in my POP Nail Contest!  Please enjoy the following entries and winner!

Amber used 2 coats of NARS Galion, one coat of Cult Nails Hypnotize Me and stamped it with Zoya Trixie. She was going for a design that someone who is "nail art challenged" could pull off, and I think she did excellent!  It's almost like a gold dipped fishnet, which I think is super neat.

Angie is a blogger who really loves metallic polishes.  She used Zoya Penny on her middle and pinky fingers and Julep Zoe on her pointer and ring fingers and then added Zoya Ginessa on the tips.  This was actually her first attempt at nail art and I'm calling it a great one!

Cheryl was inspired by Maria from R3Daily/CultNails and her July 4th mani ideas to create this spin on the American Flag.  She used Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear White On, China Glaze Phat Santa and Wet n Wild Crazy Nocturnal.  For her stamping of the "flag stripes", she used Bundle Monster plate 210 and then for her thumb, Cheryl used a bobby pin.  Talk about creative!

Want to know how Gabbz came up with this Hello Kitty manicure?  Check out her blog here for her inspiration, the colors she utilized and even the stamping plate that was used!

Gift Princess created a pretty awesome looking take on a rainbow here, but unfortunately I don't have any information on the polishes used or her inspiration.  It's super pretty though!

Ferfer Lynn is also a blogger who used her daughter's hands to create this awesome Halloween look using Wet n Wild Blue Moon and acrylic paints.  Then on top of it all?  China Glaze Ghoulish Glow.  I just picked up a new bottle myself - I wonder what all she made glow... the ghost?  The eyes?  The RIP?  Heh.

As SOON as I saw Kristi's submission, I KNEW it was inspirited by True Blood (and the Tarte makeup kit on the left!).  Kristi is also a blogger who used Zoya Kristi, Forever 21 Charcoal and white and black Art Deco nail art polishes.  She was definitely up in my top 3, especially for my obsession with TB.

Myra was in the mood for Berry Smoothies the day she made this so she decided on the berry inspired color and then combined a bit of the Littlest Pet Shop... Her nails are really an "End of the Summer" combo.  I really love the added purple stones - I'm such a sucker for purple!

Laina was our runner up.  Her colored cheetah look has a sweet burst of color sprinkled throughout.  I wish I had the patience to do this with all the colors used in the dots.  She has over 14 nail techs in her current salon and has a franchise of ~70 total techs in her area.  I need to make a visit, hah!

And now we have our winner! Blogger Amanda wanted to make a flower manicure but didn't think she had the talent to pull one off (pssh, girl!).  She hadn't seen a dandelion manicure around and so she thought it would be interesting (and easy!) and she said it's been a pretty big hit!  She used a base of China Glaze Sea Spray and the rest is all acrylic paint.  (Random: Her blog is actually ran by her and her mom - too cute!)


And there you have it!  Thank you again so much for participating and letting us see your nail art!

Halloween Beauty Blogger Giveaway!

Hello friends (new & existing)! So I have a big ol' giveaway here for you today. I'm involved in a Beauty Blogger Group on Facebook, and we decided we were going to pool together and give you the chance to win a $500 gift card to Sephora. Oh yes - I said that one right. Now, you'll see there are already a LOT of entries - that's because there are a lot of bloggers involved.  Contest ends 31 October 2011.

To enter, wait for the Rafflecopter widget to load below. You’re more than welcome to leave comments, but they will not earn entries into the contest. Each action in the Rafflecopter widget (below) earns you another entry. Actions will only be counted one time – even if you click on the widgets on the other participating blogs. You may tweet once per day – just come back here (or any of the blogs listed above) and submit a new tweet! 18+, International Entries are welcomed!


Please make sure to check out all the great bloggers that contributed to make this happen!

Glitter.Gloss.Garbage
JeweledThumb
My Beauty Bunny
Bright Lights Big Color
Madame B Fatale
The Polish Aholic
Polarbelle
PolishGalore
Beauty and Fashion Tech
Prime Beauty
Pink Sith
The Plastic Diaries
Cosmetically Challenged
Beyond Beauty - Gloria Yang
Retrodiva's Beauty
Beauty Swatches
Beauty Info Zone
Makeup Merriment
FutureDerm
Moxie Reviews

No-Miss Comet

Update: So I'm a dork and didn't double check the name of this polish. My label was cut off - the color is called Comet, not "Omet". Thank you Gwenn for letting me know!

I was first introduced to No-Miss Cosmetics while at Cosmoprof North America back in August.  This family run company from Florida is all natural, big 3 free, fast drying, chip resistant, UV inhibitor and non-yellowing (and a few more things too).  They have over 170 colors, including every glitter combination you can think of... they do not discontinue colors.  In fact, if you have a color combination that you're looking for (Prom, a wedding, for fun), I was told "Call us, we'll make it for you."  (We talked a bit about making a dupe for Essie Starry Starry Night.)  


At the end of the convention, I received several colors of my choice (and a few of their all natural eye shadows too!) so today I wanted to show Comet, a lavender and blue small hexagonal glitter in a light creme base.  I thought it would go well over Zoya Shay but that wasn't quite the case.  This is one coat of Comet.

Yeah - not that awesome.  It almost takes on a yellow look over this base and with straight sun.  I was hoping shade would be better.

Okay, yes - much better.  You can see how there is some lavender and then some blue in there.  Beautiful polish, just not so much over a nude.

Indoors with flash - yeah - terrible.  This color just doesn't like a nude under it.  So what's the best next thing?  

Black!  This is one coat of nubar Black which has a rubber matte finish so I added a coat of Seche Vite before Comet.  This is 2 coats of Comet followed by a top coat of Seche Vite.

NOW check it indoors.  I'm in love.  I'm such a sucker for blues and violets.  Definitely love.  Removal was super easy - no scrubbing at all which I'm used to with glitters.


No-Miss can be found in several health food stores like Whole Foods or purchased on their website for $7.95.  You can follow No-Miss on Twitter or like them on Facebook as well.

Disclosure: The product[s] in this post was [were] provided to me by the company for consideration.  For more information, please read this post.