Ozotic 746 - Swatches and Review

Press Sample 

*This product is Cruelty Free 

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Tonight I have another Ozotic polish for you - this time it's one from the 700 series of duochromes. Ozotic 746.

Ozotic 746 is a bright barbie pink polish with a strong blue shimmer/shift and it can be worn alone or layered. First, I used 3 light coats alone on my thumb to show you how it looks on it's own. Then, for my full mani, I wore it layered over black. No issues to report with formula or application.


Alone...

Ozotic 746

Ozotic 746

And over black...

Ozotic 746

 Continued after the jump...

Pure Ice All Night Long

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Good Morning! Today I have another "thrifty" polish to show you: Pure Ice All Night Long.

All Night Long is a great navy blue shimmer polish. It went on smoothly and easily and I used two coats for full opacity - no top coat for photos! No issues to report. The formula is fantastic. This isn't one I won from the recent #NailBasel and #PureYou contests Pure Ice has been having on their Facebook page, but be sure that I will be showing you those on the blog over the next few months.

Pure Ice All Night Long

But before I show you more of All Night Long, I want to show you what I received yesterday! A HUGE box yesterday with my winnings...can you even believe this?

I used 16 Pure Ice polishes to create the #NailBasel winner...

Freehand Butterfly Wings

And the winning photo for the #PureYou contest...

Okay, so here are the rest of the All Night Long photos...

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

Pure Ice All Night Long

What do you think of this gorgeous blue?

Pure Ice polishes are available at Walmart stores and retail for around $1.98 each. You can also purchase them from their Bari Cosmetics website here.



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China Glaze Blue Sparrow and Temptation Carnation

Another quick China Glaze post to show you before I put this Christmas night to bed...Blue Sparrow and Temptation Carnation.

Blue Sparrow is a great medium royal blue shimmer polish. This one dries "rough-looking" so it definitely needs a top coat, but just look what happens with one coat of Poshe! No issues at all to report other than I used two coats and it's probably really a three-coater, which I'll remember for next time.

China Glaze Blue Sparrow without top coat

China Glaze Blue Sparrow

China Glaze Blue Sparrow

China Glaze Blue Sparrow

China Glaze Blue Sparrow

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Temptation Carnation is a really lovely light pink shimmer. It's quite sheer, so I layered it over a plain nude creme (Nails Inc. Basil Street) and let it shine. No issues with formula or application with this one either. Check out the next to last photo to see how it morphs slightly into a golden, coppery color!

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

China Glaze Temptation Carnation 

What do you think of these two? 

Blue Sparrow, Temptation Carnation and other China Glaze polishes are available at BeautyStopOnline and most, including Blue Sparrow and Temptation Carnation, are on sale for $2.99 (regular $5.99) right now. They are also offering free shipping for orders over $59.00 You can follow them on Facebook here and Twitter here to stay up-to-date on current promotions and sales.

*PR Samples provided for my honest review

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a-England Lady of Shalott - Swatches and Review

a-England has recently released five new polishes called the Gothic Beauties Collection. a-England is one of my all-time favorite brands so I knew I had to have them even if swatches were indicating that they would all read black on me. So I pre-ordered them directly from Adina as soon as I could. The formula is absolutely amazing, as always - on all five of them. The Gothic Beauties Collection was inspired by and named for characters in well-known gothic literature. Literature, especially of this genre, is a passion of mine, so I was thrilled to see them!

These are all (except Dorian Gray) in a blackened base and meant to be dark and mysterious. Lady of Shalott is a blue shimmer in a blackened base with micro-particles of blue and pink/purple, giving it a wonderful depth. Inspired by the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson in which the Lady of Shalott, put away in a tower, is forced to view Camelot through a mirror as gazing upon it directly would result in bringing about a terrible curse. But when Lancelot rides by, she can't help herself and gazes upon him directly, bringing about the curse. To save everyone else from the curse, she leaves the tower and takes a boat on the river. She dies along the way and Lancelot comes upon her and is stunned by her beauty, even in death.

I only used one coat of this one for full opacity. Perfect formula and perfect coverage. One coat of Nails Inc. Caviar Top Coat. The first 3 photos are in strong lighting and the last is showing you how it will look about 99% of the time and in most lighting.

a-England Lady of Shalott

a-England Lady of Shalott

a-England Lady of Shalott

And below is how it will look most of the time. Sort of like sexy, midnight blue lingerie...hidden but waiting to show itself off.

a-England Lady of Shalott

What do you think of this one? You can see the others in the Gothic Beauties Collection that I've swatched so far by clicking on the name. Tess d-Urbervilles, Dorian Gray and Dorian Gray vs a-England King Arthur.


A-England has just put the Gothic Beauties Collection on their website and they offer free international delivery. You can also order through Ninja Polish, MeiMei's Signatures,  Overall Beauty and Llarowe. And of course, you can always stay up to date on their latest release by following a-England on Facebook and Twitter!  Also follow Ninja Polish on Facebook, Overall Beauty on Facebook and Llarowe on Facebook and MeiMei's Signatures on Facebook for more updates, availability and re-stock information.



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