Ozotic Swirl with Crystal Cross Accent

Hullo everyone!

Today I have a slightly pic-heavy post showing off a fun swirly duochrome look.. but before that, I want to quickly mention something of which Rebecca reminded me recently:

Paraphrased from her page--because she summed it up perfectly: "Facebook is going to be showing posts from pages like mine to less and less people. A Facebook spokesperson said, 'the best way to get your stuff seen if you’re a business is to pay for it.' I will not pay Facebook to share posts that I create and share for free." (This hobby is expensive enough as it is, amirite?!)

This means you might not see my posts anymore in your news feed. If you want to be sure you get my updates on Facebook, like or comment on something from my page. If you do, it should ensure that you continue seeing my updates there! Alternatively, you can follow me on Twitter, where I post every update as well as #notd and sneak previews, plus occasional other little tidbits I find :) Or Bloglovin'; they haven't turned evil and started charging (yet?)...

And now, on to the nails!

Outdoors in shade

Nail Wheels for Art Show [pic-heavy!]

Hiya! Today's post will be a first for this blog, and I'm pretty excited about it! But first... *tosses hair* notice anything different? Hehe :) I've been playing with the blog layout and background. I love the blue glitter, and I think the lighter body colour in here will make the pics look better. What do you think?

Okay... *deep breath* here goes!
Last November, the office where I worked held an art show/craft fair. Quite a few of us have artistic hobbies--one lady makes scarves, another does jewellery and metalwork, one of my friends makes the most beautiful soaps, lotions, body products, etc, and yet another friend paints on canvas. There are so many talented people there and it was so much fun!

My contribution was designing some sets of false nails (and sold four of them!), but I also made these nail wheels just for display, and I've wanted to show them to you for a while:

This is a REALLY picture-heavy post (I'm talking like, 15 in total) ... so the rest are after the jump!

Alphabet Challenge: F is for... Four Exotic Ozotics!

Hello, my friends!

I couldn't wait for the letter F, because I have four special new polishes I'm really excited about--Ozotic duochromes! A special hello and thank you to the girls at piCture pOlish!

Of course, no way I was going to attempt to pick just one for this, so I did an easy yet really nice stripey pattern over black:

Shifty! Jewel-toned! Lovely :D

I will preface by saying that this mani looked so, so pretty in real life. They just shimmered and sparkled and caught the light and were always a different colour. I have to do a better job next time of capturing their true-to-life look.

They are, in order from cuticle to tip, Ozotic 502, 504, 503, and 505 (see, if you spell out the numbers, their names start with F too)--and I laid down a base of Wet N' Wild Black Creme first. I tried them alone, and they are lovely--sheer, softer, very nice--but the duochromatic-ness really comes out over a dark base :) Just look at these pics... the polishes look different at every angle!!

504 and 505 look very similar at some angles, and completely different at others :D

Odd angle, check. Fingers look like old-lady fingers, check. Awesome colour-shift, check! Can you believe these are the same polishes from the pic above?

Slightly blurry, very glossy... but it shows off well the shift :) ALL THE COLOURS!

I tried taking some underwater pics (got the idea from Amy Grace, who got the idea from Goose... have I ever mentioned I love the nail-blogging community?) and while I couldn't get what I wanted with them totally submerged, I liked this shot with the droplets!

So, yeah. Happy as can be to have these in my stash! As a side-note, the bottles themselves are really nice too. Smooth and thick and the cap is that soft, matte, slightly rubbery stuff that feels nice to the touch. They're posh!

I got some of the piCture pOlish Collaboration shades too that I can't wait to show off. SOON. And I will do better at photographing them ^^;

Until next time, my fabulous flowery fairy-cake-y followers! xoxo