Artform/Ozotic 508 v Ozotic 521

I had a request to do a comparison swatch between Artform/Ozotic 508 and Ozotic 521.  These swatches are two coats over black and show 508 on the index and ring and 521 on middle and pinky.  

As you can see, both have a purple base colour.  Here it is outdoors (with the sun behind my fat head - as you can see in the reflection).

Here in the direct sun.

Both polishes shift through shades of pinks, reds and maroons.

 

And finally shift to a burnt orange gold.

To my eye, I couldn't tell any difference.  So I have no idea why they would re-release this is a seperate number.  I notice that in the B-range of polishes (believed to be another private label from lymineye) that they have both shades (508 & 521) listed for sale.  

If you have one, you probably don't need the other.

Jia, I hope this was helpful.  I certainly found it interesting.

Artform 752 - Mauve Opal

So today, my crazy weekend begins.  Today's is Bayden's 3rd Birthday.  We are off into the city to ride the carousel then out to Monkey Mania, an indoor play centre with super slides, ball pits and various climbing and tunneling areas.  I have done a very cute birthday mani for him, which he loves, but you will have to wait until Monday to see the pictures, as I want to team it all up with the birthday cake from Sunday.

Tomorrow we have the in-laws arriving, then Saturday we have Skyla's Christening, then Sunday its Easter lunch with all the family and a birthday party for Bayden.  Now, Mum just told me I have to do Christening nails for Saturday, Easter Nails on Sunday and I was hoping to ANZAC day nails on Tuesday too.

So while Bay and my husband are out hanging the washing on the line (I know isn't he just the best husband), I'm quickly doing this post, and cheating with some of the last swatches I did of the Artform Duochromes.

This is #752 Mauve Opal, two coats applied over black.

The base is a very pretty shimmery mauve, and the shift colour is a silvery mint greenish shimmer.

Nice cool tones and a great colour combination.

Oh - and although it's already the 21st here, there are still a couple of hours left to enter my holographics giveaway, as its still the 20th over in the Americas.

Finally, thank you to all the lovey girls that comment on my blog.  I do read them all, and love receiving them, even if I don't personally reply!

Happy Thursday everyone.

Artform 731 - Pink gold

Yep, you got it, another Artform polish.  #731 Pink Gold. Rather similar to the last colour, except this is a lighter rose pink and the gold on this is more yellow than orange.

Still a fantastic duochrome shift.

This was two coats over a black base.

Also, only one more day to get your entries in for the holographic polish give away.  There have been a stack of entries, so it will take a bit of time to sort it all out, but I will get done ASAP.

I've got my thinking hat on at the moment to do a birthday mani for my boys 3rd birthday.  Then I have to get cracking on an Easter mani. 

Artform 730 - Purple Gold

Wow, almost a week between posts. Whoops.

I've been busy this week painting, not my nails this time, but the hallway walls.  In fact not just painting, but plastering and sanding as well.  As a result my fingies are all cracked and dry.  I've also had a minor breakage so I have trimmed all my nails down. So while they grow out a bit, here are some swatches I did a few weeks back when I was swatching the Artform 3D Revolutionary range.

This is another Artform polish, #730 Purple Gold from the Duo Chrome range.

Its a shimmery rose pink (rather than purple) which shifts to a strong orangy gold.

This was two coats layered over black.

On the tip of my right most finger you can see more purple tones to the base colour.

In the bottle it looks much more red and gold.

So I have finished painting today (in readiness for all the family coming over for Easter, my boys 3rd birthday and my little girls christening.  Its going to be a very busy long weekend.

Artform dark blue holographic 515

This is the last polish swatch to show you from the holographics that are up for grabs in my giveaway.

This one is called dark blue, and really, its not dark blue.  Glitter Gal Dark Blue or OPI DS Glamour are dark blue. But it is a darker blue than the other blue holo from their collection.

No other babble today, the sun is shining and I'm in the middle of doing my mani right now.  Just typing carefully so as not do bump or dent my polish.

Have fun polishing, and I'll be back with something more interesting tomorrow.

Artform hot pink holographic 511

After all those multichromes, I'm back to you show you one of the last two of the Artform holographic polishes that you could win in my giveaway.

Ohh, hot pink holo.  I really like this one (who am I kidding, I like them all!!) And I'm generally not a pink polish wearer.

Just like all the recent multichromes, I have a sneaking suspicion that these may be the same as some of the Ozotic Pro holographics.  Either way, all these holos are just beautiful and I'm sure whomever wins them will be super happy with the colours, formula and holoiness.

Artform Revolutionary Range #508 Purple Orange

My Nfu Oh haul from Vivid Nails arrived yesterday, YAY.  They weren't able to get #51 because the supplier is out of stock, but I did get a whole range of other flakies, #62 which is the remaining holo I didn't have, plus a number of polishes for $2 from their clearance sale.  They also kindly sent me a free bottle of Aqua base, which is just awesome cause I haven't tried it yet, and I hear it makes quite a difference for the holos.  So thanks Vivid Nails.

Today is the last multichrome I got in my haul from Artform.  Artform Revolutionary Range #508 Purple Orange.  As per all my previous posts, I believe this is a dupe for the now discontinued Ozotic Pro #508, but they may have another shade that similar to this one now (#521??) - Anyone with Ozotic #521, does this look the same?

#508 has a purple shimmer base, that shifts through burgundy red tones and flashes a strong orange.

To answer some questions about where to get these, I bought these from an Australian supplier called Artform Nails. But they only ship to Australia (and shipping is expensive if you only buy a few polishes - $20) The Ozotic Pro polishes are dupes and are easier to buy online, both Picture Polish and Australian Beauty Supplies have them and I think they ship internationally too.

Finally, just to sum up the dupiness of these against other polishes

Artform #502 = Ozotic Pro #502 = Sally Hansen Ruby Opal (almost, at least close enough).

Artform #503 = Ozotic Pro #503 (discontinued).  Only option is Artform version - and it is sensational.

Artform #504 = Ozotic Pro #504

Artform #505 = Ozotic Pro #505 = Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal Prism.

Artform #506 = Ozotic Pro #506 = Sally Hansen Garnet Lapis Prism.

Artform #508 = Ozotic Pro #508 (discontinued) and maybe #521, but I need someone to confirm that!

Thanks for sharing the fun of multichromes with me for the last week!

Which one was your favourite? 

Mine was #503, the green one that shifted to bronze.

Artform Revolutionary Range #506 Cyan Purple

Two more multichromes to go.  This is Artform Revolutionary Range #506 Cyan Purple, which is a dupe for Ozotic Pro #506, which is also a dupe of Sally Hansen Garnet Lapis Prism.  This polish is very similar to #505, the difference being that the base is more blue turquoise on this, and more green turquoise on #505.

Again the colour shift on this is great.  Cyan, turquoise through to purple, with pink and red tones in between.

Yay - I got a full bottle this time.

Artform Revolutionary Range #504 Red Blue

Another multichrome today.  This one is Artform Revolutionary Range #504 Red Blue. Which like I said before is a dupe for Ozotic pro #504.  As the name suggests, this one changes from red to blue, with all the other blurply colours in between.

Look, here is another that arrived less than full.  I feel totally jipped.

Artform Revolutionary Range #503 Silver Green

This is truly the most amazing multichrome polish EVER!  I think this is my #1 favourite multichrome polish, the colours are amazing and I just haven't seen another polish like it.  From my Googling I believe this polish is a dupe (from the same manufacturer even) as the discontinued Ozotic Pro #503.  I can only assume they ran out of ingredients for this one, because why the hell would you discontine it!

#503 is called Silver Green, but the colours flash from an amazing emerald green through turquoise blue, moss green to a cool toned bronze.  This was two coats over a black base in the full sun.

My last post mentioned that when some of my bottle arrived they weren't full.  Here is one.  I only used two coats of this (on four nails for the swatch), so there is no way I used 5mm out of the top.

Artform Revolutionary Range #502 Red Gold

I toyed with the idea of doing an April fools post, but unless your the first in with it, there isn't much point (you got me Kaz!)

Today I'm showing you Artform Revolutionary Range #502 Red Gold, which is a dupe of Ozotic Pro #502 which may be close to a dupe of Sally Hansen Prism Ruby Opal (see Splurge vs Save).  But before swatches I just want to mention a couple of things that annoyed me about my latest order from Artform nails.

1. I noticed on my credit card a week after placing my order that what I was charged was less that what I had ordered. I sent two emails to them asking why my order was costing less, unfortunately I never received a reply. It was only when my box arrived that there was a hand written note on the invoice that said some polishes were out of stock and they didn’t charge me for them. As their shipping is rather expensive, I really wish they had contacted me and advised if and when they were getting the polishes that were out of stock back in. I would happily have waited to receive them and ship them all together, whereas now, I would have to place another order (including the full shipping price) if I want to get the out of stock items.
2. My other gripe is that a number of these bottles were not full. The green holographic one, and a few of the multichromes have a good 5mm missing at the top of the bottle. What’s with that!!

Despite these two issues, I am really happy with the polishes I have got.

#502 is another multichrome with colours shifting through from a burgundy crimson through to gold.  This is three coats over a black base.

This one was the first I swatched, and I didn't capture it as well as I have the others.  There is a real knack to photographing duochrome polishes and I certainly got better the more I took.

Artform Revolutonary Range #505 Green Purple

Hang on a minute; didn't I just do a post on this polish yesterday? Well yes and no. This is one of the Artform Revolutionary Range polishes - #505 Green Purple, that I got in my haul last week. 

Let me just start by saying this is an exact dupe for yesterday's polish, Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal. The very last photo shows a comparison swatch. The other interesting thing is that I’m sure this is also an exact dupe of Ozotic Pro #505.

Recently when I wrote about ordering these polishes, Kira from over at Kira and Lydia's Makeup, said she was keen to see these as she didn’t want to double up on her Ozotic Pro colours. Well Kira, right you are!

What I find very interesting is that not only do they appear to be the exact same multichromatic polish, but they also have the exact same number! And even more evidence that these are probably from the same Australian manufacturer, is that it’s not just this one polish. I ordered six multichrome polishes (#502, #503, #504, #505, #506 and #508) from Artform Nails. From looking at other people’s swatches and reading the colour descriptions of Ozotics #502, #504, #505, #506, all four of these polishes are exactly the same number and colour as the Artform ones.

So the cool part is that I read a comment from Kaz over at Pretty Random saying that Ozotic Pro #503 and #508 are discontinued. So how cool is it that after looking at the Ozotic Pro colour chart, I have probably located exact dupes of #503 and #508.

Just remember that these actually cost a little more than the Ozotic pro ($10.95 v $8.50). But if you want to get #503 and #508, it’s probably worth the extra few bucks.

Anyway, onto the swatches of Artform #505.  These were all three coats over a black base.

I really wanted to photo the comparison between Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal and #505 in the sun, but the clouds came over and I had to do it under then bathroom lights instead.  As you can see even in this indoor flash picture, both Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal and Artform/Ozotic Pro #505 are dupes.

I'll be bring you more of these duochromes in coming posts.  If your a green lover, just wait until you see the discontinued #503. Ah-maze-zing.