Ludurana - Emocionante multichrome

I present for you today Ludurana Emocionante, which translated by Google is 'exciting'.  And just like Big Kev used to say, "I'm excited" cause this is a special one!  It is the same colour shift as Ozotic 504, which goes from dark blue through to pinks, purples, oranges and reds.  But again it's in this polishes opacity that makes it super special. 

These photos are three coats with Seche Vite top coat.

I really can't get over how well this covers the nail on its own.  It probably does need the three coats, but they dry quickly so it's not too bad.

Here is the comparison photo against Ozotic 504:

• index finger - one coat Emocionante over black
• middle finger - one coat Ozotic 504 over black
• ring fnger - three coats Emocionante no black base
• pinky finger - three coats Ozotic 504 no black base.

You can really see how much more colour shifting pigment is in Emoncionante, both over black and on its own. I personally think it's better than Ozotic 504.  I really love this one on it's own without the black base.

The down side is that these polishes are expensive.  You can purchase from llrowe where you can get 8ml of Ludurana for $14USD or you could 15ml of Ozotic for $17.50USD.   Of course you can also get Ozotic from Picture Polish for $14AUD.

Ludurana - Reluz multichrome

Ludurana Reluz from the Aurora Boreal collection is a blue to purple to pink shifting multichrome.  I google translated Reluz, and it came back with 'glitter', which I thought was a bit odd for a mulitchrome polish.  A holo called glitter, absolutely, but a multichrome? Brazilian readers, is that translation correct? Does Reluz mean Glitter?

Anyway, this is another fantastic polish with a very noticeable colour shift.  This was two coats, no base or top coat as I did this as a swatch, not a NOTD.

Anyone that knows their Ozotic multichromes will immediately notice that Reluz has the same colour shift as Ozotic 506.  But again it's in the polish opacity where these Ludurana polishes are different, and in my opinion, totally awesome.

Now I've just realised how lazy I was and I didn't even caption this comparison  photo to tell you what was what.  Sorry about that!  This comparison shows:

• Index: Reluz one coat over black
• Middle: Ozotic 506 one coat over black
• Ring: Reluz two coats
• Pinky: Ozotic 506 three coats.

So just like I reported with the green multichrome Admirável, I love how you can wear this polish on it's own and not have to layer it over black if you don't want to.  You do get a slightly stronger multichrome effect over black, but you still get a very good multichrome shift just wearing the polish on it's own.

But, again I suffered some bubbles with this polish.  What gives! I never get bubbles.  I haven't seen anyone else complain of them, so maybe it was the weather, maybe it was me.  I will report back another time when I wear this as a NOTD to see if I got bubbles.

BTW: I was just re-reading this post before putting it live and noticed a spelling error that the spell check didn't pick up for me, and rightly so.  But, note to self: ensure you type shift correctly, as these polishes do not have a great colour shit!

Models Own - Purple Blue

So we all know that the Models Own Beetlejuice collection is awesome, right?  And we all agree that the names are crap, right?  And we've all see lots of swatches on every one's blogs, right?  And now you wish we would all just move right along onto the next big thing?  I'm starting to feel just a little bit over this collection right now, but I must finish with my last post about Purple Blue.

Here it is in all it's glory.  The blue in this is a very interesting steel blue, with a very metallic look in brighter light.

Next up is the comparison shot.  It's almost identical to Orly Cosmic FX Galaxy Girl, except Models own Purple Blue is more purple looking.  Blue Purple is on the left, Galaxy Girl on the right.  My index finger looks like it has a strange bend in it, but it's just the shadow created by the sliding door.

That's it, I'm done with the Beetlejuice collection.  I'm really glad I got it, and I thinks it's awesome that it is a regular line.  Especially as there are so many polishes that are dupy of the amazing Orly Cosmic FX collection.

I'm starting to feel a bit ho hum about just plain polish on my nails at the moment. I think I need to spice things up with some nail art, stamping, decals etc. 

Models Own - Pinky Brown

Models Own Beetlejuice Pinky Brown.  Yep you know the deal, it's pink, it's brown, it's beautiful.

Again, the back lit acute angle really brings out the colour shift.

And the comparison this time is:

• Models Own Pinky Brown on the index finger, 
• Orly Cosmic FX Space Cadet on the middle finger and 
• Rona Volcanic Sparks top coat over black on the ring finger.

All are different and oh so gorgeous.  Sorry for the boring post. 

Models Own - Gold Green

Models Own Beetlejuice collection Gold Green is a gold shimmer base with a green duochrome shift. It's not the strongest duochrome, but it's a very interesting olive golden green.  This is three coats on it's own.

This picture used the LED light on my macro setting, and it shows off the golden shimmer well.

Like the other polishes in the collection, you can see the duochrome shift the best when you view the nail on an acute angle with back lighting.  That is how I took this photo and you can see how green this polish goes.  It's really pretty.

This comparison is against Ozotic 507.  I totally forgot to compare it next to Chanel Peridot, but you can check out Kristy's comparison at the end of her Beetlejuice post.

Models Own Gold Green is on the index and ring fingers, Ozotic 507 is on the middle and pinky.  Both are three coats on their own.

The angle, back lit picture is where you can really see the difference between these two polishes.  As you can see the Ozotic 507 shift is more of a aqua blue, whereas Models Own Gold Green really shifts to more of an emerald green.

After seeing how green the MO Gold Green polish shifted, I decided I also needed to compare it to the Gold to Green colour morphing powder franken.  So to make sure I compared apples with apples, I removed everything and applied a black base.  I then put two coats of each polish over black.

MO Gold Green on the index, Gold to Green colour morphing franken on the index and Ozotic 507 on the ring finger.  This is where the colour morphing franken really shows off.  Just look at that green in the middle!

When comparing the gold colours you can see that the colour morphing franken looks much warmer, almost red, in fact I even checked the bottle again to make sure I didn't put on the red to green polish.

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So, all similar, but no dupes.  If I have to pick one of them as my favourite Gold to green duochrome, I think I couldn't, because my bottle of Chanel Peridot wins that category hands down.

Models Own - Emerald Black

Emerald Black from the Models Own Beetlejuice collection is very black.  So black that almost every photo I took of it, it just looked plain black.  But it does have a green shimmer and also hiding beneath the depths of the black is actually a violet blue colour shift.  

Unfortunately, it's really difficult to see the blue shift very well on the nail, and even hard to capture it on camera.  But I think I managed to sneak a bit of it in, in the second photo.

At this acute angle, with lighting from behind, you can see the blue, you can also see how blue it is in the bottle at this angle too.

This shot is with artificial light, and probably shows what it looks like most of the time.

And with the LED macro light.

The only polish I have that shifts from green to blue is my colour morphing top coat.  So I put a layer over black on the index and pinky fingers to compare the difference.

As you can see, the blue shift is identical and below, the green base is identical too.  The only difference is that the Models Own polish is a very pigmented black, which means you lose most of the shimmer.

I love it idea of this polish, but for me it's just a bit too richly pigmented with black, resulting in the loss of much of the duochrome shift.