Glitter Gal Copper comparison and White sparkle over black

Today's post is really something I wanted to do for myself.  After wearing my new Glitter Gal polishes a few times last week, there were two things I wanted to try, this first was a comparison between Glitter Gal Copper and Ozotic 522.  When I was putting on this comparison I though I would include Chemistry 510 as well, because they are all similar.

In the sun, all three have a fantastic super strong holo.  As you can see, they are certainly not dupes. Glitter Gal Copper is the darkest and leans browner than the other too.  Ozotic 522 is one of my absolute favourites, but Glitter Gal Copper is now right up there with it, and depending on my mood, might be preferred.

here they are in the shade where you can see the colour differences a little better.

The other thing I wanted to try was Glitter Gal White Sparkle over black.  Hello, this is amazing.  Over black you can really see the pink tone to this polish.  I was originally going to do two coats over black, but after applying the second coat to the index finger, I though it was a little too opaque, so I left two fingers as just one coat over black.

These first two photos are in the shade.

Here it is in the sun.

Wanna see the duo chrome shift?  Here it is.  So it goes from pink to gold and really makes this polish so much more interesting.

The only thing I don't love about this polish is that the holographic glitter particles can appear a little lumpy withing the delicate base colour.

Thanks for stopping by everyone.

PS You must come back tomorrow as I have a very special announcement about a competition/giveaway.

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone.  I hope the special person in your life spoiled you today, and is there isn't a special someone then take this MMMMMWWWWWWAAAHHHH  - Big kiss from me.

So here is the mani I wore for Valentine's day.  

Again I used Glitter Gal Copper and White Sparkle because the colours were just so perfect together.  I would usually paint the light colour first, then tape it off and apply the darker colour. But because of the glitter in White Sparkle, I knew it wouldn't look very good beneath Copper.  Therefore, I had to apply Copper first, then tape off and apply a coat of white polish before doing two coats of White Sparkle.  I was very happy with how the taping worked out.

Next I applied some home made water decals for the various words.  For those that are new followers wondering about the home made water decals, I purchased the "water slide paper" off ebay.  You just print out what you want on your nails, apply a thin coat of top coat so it seals the ink and it wont run in water. Then cut it out and apply it just as you would any other water decal.

Finally I stamped a single heart on each nail using the large heart out of the set of three heart from the first set bundle monster plates.

 

Unfortunately, zero sun this morning when I photographed this, the glorious sun while I was at work without my camera, then raining as soon as I got home.  You will have to trust me when I say how beautifully holo Glitter Gal Copper is.

Thanks for visiting again everyone. 

Valentine's Nails - I ❤ U

I'm a bit late with my post tonight.  We've been out for dinner with friends and just got home so right now I can't really think of the words I need to get this post up!  Less waffle, more nails.

Here is the mani I did last night.  I used Glitter Gal Copper, which is such an amazing warm peachy pink holo with a feature nail of Glitter Gal White Sparkle.  I then stamped some white hearts on each finger from a Bundle Monster plate and stamped the I ❤ U in red also from a Bundle Monster plate.

Because I felt the white hearts stood out a bit too much on the beautiful holo, I put a tiny bit of spectraflair top coat over the hearts to make them holo and to match the background of Glitter Gal Copper.

Of course this morning it was so horribly overcast and the most terrible lighting for holos. This was the best I could do beside the back door.

Because I wanted to capture the amazing holo in Glitter Gal Copper, I went into the bathroom and took this photo under the heat lamps.  The white balance still isn't great, but I'm not looking like too much of an oompa loompa.

Now just a quick word on Glitter Gal White Sparkle.  I layered two coats over one coat of Ulta 3 Lily white.  As you can see this polish has beautiful iridescent holographic glitter in it.  But that's not all, it also has a pretty duochrome shift that goes from pink to gold.  I didn't really capture it much in my photos, but if you look at the first photo you will see the pink shimmer on the nail.  *Note to self - must try Glitter Gal White Sparkle over black*

Low and behold, this afternoon the clouds parted and there was sunshine!  Yes, I could finally see this mani it all it's beautiful holo goodness.

I'm not sure, but I thought Glitter Gal Copper might be dupy of Ozotic 522, but now I'm not completely sure.  Ladies, I will do a comparison swatch so we can check that out.  Maybe I'll post that at the same time as White Sparkle over black.

I'm super happy with how this Valentines mani turned out, it was very pretty and girly and the two Glitter Gal polishes complimented each other perfectly for this.

The perfect pink for Valentine's Nails

Today I wore this beautiful polish from Glitter Gal.  This is Lavender Sparkle. You don't see the Glitter Gal sparkle polishes getting much love around blogs, and after wearing this I just don't know why.  

Looking at the bottle I was worried it was going to be a watery sheer mess, but to my surprise it was opaque in just two coats.  The sparkle in this polish is not holographic glitter like other GG Sparkle polishes I have.  This has an amazing shimmer that almost makes you nails look like they are covered in frost.  Its generally a silver shimmer, but when you look closely at it you can see fine pink and blue sparks coming through.

This polish was the perfect pink to base for some more Valentine stamping.  I know these aren't very fancy Valentine nails, but I was happy with the final look.

Sorry, spot the stupid cat hair!

I'm working on some fancy designs using water decal paper, but I really need the weekend to put some time into them.  One reason I really do love stamping is because it's a quick and easy way to add nail art, especially when you've got home from work, got dinner on the table, bathed the littlies, got them to bed, edited your photos from that morning and done a blog post.  Then it's finally time to change you mani and it's already 10pm.  But just add some stamping and you have nail art that never fails to impress muggles!

Glitter Gal - Yellow Gold 3D Sparkle and Lizard Belly

A friend recently sent me this bottle of Glitter Gal 3D Sparkle polish in Yellow Gold.  I didn't own any of the 3D sparkle polishes, so this was such a wonderful surprise to receive.

I had imagined yellow gold to be a rather brassy and warm toned polish, but this certainly not what I expected, in a really good way.  I love cool toned golds, and this is exactly the right shade in my opinion.

The holo in this polish is more of a micro holo glitter, so it's not a linear holographic, but it also isn't like Ozotic 604, which is a scattered larger particle holo.  This is a scattered, micro holo glitter, which was still pretty smooth to the touch.

Next is Lizard Belly.  This polish has been blogged about to death, and it's easy to see why (although I actually found this a little tricky to photograph for a holo).  Like others have said, this is so green it's almost black, but the holo effect is beautiful (although I personally think the bottle looks a little more holo than it does on the nail)

Application for both these polishes was smooth and easy.  Both polishes are two coats.

I also received a free double ended lip pencil with my order, which I'm happy to report is beautiful to use.  Both colours in the pencil are nice, not the hideous sorts of colours you usually get with a freebee.  Oh and unlike the delivery issues with my first order, I got my package in record time.

I can't wait to see what names win the Glitter Gal naming comps.  I didn't enter.  I struggle enough with coming up with names for my own polishes.  I hope they pick good ones!  It will also be interesting to see what price their new larger bottles sell for.

Ozotic 623 and black holo comparisons

Firstly, what was I thinking here with my nail length.  I had a break on my ring finger and god knows why I didn't file all my other nails down to match the length.  After looking at these photos, I promptly did just that, but for this post you have to put up with unevenness - Argh it's horrible, look away if you need to.

Today I have the new scattered large particle black holo, #623. Blaarrgghh.  What a big fat disappointment this polish is for me.  I was expecting so much.  So many of the 600 series polishes are so holoie and sparkly I was expecting this to be right up there.  Especially considering that the Ozotic linear black holo is so great!

Above picture is in full sun!! So disappointing! Below is taken indoors. This polish just looks speckled, like I've been painting the ceiling
with a roller and I have paint splatter on my nails (seriously I've done
this and it looks just like the indoor photo)

Even the sparkly angle shot doesn't pick up much holo. 

So now, how does it compare to the other black holos?

Full sun shot from left to right:

Index Ozotic 623, middle Ozotic 526, Ring Glitter Gal black, Pinky Spectraflair franken.

Tilted angle to see the holo effect better.

I'll tell you about the main differences (or similarities) with all the polishes. Finish, colour, opacity and holoiness.

Finish - the new Ozotic 623 has the least shiny finish and is almost a little rough, not glitter rough, but certainly not baby butt smooth either.  The one with the glossiest finish was Glitter Gal.  All these pics were no top coat so you can see the actual polish finish.

Colour - The Glitter Gal polish was definitely the blackest. The new Ozotic 623 was next, then Ozotic 526 and my franken.  My franken is actually rather grey looking, probably because I added way too much spectraflair.  That franken was also made with the standard grade 1500-20, which to me makes polishes grayer than the course particle 1500-35 spectraflair.

Opacity - they are all really opaque.  You can almost get away with one coat for each of them.

Holoiness - My franken was easily the holoiest, followed by Ozotic 526.  It's hard to compare the scattered holo of 623 in with the others though, it really makes it look not holo at all.  I must say that my picture here of Glitter Gal black is way better than my original swatch, it actually looks more holo now, so I'm not as disappointed with it as I once was.

My pick - Probably my franken, cause it was so cheap and quick to make.  But from the commercial polishes, definitely Ozotic 526.

Glitter Gal Holographics

I finally caved in an bought a couple of Glitter Gal holographic polishes.  I've seen heaps of posts on blogs around December and January from people who were sent a bottle to review, so I thought I would try some out myself.

I bought Marine Blue and Black.  First, lets just say I'm disappointed in how long they took to get here.  I ordered off their website on Saturday.  The only option for shipping in Australia is express post - costing $9.  I was happy enough with that knowing I would get my polishes quickly.  In Australia, an express post bag is guaranteed to arrive the next business day.  So I thought, give them a couple of days to grab my two polishes, check my paypal payment, they should have it in the mail by Tuesday, and I'll have them in my hands by Wednesday.  Nope, no polishes Wednesday, Thursday or Friday.  They did not turn up until the following Monday.  Which means they didn't even post them until Friday.  Kind of disappointing service.  I hate paying for express post and then not getting it.  *end rant*

Where was I, oh yes, I bought Marine Blue and Black.

Marine Blue is a rich green toned royal blue.  The holographic particles are subtle indoors and more obvious in the sun.  The holo particles are more scattered like the China Glaze Kaleidoscope holos and the Artform holos, not linear like Nfu Oh and China Glaze OMG. But I don't think there are nearly as many holo particles in these Glitter Gal polishes compared to the others mentioned above.

Marine Blue

Up close to see the holo.

Black.  I'm so disappointed with this one, I really wish I'd bought another colour.  I wore this all day and I don't think I saw even the faintest flash of holo jump up and say 'Hi, look at me, aren't I pretty'.  I was just flat black cream all day.  Flat cream polish is nice, I like it, but not when I've paid good money for a holo.

Up close to see the holo. See, it is there when you zoom in close.

The formula of these was great, not watery and both had good pigment.  Only two thin coats required.

As other people have said, the bottles are small. 9ml.  And the polishes have gone up from $9.95 to $11.95 each - ouch. Which is a little steep for such a small bottle.

I think for my dollar, I prefer the Artform holographics, which you get a full size 15ml bottle for $10.95. Although you don't get quite the same range of colours as with the glitter gal, and they don't post internationally. I dunno, maybe the combo of the slow delivery and the disappointing black polish is turning me off this range??

Glitter Gal Magenta

I love trying new polish lines that are not made in the US.  There are so many of them out there.  Today, I have on 'Glitter Gal' from the Wanted shoes collection.  I have been drawn to pinks, fuchsia's all textures in this color family.  I guess I"m rounding out my collection.  I may have enough of my favorites. Lol! Pinks are my new treasures.  Another one Red.  Will talk about that one at another time.

Glitter Gal custom create Limited Edition nail polish for "Wanted Shoes”  http://www.glittergal.com.au/


Magenta, is buttery rich and creamy. It is so pigmented and was opaque with one coat.  The brush was rather longer then usual, but in a good way.  Square bottles are the best in my opinion.  Glitter Gal also have collections of 3D/Holographic & Sparkles.

I'm telling you the truth this was opaque with one coat, but I applied 2 coats because that is my comfort zone.

Look how it shines!

when I tilt the bottle ever so slightly I can see some hint of shimmer lit from within.  Unfortunately, it did not transfer onto the nail.  All in all very pretty.

This was sent to me for review

Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)

Glitter Gal Collaborates With Wanted Shoes

Glitter Gal, the Australian cosmetics company, has teamed up with Wanted Shoes and created six custom nail polish colors in order to compliment this season's shoe collection.

                I will be swatching/reviewing Magenta Kiss soon

 These are available now http://www.glittergal.com.au/


Until next time please have a great nail polish day. (✿◠‿◠)