Ludurana - Maravilhosa holographic

Bad luck comes in threes right?  I'm officially up to five, the last straw for me on Tuesday night was breaking a nail!  Damn it! I'm now totally nubbinized with the shortest nails I've had for a few years.

I've noticed a few girls sporting nubbins at the moment.  Maybe it's cause of the time of year when we are all rushing around to get things done.  I certainly know that is the case for me.  I broke the nail on my car steering wheel.  And you know what, I seem to break a disproportionate number of nails somehow relating to my car.  Closing the door is a doozie for me, when you fingers slip off the door at the tip and flick, there goes one or two nails!

These aren't my nubbins, this is a swatch I did two weeks ago.  This is Ludurana Maravilhosa.  Google translates Maravilhosa to 'Wonderful', but surely it means 'Marvelous' (Damn it, now I have that Twelfth Man song in my head - if you know the song I mean then your a true Aussie who's getting a bit long in the tooth!)

As you can see Maravilhosa is a blue toned light pink holographic polish with a chrome metallic base.

The formula for this was OK, but again I got some small bubbles on a few fingers.  

Here is a shade comparison photo with Maravilhosa, Ozotic 516 and Hits Hestia.  All three of these polishes are very very similar.

Quick, off to finish my current mani.  Good night and I hope none of you break a nail!

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 - Supremo holographic

You know I haven't done a single Christmas mani yet!  I can't believe Christmas is less than two weeks away.  I've really got to get into some Christmas nails cause I'm seeing so many gorgeous ones on blogs at the moment.

Usually at this time of year at work, things as starting to quieten down and you have a bit of time to stock take on where you are at.  Not this year.  I don't know why it is, but this year there are so many people at work who need stuff finished before the end of the year, and at the moment I just don't see how it's all going to get done.

So at the end of a long and crazy work day, after my littlies are asleep, I love to play with my polish.  It relaxes and unwinds me.

Today's polish is another from the Ludurana Aurora Boreal collection, which can be purchased from llrowe.  This is this prettiest lavender colour holographic polish.  I did three coats here, but only needed two.  I just did three cause that is what I was doing with all these polishes.

So now a quick colour comparison with some other purple/lavender holos.  On the index and pinky are Supremo, on the middle finger is OPI DS Original and on the ring finger in HITS Dionisio.  I've previously compared Dionisio with Ozotic 513 , which is why I didn't include it here.

As you can see, Supremo is more blue toned.  It is also much more opaque than OPI DS Original.

Whoo hoo, another unique holo colour! And no bubbles from this Ludurana holo.

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!

Ludurana - Notável holographic

Back to a holographic today from the Ludurana Aurora Boreal collection.  This is Notável, which translated to English is 'remarkable'. And let me tell you, this polish certainly is remarkable!

Notável is a light grey holographic polish.  It's most definitely not silver, it's a light charcoal.

I love this polish so much.  Great holo effect and smooth application.  No bubbles for me with this one, like the last two I wore.  This was two coats, over Nail Tek II foundation and Seche Vite on top.

This polish really reminded me of one of my absolute all time favourite polishes. China Glaze Lets do it in 3D from the Kaleidoscope collection.  Here is the comparison swatch.  I also put HITS Zeus in there for a comparison, cause it's also a grey holo.

This last shot is in the shade to show the base colours better, without all that holo rainbow getting in the way.  This photo shows the particle size a bit better too, where you can see the larger particles in Let's do it in 3D that make it look speckled.

I love that these Ludurana Aurora Boreal holos aren't just a rehash of the more common holo colours.  Well some of them are (like the silver one) but it sure is nice to be able to get some unique colours too, especially when you have as many holos as I have managed to collect.

Ludurana - Admirável Multichrome

Here is the multichrome amazingness that is Ludurana Admirável.

The colour shift in the polish is identical to Ozotic 503 - the polish that is nay impossible to get these days, unless you managed to scoop one up through Picture Polish when they had them available earlier this year.

But there is something very special about these Ludurana polishes compared to Ozotics, but I will get to that a bit further down.  First up, here is some Admirável spam.

The big difference with this polish, compared to Ozotic 503 is in its opacity.  Ludurana Admirável is much more opaque.  You can get total coverage in three coats, whereas three coats of Ozotic 503 on it's own is still very sheer.

I really love that I can get this opaque on it's own as I often get tired of a black base because I feel my nails look a little dirty when I wear one.  You know when you wearing a pretty colour on top, but underneath the tip its all dark and constantly has you making sure it's clean under there.

Here are some comparison shots of Admirável against Ozotic 503.

It is worth noting though, that both Ludurana Admirável and Ozotic 503 look identical applied over a black base.

Again for some reason I had a few issues with bubbling with the Ludurana,  I'm guessing it was more to do with user error and rushing my mani, rather than a formula issue.  But I'll reserve judgement until I wear this again.

These polishes are available from llrowe (or through an awesome swap buddy in Brazil).

Ludurana - Superior

So many new polishes I don't know where to start.  But I had to start somewhere and the sun was out, which means holos!

This is Ludurana Superior from the Aurora Boreal collection.  The collection has six holos and six multichromes.  I'm going to alternate a holo and a multichrome each day.

Superior is a yellow gold holo.  The particles in this look very spectraflairesque. That is, this polish would match in well with the Ozotic holos.

The colour is very simiar to China Glaze L8R G8R from OMG Collection, but the holo effect is completely different.

This was three coats, you could definitely get away with two coats, but I wanted to ensure a nice rich bottle colour for my photos.  Application was smooth and easy, no bald spots, but I did notice that I got a few tiny bubbles as it dried.  I never get bubbles so I'm not sure what that was about.  A coat of Seche Vite quicky covered the bubbles and also didn't dull the holo effect.  

I got this polish from a swap, but you can purchase through llarowe.

Birthday Haulage

Whoo hoo, Happy Birthday to me today!  Boo Hoo, my husband is on the road with the Canberra Cavalry baseball team on the other side of Australia, in Perth.  Seriously he couldn't be further away unless he left the country.

So whatis there to pep up a girl?  Awesome nail mail.  The best thing about all this nail mail is that it wasn't even for my birthday, it just arrived in time for my birthday.

First is my Ludurana Aurora Boreal.  I did a swap for these polishes with the sweetest Rafa from Nails Ink.  They were wrapped in the beautiful way with purple bubble wrap and cellophane bags with hearts on them.  It really was like opening a birthday present.  Thank you Rafa!

I didn't get Espetecular, and I see that llarowe doesn't sell it on her site either. But looking at bottle pics it looks very similar to Fascinate.  Rafa also included a Risque polish that looks like a Chanel Paradoxal dupe.  Below are all the holos. Arrrgggggh *wipe drool from mouth*

Next, after seeing Stefs post about Essence being available in Target, I did some googling and discovered that as of Thursday they are now available in every Target in Australia, not just selected stores.  So I hauled arse over to the Canberra city target to check it out.  Canberra ladies, don't bother checking it for a week or two, the display stand was well and truly picked over, with less that 1/3 of polishes left. 

But the polish Gods must have been smiling on me, because there were still two bottles of Blue Addicted left.  Blue Addicted is the dupe for Deborah Lippmann's Across the Universe, which after seeing Carli's post about it, I had to have. STAT!

Sitting next to that is Nfu Oh #51.  I have been trying to get this polish for at least two years.  I had all the other Nfu Oh Flakes through Vivid Nails, but they were never able to get me this last allusive polish.  The most awesome Erina got me this bottle. Thank you so much!!

I received my Cult nails order.  The Superheros collection.  I can't wait to try them.  Clairvoyant. WOW. It may seriously be the most awesome polish ever!  There's a very cool looking duochrome one in there too - Mind Control.  It looks to be a very special collection.

Finally, I had a gathering with my family last weekend to catch up for my birthday and my Dad's, who's was the week earlier.  I baked a cake.  The ladies instantly knew what it was, but one of my brothers was scratching his head for a while.  Not my best decoration, but it did kinda looks like a metallic orange gold bottle of polish.  It tasted yummy too.

I just don't have time at this time of year to do swatching, so it will have to be NOTD for all those bottles above.