Ozotic 914 Swatch

Today is a sad day. One of my long time heroes Roger Ebert passed away. Before there was photography, I explored my own self-expression through writing and from a very young age, Siskel and Ebert exposed me to the critical eye. I didn't agree all the time with Roger Ebert but his insight and eloquent presentation of words inspired me to be able to do the same. Godspeed Roger. Thank you for always inspiring me from childhood into the adult I am today.

And now onto nail polish! Here's Ozotic 914. I was in a total love affair with Ozotic, after experiencing euphoria with 505 and 528 so I decided to give one of their standalone, no base colour required polishes a try. This one is from their collection of "scattered chromes". Ozotic 914 is a surprising duochrome of deep black, shifting into a frosty metallic blue. It is layered with bits of holographic flakies. It reminds me of space!



My swatches are three coats, and topped with Seche Vite. I found the formula to be a little sheer and it takes a bit of time to dry, so I would suggest thin application with some generous waiting time in between coats. You can tell I got a little impatient and the final coat pulled on my index finger.





I love the shifting colours and the holo flakies are very unique. It's a glitter free polish and I found removal fairly easy. I think I'll have to try using this colour again with some silver chrome polish stamping!

Ozotic 505 Swatch

Whoops no Shitty Nail Art Monday today! When I was sick, I didn't get to paint my nails so I actually have only painted my nails once in three weeks! Yikes! So I'll keep burning off the back log here and I'll do this bonus Leibsters Award thing but I'll put that stuff at the bottom of the post.

Today I've got Ozotic 505, which is a layering multichrome effect polish. Spoiler alert: It's fecking GORGEOUS. Unfortunately it's not a standalone polish, but layered over black, it's a whole lot of magic power. I used Cult Nails Nevermore for a one coat black so the polish isn't layered on thick. It was perfect. Ozotic 505 shifts from a navy shimmer to teal to violet to magenta and in the right light (which I couldn't get with my artificial light box light), a flash of lime and gold. It almost reminds me of an oil slick! (Yeah yeah, I'm guilty - as a kid, I was always fascinated with the colours of oil slicks!)









You can see a glimpse of the colour changing that occurs in the bottle as well.

Anyway, since I don't have Shitty Nail Art Monday for you, I'm going to participate in this "Leibsters Award" thing. The kind and cool Tami from Polished Dreams and Life Things gave me a shout out and before I didn't really participate in these things but now that I am following more than two blogs (haha), I can finally list off some folks. Also be sure to check out Tami's blog, her photos are getting better and better with every post! Here's the lowdown copypasta:

This award was designed to be a blog award in the "pay it forward" fashion. Once you've been nominated, you award it to five blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these blogs.

The rules for accepting this award are:

You need to thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!



So here we go:

1 - My homegirl Caitlin over at Addicted to Lacquer (She has a stash not to be messed with and all around awesome taste. Also check out her Hoof Polish!)

2 - Another Canuck gal of mine, Chantal of Chantal's Corner (Top notch photos, helpful beauty reviews and really clean and great nail art)

3 - Fellow Redditor June of The Polish Fox (Awesome indie polish girl! Helpful swatches and all around good taste.)

4 - Fellow Rainbow Honey fangirl Kylie of Chicbananas (Again, awesome taste in indie polishes and all around kick-ass mom!)

5 - Aaaaand one of my newest followers Ellie at Moustache Manis (Her nail art completely slays me. I am totally in love!)

Anyway I guess you're supposed to tag people but I really just wanted to give some shout outs in lieu of crappy nail art! Hopefully next week, Shitty Nail Art Monday will be back!

Ozotic 528 Swatch

I decided that I'll be updating Claw of Cthulhu on Mondays through Thursdays, but there will always be exceptions - like this one. So, I reside on the west coast of Canada, and we've never had a stat holiday in February until this year! Next week Monday will be the first Family Day, so I guess I'll be away for a little while. For now, I've got an amazing polish that I've been wanting to post so it's a good one to hang out at the top of the blog for a few days!

Here is Ozotic 528 from the Back Up Plan collection. It's a multicolour shifting glitter that has hints of teal, blue, green, magenta. It's so amazing and beautiful. I love this polish. I haven't tried it over any other colours yet but I feel like black is definitely the best candidate as it really highlights the colours. I definitely think this glitter is a show stopper and should be the highlight. So, so, beautiful.



This was my first Ozotic polish and I feel like the formula was really slick. The brush was a little bit lengthy but it seemed to soak up the 528 formula well enough that it didn't make a fuss. I love the bottle! I was so impressed with Ozotic that I ended up buying 3 more Ozotic polishes. Yikes!



Definitely a really cool polish brand with unique colours that I have never seen before. They are also apparently a 3-free company so it's not cheap low quality stuff.

Anyway, I am off for a few days so I'll post here on Tuesday. If you're local, I hope you enjoy your long weekend and otherwise, I'll be back soon with more swatches, shitty nail art, and cheap polishes. <3