Digit-al Dozen Does BLUE - Blue Holo Comparison

Hi Goddesses

I hope you're enjoying this first Digit-al Dozen Week.  There have been some stunning manis already, so make sure you check out everybody's links at the end of the post :)

I wanted to do another holo comparison post because ... well, who doesn't love holos lol, and you seem to enjoy these posts too.    

So, today's contestants are - 

thumb - HITS Apolo

index - OPI DS Glamour

middle - Ozotic 617

ring - Oxotic 515

pinkie - Jade Hypnose

If we start by stating the obvious, we are looking at 2 types of blues here - darker, denimy blues (Apolo and Glamour) and then sky blues (the other 3).

Let's take the darker ones first.   I bought Apolo because I thought I would never get my hands on DS Glamour :)   To be honest, Glamour (index) is everything you need in a blue holo - denimy, dreamy and dazzling.

Apolo (thumb) is a tad greener and aquatic in tone, and as the HITS polishes are such good quality, I keep it for nail art (not wanting to waste a drop of my precious Glamour lol).

You may remember that we had 2 Ozotics when we did the red holo comparison HERE, and that on that occasion, one of them was a coarse grained holo, and the other was smoother and lusher.

We have exactly the same situation here.  617 (middle) and 515 (ring) are both the same colour, and they're both holographic - the only thing that differentiates them is the size of the holo particle, 515 on the ring finger being the smooth baby.

And then the surprise - Ozotic 515 and Jade Hypnose (little finger) are DUPES !!   Just look at them - dead on in colour, tone and holo-ness.

In real life there was maybe 1 degree of difference between these 2 colours, nothing more, so if you own 1, you definitely don't need the other, but if you don't own either, you're going to have to go for the Jade (which is cheaper, anyway) because both Ozotics are now discontinued.

Enjoy xx :)

Oh Oh Ozotic 617 + Mattifying Holos ..... Ooooooh

Hi Goddesses

Wow oh wow oh wow oh wow oh what have we here ???!!!  Only the holoeyist thing EVER !!!  And it's blue !!  I KNOW !!!!

And let me promise you this - this post is EPIC, EPIC I tells ya.  LOADS of photos, a bit of stamping and at the end ... gulp .. what happens when you mattify a holo ....!   Uh huh!

Ta dahhhhh here is Oh-zotic 617, and as beautiful as she is, I am extremely worried about myself.  What's with all the blue lovin' Crumpet ??  I dunno.  But, but ...but .... I KNOW.  Why do I suddenly like blue lol ?  Who knows, and frankly, ppppfffff who cares when the blue is as sensational as this.

This is a coarse grain holographic in an indecently intense shade of turquoise - it leans to the aqua side; there's no green here, except in the holo.  There's a purity of colour here that's INSANE.  It's so deep, so intense, so hypnotic.  And so flamboyant.   Never mind needing the bright lights, this shameless hussie gets her holo out as soon as you look at her (with one exception, which I'll come to later).

Her colour is the blue of India, of aquamarine oceans and of lagoons.  You might also see her hiding in a parrot, or a tropical rainforest :)   But my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my oh my, it's not even the colour that transfixes you; it's the holo.

Goddesses, this is crazy holo time.  This is "ooops, Mommy Holo took some crack and had an Acid Holo Baby" time.  It's INSANE.   This ripples gold and yellow and greeny yellow; peach and rose pink.   Most of the time she's scattered, but fix her with a spotlight and she's linear too.  Holy wow!

In flat light (such as the toilet cubicle at work) this takes on another kind of beauty.  She looks like a metallic aqua and silver concoction with a mermaid green underbase sometimes shining through - a little how a suede looks.  Truly beautiful and *almost* worth mattifying, just for the fun :) 

Oh, talking of fun, look what I diiiiiiiiid.  I had playtime.  I used stamp M65 from Konad with Color Club Lumin-icent on the left hand and mainly Cold Metal on the right.

Lessons?  I thought the silvery blue of Lumin-icent would really compliment the silvery flecks in the Ozotic, but they didn't, and they also didn't create enough contrast.  I am *much* more pleased with the darker blue though - I feel you get to see both the pattern AND the holo, whereas the silver kind of kills both.

And did you like the 1 matte finger?  Nice, huh?  I couldn't resist, I was soooooo curious and doesn't it look GREAT?   Like a suede. So for the rest of the week, it's MATTE HOLO WEEK.  That's right ladies, roll up, roll up and prepare for Crumpet rolling the Welcome Matte out to the holos !!!! (Sorry ... not funny ... I know ... sorry ...)

So, to sum up:  She has the depth of oceans, the potency of undiscovered wild birds and the hallucinogenic bendiness of a Grade A holo!!!   She is awesome.   2 words - GRAB HER !!!




Enjoy xxx :)