China Glaze OMG Collection - Part 1: 2BHOT - swatches and review

Yes, you read the title correct. Today I am showing you one half of the coveted China Glaze OMG collection.

A few weeks ago, I bought this set of six on eBay, which ran me $76. (My dad chipped in because he likes to spoil me with polish when I'm feelin' down.)
That makes each one just over $12. I figured, since I can't find any here, and since I'm in Canada, I'm not going to be able to get a better deal through individual sales or swaps with shipping and stuff.
So I did it. And I don't regret it at all!

As you can see, they even came in the original package so that was really cool. You could tell they had never been taken out of the cardboard holder.

Even the writing on the package is holographic. Awesome.

I swatched all these shades one day when we actually had sun. Rare occurrence this summer.
(In July we had only 6 days where the temperature went over 20 degrees/70 fahrenheit. And none so far in August.)
However my sun pictures did not really come out the best. So I used my kitchen stove light once again, and played around with the white balance on my camera.
And I think I've created the holy grail of OMG swatches.
Get out your bibs, because it's time to drool.

First I'm going to show you these warm shades.

The first picture of each polish is with flash and is the most representative of the true color. And then the more holographic pictures start! I've also included an iPhone picture of each one just for more holo.

QT. Hot berry pink holo. Gorgeous. (It looks too red in some of the photos.)

When I was first looking at the bottle of this polish, it did not look holo at all and I was sad.
But then I shook it. And it came to life.
Lesson learned: Shake your holos for full holo effect. Shake it. Shake it like a polaroid picture.

QT is for sure one of my faves. (Truthfully they're almost all my faves.)

TMI. Coral holo. The holo is not as strong in this one as it is in the others. (It appears more orange than it should in some of the photos.)

TMI is lovely but orangey colors are just not my fave. This is my least favorite from the whole collection. But for a "least" favorite - I still like it a whole freakin' lot.

TTYL. Peachy holo!

TTYL photographed amazingly.

Are you drooling yet? I am.

Now for the other three.

FYI. Nude holo. This one is actually glorious. I had no idea I was going to love it so much.

It also photographed beautifully, didn't it?

The above picture is my favorite! ♥

Toooo pretty. Too much pretty for one post. And there are still 2 more!

GR8. Yellowy gold holo. This was the least popular of all the OMG collection and is still available on some online retailers.

GR8 is great and you should buy it for cheap while you still can. Haha!
Last but not least...

L8R G8R. Light lime green holo. So awesome. And so photogenic.

There you go.
One half of the OMG Collection of pure holographic awesomeness.
And not only do they look awesome, they apply like a dream, in 2 easy coats.

My favorites on this half are FYI and L8R G8R! Which ones are your faves?
I really hope you all enjoyed this post! I'm quite proud of my photos.

The other half is probably even more stunning than this half. I currently have three of them in my possession, one on the way, one potentially on the way soon, and I still need to find BFF.
I will show you all of them whenever I manage to round them all up!