Pretty Serious - Seasonal Sunset

Seasonal Sunset has a rusty orange jelly base and gold glass flecks. This polish is unique in my collection and I can't think of any polish I've seen that's like it. 

I had no problems with the formula, it was almost opaque after two coats but it was still slightly transparent at the tips so I used three coats. If you have shorter nails you could probably use two.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Pretty Serious
Name: Seasonal Sunset
Coats For Opacity: 3
Collection: Christmas Without Snow
Year: 2012
Colour: Rusty Orange
Finish: Glass Fleck
Formula: Big 3 Free, Cruelty Free and Vegan.
Made In: Australia
Volume: 11ml | 0.37 fl oz
Price: ~$9.95 - $10.88(AUD)
Where To Buy: 
Pretty Serious $9.95 (AUD)
Makeup Express $9.95 (AUD)
Star Trinkets $14.00 (SGD)

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Ulta3 - Coral Reef

Coral Reef is a dull neon red toned orange. This was sheer but built up after three coats. 

The Ulta3 Greetings From Paradise collection is available now and can be found in a candy cane tube or scattered in the Ulta3 bins at your local Ulta3 Stockist. To see the rest of my swatches of this collection click here. I'll have the second half up tomorrow.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Ulta3

Name: Coral Reef
Number: 141112
Coats For Opacity: 3
Collection: Greetings From Paradise
Year: 2012
Colour: 14111256
Finish: Neon
Formula: Big 3 Free
Made In: PRC (China) 
Volume: 13ml | 0.44 fl oz 
Price: $2 (AUD) 
Where To Buy: 
Blooms The Chemist

Terry White Chemists

Soul Pattinson Chemist

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Ulta3 - Tangerine Tango

Tangerine Tango is an orange creme. This was fairly opaque, I only needed two coats. 

The Ulta3 Greetings From Paradise collection is available now and can be found in a candy cane tube or scattered in the Ulta3 bins at your local Ulta3 Stockist. To see the rest of my swatches of this collection click here. I'll have the second half up tomorrow. 

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Ulta3

Name: Tangerine Tango
Number: 141112
Coats For Opacity: 2
Collection: Greetings From Paradise
Year: 2012
Colour: Orange
Finish: Creme
Formula: Big 3 Free
Made In: PRC (China) 
Volume: 13ml | 0.44 fl oz 
Price: $2 (AUD) 
Where To Buy: 
Blooms The Chemist

Terry White Chemists

Soul Pattinson Chemist

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Ulta3 - Atomic Oj

Atomic Oj is a bright yellow toned orange neon. This drys fast if you use thin coats, it also drys matte. I almost got away with three coats but used four to cover the visible nail line. This had a nice formula.

I think Atomic Oj is the only real new colour from this collection, I don't own any ulta3 polishes that are similar (I also checked the very handy Ulta3 colour guide over on More Nail Polish). I was able to find dupes or very close matches for the rest.

The Ulta3 Citrus collection will be available in December 2012. To see the rest of my swatches of this collection click here.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Ulta3 

Name: Atomic Oj
Coats: 3

Collection: Citrus

Year: 2012 

Colour: Orange

Finish: Neon

Formula: Big 3 Free 

Made In: PRC (China) 

Volume: 13ml | 0.44 fl oz 

Price: $2 (AUD) 

Where To Buy: 

Blooms The Chemist

Terry White Chemists

Soul Pattinson Chemist

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The product in this post was provided for review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

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Ulta3 - Tangelo Twist

Tangelo Twist is a bright neon orange. This dried matte as most neons do so you'll need top coat. If you use thin coats this drys fairly quickly. I usually have to layer neons over a white base but Tangelo Twist doesn't need it. I thought this looked similar to Ulta3 - Tangelo so I compared them. Tangelo Twist is a much brighter neon orange.

The Ulta3 Citrus collection will be available in December 2012. To see the rest of my swatches of this collection click here.

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Ulta3 

Name: Tangelo Twist
Coats: 3

Collection: Citrus

Year: 2012 

Colour: Orange

Finish: Neon

Formula: Big 3 Free 

Made In: PRC (China) 

Volume: 13ml | 0.44 fl oz 

Price: $2 (AUD) 

Where To Buy: 

Blooms The Chemist

Terry White Chemists

Soul Pattinson Chemist

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Tangelo Twist was provided for review. Please see my disclosure policy for more information.

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Ulta3 - Orange Blossom

Ulta3 - Orange Blossom 

Orange Blossom was very sheer! After the first coat I was sure it was going to take a bazillion coats to reach opacity, luckily it was only four. You could still see a little visible nail line. It's a sheer jelly creme so this one's a "crelly".

               NAIL POLISH INFO 

Brand: Ulta3 

Name: Orange Blossom 

Coats For Opacity: 4 

Collection: Pretty Pastels 

Year: 2012 

Colour: Orange 

Finish: Crelly 

Formula: Big 3 Free 

Made In: PRC (China) 

Volume: 13ml | 0.44 fl oz 

Price: $2 (AUD) 

Where To Buy: 

Blooms The Chemist

Terry White Chemists

Soul Pattinson Chemist

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Ulta3 - Metallic Crush Collection

I've decided to start posting entire collections in the same post rather than dragging it out over 8 days or so. Not that I buy entire collections very often but when I do this is what you'll get. Anyway, here's Ulta3's Metallic Crush collection - Autumn/Winter 2012!

Ulta3 - Antique Gold

2 coats

Antique Gold is a yellow gold metallic. I'm not much of a gold polish lover but this one is a pretty shade. Be careful with your brush strokes because this polish is not forgiving when It dries.

 Ulta3 - Copper

2 coats

Copper is an orange metallic. I would have loved this to be more pink toned like real life copper. Again brush strokes are visible with this one.

Ulta3 - Burnt Orange

2 coats

Burnt Orange is an orange creme with shimmer. Different from the rest of the collection. Ulta3 has a habit of making one polish a different finish from the rest. The Summer Siren collection were all cream's except for one shimmer and the Floral Fever Collection were all shimmer's except for one creme. 

Ulta3 - Pinot

2 coats

Pinot is a red metallic. Very similar to Shiraz which is also in this collection. I had to make sure I  included the name of each polish in their swatches so I couldn't get confused over which one was which.

Ulta3 - Shiraz

2 coats

Shiraz is a also a red metallic. There are slight differences between Shiraz and Pinot. I've put a comparison at the bottom of this post so you can see for yourself. The shimmer in Shiraz hides the brush stokes unlike the other shades.

 Ulta3 - Cocoa

2 coats

Cocoa is a dark brown metallic. I wasn't expecting to like this one more than any of the others but after swatching this one it turned out to be my favourite of the collection. The brush strokes weren't as noticeable as some of the other shades. I can't wait to wear this one again!

 Ulta3 - Enchanted

2 coats

Enchanted is a green shimmer in a deep plum base. In the bottle the green shimmer overpowers the base but on the nail it's a different story. When I first saw bottle pictures of this collection I thought Enchanted would be my favourite. I still like it, but not as much as I was expecting.

 Ulta3 - Jade

2 coats

Jade is a green frosty metallic. This is too frosty for my liking. It looks great in the bottle and I was expecting this to be really nice. This shows brush stokes easily.

The differences I noticed between these two is that Pinot is more opaque and slightly darker. The brush stokes are more noticeable with Pinot than with Shriaz, you can see that I was a little sloppy with the application on my ring finger. Shiraz has more of a shimmery finish than a metallic finish which helps hide the brush strokes. 

Even with the brush stroke issues I prefer Pinot.

Overall, I like this collection, but I was disappointed that Ulta3 released two very similar shades of red in the same collection! 

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Ulta3 - Mango Mayhem

 Ulta3 - Mango Mayhem

2 coats

Seche Vite Top Coat

Mango Mayhem is from the Ulta3 - Gelato Collection 2012. It is a muted orange creme. Not quite pastel but not bright either. It had a good formula, easy to apply. I'm having fun trying to photograph these so they are colour accurate. That means playing around with the settings on my camera but I'm learning at the same time. This one is colour accurate!

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Ulta3 - Tangelo

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Ulta3 - Tangelo

2 coats

Poshe Super-Fast Drying Top coat

Tangelo is from the Summer Siren Collection - 2011. It's a bright orange neon. This one had a bad brush, I've included the photo below. It was easily fixed, I just pulled out the longer strands. The formula is hard to explain, it's a little bit thick but still sheer and watery at the same time.

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