ulta3 - Dark Romance Collection Swatches

Dark Romance is ulta3's Autumn/Winter collection for 2013. I picked these up about a week ago at Soul Pattinson Chemist in Pitt St Mall in Sydney. I always seem to find the new collections there so if you're in Sydney and looking for these try there first. Lucky bamboo is a blackened green creme. The formula was nice and well pigmented. My colleague thought I was actually wearing black nail polish until he took...

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Artsy Wednesday: Easter

I really really love how this turned out! It easy to do but did take some time. I've got a tutorial below to show how i created it. If you don't have striping tape you can cut thin strips of regular tape. Make sure the white polish has time to dry before you add the matte top coat or you will smudge the white stripes. If you don't have a matte top coat you can use a regular top coat for a glossy version.      ...

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Orly - Mermaid Tale, Can't Be Tamed & Spazmatic

Mermaid Tale has a mix of large green holo hex and smaller green hex glitter in a clear base. I'm wearing three dabbled coats over Pretty Serious - VT100. This one was the easiest of the three to build up. If you're patient you could probably wear this on on it's own after 4-5 coats.  The formula was great and it was easy to pick up glitter on the brush.  I put this on yesterday not realising it was...

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ulta3 - spring break, eighties fuchsia & mulberry

ulta3 spring break is a purple creme polish. It's bright but not quite neon enough to call it a neon. It looks similar to eighties fuchsia but they are not dupes.  The formula was thick and gluey. I think this bottle must have been openened a few times in the shop for this to happen. I was still able to apply it ok. It dried slightly matte.                NAIL POLISH INFO  Brand: ulta3 Name: spring...

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