ulta3 Striking

Happy hump day, everyone. This week is going by really slowly but my friend got us advance screening passes to the Veronica Mars movie tonight so that's pretty exciting. Well today I have a polish from an Aussie brand called ulta3. I got this in the swap I did with The Bookish Manicurist a while back. I was really excited when the Glitterati collection came out and Mandee was kind enough to track some of them down for me.

Striking is a gorgeous aqua blue foil that is super sparkly. Really nice formula on this and I used 2 coats for all this foil-y goodness. I did not use a top coat for this swatch.

I have been impressed with all of the polishes that I have tried so far from this brand. I really wish we could get it in the States but I guess we shall have to rely on our Aussie friends. If you like foil finishes and can get your hands on this, do it. I love this sparkly, fun polish.

Short post today. Hope your week is going great. Anyone start doing Halloween nails yet? I actually have some Halloween nail art on this week, which you'll see closer to the actual holiday. Have a great day!

ulta3 Orchid

Hi, everyone! TGIF. I am SO glad that it's finally Friday. Work killed me this week and I am so glad for a break. I am really hoping to just chill out this weekend and maybe see the City of Bones movie. Today I have for you one of the awesome polishes that Mandee from The Bookish Manicurist sent me in our swap. This is ulta3 Orchid, a gorgeous almost dusty purple with a subtle gold shimmer. I really wish we had ulta3 polishes here because they are really inexpensive and great quality for the price. I asked Mandee for this one not knowing if she'd be able to find it. ulta3 doesn't seem to have a permanent collection and it's pretty hit or miss. But Mandee worked some magic and found this one for me and I really love it.

Orchid has a super creamy and opaque formula. Below is just 1 coat with too coat. Yup, 1 coat for all this gorgeousness.

The gold shimmer doesn't come out as much on the nail but you can definitely still tell that it is shimmery. Love this one and cannot wait to try more ulta3. Thanks for sending this one, Mandee!

Stashed (4): ulta3, Australis, OPI, CND

Hi, everyone. I have a really big haul to share with you this week. I did a swap with Mandee from The Bookish Manicurist recently and my package just came this week. Mandee lives in Australia and I was moaning about the fact that the new Ulta3 Glitterati collection was only available in Australia when Mandee generously offered to do a swap with me. She threw in some other brands as well and I am excited to try them all. :) I also made a beauty supply run last weekend and picked up a few polishes as well as the new CND Vinylux system. Full review to come but I've been wearing it for a whole week now and it looks great, but I am dying to change my polish and my nails are getting super long. I'll be glad to take it off tomorrow.

I am too tired right now to list the names of all of these polishes. You can see the Ulta3 names on the front of the bottle (which I love). If there's anything else you want to know the name of, just let me know in the comments below and I'll get back to you. Happy Sunday!