Thursday, August 9, 2012

Ulta Concrete Evidence Stamped with Barielle Surf's Up

As soon as I swatched Barielle Surf's Up*, I knew I had to try to stamp with it. My first thought was that it would work perfectly stamping over white to create a nice traditional porcelain china look, but I ended up going a slightly different way. As you might know, I tend to inject a bit of gray into my manicures. Maybe it is the gray Seattle weather, maybe it is to match my mostly black/gray wardrobe, maybe just my personality. Whatever it is, I like it and I'm sticking with it and I hope you don't mind...


I started out with a base of Ulta Concrete Evidence, a new gray in my growing collection. I stamped it with Bundle Monster plate BM-322 using Barielle Surf's Up as my stamping polish. As anticipated, it is so pigmented that it worked perfectly for stamping for which I was pretty excited...


This pattern and color combo makes me think of a nice fall coat...



Ulta Concrete Evidence is a soft gray cream. It has a nice smooth formula with full coverage in just two coats. The latest Ulta polishes seem to have a slightly flattened/widened brush, which I found very easy to use. It is a nice improvement, although I didn't have problems with their old brushes either. These swatches are with no top coat...




Swatch Details
Brand: Ulta
Collection: main line
Color Name/Number: Concrete Evidence
Number of coats: 2
Top Coat: No

Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)


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8 comments:

  1. I love grey polishes, and I for one would love to see more manicures that have grey in them. Especially if they look this good!

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  2. Love this! I'm not a stamper, but I wish I was.

    I saw an almost identical mani earlier this week on Goose's Glitter:

    http://www.goosesglitter.com/2012/08/in-support-of-chalkboard-nails.html

    Thought you'd like to know :)

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  3. Oooh, yours does look similar to mine!! Woooot, great minds think alike ;o)

    I like your color combo a lot!

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  4. @Chaosophilia, thank you so much! I'm glad to know there are others who love gray too out there! :)

    @Dawn, I've been so behind on my blog reading that I missed her mani! How fun! Hers is very pretty :)

    @Goose, I was just thinking that too! Hehe! We should have done it as a twin post. I really the touch of lavender in yours!

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  5. Man am I disappointed that we don't have Ulta here! It sounds like an amazing store!

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  6. Need to try out grey polishes haha never did have any grey in my stash and it looks awesome on you and way more cool when u added that nail stamp and color..

    Awesome combination of colors..

    Love it as usual~!!

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  7. Houndstooth anything is a great success in my books. I like the 'larger' hounds tooth pattern and LOVE the colors you chose for this look!

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  8. @Shannon-Lee, Ulta is a beauty supply store. They carry most major brand and happen to have their own line which as you can tell I love! I always feel bad when people can't get it locally :(

    @Samantha, thank you so much! I know gray is not for everyone, but I love it!! :)

    @Martha, Thank you so much! I have not played with this pattern to much yet, it makes me think of fall so I know more manis are coming :)

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