Ulta Recap...

Now that I have swatched my last Ulta polish, I thought it would be fun to do a recap of them. I have been very impressed with the consistent quality of these and will definitely be getting more in the future. I already have some on my wish list...

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Paint the Town and Glitterati Mini Sets
Ulta Devious Stamped with Ulta High Roller
Ulta Army of 1 with Prestige
Ulta Ruby Slipper Dressed Up
Ulta High Roller Stamped
Ulta Wild Night with Sally Hansen Celeb City
Ulta Chocolate Kiss
Ulta Lilac Chrome and After Party
Ulta Casual Mauve with After Party
Ulta Chic Peek Polar Bears
Love My Blackberry
Ulta Green with Envy Stamped with LA Colors Current
Ulta Smoke Screen with Ludurana Relampago
Ulta Femme Fatale stamped with Essence Enchanted Fairy
Ulta What a Maroon and OPI Rainbow Connection Sandwich
Ulta Blue For You

I hope you enjoy this recap of the recent Ulta polishes...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Ulta Blue For You

This is the final Ulta polish in my current collection and it is yet another blue. In the bottle it appears very similar to Love My Blackberry that I wore just a few days ago. Both are a blue purple that photograph blue. However, even those they looked similar in the bottle, Blue For You was actually blue on the nails, while Love My Blackberry was purple.

I added some free hand art using Sally Hansen Celeb city, a dense metallic silver glitter. I think I was aiming for flowers, but  got snowy pine cones instead. I like them regardless. Can never get enough of the blue with silver combo...

UPDATE: I finally located the tutorial from Tartofraises that inspired this manicure. You can find it here.

Blue For You is a dark navy blue with a blue shimmer. In the bottle it has a strong purple shimmer, which didn't translate on the nail at all. Application was decent, although I had a hard time getting it to wrap around the tips. This is two coats plus a top coat...

Swatch Details
	Brand: Ulta Line: Professional Color Name/Number: Blue For You Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

I realize I have one too many dark navy blues in my collection. Note to self, stop buying them! :)
Is there a color you gravitate towards buying every time?


Thank for looking!
Anutka :)

Ulta What a Maroon and OPI Rainbow Connection Sandwich

Today I have for you my 1st ever glitter jelly sandwich. I have seen quite a few of them, but have never tried one myself. As I was applying a third coat of Ulta's What a Maroon and thinking how sheer it was, it dawned on me that I should try the sandwich technique. For the glitter I used one coat of OPI Rainbow Connection which I got in Carolina's giveaway. It is by far the most glittery polish that I own. I'm quite pleased with the result, although next time I'll try to be "neater" with the glitter :)

Here is one coat of OPI's Rainbow Connection over three coats of Ulta's What a Maroon (before I added the final coat of What a Maroon).

What a Maroon on it's own, aside from having a creative name, is a deep red jelly. The formula is easy to work with and applied well. The polish is as I mentioned already very sheer. This is three coat plus a top coat and the nail line is still visible.

Swatch Details
	Brand: Ulta Line: Professional Color Name/Number: What a Maroon Number of coats: 3 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Have you tried glitter sandwiches before? What do you think of them? I know I'm late to the party :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Ulta Femme Fatale stamped with Essence Enchanted Fairy

Only in the nail polish world do the words Femme Fatale and Enchanged Fairy go in the same sentence or in this case manicure. All I can say is that on my nails the two were getting along nicely, despite my rushed stamping job. I ended up making a nice dent on my index while trying to stamp quickly before running off to work. Luckily it was not as noticeable in real life as it is in these photos.

For the manicure I started out with Ulta's Femme Fatale and stamped with Essence's Enchanted Fairy, a sweet lilac shimmer. I think it stands out quite nicely against the dark background. For the stamp I used Red Angel plate RA-102. I'm still experimenting with these stamps, but I think I'm getting the hang of them.

On it's own, Femme Fatale is a dark burgundy maroon color with a reddish coppery shimmer. It applied well with full coverage in two coats. No pulling or bald spots and wrapped around the tips nicely. It may not be the most original color, but I do love a good dark polish :)

Swatch Details
	Brand: Ulta Collection: Salon Formula Color Name/Number: Femme Fatale Number of coats: 2 Top Coat: Yes Free of Formaldehyde, Toluene, Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

Let me know what you think about this! :)

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)