Showing posts with label Ulta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ulta. Show all posts

Sunday, 16 December 2012

OPI Ulta 2012 Holiday Exclusive: Stuff My Stocking

I had the pleasure of participating in a swap in one of my nail polish groups, I was lucky enough to be paired up with Katharine who sent me a bunch of goodies including this holiday set from Ulta. Up here in Canada we unfortunately do not have Ulta stores so I was pretty psyched to try out one of their holiday exclusives. The set includes four 3.75ml polishes, 3 coloured and 1 rapid dry topcoat. In this set we have a red, a green and a purple, pretty traditional holiday shades.




Last Minute Shopper - Last Minute Shopper is a very traditional seasonal/holiday red, it has a metallic feel to it. I thought the application of this polish was great, I achieved opacity in 2 coats. The colour is actually more red in the bottle but looks more magenta against my skin tone. 


Skip the Gift Wrap - Of all the polishes from the set, this colour was my favourite from the bunch. On the nail the colour reminded me of beautiful emerald gems. Again, it has a metallic like finish to it and opacity was achieved with 2 thick coats. Application was a little tricky because it is one of those polishes that show every brush stroke and possible flaw on the nail. Other than that, gorgeous!


Gift Cards for Everyone! -  I love the name of this polish! In the bottle this colour looked the most promising, a beautiful metallic purple with blue micro-shimmer (see second picture above). But it was the most difficult one to work with. I felt like the polish was very thin and streaky. I applied 3 coats and still there were some bald patchy spots as you can see in my swatches.



All swatches were topped with a layer of the OPI Rapid Dry Topcoat included in the set. I received this set in a swap so I do not know how much they are sold for. They're available at Ulta during the holiday season. Thanks for reading! And thanks again for the swap Katharine!

Annie

Sunday, 2 December 2012

birthday mani! Ulta + NOPI

Hi People!!
So it was my birthday a few days ago!!! woohoo!
& although I wasn't celebrating I still decided I should have some sort of birthday mani.

Currently, I'm trying to go through my untrieds so I put on Ulta's Bam-Blue-Zled. Which is supposed to be a Sprog by butterLONDON dupe. For the accent nail I put on Nicole by OPI's Rainbow In The S-Kylie. Which is a dupe of various other rainbow glitters such as OPI's Rainbow Connection, Milani's Gems, etc etc!!


sorry the accent nail isn't too clear, I have to take my pictures on my blackberry until I figure out why my battery drains after one picture on my camera :(

The formula on Bam-Blue-Zled is quite good, not streaky and opaque in 2 coats. For $2, it's definitely  a great deal if it is a butterLONDON dupe since butterLONDON is $17! I wish I had Sprog to compare to show you guys/girls but I don't :(

I used 1 coat CG base coat, 2 coats Bam-Blue-Zled, 1 coat CG topcoat, ring finger had 2 'dabbed' coat of Rainbow in the S-kylie.

Bam-Blue-Zled (10 ml) was purchased by me at Ulta for $2 USD (original retail: $6 USD), and Rainbow in the S-kylie (15 ml) was purchased by me at Shoppers Drug Mart for $10.99 CAD!