Ulta3 - Glitteratti Collection + giveaway

Epic post for you tonight featuring all eleven new shades released from Aussie brand Ulta3 in the Glitterati Collection.  Ulta3 have really stepped it up with this collection.  For a brand with a large proportion of cremes in its range, here is an eleven piece collection without a single creme.  I've forty odd photos to get through, so lets start.

Celebutant - vibrant pink foil.  Great smooth formula and opacity at two coats.

Glamourpuss - a very fine particle silver foil. Great smooth formula and opaque with two thin coats.

Infamous - WOW, stunning polish!  Fine teal blue glitters in a teal blue jelly base. Again WOW, this is only a $2 bottle of polish.  Colour me impressed. Opaque in three thin coats and only needs one coat of top coat.  I'm so glad it's not a hungry glitter.

Striking - double WOW, this one has fine aqua glitters in an aqua jelly base. Opaque in three thin coats and smooth with one layer of Seche Vite.

Triple threat - a black jelly base with fine red, blue and silver holographic glitter. Opaque in two coats but dries a little grittier than the previous two polishes. This is two coats with Seche Vite.

XOXO- multicoloured iridescent micro flakes or coloured glass flecks.  This is two coats over black first

XOXO- two coats over OPI Samoan Sand.

Outasight - Matte black glitter in two sizes in a clear base.  The glitter is on the sparse side, my glitter tips have two coats.  A nice black glitter for $2.

Gossip  - Magenta pink hexes in two sizes in a clear base.  This is two coats over Ulta3 Spring Break.

I remember when Ulta3 released its glitter collection at the end of 2012, and then soon after Picture Polish released a very similar collection of glitters. Gene Doll from Picture Polish was the only solid colour glitter that wasn't matched with an Ulta3 version.  Not anymore.  Here are some quick bottle comparisons, the Ulta3 has a higher glitter payoff, and its glitters are slightly larger than Gene Doll.  The Ulta3 also has more reflective curled glitters, but as you can see, they are not an issue on the nail.

Show Stopper -  Silver and yellow gold hexes in two sizes in a clear base.  Some reflective curling but smooth under one layer of top coat.  This is two coats over Ulta3 Glamour Puss.

A lister - Aqua blue glitters in three sizes in a clear base.  This is two coats over Ulta3 Get Teal.

When I bought this one I thought it would be a total dupe of one of the Ulta3 glitters from last year, new years eve, but as it turns out, a lister is slightly more green that new years eve.  Picture Polish ariel's tale is even greener still, so no identical dupes here.

Stop the press - Matte black and white glitters in two sizes in a white base.  I did a bit of nail art with this one.  I created a gradient with Ulta3 Lily white and black satin and then applied two coats of stop the press.  The feature nail is Lily white, stamped in black using Vivid Lacquer plate VL004.  I'm pretty chuffed with myself for getting the Lorem Ipsum straight, I put it down to my new sticky XL stamper I got from Messy Mansion.

Wow - what a collection.  Such a huge variety and amazing to see how indie brands have influenced polishes right down to our awesome little $2 Ulta3's.

The Ulta3 Facebook page has a stockist locator for Australia, so that's probably your best bet for finding them.

I purchased this collection from my local chemist, then a week later I received the full collection from Ulta3 to review.  So guess what?  I'm giving away the full collection to one lucky Australian reader.  To have a chance to win I'm looking for some creative haiku's.

To make your entry valid, the haiku must include one of the polish names from this collection.  Just add your haiku in the comments section below.

Here is an example of an entry:

More nail mail arrived

Better get it outasight

Must go on no buy

Australian entries only sorry - I'm not prepared to risk sending eleven bottles of nail polish overseas.  It would weigh more than 500grams and would be scanned, so I just can't risk the fine.

You can enter as many times as you like and I will pick my favourite one for the winner.  Closes midnight AEST Sunday night - 7 July 2013.

Go.

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Write by: Unknown - Wednesday, July 3, 2013