Sunday 16 September 2012

Back on the Wagon!

It's strange when you haven't blogged for a while you feel like you have fallen off the wagon. Blogging is very much a love/love but with pressure relationship for me. At first when I started blogging...I was just playing with polish! I love my polish even more now than when I started, but I just haven't got my perfect set up at home to share with others in an efficient way and I am my own worst critic when it comes to things. So, I am doing some swatches today for this week as I am back at work where there is no creativity allowed, especially with nail polish ie.should have none :( Feeling pretty suffocated on that front. I am wondering if a change of career is needed or maybe I need a whole life overhaul! Onto the polish I say..

This is Ulta3's new pastel collection, Soft Hydrangea. I have gathered a few more pastels since starting collecting polish and for $2 a bottle I couldn't go past this range. Soft Hydrangea is a egg shell/baby blue which is opaque in 2 coats. The brush is horrid, hard to apply accurately and the formula was a bit jelly like, maybe a few drops of thinner will be needed :) The color is cute though!

Ulta3 Soft Hydrangea

Ulta3 Soft Hydrangea
Yes! It does appear lighter than in the bottle.

Ulta3 Soft Hydrangea


Ulta3 Soft Hydrangea

Ulta3 Soft Hydrangea
 Gratuitous odd bottle shot!

This was Soft Hydreangea with Seche top coat and after 2 days wear. You can see some tip wear and not long after it chipped. Hmmm..maybe it needs a slightly different top coat. I really like this color and despite the dodgy brush and slightly gloppy formula it applied pretty well :) Keep an eye out for these, I found mine at a Terry White Chemist. There is 6 of in the collection with 2 pinks, an orange, this blue, a lavender and a mint green.

I will see y'all tomorrow for my next post now that I have got my sh*t organized!

6 comments:

  1. This is beautiful on you! Blogging can definitely be a bit stressful sometimes, I am always my worst critic as well! Your pictures look fantastic and you're doing a great job!

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    1. Thanks so much Jacqui..I do love my polish, so I shouldn't care that much about how things appear, LOL.

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  2. I also HATE the brush on Ulta 3 polishes. The new ones seem to be much worse than the older ones! But the pastels are too pretty!

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    1. Definitely agree with you there, on both counts! :)

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  3. I only own a few Ulta3 polishes, and so far I'm not impressed. But I can always be swayed.
    They're brushes are horrible and the formula I found thick and unworkable. I don't know if this is just the ones I have or it's acoss the board.
    It's super hard to find a Terry White out in the northern melb suburbs, so I'll be waiting a while before I can find anything other than bargin bin colours (neon yellow, neon green, black and white).

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    1. That's sad, I am not sure where you are but I got some awesome Ulta3 from Central West Plaza. There was a discount chemist in there with heaps of good colors.

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