Ulta3 Watercolor Nail Art- Stained Glass Windows

Hi, hi!
  So, it's Saturday here and my week has been a roller coaster of not enough sleep, too much work and hanging on for my holidays, LOL. Yesterday I picked up the Ulta3 Watercolor nail polishes that come in a pack of 5, one white base and 4 sheer polishes which are red, orange, blue and purple. I immediately thought of doing stained glass window nails..so today that's what I did! I am super happy with how they turned out and hope you like them :)

 I love how these look!

So, how did I do these? First of all I started with the Ulta3 Sheer polishes, I forgot to take a pic so I am going to borrow the packet picture from Cathy @ morenailpolish.com below.

I didn't use the white base as I already had a very light pinky creme polish on, which was SinfulShine I'm Blushing. I then stamped with Ulta3 Black Satin and Messy Mansion Plate MM01 which you can find here.

I used the smaller stained glass window image in the middle row on the far right :)

After I stamped the image I then colored in the "glass" panels with Cello Yellow, Seeing Red, Peek-a-Boo Purple and Marine Blue. I used a dotting tool to apply the polish in the lines. You will also see I have a green colored in a well. I mixed one drop of Cello Yellow with 2 drops of Marine Blue on a piece of baking paper and voile! Sheer green polish. I did 2 coats of each color to achieve a vibrancy, then sealed with Seche Vite top coat.

 If you look closely you can see some bubbling in the top coat, and I like that the bubbles create a glass-like effect on my nails. I had no troubles applying the sheer watercolor polishes from Ulta3. My fave color was the Peek-a-boo purple as I love purples and the green mixed up pretty easily. The polishes are indeed very sheer and I would recommend the white/light base to go with them for the best result... I purchased mine from Terry White chemist for $10 for the pack of 5, and these are a limited edition which you should pick sooner rather than later. You can find your nearest Ulta3 stockist locator here. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Ulta3 BlackBerry Tart with Revlon Grape Fizz and Cirque Coronation- Utried May Purple

So can you tell by the title of my blog post..I have a lot of purple and quite a few untrieds! LOL. I had a hard time deciding what purple to try on so layered a few until I had a purple glowy concoction. I've been playing with my lightbox, so hopefully I have some better pics, but as soon as I see a bit a sun outside, don't worry I'll be snapping some daylight shots.
So for these looks, I started with a layer of Ulta3 Blackberry Tart which is a dark purple jelly. I then topped it with Revlon Grape Fizz. Here is a few pics.

First of all, Revlon Grape Fizz smells amazing and yummy! I really liked the blue and purple micro flecks in this polish and because I couldn't leave well alone I thought I would layer Cirque Coronation.

 Lightbox Photo

Lightbox Photo

 Lightbox Photo

Photo in full sunlight

 Photo in full sunlight

 

 Photo in full sunlight

So loving purple..the layers of BlackTart, Grape Fizz and Coronation all bring something different to the end result. Blue flecks, purple fleck and red/green shift is all so pretty be it in the sun or the shade. There are also some scattered holo particles which you can see in the full sun. I'm having alot of fun finding untried polishes hiding in each draw of my helmer, although I think I could do a few months of untrieds! Next untried is black...:)

Ulta3 Blue Heaven with Holographic Stamping

Hi all! Well, it finally happened. I got my stamping nail art mojo back. Has taken forever since I have felt I have had inspiration to do some nail art, and then actually getting it right :) My inspiration was this lovely Ulta3 Blue Heaven that I stumbled across the other day..so pretty. I teamed it up OPI Call me Gwen-Ever which I found at a bargain price. Can I say, it's a very orange, orange? Anyways, to complete the look I had in mind I did some gradient nails with Gwen-Ever and Pretty Serious Generally Hazardous. I double stamped over Blue Heaven with China Glaze Sci Fly By and Take a Trek with Mash 43 plate. 

Right Hand- Blue Heaven with Call me Gwen-Ever Accent

Left Hand, Call Me Gwen-Ever with Blue Heaven accent

 Side by side comparison. Which do you like best?

 Up close pic of stamping holo goodness :)

I loved how this came together overall.. I did have run outside like an idiot to catch the transient sun for these pics. Who says it's almost summer here?? Will see it when I believe it! Anyways, this was so fun and I enjoyed wearing this alot. Hope you liked it!

ANMonday- China Glaze Sci Fi

Hi Guys, long time no post! I've been out of control busy and falling asleep on the couch after work last week. I don't know what is up with me, maybe I am getting sick (sheesh, not again). Either way between life getting in the way of polish and general fatigue..I have been pulling my hair out to try and figure out Rafflecopter for a giveaway. Okay, so maybe I spent 10 minutes on it before I gave up, but I will give it another go. I want to do a giveaway for 100 followers, darn it!! If anyone has any tips, email me :)

Today's ANMonday theme is Sci Fi, now me being a smarty pants I decided to be literal and did a mani using China Glaze Sci-Fi :) Sci-Fi is an amazing light silver blue/purple polish that stamps like a boss, so of course to keep in theme I rolled out the aliens and outer space ...

 Ulta3 Triple Threat with China Glaze Sci-Fi stamping using Cheeky Plates

Rocket Ships, Aliens and Galaxys oh my!

I particularly like the Alien on my little finger, he's pretty cute :)

One last shot, in the sun to show the sparkle of Ulta3 Triple Threat

So, I really like how this turned out..Ulta3 Triple Threat is an awesome black polish with multi color glitters which is so pretty. CG Sci-Fi stamps and contrasts nicely. Do I love my photos?? Erm, no..they suck a little bit. Sorry about that. Just one more thing to add to my NQR week! Anyways, I feel good that I got a post out and participated in ANMonday. Hope you guys are having a great week..filled with polish and time for polish :)

Oh, PS..Google Reader, going away...blah blah. Make sure sure you follow me with Bloglovin' to keep up with my posts, stellar or not as they are sometimes! LOL.

Aussie Nails Monday- Polka Dots

Hello! It's Monday! It's Aussie Nails Monday! What does that mean? It means Polka dots :) Today for our challenge is Polka dots, and whilst I love dotting like the next person..I wanted to try a design that I incorporated polka dots rather than just dots all over. So I searched from some inspiration and untried polish and came up with this! No particular reason for the color combo but I loveeeeeee it. There are a few too many pics as I was trying to capture KB Shimmer Cocoa Nut's complexity.

This is 2 coats of KB Shimmer Cocoa Nut, Stamping with Ulta 3 Lily White and Polka dots with China Glaze For Audrey and Ulta 3 Pink Hibiscus. Photos in Lightbox

 You have to love the pink shimmer in KB Shimmer Cocoa Nut!

 With Flash

With Flash

With Flash

I am really happy with how this turned out! I love the color combo, with the Ulta3 Pink Hibiscus picking up with pink in the KB Shimmer basecoat nicely :) I like the mixture of different circles and could see this pattern as a purse or cushion cover. It's feeling a bit wintery in Melbourne now..so the darker colors are coming out to play now. When I get a nice sunny day I will dash out and slap on a holo :) 

Do check out the other participants in Aussie Nails Monday, blogs or instagram. If you want to find me on Instagram you can click on the icon at the top of the page and find me!:)

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Marie’s Manicure Madhouse -

Shatter Me Claire -

A Polished Prance -

Shades of Phoenix -

The Epitome of Superficiality -

Lacquer Dreams -

NananaisNails -

Enamoured With Enamel -

Adelle1985 -

 

 Kelly's Kolors -

Polished Peripherals -

Every Little Polish -

Mel My Issta -

Walk In My Eyeshadow -

JennLojko -

Erinzi’s Nails -

Lovessweetas

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Mckfresh -

Maedaynails -

Lili_Bete -

The Reluctant Femme -

Lacquer and Leather -

Messy Mansion -

Nailovelogy -

adnoronda -

It's All About The Polish -

Pretty Polish Please -

polished_off -

jennersx -

thepolishedclaw -

Julzperrinails -

Caylah -

Tash -

Nails In Oz -

Nailed By Jasmine -

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Eternal Dreamer -

Oh My Gosh Polish -

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radjecca -

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Tracy -

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Drama Queen Nails

Speckled Egg Manicure

Happy Easter..and all that. Not massively into Easter at the moment..to give you an example, it's Easter Sunday right? Well, I've had a sleep in vacuumed and steam mopped and done the washing. Not one egg in sight. I probably wouldn't have done an Easter type mani but I had a party to go to and I thought I should try and look festive. Just not feeling the festive vibe *sigh*. Annnnnyways..there has been a lot of ho-ha about Illamasqua an their speckled polish. I have a vague interest in only one of them, Speckled Lilac..but not enough to purchase it. So, I thought I would try and dupe the speckled look with my own color choice and turn it into an Easter-y type look :) Lets see how I went! I used various polishes and layer Nuber Black Polka Dots in between the 2 coats of polish and wiped off the top layer slightly with a brush dipped in acetone.

Speckled polish! Full Sun

L-R, TBN 43, Ulta3 Pink Hibiscus, China Glaze Re-freshmint, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky

Speckled Polish- Shade

 Speckled Polish- Shade

 Full Sun

 Full hand, thumb with China Glaze Bahamian Escape

Now how does my look compare to the Speckled Polish?

Courtesy of Haus of Polish, Illamasqua Speckled Lilac

I quite like the look I achieved..yep, I can see some brush marks..but you do have to be very close to see them. I think I can satisfy my Speckled Polish need with my DIY look and the added bonus is I am not limited by color. Obviously the more towards a jelly the polish is the better the effect. If I had more patience I would have waited for the top layer of color to dry fully and tried wiping the polish off with a make-up round to see if I could achieve the look with no brush marks. Must give it a go next time.

Hope your Easter has been more spirit filled then mine! I hope you stuffed yourself with Hot cross bun and chocolate galore :) I might wander down  to the supermarket and see what chocolate is on special...mwahaha!

Ulta3 Blue Marlin and Lynnderella Bride of Franken with stamping

So, here is an evolving mani that I did over a few days...just wanted to show you how I recycled the mani as it wore/I got bored with it over 2 day (geez, it felt like a week!) Blue sounded good so I grabbed a shiny bottle of Ulta3's Blue Marlin. I didn't take a photo of the base as I was just playing around. But here is a bottle pic.

 Blue Marlin without and With Flash

 Borrowed nail pic of Blue Marlin from swatchgirl.com :)

 Here is Blue Marlin with a layer of Lynnderella Bride of Franken

 Blue Marlin with flash :) The sparkle of Bride of Franken shows up in sunlight.

After a few days I got bored and stamped with China Glaze Millennium 

CG Millennium without and with flash

 Left Hand stamping both with Flash

 Right Hand Stamping both with flash

 How it looked in the sunlight :) I did the french tip with Ozotic 509

I stamped all the designs with MASH plates :) I really like the left thumb which is ninja stars. I also like how Blue Marlin changes in intensity depending oh the light! I am impressed with how the MASH plates stamp, they are pretty easy to use. I used Ulta3 base coat and Seche Vite for the top coat. In the last pic you can see a little nail tip wear but that can be masked by the stamping and/or adding a french tip. This has the extra bonus of extending the mani :)
Trying to decide on the next color..dark or light? Neon or shimmery..I can't decide! :)