Ulta3 Holiday Glitters Press Release

Hey ladies!

Ulta3 have some AWESOME new glitters out for the party and holiday season! I am super excited about these! :)
They now have larger pieces in their glitters which have been really popular with a lot of brands in recent years, rather than the smaller glitters! I LOVE chunky glitters and I know most of you do too. ;) And as you know, Ulta3 is one of my favourite brands! What's not to be excited about?

Ulta3 says...

"Are you ready to celebrate the party season? Get your glam on with new ulta3 Glitter nail colours! The new and improved formula has both large and small glitter flecks perfect for going from a day look to a night look with just a sweep of glitter! Wear the glitter alone or layer it on top of your existing nail colour for the ultimate fashion statement.

ulta3 is Australia’s number one nail polish brand, selling 5.3million units*. The extensive range, containing classics through to key trends, has something for everyone. Set at a price suitable for all, the salon quality, long lasting enamels are a must have in any beauty bag. ulta3 is an ever-growing, well established, full category cosmetic brand operating within the impulse market."

Here are the new glitter shades! They all come in a clear base and are packed with lots of glitter!

L-R: Over the Rainbow, Pot of Gold, New Years Eve, Disco Fever, Luck of the Irish, Twinkle Toes

I can't wait to grab all of these glitters! I am a total sucker for glitter all year round but they're especially fun around Christmas and New Year!

These polishes are out Australia wide NOW, and will only cost you $2! I love Ulta3's low price tag!
To find stockists around you, please call 1800 181 040.

GGNAC 2: Gimme That Bling!

This is going up a little late but I almost forgot about this until late last night! So here is the September 9 post for the Girly Girl challenge! The theme is "Gimme That Bling: Diamonds are a girl's best friend, so put some sparkle on those nails!" :) Since I didn't remember about this till late last night, I again didn't have any time to do nail art. :( But I did get to try a new polish of mine! :D

I'm doing a polish swap with a lovely girl from the US who I met on Instagram, Natalie! Check out her page if you have IG, she does gorgeous manis! :) She sent me this gorgeous polish along with some others that have been on my wish list for ages! Thank youuuuu so much Nat if you read this! :) I hope to show you guys my new polishes ASAP!
I also hauled 7 new polishes at the Royal Adelaide Show today that I'm sure you'll be seeing soon! :)

This is Milani One Coat Glitter - Pink Flare! The first thing I thought when I saw this was, this looks just like OPI - Teenage Dream! So I googled and yup, it's basically a dupe! Very exciting for me because I got into polish after the Katy Perry collection.

This would definitely have to be one of the bling-iest polishes I have! Pink Flare is a pink tinted base with a buuuuunch of glitters. Lots of pink micro glitters, and slightly larger holographic glitter. Soooo pretty! As the base is tinted, and the glitter is so dense, it doesn't take a lot to be opaque like some other glitters. I used three coats but I wish I'd left it at two because the third coat made the overall colour on the nail a tad darker. I don't like to wear glitters like this but are in a clear base or have less glitter because I like my glitter to be opaque. This one was perfect for me! Suuuper sparkly!

On the back of the bottle it does say that if it gets thick that you will need to use a polish thinner, because glitters like this do get thick very quickly!

Thankyou again Natalie for this totally gorgeous polish! I loveee. :)

Elissa

NOTD: A Franken By Lissa!

Hi guys! I'm sorry I've been lacking some polish posts in the past few days! :( But this has to be one of the most exciting posts for me that I've ever done so far! :) Hope you'll like it too.

Lately I've been loving making franken polishes, which is basically where you mix a bunch of polishes and sometimes glitters to make your own unique polish, or to try to recreate a lemming of a polish you may not be able to get your hands on. ;) I've made a few before but this one is definitely my favourite!

Deborah Lippmamn's Glitter in the Air (or Revlon's Whimsical - a dupe for Glitter in the Air) has been at the top of my wish list for quite a while now! I don't think I'll ever get my hands on the Lippmann but I'd still like to try and get the Revlon dupe!
So, I had an empty mini polish bottle and just randomly decided to make something similar to Glitter in the Air! :D

Click 'read more' to see more pictures and a list of which polishes I used in my franken! :)


I wish I'd taken pictures during the process so I could show you exactly what I did and which polishes I uses to create this franken but I didn't. I can't tell you exactly how much of each polish I added, but here's a list of the polishes I used to make my franken:

• A small amount of Glossyblossom - Bubblegum Baby Blue (Glossyblossom is a brand I've found at Morning Glory stores) to make the base blue
• Revlon - Radiant
• Revlon - Sparkling
• A small amount of BYS - Million Dollar Baby
• And some of a Satin - French White polish (sheer white jelly-ish consistency) to make the base more jelly like and lighter.

I also added in some iridescent blue and pink hex glitters that I got on eBay.

L-R: Glossyblossom - Bubblegum Baby Blue, Revlon - Radiant, Revlon - Sparkling, BYS - Million Dollar Baby, Satin - French White.

As you can see, I've used the Revlon polishes for a few frankens now! I need to stop using them for frankens because I only bought them a couple months ago and Revlon polishes really aren't that cheap here, even though they're a 'drugstore' brand.

Sadly today's weather was HORRIBLE. Raining for most of the day and the sun didn't make an appearance so I was unable to get any photos in the sunlight.

The bottle I used is TINY so I don't think I'd get many uses out of it, so I'm still on the hunt for Whimsical.

The polish I made obviously isn't an exact dupe of Glitter in the Air but it's enough to satisfy my lemming for now! Or until I go through this little mini bottle. ;)
My franken (kinda annoying calling it that over and over. Maybe I should've given it a name...) isn't as sheer as Glitter in the Air but it's not completely opaque either so I'm going to layer it over other baby blues when I choose to wear it. :)

Of course, right after making this franken I HAD to put it right onto my nails! :)
Here I used one coat of China Glaze's Kinetic Candy and one coat of my franken over it!

Macro

All I can say is that I am in love. I'm so happy my franken turned out the way I wanted! I'd definitely recommend frankening! It's so much fun and you can try to make some polishes that you may be lemming! :)

Hope you enjoyed this post and happy frankening!

I'd also like to say sorry for the obnoxious watermarks on my photos. I think it looks really ugly, but there's been SO many bloggers and nail girls having their photos stolen and reposted without credit lately and I want to prevent that from happening to me!

-Elissa