Swatches > Ulta Salon Formula | Envy

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This color speaks for itself...beautiful!  Who doesn't love a rich, hunter green?!  Ulta's new collection of salon formula nail lacquers is really impressive.  I actually picked up two more shades yesterday and they are gorg if I must say so myself (swatches coming soon!).  These polishes apply and wear well, and they are only $5 a pop, but they are usually on sale for BOGO or $2.  If you haven't seen my swatch of Alter Ego you must, its just as lovely as Envy.  Don't sleep on these polishes, they are great shades and a bang for the buck!

All pics w/ flash

xoxo,

~Tenns

Swatches > Essence | Underwater

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Underwater is a really pretty bright, almost royal blue ocean water shade.  I picked it up at Ulta for just  $1, and I have to say I'm not underwhelmed by this shade.  It applied pretty good ,but did take about three coats to get the achieved look in the pics.  I'm not a fan of doing three coats, so I'd have to say that was one of the only downsides to this polish.  Its a cheaper polish, so you have to expect that the formula isn't going to be a good as some of your more expensive polishes.  Nonetheless, I really liked how it looked on it, but it was short lived.  As with all blues, greens, and reds I found that it stained my fingers when removing it and that some of my nails, for some reason, just refused to dry completely so there were finger prints and smudges.  It could have been a lack of patience on my part, but again I really despise having to apply more than 2 coats of any polish, except for glitters of course.

xoxo,

~Tenns

Swatches > LA Splash | Glitz & Berry

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Glitz & Berry is very reminiscent of ChG's Ruby Pumps, yet without the glossiness.  When first applied I got really excited, because I thought it was a dupe for Ruby Pumps, but it wasn't :-(  Anyhow's it applied pretty good with two coats (below, both pics) and I used Orly Glosser as a Top Coat.

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w/ out flash

Availability:  Ulta

Prices: $3.99

xoxo,

~Tenns

Swatches > Essence | Fabuless & Flowers

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In keeping with my promise to swatch and review the Essence products from my Ulta haul, I present the nail color:  Fabuless <---cute name, right?!  The pictures with the flash are much more accurate, but I went ahead and posted a non-flash (below).  Fabuless is a dark charcoal (how redundant…but that’s honestly the best way to describe it) that has a little bit of shimmer/pearlescent to it.  Its not your typically flat, black nail polish, although its not one of those super rich shiny polishes.

The consistency is quite nice for a .99 cent polish.  I had no problems with application, however 2 coats minimum is needed.  I didn’t find it particularly thick or thin, just a regular smooth consistency.  The bottle claims that it dries in one second, however I can’t say that completely true for me.  I’ll say it was completely dry to the touch after about 7-10 secs.  Even without a top coat this polish looks pretty good, but I did apply the China Glaze Fast Forward Top Coat on top for a more finished look. I also decided to jazz up the polish w/ a single white stamped flower.  I thought it added good balance and an elegant look to the near-black polish.  Overall, I really like this polish and I plan to purchase more from the line.

Available @ Ulta.com and Ulta stores.

Price: $.99/ea

Size: 0.1 fl. oz.

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

 

Ulta Haul and new product line: Essence

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So I was visiting my Mom this weekend and today we dropped by Ulta to browse for some goodies.  We ended up getting some good stuff.  I’ve posted a YT video about all of it as well, so I don’t want to be redundant w/ this post.  However, I did want to go into a little more detail about some of the products more than I did in the video.  Mainly, this new product line that Ulta has started to carry called Essence.  Funny thing is that I was catching up on reading blogs that I’m subscribed to and TravelsWithEuridice did a post of the line.  I’d never heard of it and it was super ironic that I came across a post giving some insight on it.  Apparently, the line is German and was supposed to debut in Ulta stores in April, but Ulta already has it out.  The products are very affordable, like seriously affordable and with the recession still being a factor for many, this line is a good alternative to other more expensive lines that carry like products.  They even have a Konad knock off, which of course I had to get.  Even funnier was that I’d be browsing around before I purchased my Konad to see if I could find it anywhere other than online and I came up with no luck, until of course I already have mines and wasn’t looking for it anymore and say the Essence one.  Anyhow, I’m pretty excited about this line and look forward to getting some more things from it.

 

Don’t forget to watch my video and be on the lookout for swatches of the polishes!

 

 

xoxo,

 

~Tenns

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