Ulta3 Blues and Greens

Here are the greens and blues that I have in my Ulta3 collection.  If you know of others let me know, and I will see if I can find them.

Jelly - It's another nyc colour, but it's in the same Ulta3 bins and has the Head Group as the distributor.  So I class them as the same thing.  This is a fluro neon green jelly. Dries to a matte finish.  This was three coats and it was still very transparent.  I would like to see what it's like over white.  Not really a colour I image many people would wear, but it's good for nail art designs.

Lagoon - I love this one.  It's a pale shimmery green.  It applied smooth with no streaks.  This was three coats and it probably could use another to get rid of the nail line. 

Wasabi - This looked so beautiful in the bottle but I was really disappointed that it applied so streaky.    I hoped that the streaks would disappear when it dried but unfortunately they didn't.  Its such a nice colour with a strong shimmer to it.  This was two coats.

Bottle green - This is a frosty green that is a little dirtier in colour, but I really like it.  The good thing about this polish was that although it applied really streaky like wasabi, this one actually smoothed out as it dried, leaving no streaks.  I got a cat hair caught on my ring finger though, so it's a bit lumpy.  This was three coats - as I was trying to cover up the cat hair.  It really only needed two.

Jelly bean - This one is really pretty.  It's like its half way between blue and green.  This was a little streaky, but nothing like wasabi.  It's got a great metallic shimmer to it.  This was two coats.

Razzle.  A metallic pale blue.  It took me ages to decide whether to get razzle or little boy blue.  I actually got little boy blue first, then went back a week later and got razzle as well, cause I just had to see how they compared.  Razzle is a deeper blue than little boy blue and its shimmer metallic look isn't as strong either. This was three coats, and I smudged my index finger putting on the third coat. Otherwise application was good.  Streaky at first but the second and third coat smooth it out.

Little boy blue -  The metallic effect in this is better than razzle.  Its paler than razzle, in fact it's a pale blue version of Envy and Snazzle. This is three coats. 

Razzle and Little boy blue comparison. Very similar, but you can see that razzle is bluer and little boy blue is sparklier.

Metal - I love this colour.  This metallic grey has a beautiful blue tone to it.  Applied great. First coat was streaky, second coat perfect.  This was two coats.

When I apply my Ulta3, I always try to do a really thin coat first.  On most of their polishes, the first coat is really sheer and streaky.  Just let it dry for a moment (usually just doing all ten fingers is enough dry time for the first coat).  The second coat usually smoothes out the finish.  I usually only do more than two coats if the polish is still transparent on my nails, and I want to achieve a colour closer to that on the bottle. 

None of the above had a base coat - I'm a bit slack and tend not to wear one.  These swatches didn't have a top coat either, but for a mani I always put on two coats of Seche Vite (I bought mine on ebay and its been worth every cent).