Ulta3 Autumn/Winter Metallic Nail Colour Collection - Swatches & Review

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Today I am excited to share with you the recently released Autumn/Winter Metallic Collection from Ulta3.  I have seen a couple of people mention that these are a textured collection, but I haven't seen any marketing from Ulta3 that says that they are meant to be textured, only metallics.  That being said, these can be worn as a textured polish if you desire but I don't find that they give the same textured look or gritty feeling as an OPI Liquid Sand (they are the only textured polishes I have tried so it's all I can compare it too).

The formulas of this collection I found are really easy to work with and either need two or three coats to be opaque.  I did find that they were quite slow drying which was a bit of a surprise for me.  Normally I find the fine glitters dry a lot quicker.

24 Carat Gold is a clear based polish that is filled with gold and silver microglitters.  Really pretty and sparkly.  I think this would look pretty layered over other polishes too.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Black Quartz is a black based polish with fine silver glitters.  This polish dries quicker than some of the others in the collection and is opaque in two coats.

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From The Mine is a clear based with copper, gold and silver microglitters.  This polish is definitely unique in my collection.  I found that this one also didn't dry as slow as other in this collection, but it was still slower to dry than Black Quartz.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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Galaxy is a grey based polish with gold and silver microglitters.  The mix of colours give it kind of a greenish look to it.  It's really pretty and quite unique in my collection.  This one also appears to dry the quickest of the collection.  I used two coats for my swatch.

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Moon Dust is a clear bases polish with silver microglitters.  Super pretty and sparkly, but really slow drying.  I used three coats for my swatch.

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I quite like this collection of polishes.  It is particularly great for those starting there polish collections seems they are at such an affordable price (RRP $3).  My absolute favorite is Galaxy from this collection.

Ulta3 is available from local chemists and pharmacies.  You can find your nearest stockist here.

China Glaze Road Trip Collection - Comparisons

In my last post I shared with you my swatches and review of the China Glaze Road Trip collection.  I noticed when I first received them that some of the colours in this collection reminded me of other polishes that I have in my collection.  I didn't do swatch comparisons for the entire collection because I don't have things in my collection that I believed were similar enough to do swatches of.

China Glaze Boho Blues vs China Glaze Secret Periwinkle vs China Glaze Fade Into Hue
No dupes between these three polishes.  All polishes require two coats.  As for formulas, Boho Blues has a much runnier consistency but isn't hard to manage.

China Glaze Dashboard Dreamer vs Sinful Colours Cinderella

I have had a couple of people ask for a comparison between these two.  These definitely aren't dupes.  Cinderella is a darker base and has more prominent glitter/shimmer than Dashboard Dreamer.  Formulas are pretty similar and both require three coats.

China Glaze I Brake For Colour vs China Glaze Pop The Trunk

I know these two aren't dupes at all but I thought it would be good for people who are trying to decide between the two.  Both polishes have three coats in my swatch.  Formula wise and colour wise I prefer I Brake For Colour.

China Glaze I Brake For Colour vs Orly Teeny Bikini vs OPI Tasmanian Devil Made Me Do It vs OPI Cajun Shrimp

No dupes with these ones.  Cajun Shrimp and Teeny Bikini are closest in colour to each other but Teeny Bikini is slightly darker.  Tasmanian Devil Made Me Do It looks more orange toned in comparison and I Brake For Colour is much more pink toned.  All polishes are three coats.

China Glaze License & Registration Pls vs Ulta3 Block It Out vs Zoya Ling vs OPI Ogre The Top Blue

No dupes again but License & Registration Pls are exceptionally close in colour but Ling is slightly lighter.  Ulta3 has a pearly finish and visible brush strokes.  If you have to pick one of these polishes I would say go with Ling as it has the best formula out of this group (it's nearly a one coater).  All polishes have been swatched with two coats. 

China Glaze Pinking Out The Window vs OPI Sorry I'm Fizzy Today

These two actually surprised me at how different they look on the nail because in the bottles that look nearly identical.  Both apply slighty patchy and require three coats to be fully opaque.

China Glaze Sun's Up Tops Down vs China Glaze Happy Go Lucky vs OPI I Just Can't Cope-acabana

I know these aren't dupes or even close because Sun's Up Tops Down is a shimmer polish but given that the shimmer doesn't stand out unless you are in certain lights I thought I would compare it to some cremes.  Personally I say skip Sun's Up Tops Down and go for I Just Can't Cope-acabana (it's one of my favorite yellows) or Happy Go Lucky.  My swatch shows four coats of Suns Up Top Down, three coats of Happy Go Lucky and two coats of I Just Can't Cope-acabana.

So there you have it.  I don't have any dupes in my collection for these polishes but I do have a few things that a pretty similar.