One evening after work, I decided to do something totally mindless and match up the NYC colors to their dupe in the Ulta3 range. Not every Ulta3 colour is an NYC, clearly as there are more Ulta3 colours than NYCs.
For polishes I didn't see in person, I used the list of NYC polishes on the Crush Cosmetics site. I know I may not have got them all matched perfectly, especially all the shades of pinks and magenta's, but I think this is pretty close. If you know of any errors, please let me know.
NYC
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Ulta3
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Angel
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Crystallina
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Appleberry
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Footloose fuchsia
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Apricot
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Jazzle
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Aqua
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Jelly bean
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Aubergine
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Gooseberry
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Baby Blue
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Little boy blue
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Banana Split
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Honolulu
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Berry Fuchsia
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Flashback Fuchsia
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Berrylicious
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Mulberry
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Blue Bird
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Spring shower
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Blue Sparkle
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Blue glitter
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Bronzed
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Sunkissed
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Broomstick
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Delight
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Cabernet
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Burgundy
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Casper
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Lily white
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Charcoal
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Wild berry
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Chilli
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Sizzling red
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Chocolate
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Chocolate cake
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Clear
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Clear
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Copper Penny
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Antique gold
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Cotton Candy
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Bon bon
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Coral
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Watermelon
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Deep Berry
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Waterlily
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Disco Diva
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Gold Digger
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Dusty Pink
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Beesting
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Feather boa
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Silver pink
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Femme Fatale
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Foxy russett
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Fire Hydrant
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Fire
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Frappe
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Yummy mauve
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Fuchsia
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Bouquet
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Gelati
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Tahiti
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Gerbera
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Pink colada
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Glow worm
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Citris
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Gobin
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Jelly
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Gold coin
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Precious
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Goldfish
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Crazy
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Grape Juice
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Pearly grape
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Green Sparkle
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Charmed
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Hazard
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Carrot top
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Hot stud
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Hot Spring
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Icy pole
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Pink supreme
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In the navy
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Midnight
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Lavender
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Sweet violet
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Lemon
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Spring blossom
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Lolly pop
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Lolly pop lilac
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Luv lime
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Lagoon
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Magenta
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Bo peep
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Manicure pink
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French pink
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Mauving on up
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Elegant mauve
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Mushroom
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Allure
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Musk stick
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Baby pink
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Natural
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Natural
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Night
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Black satin
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Non chip
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Non chip
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Peachy keen
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Spring fling
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Petticoat
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Star dust
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Pink cheeks
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Natural spring
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Pink princess
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French blush
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Platinum
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Envy
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Polka dot
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Purple passion
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Pretty pink
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Poppy
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Professor plum
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Black plum
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Purple monkey
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Spring break
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Rag doll
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Freesia
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Raspberry
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Plum violet
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Redhead
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Scarlet
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Red slippers
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English rose
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Red sparkle
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Red glitter
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Rhythm n blues
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Hollywood
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Ruby shoes
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Brandy wine
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Shocking pink
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Eighties fuchsia
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Show off
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Fruit tingle
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Silver bullet
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Snazzle
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Silver sparkle
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Silver glitter
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Slate
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Silver grey
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Sprinkles
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Confetti
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Sun goddess
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Tropez
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Tin roof
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Metal
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Top coat
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Top coat
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Vintage pink
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Dusty rose
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Now after that very long and boring list of polishes, I thought I should do a quick nail picture to make the post more interesting. Although I'm sure that long and boring list will become a useful resource over time.
Here is a comparison picture of the four yellows in the Ulta3 range. The two middle ones, the new release Frangipani and Honolulu are very similar, but Frangipani is a smidgen brighter . Doesn't Citrus look amazing here!
Whoa, what an extensive list! Might have to print this out to keep in my bag
ReplyDeleteMy local woolies had the NYC bin for about 3 weeks and then disappeared :'( fingers crossed it returns soon
....oh, and citrus does look pretty cool - will keep an eye out for that one
ReplyDeleteI would only the Honolulu because I actually live in Honolulu :P Lol! All for the name.
ReplyDeleteYay a list! :D You rock!!!
ReplyDeleteLove that Citrus! It looks delicious
Thank you for this comparison!!
ReplyDeleteDo you know if this is the same NYC brand in the U.S.?
ReplyDeletealexandrarc - I don't think so. I was gifted a US NYC polish, Purple Pizzazz #133, and it doesn't match any of the Aussie NYC or Ulta3 bottles in colour. The US ones are made in USA, whereas Ulta3 and Aussie NYC are made in China, the bottle labels are also totally different. There are also ~80 shades of the Aussie one, but only 15 of the US one. That would have been great though! Interesting that they have the same brand name though!
ReplyDeleteOh ok, thanks so much!! I wish we had Ulta3 here :/
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