Monday, October 3, 2011

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Ulta3 = NYC and a Ulta3 yellow comparison

Aussie ladies may have recently noticed large tubs of NYC polishes in their local Woolworths.  After seeing the colours I instantly new they were exact dupes of the Ulta3 polishes, but with different names and labels.  They are both distributed by the Heat Group.

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
Ulta3
Angel
Crystallina
Appleberry
Footloose fuchsia
Apricot
Jazzle
Aqua
Jelly bean
Aubergine
Gooseberry
Baby Blue
Little boy blue
Banana Split
Honolulu
Berry Fuchsia
Flashback Fuchsia
Berrylicious
Mulberry
Blue Bird
Spring shower
Blue Sparkle
Blue glitter
Bronzed
Sunkissed
Broomstick
Delight
Cabernet
Burgundy
Casper
Lily white
Charcoal
Wild berry
Chilli
Sizzling red
Chocolate
Chocolate cake
Clear
Clear
Copper Penny
Antique gold
Cotton Candy
Bon bon
Coral
Watermelon
Deep Berry
Waterlily
Disco Diva
Gold Digger
Dusty Pink
Beesting
Feather boa
Silver pink
Femme Fatale
Foxy russett
Fire Hydrant
Fire
Frappe
Yummy mauve
Fuchsia
Bouquet
Gelati
Tahiti
Gerbera
Pink colada
Glow worm
Citris
Gobin
Jelly
Gold coin
Precious
Goldfish
Crazy
Grape Juice
Pearly grape
Green Sparkle
Charmed
Hazard
Carrot top
Hot stud
Hot Spring
Icy pole
Pink supreme
In the navy
Midnight
Lavender
Sweet violet
Lemon
Spring blossom
Lolly pop
Lolly pop lilac
Luv lime
Lagoon
Magenta
Bo peep
Manicure pink
French pink
Mauving on up
Elegant mauve
Mushroom
Allure
Musk stick
Baby pink
Natural
Natural
Night
Black satin
Non chip
Non chip
Peachy keen
Spring fling
Petticoat
Star dust
Pink cheeks
Natural spring
Pink princess
French blush
Platinum
Envy
Polka dot
Purple passion
Pretty pink
Poppy
Professor plum
Black plum
Purple monkey
Spring break
Rag doll
Freesia
Raspberry
Plum violet
Redhead
Scarlet
Red slippers
English rose
Red sparkle
Red glitter
Rhythm n blues
Hollywood
Ruby shoes
Brandy wine
Shocking pink
Eighties fuchsia
Show off
Fruit tingle
Silver bullet
Snazzle
Silver sparkle
Silver glitter
Slate
Silver grey
Sprinkles
Confetti
Sun goddess
Tropez
Tin roof
Metal
Top coat
Top coat
Vintage pink
Dusty rose

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!


8 comments:

  1. Whoa, what an extensive list! Might have to print this out to keep in my bag

    My local woolies had the NYC bin for about 3 weeks and then disappeared :'( fingers crossed it returns soon

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  2. ....oh, and citrus does look pretty cool - will keep an eye out for that one

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  3. I would only the Honolulu because I actually live in Honolulu :P Lol! All for the name.

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  4. Yay a list! :D You rock!!!
    Love that Citrus! It looks delicious

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  5. Thank you for this comparison!!

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  6. Do you know if this is the same NYC brand in the U.S.?

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  7. alexandrarc - 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!

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  8. Oh ok, thanks so much!! I wish we had Ulta3 here :/

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