Ulta 3 Colour Your Week Prize Pack

A couple of weeks ago I entered the Ulta3 Colour Your Week competition, which involved uploading a picture of yourself to Ulta3's Facebook page holding one of their polishes, and stating which colour of the rainbow it matches. Pretty simple stuff right? I hope to never see the picture I uploaded ever again though.. Anyway, last week I found out I was a lucky winner and today I had a parcel waiting for me in the mail!

Peach Sherbet, Vanilla Frappe, Mocha Ice

Inside the very prettily wrapped package contained seven polishes matching the colours of the rainbow, and three lip glosses. The lip gloss names sounded drool worthy so I already busted them open to give them a whiff. Now that I literally have every colour of the rainbow I think Im set for a while, Thanks Ulta3!

The best lipsticks under $5

.. Well in my opinion anyway! If you haven't already heard about these great budget friendly steals then read on!

I first discovered the Ulta3 Matte Lipsticks early last year, and for $3.95 each I have never looked back. These lipsticks have great pigmentation and are true to the colour on the tube. Being matte, the formula is slightly drying on the lips, although nothing that a good lip balm before use wont fix. What has always impressed me about these lipsticks is the staying power, I can apply one of these once and not have to worry about it for the rest of the night - no smudging or smearing with these bad boys! Another fantastic thing about these lipsticks are the packaging! Matte black and simplistic makes them look very 'high end' and would look lovely in anyones collection - No one will know they're $3.95! *wink*

Swatches above left to right: Deep red rose, Plum velvet, Brown sugar, Orange Crush, Sandal wood.

There are colours in the collection that will suit anybody and everybody, I know there's a few pink ones I've got my eye on! Have you tried the Ulta 3 Matte Lipsicks? What do you think, let me know!

Monique xx