Julep angela swatch pic

So I finally decided to try Julep Angela. Julep describes it as a 'molten' chrome I believe, I think thats supposed to be a fancy term for a duochrome. In the bottle she looks like a deep metallic green with a very slight purple tinge. Unfortunately the purple is nowhere to be see on my nails. I think its a great fall color, and the formula was better than most of my other juleps. Pics are 2 coats no top coat.

Julep Ginger

So I've been on a Julep kick lately, since I own so many and hardly wear them and Ginger one of my favorites. Julep describes her as a holo (in my opinion she is not a true holo) but she reminds me of those stickers you would get as a kid that would change slightly when you tilted them back and forth. The formula on this one was ok but very streaky and I got a lot of drag marks. I ended up loading my brush and just kind of floating it on. Anyways here she is... 3 coats no top coat.

First Tape Mani

So I recently did my first tape mani.... exciting right :p  Its nothing special but the colours really make me think holidays.

I used Wet and Wild fast dry Gold and the beautiful, taped using painters tape on the diagonal, and painted the red with Julep Lindsay.  The Lindsay over the gold had a really neat effect cause it dried sort of see through, so you could still see the gold underneath. I really like this one, I'm already coming up with more taping ideas!!

Julep Shania Swatch and Review

I recently purchased my first Julep Maven Box, and this was one of the 2 nail polishes I received in it. The colour, called Shania, caught my eye immediately. I have no silver nail polishes in my collection, so I was super excited to try this one out.

Outside cloudy day

Now, as I said, I was loving this colour in the bottle, its a light whiteish creamy silver. No sparkles, which is a change from most of my other polishes, and no real shimmer, it dries shiny, but not super glassy, more velvety.

With 3 coats the colour was true to the bottle (indoors)

Next day you can see it still looks thick and goopy and you can see all the smudges and smears.

Now for the review part....

The formula on Shania was a nightmare. It's thick and goopy, and it pools at the edges. It was too sheer to swatch one coat, so I ended up doing 3. That was a big mistake. Even letting it dry for a minimum of 15 minutes between layers, this just ended up one big mess. After letting the third coat dry for like half an hour, it was still gooey, so I threw on some China Glaze Fast Forward to see if that would help..... it didn't.
I don't know if it was my bad nail painting that was the cause, or if you really need a light to cure this polish but I wasn't impressed.
I am really sad that this was such a fail, because I do really like this colour, so I will  try it again.  And on the plus side their polishes are all big 3 free, and a dollar from every polish sold goes to various women's charities.

Julep Polishes are available on their website www.julep.com  and retail for $14 for a .27oz/8ml bottle.

Julep Maven Intro Box

I recently came across a Google Ad for the Julep Maven Program, they were advertising a $5 sneak peek box which boasts $40 worth of hand and nail products. Of course being the nail junkie that I am, I couldn't say no.

Julep is a Seattle based nail salon, which has transitioned into making and selling their own products, and they are all about girl power (cue Spice Girls music). When you sign up for the Maven Program, you take a style quiz to find out what type of Maven you are. I am an American Beauty, funny of course cause I'm Canadian. Well after waiting forever for the delivery (customs fault) it finally arrived!!

Loved the red shipping box

Inside everything was packed in a little black Julep bag

My American Beauty Intro Box.

Julep Facial For Hands: Glycolic Hand Scrub

 I love the Hand scrub, its a non foaming glycol based gel with apricot seeds for double exfoliating action, which doesn't make me rashy. YaY for that since my skin is annoyingly sensitive.

Shania: So excited to try this creamy silver.

Lindsay - No matter how I tried I could not get a proper pic of this colour. Its a very deep plum colour.

 I am super excited to try the polishes, especially the silver since I have NONE in my collection, and I have to admit these are both colours I like, so I guess their little quiz really did peg me. :D

The regular cost of the Maven program is $19.99 a month, and every month you will receive a new box based on your Maven Style with over $40 worth of products. I have to say the December Boxes looked awesome, and I wish I had joined in time to get one of those. Another bonus for joining the program, is a  20% discount off any individual products, and Mavens always get free shipping.

You can get your own intro box for just $5 using Coupon Code WELCOMEMV5.

The polishes both retail for $14 for a .27oz/8ml bottle and the hand scrub retails for $32. All products are available at www.julep.com