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Here was my entry for the Julep March Playful Collection contest :) My nails say spring, but the weather in Iowa is pretty much full on winter.
It’s here!! #julep #julepmaven
Water marbled double accent nail manicure using Julep Madison, Bette, & Ava.
Julep February Colors this month!
I decided to upgrade to the entire collection this month. I’m in love with all of the colors. Plus, with upgrading this month you get the white lacquer jewelry box and 2 extra colors (Oscar and Ellie.) I’m also really excited to get the new Freedom topcoat, so this month should be great!
Today I have Pretty & Polished ‘Bubbles’. This is the second polish in the True Blue Duo that also featured ‘Sea Spray’ that I reviewed last week. Bubbles is a blue glitter topper that consists of a mix of basically any type of blue glitter you can think of in a clear base. There are holographics, iridescents, regular, squares, hexes, microglitter. This polish has it all.
I’m not usually one for glitter top coats, but I’m in love with this one. The glitter just glows. It’s beautiful! It looks great over it’s duo partner, Sea Spray, as I have pictured in the top 3 pictures, but it’s also incredible over tons of other colors. In the bottom photo, I’ve shown it over Nails Inc. Basil Street (the nude color), Nails Inc. Haymarket (the mint), and Nicole by OPI Am I Making Myself Claire? (the pink from the new Modern Family collection). I am OBSESSED with layering Bubbles over that Nails Inc. nude. It’s amazing.
The formula on this polish was great, no placing required, and good glitter coverage.
You can purchase Pretty & Polished polishes on her etsy or on her brand new shop website.
You can also keep up with the brand on the Facebook page here.
My January Maven box has arrived! The theme was Nudes and Neons, for a resort type of collection. At first I didn’t know about this collection, but I really warmed up to the colors after I saw the swatches. I switched to the Bombshell style profile this month which included a bright purple jelly-like polish named Bette and a light pink frost polish called Ava. I also added on two of the nude polishes, Teresa & Mindy.
The product this month was a hand and cuticle stick. This is basically a solid lotion stick that comes in a container that’s basically a glue stick. I love this product. The smell is great, and the lotion is super soft. This is great for winter months!
This month’s box also came with a few extras. Julep recently introduced a new edition to every bottle of polish, the ‘Swatch Me’ sticker. This is a little square sticker that is attached to the top of every bottle that allows you to swatch the color of the polish on top of the bottle. I already do stickers on top of all my bottles, but I do like the look of these ones and will use them on my Juleps. In addition to the stickers already being on the bottles, the box came with a sheet of 20 extra stickers. There were also three neon colored yoga hair ties. I love those hair ties, so I love this extra.
Join the Julep Maven Program!
You can click this link:http://www.julep.com/rewardsref/index/refer/id/49589/ and take a style profile quiz to find your ideal intro box. You can use the code: COLOR2012 or JULEPVIP to sign up and get your first box for a penny with free shipping!
Just a note on Julep: Julep is an awesome nail polish company that does a program called Julep Mavens, which is basically a ‘Nail polish of the month’ club. It’s so much fun. You take a quiz on the site to find your style profile, and then you get an intro box to start off your membership. This box consists of 2 polishes and a cuticle oil(which I love) and you can get it for a penny. After the intro box, each month costs 19.99 for over $40 of products each month. You can even skip any month that you don’t want to get by simply clicking a button on your account page.I just recently joined the maven program a few months ago and have gotten 5 official boxes since then and I love it! I highly recommend signing up!
By some miracle the Rockford Ulta actually had an OPI collection in ahead of time! (They didn’t get the Bond collection until weeks after it came out.) I love these Mariah Carey polishes wayyy more than I expected to. The liquid sand polishes are amazing and the regular colors are great as well. I’m currently wearing ‘A Butterfly Moment’ which is the light pink nude shimmery color.
