Julep Daphne and Mila

Howdy fellow Polish Junkies!

This is just a quick post to share one of my top 5 Julep shades thus far.  Daphne is an amazing shade of blue.  When I first saw the polish bottle shots of the July It Girl Maven boxes I was over the moon about the sea foam green of Daphne.  However, when other It Girl's received their boxes there was a huge controversy about how muddy and more grey of a blue it was.  I was a little bummed out... until I received it!!  The pictures will speak for themselves...

This is Daphne with an accent nail of Julep's Mila... also from the July It Girl box.

 

Excuse the mess, this pic was taken prior to clean up.... I was running late for work, as usual... but I wanted to get some pics just in case I ruined my mani throughout the day.

Just like all Julep polishes, the formula is amazing and is almost opaque in one coat, but I always do 2, and then topped off with SV!

If you would like to join the Julep party and become a maven click HERE and use the code
COLOR2012 at check out and get your first intro box for one penny! Yup... 0.01 dollars!!  It truly will be the best decision you ever made!

Finally... a Manicure Post!!!

Morning fellow nail junkies!!

What better way to shake off the Monday Blah's than with a polish that brings back memories of riding your bike to the store with your friends, a dollar burning a hole in your pocket, just knowing all the candy you will be able to purchase with that buck!  I think I just totally aged myself .... but who cares...I'm old! There I said it :)

Now onto the nail mail I received a couple weeks ago which will help explain what I just described.....

 I have become a Indie polish stalker.  I wait on facebook for announcements of restocks and then I pounce!  When Chelsea from Pretty and Polished restocked her shop on etsy (you can shop for her goodies HERE) I just knew these 3 beauties would be mine....

The one I am referring to today is Jawbreaker!  It truly looks like those delicious jawbreakers we ate as kids!  Do they even still sell them?

This is one coat over Julep's Kate.   I think Jawbreaker would be opaque on its own after 3 coats, but I wanted to conserve as much as I could!

I forgot to take a pic of the second coat the day of the manicure, but I remembered before I removed the manicure.  So this is what it looks like with 2 coats.. excuse the wear on the tips...

Putting the second coat on masked some of the brighter glitters and gave it more of a muted chalky look which contributed to the jawbreaker feel of this polish.

I can't wait to try the other polishes!

If you haven't had a chance to check out Pretty & Polished yet, do so!  She does not have Jawbreaker in stock at the moment, but you can also follow her on facebook for updates on when she will be doing her next shop restock, click HERE for her FB page. Plus she is coming out with a pretty amazing Halloween line!

I really need to start using my actual camera rather than my iPhone... these pics are definitely not the greatest!

Enjoy your day!

Julep Haul!!

Good afternoon fellow polish junkies!

What a great start to the weekend! Well, in spite of having to clean the house and working!  I knew I was in for a treat when the Canada Post truck pulled up!  Look at what was delivered to me!!!

First up... the "It Girl" August Maven Box which includes Sienna, Harley and Melanie. For those of you who aren't yet a Julep Maven... the It Girl box comes with polish only, other beauty profiles will have 2 polishes and a beauty type product such as creams, mascara, polish remover etc etc.

You can also "add on" 2 additional colors from other profiles so I chose Kim, a Gunmetal grey metallic.

Now for the best deal of the century!  My August It Girl Mystery Box!  Hold on to your hat ... All this for $19.99!

The top row is base coat, fast dry top coat, and nail therapy base coat!
The bottom row is Hayden, Sasha, Sandra, Rachel, Jessica, Megan, Daphne, Leah, Diane, Mila and Oscar!

Sasha, Daphne, Leah and Mila are all dupes (duplicates) for me but there is a Facebook page called Julep Swap that allows you to swap your dupes with fellow Mavens for other shades you don't have already.

I was originally going to include individual pics of all the polishes but then realized it would be one lonnnnggg post!  If you would like to see a close up of any of the polishes let me know and I will add it.

If you are not a Julep Maven and would like to become one click on the link blow:

 http://julep.com/?r=21880223
 

I know I said my next post would include a mani... but I was just too excited not to share this Julep Nail Mail with you.  There will definitely be a manicure post tomorrow from some Nail Mail I received a couple days ago.

Until then... have a good day :)

PS. I just heard the mail carrier so I checked the mail box and there is a package from Cult Nails waiting for me! I will share those goodies at a later date.

Julep American Beauty Mystery Box!

Hope you all are having a good day thus far!

I came home from work to some exciting Nail Mail!  Tucked in between the outside door and inside door was my American Beauty Mystery box!  I did order 2, I am an "It Girl" so naturally I ordered that one, and a couple days later I felt the need to expand my horizons a little bit so I ordered a second one.  I have to admit, I was a little bummed out that my American Beauty box was delivered by standard mail... and therefore a smaller box...but then I thought about it a little and realized, I ordered my It Girl mystery box BEFORE my American Beauty box.... so could this mean its delayed because it is being delivered by parcel post???  Time will tell.  So without further adieu.. here is my American Beauty Mystery Box:

I know its hard to see... I took it with my iPhone...but inside is Amy, Pippa, Natalie and Glycolic Hand Scrub, Age Defying Hand Brightener, and Vanilla Mint lip balm.

Here are some closer photos of the polishes:

This is Pippa:

Natalie:

Amy:

I am so happy with the colors I received, none of them were dupes for me, and I desperately needed a nude shade in my collection that wasn't pink based!

I have grown to love Julep nail polishes, and the company itself.  They have such a unique subscription service!  If you are not familiar with Julep, click here to sign up to become a Julep "maven".  It truly is one of the best decisions I have made.  Its SO much better than getting a magazine in the mail!


If you need to read more about Julep's maven program, you can read about it here

Thanks for dropping in :)

Welcome!

Hello to all my fellow nail polish addicts!

Today is my very first post... I am extremely new to this blogging thing so I am sure there will be many learning curves, and many mistakes made along the way.  I welcome all of you to provide tips and tricks to help make this blog more interesting! 

Unfortunately my current manicure is at the end of its life... but if I don't start supper within the next 10 minutes, I will have a grumpy husband... and no one wants a grumpy husband.  So instead of a glossy picture of a brand new mani.... Meet Jersey :)  She comes everywhere with me, including work! 

I hope to have a mani post within the next couple days... and HOPEFULLY some nail mail to report about!

Thanks for dropping in :)

Jodi