Free 6 Piece Julep Gift with Purchase!

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Julep Holiday Glam GWP ($120 value) FREE with any $35 purchase with code SHINETIME 

The Holiday Glam Set includes: Sweep Eyeshadow, Eyeshadow brush, Charming Lip Gloss, Ava polish, De Ann polish, Gunmetal Sequin Clutch
Offer expires 11/24/2014 at 11:59pm PT, or while supplies last. Promotional code SHINETIME must be entered at checkout. To receive free gift, add a Shine Time Gift set to shopping bag in addition to $35.00+ of other julep.com products. Offer may not be combined with any other promotional code. Orders placed for the Monthly Maven Reveal (e.g. monthly Maven Boxes, Upgrade Boxes, and add-ons) are not eligible. No exchanges or returns on free gift. No adjustments on previous purchases. Taxes vary by location.

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Amanda

4 Piece Jingle Bells Themed Set!

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4-Piece Jingle Bells Welcome Gift Free for New Maven Subscribers 
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Are your nails ready for the holidays? The new Jingle Bells Welcome Gift from Julep Maven (a $58 value) has you covered - a bit of shine, a bit of sparkle and a top-rated beauty product as a bonus guarantees that you will be ready! Then as a Julep Maven subscriber, you get first access to trend setting colors and top-rated beauty products every month in addition to plenty more perks!

• Julep Maven is the only customizable box of full-size, limited-run nail colors and beauty innovations. That means no surprises, no dupes or colors you don't like. You can see what is in your box each month and have the option of swapping out colors/products you already have or don't want.
• Julep Maven is affordable. You get over $40 of full-size products in every box for just $24.99 per month.
• Mavens get benefits all month long at Julep - like 20% off, free shipping, early access to secret sales and more - imagine what you can save on your holiday shopping!
• A Maven subscription is also a great gift for the nail polish and beauty product lover in your life.

Become a Maven today, use the code TREAT to get your own 4-Piece Jingle Bells Themed Gift for New Maven Subscribers  .

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Amanda

Julep Warehouse Sale!

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Didn't get enough polish for Christmas? Check out the Julep Warehouse sale, up to 75% off polish and products!!



 What are you going to pick up from the warehouse sale??
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Amanda

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Julep Diamond Mystery Box!

Hey guys!

I just wanted to share the newest Julep Mystery Box with you! This one is called the Diamond Mystery box and one winner will find a pair of 1 ct t.w.diamond earrings in their mystery box!

Become a Maven! Sign up for the Maven monthly beauty box subscription and get the intro box (valued at $40) for free using the code FREEBOX. There is a $3.99 shipping charge, and you are signing up for a monthly service, however, you can cancel the subscription, put it on hold or even gift it at any time. 

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Amanda

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Julep Nadia and Tracy

Hey guys!

I have two of the polishes from the July Maven box to share with you today! Where is the 3rd, you ask? That's a great question!! I'm not really sure where those pictures went :-/ Whoops.

Anyway, these were my favorite from the box so let's get to it!

First, Nadia. Julep calls this "a sun-kissed golden frost." I consider this more of a shimmer than a frost. I used 3 thin coats here.

Personally, I love yellows and am always excited to find a yellow polish that is so pretty. This is a soft yellow and that shimmer is pretty awesome!

Tracy is "a sparkling ocean sea salt" polish, which is what Julep calls their texture polishes. I'm really enjoying these texture polishes with the shimmer/glitter in the formula. I think it definitely adds to the polish!

I used 2 coats here. This dried relatively quickly. I will say that it had a little bit of a stronger smell than the other Juleps, a little more..... chemically? The texture polishes are still 4 Free, but maybe something in the texture adds to the smell. It wasn't offensive, just something worth mentioning.

What do you think of these colors? Are you on board with the texture polish trend? What are some of your favorite textures?

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Amanda

Julep Avery

Hey guys!

Here's a quick swatch of Julep Avery from the Aaapril (?) Maven Box. A simple but bright pink cream! 2 coats, no top coat. 

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Amanda

Julep Ally with Rainbow Honey 20% Cooler

Hey guys!

Anyone have any fun weekend plans? We should probably do some yard work and I definitely have a backlog of photos I need to edit and upload but it's supposed to be gorgeous so we will see what actually gets done, lol! 

Julep Ally, from the April Maven box (don't ask me which one I picked, I have no idea. I wanna say It Girl...??) is a BRIGHT blue creme-ish shimmer?? Kind of in between a foil and shimmer... a shimmoil?? I don't know. This was 3 coats. It applied very nicely, but there was a stronger smell than I'm used to from Julep. I don't know if it's just this color or I'm crazy or what... just something I thought I would mention.

Anyway, I'm pretty much in love with this vibrant blue! 

Rainbow Honey 20% Cooler added some lovely rainbow glitter over Ally. 2 coats of 20% Cooler. 

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Amanda

March Untrieds: Julep February Box (It GIrl)

Hey guys!

Better late than never with this Julep box, eh? For March, Sarah, Amanda and I are doing rainbow untrieds! So that means: holos, skittles, anything rainbow-y! 

So I figured this was the perfect time to get my butt in gear and show you what was in my February Julep It Girl box!

First, Rebel, a silver holo. I don't know why I always pick up silver holos... I have like 100 of them... Anyway, this was 2 coats of Rebel. I didn't have any issues applying, and there was no dragging. Yay! Also, it was February in Michigan when I swatched these soo... yeah, no sun. Sorry.

Next is Joan, which isn't a holo but a berry colored polish with golden/orange flakies. This was again 2 coats. 

 Here is Joan with Julep's Freedom Polymer Topcoat.

Finally,  Marion. Technically not a holo, but a very pretty dark teal with the slightest shimmer. 2 coats.

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Amanda

CQ Honey and Julep Colbie

Hey Guys! What are your weekend plans? I'm not sure what's on the agenda for us this weekend. Hmm... I'll have to think of something fun :-)

So, I love a good yellow. I just love yellow. It's so happy and cheery and why does all yellow polish usually suck with it's formula? Okay, not all, but a lot.

Not the case with this CQ. This "Honey" of a color (bahahaha) had a lovely formula and covered beautifully in two coats. YESSSS!

I added one coat of Julep Colbie, a green glitter, even though you can't really tell in these pictures. Trust me, it's green. 

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Amanda

W7 and Julep Harper

Hey Guys!

This W7 came to me from Saira, thanks Saira! It doesn't have a name (that I can tell), but it's a lovely dark teal color. MMM.... So pretty. This was 3 thin coats, no top coat.

Since glitter is king, I added one coat of Julep Harper over W7. It kind of looks like I used a matte topcoat in these photos, but I did not.

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Amanda

OPI Just Groovy and Julep Vivien

Hey Guys! How is your Saturday?? Mine is wide open and free of plans, just the way I like it :-)

Just so you know, I have a bunch of creme and glitter swatches stored away so you'll be seeing lots of that in the coming weeks on off challenge/Pinterest days!

OPI Just Groovy was given to my by my friend who was cleaning out her stash and since I can never say no to polish,  I said yes!

Just Groovy is a lovely sky blue creme. I honestly don't think I have anything quite like this in my collection... HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?! Also, can I just say something weird? I LOVE the length and shape of my nails in these photos. Gah, grow nails, grow!

Anyway, it covered beautiful in 2 coats. And it was soooo shiny! 

Then, I added one coat of Julep Vivien, super awesome gold glitter. 

 BAM!

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Amanda

Julep November Box

Hey guys!

So this is a little late. To be fair, I thought today was November 30th and I was still getting this in on time. Whoops.  Oh well.And on top of that... I don't remember which box I selected.... :-/

This month's boxes were all about suede polishes. I personally am not a huge fan of suedes, but I knew these colors would be lovely with a shiny topcoat, and I was right :-)

First up, Amber, a sort of amber colored brown suede. The formula on both of these polishes was nice, they dried fairly quickly there was no dragging or balding. I used two coats for each color.

 Sunlight:

 With topcoat:

Next is Nora, a deep purple suede. This almost looks gray, but it is actually deep purple!

 Sunlight:

 With topcoat:

This box also came with Julep's Pink Frosting, a body cream. I've not used a lot of it, but what I did use was nice and fluffy and worked into the skin nicely. I hate hate hate greasy lotion!
 
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Amanda

Julep Maven It Girl: October

Hey guys! Happy Monday. I'm already ready for the weekend, lol.


This month, I chose the It Girl box.

First, Caroline. A deep red shimmer. This was 2 coats.

 MACRO!

Included in this month's box were two little pots of glitter, black and orange. I used the orange on my accent nail over Caroline. Literally, all I did was roll my finger nail in the glitter while the second coat of Caroline was still wet, and voila! 

 GLITTER MACRO!

Next, Leslie, a light black (is that a thing?) shimmery polish. This was 2 easy coats. 

And then the silver shatter. I was hoping this would look more like the croc style shatter, because the label image was more like that but, nope. It's standard shatter. Oh well. I'll add it to the drawer of shatters, lol.

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Amanda