Julep October 'Maven's Choice Box'

FEATURED OCTOBER 10TH 'NAIL OF THE DAY' ON JULEP FACEBOOK PAGE

Good morning everyone!!!   Back to work after a nice long Thanksgiving weekend. 

Today I have for you my October Julep Maven's Box.  I was going to opt out this month because all the boxes had crackle nail polish.  Although I've seen some cool nail art with crackle I'm not a big fan myself.  In fact I threw out the only crackle I had.  So back to the story.  I guess people made a big stink about the crackle polish so they came back with a different option know as the Maven's Choice box.  Of course I could not resist ;)

As per usual I had to do a mani with all the colours I received in the box.  I used two coats of 'Lisa' on my entire nail.  Then I created the dotted diagonal lines with my trusty dotter.  The rich burgundy colour is 'Keira' and the deep grey blue is 'Eloise'.  Of course this was incredibly fun for me to do as I love me some dots!

Below is a photo of the box.  We also received some Candy Corn and two glitter pots.  I'll be playing around with this glitter soon so look out ;)

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September Julep Maven Mystery Box

JULEP'S 'NAIL OF THE DAY' SEPTEMBER 26TH

Today I have my review of my September Julep maven Mystery box.  This is the first one I’ve bought so my 3^rd box to date.  The mystery boxes come out once and awhile. Just like the others its $19.99 but you can receive anywhere from $60 to $200 worth of product. 

 I was waiting on mine to arrive so had to search the web to see what other people received.  There was actually quite a bit of hoopla about the whole deal.  Apparently a lot of people got less than $60 worth of product. Looks like mine was worth $56.00. I read that when someone contacted Julep they said the little reusable bag was worth $5.00. Obviously that’s not true but I think that enough people complained that they won’t be making the same mistake again. Forgive and forget ;)

As per usual I decided to make a manicure out of just Julep nail polish.  This is my first attempt at doing a needle design(is that what it's called?).  I did my full nail in Eva I then added dots in the same colour as well as the blue.  I think this is the mystery colour because it did not have a name.  Then I took my trusty safety pin and made some swirls. I’m for sure doing this again.  It was pretty fun!

Did anyone else get the mystery box? 

From right to left. Jennifer(a pale sheer pink), Eva(deep raspberry creme), Mystery colour (blue shimmer), Portia(blue glitter)

This picture does not do the colours justice.  I tried taking it in my light box I made.  No matter what the pictures are very poor quality when I use it. Any suggestions to make the lighting more natural?

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Julep Maven September 'It Girl' Box

JULEP'S 'NAIL OF THE DAY' SEPTEMBER 21ST

I'm so excited to finally share with you guys my September Julep Maven Box.  I was waiting to post until I received my free polish so I could do it all in one post.  I have to say I'm loving these boxes!  It's only my second but so far so good!
I decided to go with the It girl box again.  As I mentioned in my last Julep post I'm not actually an 'It Girl'....but my nails are.  Below is just something fun I did up so you could see all the colours.  The swatches are below.

Obviously the blue is my favourite!! I was able to pick one extra from the whole collection and this was without a doubt the one I was choosing. 

See swatches below!!!

Left to Right: Otte, Delaunay, Gunta and Alma)

Left to Right: Alma, Delaunay, Otte and Gunta)

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31 Day Challenge: Metallic

Today is suppose to be metallic for the 31 day challenge. I'm not a huge fan of metallic but I did a mani that turned out pretty good.....this is not it!

My camera has officially died...with my metallic nails in it.  I found these old pictures on my computer and it was the closest thing I could use.  The striping tape is metallic so good enough right??? There is a reason I never posted these but I'm now thankful for them.

I don't know what I'm going to do for pictures.  My husband has a pretty wicked camera phone that I could use but he works alot. :oP  Mommy and Daddy have an extra camera so they may come to the rescue! hehehe  I think I'm in for a very very crazy week.  I could go on forever but I don't want to put you through that.

Polish is Clair by Julep

Make sure to check out the other ladies art work!


Kimber at Kimber's Lacquer Korner
-Kat at Hooked On Polish
-Diana at Nails By Diana
-Aly at Wonderland Beauty
-Meredith at Perfectly Polished
-Nicole at The Color Republic
-Kate at The Painted Pony Nails
-Cee at Absolutely Cee
-Sam at Polished Art
-Nail Narcotics
-Nicole at Nicole Gets Nailed
-Shelby at Shelby's Swatches
-Stephanie Louise at All Things Beautiful
-Mixed Mama
-Joanna @ Sweet Polish of Mine
-Patty Greenberg
-Liz and Lisa @ Lozlosa 
-Mari at Nailista
-Greta at How Was Your Day?
-Miss L at Beauty by Miss L 
-Gini at Sassy Paints 
-Chameleon Stampede 
-Pam at Nail-E-Glance
-Me, Myself, and Polish 
- Robin Sparkles  

Julep Maven Introductory Box- It Girl

Happy Friday!

What an amazing way to start a Friday.  I was locking up the house to go to work and noticed something in the mailbox.  It was my introductory box to Julep Maven!  I subscribed at the beginning of August so it took about two weeks to get here.  I had a subscription to Glossy Box but was rather disappointed with it.  I decided to switch beauty boxes because I knew I would be getting something I liked each month!  Of course in the last Glossy Box I received there was a bottle of Zoya nail polish.  :oP I also managed to snag my sister-in-laws polish

Like anything else I get into I researched a bit on Google first.  I read mixed reviews so decided to take the chance.  As I’m sure most of you know you have to take a quiz on the website to see what beauty category you are in. This part I’m not a huge fan of.  Nails are the one thing I can go a little crazy with.  Apparently I’m ‘Classic with a Twist’ but decided to go with the ‘It Girl’ introductory box. Not just because I liked the colours but because it was the only one with three polishes. 

I’ve swatched the three polishes below.  Yes, I did this as soon as I got to work.  From left to right we have Blake, Claire and Morgan.  I’m not a huge fan of Morgan because I’m not a huge shimmer fan.  I loooove Claire though.

Sorry for the picture quality.  They had to be taken with my phone

This is not the only thing that is making a happy Friday. I’m also getting some Konad polishes and stamping plates today.  I’m buying them from someone on Kijiji(Canadian site almost like Craig’s list minus the psycho murdering crazies).  They’ll be here sooooon :o)

POST UPDATE

OH HAPPY DAY!

Quick run down…..

Double sided stamp set

Image plates M19, M64, M62

11ml bottles in white and a dark shimmer green

5 ml bottles in silver, pink, purple and blue.

Also, because I'm a crazy dog lover I just wanted to show a pick of my puppy Casey! He had his manhood snipped off Wednesday.  It's the funniest thing watching him trying to manuver around the house with the huge cone

Finnegan is being very supportive!