July 16, 2012

July Julep Maven Review

I was really excited to get my Julep Maven box for July. I initially planned to skip July, but when the email came through showing the colors, I couldn’t. I love the 3 main colors together, plus a bonus red, white, and blue?!

Julep is a boutique nail salon that offers a monthly subscription box for $19.99. When you sign up, you take a style quiz and are assigned a style which will coordinate with the different box options. Although you are given a style, you can choose which box you receive if you don’t like the colors of that style. You can also cancel at any time or skip a month or two if you or your wallet needs a break. A week before the box ships, you’ll get an email showing you the colors you’ll receive according to your style. You’ll have about 3-4 days to log on to cancel, skip, or choose a different box. You can also add on a polish or gloss to your box for just $4.99. The retail price of the polish is $14.

July “It Girl” Box

Mila, charcoal, multi-colored glitter – this is a sheer glitter, great for just a light wash. It looks more silvery under some light and colorful under other.
Kate, soft white pearl – it went on surprisingly opaque and smooth, compared to other white polishes I’ve used. I only needed one coat for french tip.
Daphne, fresh seafoam green creme – this is such a pretty green. It went on medium-opaque and was very smooth. I could have gotten away with 1 coat, but I added a second just in case, which deepened the color to more of a dark teal (still love). I topped it with Kate (white) on the tips and Mila (glitter) over Kate.
JULY BONUS! America-The Beautiful, shiny red with royal blue glitter and sterling silver stars. I was excited to get this to use for the 4th of July. It looked really cool on white tips.

Inspired by the info card in the Julep box, I used 2 coats of Daphne, Kate, and Mila together. It’s been a week and this manicure still looks good. I added a topcoat about every 2 days and had to add extra coats of Mila to the tips a few times, but it still lasted through 3-4 hours of sand volleyball this week, weeding, and a ton of typing on the computer. The first picture below is the first day after just one glitter coat on the tips. The second below is after 5 days and extra coats of glitter on the tips.