Julep November 2018 (Hand of Plenty) Maven Box unboxing (with promo code!)

My Julep November 2018 box was very delayed, apparently because Julep had trouble procuring the nail polish colors for this month. It might have just been the color I chose, though (Sandee), since my sister got a different color and received her box on time. More on that in a bit. Anyway, the innards: Eyeshadow...

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Julep Sandee

This is Julep Sandee, from my Julep box this month, which was super delayed because apparently they had difficulty getting the polish colors (or maybe just this one?) out. More on that in my box post later. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqtifGvAMki/ Sandee is described an an oxblood shimmer, and while that's not entirely inaccurate, it's one of the...

Julep Padma & Julep Ruth

I bought the Sugar Plum polish duo from Julep during a past holiday sale (2014, I think), and I just never got around to wearing it. I'm gradually combing through my stash and trying to swatch/wear all of the colors that I somehow missed before. This set was so nicely packaged that I never took...

Sinful Colors Got a Bat Attitude & Julep Nicola

Final week of this year's Halloween nails. 🙂 Felt like going for something minimalist this time. This is one coat of Sinful Colors Got a Bat Attitude and one coat Julep Nicola, topped with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat. The second photo shows my blurry attempt to capture the phosporescence in the half dark...

Julep Leslie & China Glaze Boo-gie Down

Another set of Halloween nails: Julep Leslie & China Glaze Boo-gie Down: https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQ3jOchIlT/?taken-by=eternaldecember Julep Leslie is an older Julep polish that I never got around to trying. It still had its shrink wrap on! Leslie is a black creme base with fine silver shimmer. The shimmer is brighter in the bottle, but it's pretty subtle...

Julep Jenda

This is Julep Jenda, two coats, with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat, in outdoor natural light. I got this polish in my Julep April 2018 box. https://www.instagram.com/p/BoItxY2htub/?taken-by=eternaldecember Jenda is a berry/wine shimmer with a lovely glow-from-within kind of effect. Formula is excellent, but I still dislike the Julep brush. No problems with formula, dry...

Julep Maynette

This is Julep Maynette, from the July 2018 collection, two coats topped with Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat. https://www.instagram.com/p/BljwYPUhW6h/?taken-by=eternaldecember Maynette is a bright, minty turquoise shimmer with a frosty finish that tends to show brush strokes and bubbles, as you can see in my swatch. I didn't try especially hard to minimize streakiness or...

Julep Tasha

This is Julep Tasha, from November 2016, two coats plus Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bljv90Ghm_E/?taken-by=eternaldecember Tasha is a sheer melon pink loaded with transparent iridescent glitters. I've worn it as a topper, but this is a swatch of Tasha on its own. Dries fast and had pretty typical durability. Needs a soaking to...

Julep Sagittarius

This is Julep Sagittarius, two coats plus Sally Hansen Miracle Gel top coat, from their 2017 Zodiac collection. I got this polish as a freebie at some point because they'd run out of stock on something I'd selected for a monthly Maven box, so they let me pick a polish of my choice. Julep's customer...