This month's Julep Maven "It Girl" box was all about the nail polish. Including the two add-on shades I decided to get (you can choose up to two more shades of nail polish to be included in your box for $4.99 each), and the bonus national holiday shade (Americans received "America" in honour of Independence Day and Canadians received "O Canada!" in honour of Canada Day), my box included a whopping six bottles of nail polishes this month:
Daphne, Kate, and Mila
Daphne is a medium seafoam green with teal undertones in a cream finish. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has high pigmentation and will reach opacity in two coats. It is darker and less blue than Julep's Robin, slightly lighter than Julep's Miranda, and darker than Zoya's Wednesday.Kate is a pale bone white with fine iridescent micro-shimmer in a pearl finish. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has high pigmentation and will reach opacity in two coats. It is slightly less bright and more shimmered than Julep's Brigitte and Zoya's Purity.Mila is a predominantly charcoal silver glitter with flecks of magenta, green, and blue glitter suspended in a clear base. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has medium-high pigmentation and will reach opacity in two coats, though three will make it perfect. I couldn't think of any dupes for this shade.
America, Chelsea, and O Canada!
America is a predominantly red micro-glitter with differently sized flecks of royal blue and silver hexagonal glitter as well as silver star glitter suspended in a clear base. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has medium-high pigmentation and will reach opacity in two coats, though three will make it perfect. However, I do find that it's hard to get the star glitter on the nail; this is the type of polish that you should just let run its course without trying to manipulate on the nail. It will start to get really gloopy if you try to get the glitter to look a certain way by adding more polish. I couldn't think of any dupes for this shade.Chelsea is a predominantly magenta glitter with flecks of silver and green glitter suspended in a clear base. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has medium-high pigmentation and will reach opacity in two coats, though three will make it perfect. I couldn't think of any dupes for this shade.O Canada! is a clear base with iridescent glitter and larger red hexagonal glitter. It has a fluid consistency without being too thick or too runny. It goes on smoothly and evenly, without any pulling, bubbling, or streaking. It has sheer-medium pigmentation and will reach opacity in five or six coats, but this is definitely meant to be a top coat polish. This is the type of polish that you should just let run its course without trying to manipulate on the nail. It will start to get really gloopy if you try to get the glitter to look a certain way by adding more polish. It is very similar to China Glaze's Snow Globe but with red hexagonal glitter.
I really enjoyed this month's box! Lots of great unique glitter shades. The only shade I didn't love was America, and it's because the glitter ends up looking really muddied after more than two coats. It looks much better layered over a base of red polish, though. Still, this box was entirely worth it — an $84 value for $29.97! And I know I will wear these shades again and again, unlike the May box shades.
Daphne and Kate look awesome! It's hilarious that they had an O Canada. That is a nice number of nail polish. I wonder how many more months to go before you have ALL their colours?
ReplyDeleteLOL, it's never ending! They come out with new shades every month, so unless I order their polishes outside of the subscription program, I will never have all of them. :P
DeleteI thought the America/O Canada! shades were a great idea! And it's nice that they made a separate one for their Canadian customers. :) I actually think it's prettier than the America one.
OOHHH!! I am loving Mila. Chelsea looks so unique!
ReplyDeleteMila is my favourite of the bunch, too. :) Got tons of compliments when I was wearing it!
DeleteI'm not dying over these shades, unfortunately, but I have been wanting to check out Julep's polishes as a whole, and these sound quite lovely. And of course, yep - loving that they have one named O Canada!! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Julep Maven program is really worth checking out if you're a nail polish fiend. It's a really good deal for the amount of stuff you get every month, and it's a great way to try out new shades. :)
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