This month's Julep Maven box features shades from Julep's new Playful collection, which was inspired by the pastel shades of sidewalk chalk, "because you're never to old to get creative with colour." Of course, it's really no surprise that pastels are big for Spring; they were all over the runways during Spring Fashion Week, but since Easter is the major holiday during this season, pastels generally make a comeback this time of year. I decided to keep my "It Girl" style box, which included three shades from the Playful collection, and I also got an extra add-on shade for $4.99. So, the shades I got this month are:
Adrianna is a light pistachio green 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 medium coats. It is much more green than Julep's Susie, and lighter and more yellow-toned than Butter London's Bossy Boots.
Shenae is a light mint-aqua blue with fine opalescent micro-shimmer. 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 thin-medium coats. It is darker and more aqua than Julep's Susie, lighter and more mint than Julep's Jessica, and more blue than Butter London's Fiver.
Simone is a light-medium pinked lilac with fine opalescent micro-shimmer. 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 medium coats. It is much warmer than Julep's Renee, more pink than Essie's Nice is Nice, and much lighter than Butter London's Molly Coddled.
Teri is a medium soft papaya coral 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 one medium coat. It is darker and more orange than Julep's Alicia, lighter and more pink than China Glaze's Mimosas Before Manis, and much softer and more orange than OPI's Suzi's Hungary Again!.
All four polishes applied beautifully across the board — smooth, fluid, pigmented, and completely self-levelling. Honestly, this is the quality I've come to expect from Julep now. None of these shades are really unique for Spring, but they are all really pretty and on-trend for this time of year. They actually reminded me a lot of Butter London's Spring collection, but between the two, I prefer Julep's formula way more. I was actually wearing these four shades together like you see in the photo above, and received a ton of compliments on my "manicure" (I painted my nails like that for this review here and was too lazy to re-paint my nails, so it was really a happy accident that these colours looked good together). People kept saying, "Your nails remind me of Mini Eggs!" Suffice it to say, these shades are really appropriate for Easter. But, really, looking at these colours just make me really happy, so I will just rock them whenever I so please.
That's a great set! I'm not keen on pastels but always admire them as a colour story together.
ReplyDeleteI think I like pastels because I find them to be a more fun alternative to nude polishes... They look clean but still add that pop of colour, you know? But I do really love the look of them together here; I think I actually appreciate them more worn this way than separately!
DeletePerhaps you will change your mind about pastels the same way you changed your mind about bright lipsticks and dark eyeshadows, lol. ;)