Chromes and Metallics from Julep

I told you guys before that I am not a fan of this type of finish. I'll show you just why in the pictures of Isla, Piper and Melanie. I love the color of Melanie and Piper, but I just can't get passed the brush strokes that chromes and metallics leave on the nail.


Isla is a beautiful milky white metallic shine. The color is pretty, but this is definitely not my favorite.

Piper is a very pretty teal metallic. This color reminds me of water or paradise. I really loved this color.

The Brush strokes are very visible. I also 

did not use a top coat.

Melanie is a bluish grey color. This beautiful blue was an add-on for me in my August box. As beautiful as she is the finish made me frown. I really hate seeing brush strokes and such. 

Overall, Melanie applied very well just like Piper and Isla. If chromed and metallic finishes are what you like, then these are definitely the polishes for you. Melanie had a sort of bumpy finish, but as I'm typing this now, I wish I had added a top coat to try to smooth it out a little more.

Julep's Acetone Free Conditioning Nail Polish Remover works well. I don't like the smell, but it works well and doesn't dry the skin. The Remover was used to clean up around the cuticles in the pictures. They are shiny from the remover and not cuticle oil :-)

The items reviewed about are from My August Julep Maven box shown here.

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xoxo -Tamala

America... The Beautiful

In honor of the Olympics coming to an end I thought it as only fitting to bring you Julep America. America is also know as America -The Beautiful. Per Julep America -The Beautiful, "is a shiny red with royal blue glitter and sterling silver stars, it's like nail art in a bottle!"

America -The Beautiful is a lovely mix of red and blue with silver. Suprisingly, America has some star glitters. I loved that idea. I love it on my nails. 

America was a little goopy, but manageable. Here's American -The Beautiful.

Congrats to all of the members of Team USA!!

Did you guys enjoy the Olympics this year? What is your favorite Olympic Sport to watch?

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xoxo -Tamala




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June Julep Maven Box

I received My June Julep Maven Box yesterday. I was quite pleased with the colors. I am an 'It Girl' and I received Sasha, Morgan and Sandra. They are all lovely colors. I have swatches of each to share with you shortly. If you are not a Julep Maven and want to become one click HERE! You can sign up for ONE CENT using code: COLORS4ONE at check out.

Now what I received in my box:

From left to right: Sandra, Morgan and Sasha

Julep Vanilla Mint lip balm, *2 extra brushes and 2 pixie stix.

(*2 brushes received because they got reports of  bad brushes in last month's boxes.)

Sasha

Julep says Sasha is a "fresh, cantaloupe melon creme." I believe it's more of a watermelon color. Pictures of Sasha's true color are very difficult to capture. The pictures show a cantaloupe color, but it's more watermelon-esque. It's such a beautiful color and I wished I had captured the beautiful rich summery color, but I was unable to. Sasha's formula was okay. It dried a tad too fast, so if you touched the polish accidentally as you were making strokes you could leave some bald spots. Just be careful not to polish over her once she's dried a tad and you'll be fine.






Here's the best I could get:

This is artificial light and no flash. The flash would 

completely wipe out the color. Sasha is actually more 

pink than peach.

Morgan
Julep says Morgan is a "frosty grape purple" and I agree. This purple is a deep color with a bit of a metallic finish.  I have been looking for a grapey purple like this and I don't need to look any further. It is a perfect purple. I have nothing bad to say about this polish. The formula was great and it applied like a dream.
 Julep seems to love purples, but this one is definitely different from Charlotte, Anne and Taylor found here.



Morgan:

Artificial light and flash

Sandra


According to Julep, Sandra is a "friendly, frosty magenta." Why friendly, Julep? :-) Sandra is a lovely magenta. It seems to be closely related to Morgan. I love this color. There were no formula or application issues. I was pleasantly pleased with Sandra.






Sandra:

Lovely color! 

What did you get in your June Julep Maven Box? What are you? Were you happy about your box? Please share in the comment section.

Thanks for Reading,
xoxo -Tamala