Julep Sea Salt Mystery Box

This month Julep was offering a mystery box with some limited edition polishes (from what I understand, I hope it is not true because I would love to get one of the other colors I didn't receive). 

They call them their Sea Salt Finish (they are a matte textured polish). Julep was offering 3 colors, a pink, a taupe, and a black. You pay $24.99 (if you are a Julep Maven you get free shipping) and get a box that is valued from $70 to $200. This time you where guaranteed at least one of the Sea Salt Finish polishes, so you knew before that you would get one of three polishes.

Of course I had (okay I didn't have to but limited edition polishes and the chance to win a $1000 Visa gift card I just didn't want to pass up.)

I received my mystery box in the mail and I love it.

I received box 7 (Julep had 11 different boxes with different options in each box). In my box I received Parker, Madeline (Sea Salt Finish), Sarah, and Melissa. I also got their Glow On Age Defying Hand Brightener, toe separators (not pictured), and a basic nail file (not pictured).

They also had the option to add on as many as 3 extras. I looked at everything and decided to add-on Julianne.

 Polishes swatches are from left to right: Parker is a lovely orange creme color, Madeline (Sea Salt Finish) is a baby pink, Sarah is a pink with glitter, and Melissa is sheer opalescent shimmer (it reminds me of like watches with the Mother of Pearl faces). My add-on Julianne is a grey blue color.

Sadly I didn't get the $1000 Visa gift card. I wished I would have gotten it but hey it is like playing the lottery so I hoped I would be the lucky winner but it wasn't my turn this time, someday I will get it. :)

I was so stocked when I opened my box to see what polishes I received because out of the 3 Sea Salt Textured polishes I really wanted the pink one (shocker) so when I saw that it was the one I received I was so happy.

Over all I am overall happy with everything that I received and I will more than likely be picking up the next one because I have a nail polish addiction and I can't pass up a chance at getting a good amount of polish for a amazing price.

If you would like to try out Julep for yourself you can try your first box for a penny $.01 (my first box cost my $4.00 total with shipping and handling) just use the coupon code PENNY.

You will take a quick survey so they can fit you with a style of nail polish that fits your style, if you would like  you can use my referral link here.

FTC disclaimer  I purchased all the items shown with my own money. I am not affiliated with Julep. My referral link if you choose to use it will give me Jules (points) that I can use towards the purchase of more nail polish, or future maven boxes. If you would like to not have to use a referral link you can go to the Julep website here.

First Time in a Sally Beauty Supply

Big News!!!

My small town just got its first dedicated beauty store. I have been waiting for the day that Sally Beauty Supply opened here. About a month and a half ago it was confirmed (I say confirmed because rumors of new stores run rampant in this town) that Sally Beauty Supply was opening and I was beyond excited. I began to stalk the Sally Beauty Supply website (which you can visit here) to see what was going to be possibly sold in this store and if it was going to be some place I would want to shop at.

First thing I saw was China Glaze and Orly nail polish. Now I don't really need any more nail polish but I have never been able to look at China Glaze or Orly nail polishes. I mean I can look them up online or watch YouTube videos but that very rarely gives you a true life color. I have had my eye on a few that might work but I just don't want to take the plunge and buy them online and be disappointed when they show up. Also all the options for nail art. Here all that I can get my hands on you can find at Walmart, Kmart, and Walgreens, which means limited selection and not much more than nail art stickers that really don't last.

So finally the store opens. I get my Mom to go with me since they might have something she wants. I'm so excited, kind of like a kid in a candy store, I get to the store and huge let down. First thing when you walk in is false eyelashes, only thing they don't sell the ones I like. They have some I might try however. They don't have any of the Orly nail polish in and the China Glaze that they did have was not the colors I have been wanting. So I walked around looking at a little of everything. I did like the fact that I can get all the stuff to do great artificial nails, meaning that I have more choice than just the nail kits at the drug store. I have always preferred to do my own because I can do them for much cheaper than at a salon and if I can do them why not save some money, most of the time I end up ripping them off a week later (yes I know that isn't good for your nails but I have very crappy nails anyway).

So we walk around a bit more and really they don't sell much of anything I would use. Not saying that they have bad stuff I just don't need hair extensions and I don't know how to use salon strength hair dye (I do plan to see if I can figure this out because I have just become obsessed with ombre hair and it would be nice if I could get closer to the color I want) and I just don't need most of what they sell.

I did pick up a few things that I think fit my needs:

Yep nail polish thinner. I have so much nail polish and some of them are on the older side. I figure they are still good just a little thick. This way I can try to save some of my limited edition polishes.

I decided to get these because I have read and heard good things about the Nail Tek line. My nails never seem to grow no matter what I do to them. Once I get a little length they seem to break right off. Hoping this helps with that and if not helps keep my polish from chipping.

The Spornette Big Wonder Tease Brush. A few years back when Birchbox first came on the scene they had a YouTube video about the Spornette Little Tease Brush. Of course I wanted that because I have flat no volume hair. That little guy never really worked for me. When I saw this I though maybe a bigger brush will work. I will have to wait and see.

So these lovely seem like something I could easily fall in love with. Whenever I'm doing my makeup I take a makeup wipe and use that to clean off my brushes as I go along. I just don't like leave a lot of extra left over makeup on my brushes after I'm done. So I figured these might work better than a makeup wipe. I will have to wait and see how these work. Maybe it will be my next holy grail item.

Now just to wait until they get the nail polish in so I can go wild.

(Side note: I went into my local Kmart a few days later and they have decided that my local store is going to start carrying a selected China Glaze and Orly polishes. Not any of the colors that I want but it is nice to see store stepping it up in what they will carry. Even if it is just because they don't want to lose business.)

April Julep Maven Box

This month's theme for the Julep Maven box was

I decided this month to just stick with my style profile which is

Classic with a Twist

I also decided to add on 

Abbie

and

Lena

 I was in love with the pink in my box this month. Not that I don't have a hundred and 1 pinks already. 

I had to add Lena because it just looks so beautiful and I don't have any yellow polish (not sure how that happened) so I could not pass up on getting Abbie.

I love the rock candy sucker they added in as a little treat. I loved getting them growing up.

If you would like to try Julep you can get your first box for a penny $.01 plus tax (my first box cost me $4.00 total) just use the coupon code JULEPVIP. 

You will take a quick survey so they can fit you with your style profile and then you can order, if you would like you can also use my referral link here.

FTC disclaimer: I purchased all the items shown with my own money. I am not affiliated Julep. My referral link if you choose to use it will give me points that I can use towards the purchase of more nail polish.