Ulta Don't Be Selfish Tease!

I did a gorgeous manicure with 2 gorgeous colors. The bottom layer is Juleps Anne. I layered it with Ulta Don't Be Shellfish from the Under the Sea Collection. It is a gorgeous purple with tons of purple & gold glitter. It is simply beautiful. Below is a pic of the 2 colors I used. I took pictures of the mani but they did NOT do justice to the mani. I felt it would be a disgrace if I posted the pictures. So I'm going to try again to get better pictures when the sun comes out & hopefully I will get the gorgeous pictures that these colors deserve.







Sincerely From the Heart,
XOXO
Leslie

January Julep Maven Boxes

I received my Julep Maven boxes for January. I am an "It Girl" & a "Classic with a Twist" This is my 3rd & 4th box that I have received. The 1st one was in November & I tried the polish immediately when receiving that box. I was a little disappointed by the quality of the polish but shook it off thinking maybe it was just a bad bottle of polish. Next box received the topcoat & I am in love with it but didn't try the polish. This time I received 2 boxes & I tried 2 different colors 1 out of each box. I love the colors but still not to fond of the quality especially for the price. It's not the worst polish ever but certainly not the best!

If you receive 3 bottles of polish in your Maven box you are essentially paying $6.66 for a 1/2 a bottle of polish. That's right 1/2 a bottle. Normally a bottle of nail polish is .5 fl oz. A Julep bottle of polish is .27fl oz. It just a nail over a 1/2 of a bottle of most polishes. It is only .1fl oz over the Essie Mini. If you are not in the Maven Club you would pay $28.00 of Julep nail polish in order to get the amount of nail polish from almost any other brand. ($22.40 if you are a Maven). I think most of us won't notice this because of the shape of the bottles. The packaging is genius for Julep's bottom line. If the quality was there, if the polish went on smoothly & had unique colors that you couldn't get any where else, some might pay that amount but that is not the case.



I didn't receive my January upgrade of my extra bottle of polish in my "It Girl" box


Hayden-love this nice bright color.






For the month of January they had a complimentary upgrade to receive another bottle of polish. I chose a deep red color called Gayle but they were out of stock so they sent me a bottle of Nail therapy instead w/a coupon for a free bottle of nail color of my choice. Which was very nice.


Taylor- I Love this color! Looks like just a regular blue in picture but in person it's kind of a blueish/periwinkle purple color. Very cool.


So I think after I order my free polish I will discontinue my subscription of the Julep Maven program. It kinda bums me out cuz who doesn't love nail mail.

**This is my opinion & based on my own research. Please feel free to purchase from Julep to create your own opinion & come to your own conclusion.**

Sincerely From the Heart,
XOXO
Leslie

Julep Fast Dry Top Coat

I Am In Love!!! I finally found the best top coat ever! I would not recommend something that I wouldn't use myself. Since I do a lot of nail art & designs on my nails, I have been searching high & low for a top coat that would not smear my designs. I have used many brands & have even waited hours for my designs to be completely dry. I couldn't find one that wouldn't smear my designs if even just a little. Some of my designs I spend a lot of time on & I get frustrated when I put a top coat on & it smears. Then I received the Julep Fast Dry Top coat in the mail after becoming a Julep Maven & Taaadaa! It's a miracle!






I painted some quick designs on all of my nails. Please don't judge my designs as I just did them very quickly just to test the Julep top coat to see if it would smear.



The thumb & pinky designs were painted with acrylic paint. The other nails were painted with nail polish. I did this to make sure I covered my basis. This picture is pre-topcoat.



Taadaa! The Julep Maven Fast Top Coat DIDN'T smear any of my designs! I painted the top coat shortly after I painted the 3 design with nail polish. I'm so so excited about this. This topcoat is my go-to topcoat for sure. It is awesome. I would definitely recommend this to everybody!



Once again please don't laugh at my designs. I just tried to come up with quick designs to test this amazing topcoat. If you are not a Julep Maven, I would join for the introductory fee of $5 just for this topcoat. I believe you can still join for $5 using the code FB or intro5 at check out. If you decide to cancel after one month you may or you can continue to receive $40-$60 worth of polishes every month for 19.99. Here is the link. http://www.julep.com/AP.aspx?ID=520&EID=16292508

Sincerely From the Heart,
XOXO
Leslie