April Julep Maven Review

Would you like a change?  Every couple of weeks or so, nail polish needs to be removed and changed.  For me, this is a bi-weekly, or worse monthly, event that I do grudgidly.  Not really sure why I avoid taking off my chipped nail polish, because I am a little embarrassed by it.  Once the nails are bare, I get to pick out the fun art work I want to walk around with for another two weeks.  Now that I have a collection of about forty colors, it is fun to mix and match what I want to put on my nails  and toes.

Around the 20th of the each month, Julep sends out the next month boxes.  The monthly box, of $19.99 including shipping, choices are shown.  When you sign up for your first box, for free just pay for shipping, a style survey is taken.  Each month, boxes are set up by the five style choices.  You can keep your default style or chose another.  I prefer to look at all of the boxes and choose the style that I perfer based on color and/or items that I need in nail care or makeup.  This box comes quickly, usually a week after updating your monthly pick.

April's theme, the Vivid Collection, had a variety of colorful polishes and two blushes to choose from.  The add-ons included brushes.  The Boho Glam style option of two polishes and a blush interested me.  

 GLOW Pore-Minimizing Blush in Peach Bellini- This blush promises "to diffuse the appearance of ones pores and imperfections while diamond power gives checks a luminous glow." This color does well with my pale completion, allowing me to not look overly caked in make up but rather natural with a little color.  

Phoebe and Sunny Nail Polish- The way these two colors contrast each other made me want them for my collection.  Sunny, the metallic yellow, has a nice and bright sheen.  Phoebe, the metallic turquoise, has a beautiful water effect. 

Unpacking Impressions:  The ability to pick out my monthly box sells me each month.  This months box has allowed me to be creative with my manicure.  I have been painting four nails one color and my ring finger an accent color.  That was my plant this month, but as I was painting my nails, I started to paint them all with Sunny.  By the second coat, I knew there needed to be something else.  My artistic husband suggested a Phoebe color streak, which turned into a blotting.  It is springy and reminds me of and Easter egg.  The first Julep Maven box is free with the code FREEBOX.