A little over a week ago I did a review over my Introduction Box from Julep. Now that I've had some time to play with the products I wanted to follow-up with my thoughts on everything.
Almost immediately I started using the American Beauty Volumizing Mascara. If you remember, I was so excited about everything this mascara promised. Thick, gorgeous, plump lashes? Um, yes please.
Upon opening the mascara I was immediately saddened by the very small applicator brush, but I tried to push the feeling aside and not let it sway me. After all, maybe that was exactly what I needed to help me with my man lashes ;) Once I started applying the mascara I noticed quickly that it wasn't separating my lashes like it promised to do. In fact, it was more clumping them together than anything. I continued application as best as I could and hoped for better luck the next day. Throughout the day I couldn't help but notice that my eyelashes felt heavier, like I could actually feel the weight of the mascara. Again, I just brushed it aside as in my head and tried to let it go.
Even though day one wasn't a success for me, I followed through with my plan to use the mascara for a week before reaching a final conclusion. Throughout the week I religiously grabbed my American Beauty Volumizing Mascara to apply before heading out for the day. Although I got more accustomed to the small brush and better at separating my lashes, the rest of the formula left much to be desired for me. Two of my biggest complaints were that small hair like fibers were often hanging from my eyelashes from the mascara formula and it removed very easily. One day I felt like I had something in my eye and, without thinking about it, I rubbed my eye. I know, not the smartest thing to do when wearing eye make-up, but I literally swiped it twice and when I looked in the mirror basically all my mascara was gone. It looked as though I never even applied any to that eye at all.
So, unfortunately, the American Beauty Volumizing Mascara will be going to my "no use" pile as it just wasn't for me :(
Now, moving on to happier things. The nail polish.
As a reminder I received Yumi, a very pretty, glittery color, and Petra, a deep maroon color with shimmer hints throughout.
As soon as my previous gel manicure started to peel I immediately sped the process along so that I could try out my new polish. They were just so pretty and kept sitting there staring at me to put them on. When the time came I had such a hard time deciding what to try first. So, I did what any logical person would do. I used them both!
I started with the Yumi and was immediately impressed with how easily the nail polish went on for being a glitter polish. I didn't have to apply several coats to get an even layer of glitter and I also didn't have to use a huge glop at a time to get desired results. It applied like a normal, non-glittery polish. Definite win! And the color? Beautiful. It has a predominant silver color, but depending on how the light hits it you can also see some pretty light pinks, purples and blues.
When I was satisfied with my single layer of Yumi I opened up Petra to begin application. Although this formula went on smoothly it came out slightly thick. I felt like I had to remove more polish than normal off the brush to achieve an appropriate thickness and avoid an overly goopy mess. Once I figured this out, however, I was very satisfied with the application. It went on smoothly and wasn't streaky at all. Since I was painting my nails with my 2-year old running around I didn't have time to apply a second coat. With many nail polishes this does not leave a desired color or effect, but with Petra it didn't matter. There weren't any streaky areas or any translucent looking areas that clearly needed an additional coat. And, again, I love the color. It has deep, but bright, maroon color with hints of silver sparkle when the light hits it. So pretty. Another win for Julep nail polish!
With flash. The air bubble looking spots on the Petra are actually the specks of silver sparkle. They aren't 3-dimensional in real life so I'm not sure why they photographed like that.
Without flash.
I've been wearing the nail polish for three days now and it is still holding quite well. The ends are starting to chip slightly, but I don't blame this on the polish as I didn't have a top coat to apply to seal the color in. Overall, I am very impressed with the Julep nail polish and I'm so glad that my profile declared me as a Bombshell because I am in love with the colors. I can't wait until the selection window opens up tomorrow for my May box!
Don't forget, if you are interested in trying out Julep for yourself you can try your first box for only the cost of shipping. Just enter the code FREEBOX during check-out :)
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