October Julep Maven Unboxing

This is a little late and a little different, but here’s my October Julep Maven box!

October Maven box

I have a lot of the dark, vampy polishes that came in this month’s collection, and I had been needing to replace these two products, but they hadn’t been in stock. Customizing them for this month’s box seemed like the perfect solution!

Two of my favorites for damaged or peeling nails: the Julep Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat and the Julep Oxygen Nail Treatment (which I am wearing right now!) I’ve really seen a difference when using both of these. Lately, I’ve had some issues with peeling nails for various reasons, but when I use this base coat or the Oxygen treatment, I see results. I would highly recommend them both!

And something I’m excited about for next month…

Mascaras!

What did you get in this month’s Maven box?

 

June Julep Maven Unboxing

It’s Julep Maven box time again! This month’s theme was Three Wishes, which means a lot  of soft shimmer! It also meant the introduction of the Oxygen line. I love their Oxygen Nail Treatment, so I’m really excited about the base coat I got in this box.

June Maven Box!

Top to Bottom: Oxygen Base Coat, Ariana, Bergen, Colette

This month, I went with my style profile’s box, Classic with a Twist. This included the Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat and two polishes, Ariana and Bergen. I also added on Colette from the Bombshell box.

Here’s a closer look a the colors:

Ariana, “enchanted berry iridescent chrome”
Bergen, “hazy blue-grey shimmer”
Colette, “violet shimmer”

Polishes with flash

Polishes in natural light

I chose Colette for my first full manicure from this collection. It is gorgeous, but almost a little too thick. The violet is very rich with an almost blue undertone and very subtle silver shimmer. So pretty! I also really like Bergen, which looks much more blue than grey in comparing my polish to the website photos. I like Ariana as a color, but the formula was a little thin. I’ll do a full manicure with several polish coats and see if that makes a difference…

I’m also wearing the Oxygen Smoothing Base Coat this month. It dried really velvety on my nails, and I’m excited to see what it does to my nails during the week. Overall, I thought this was a nice box, but the colors seemed much more appropriate for winter or fall. I’ll probably be pulling these out more when we hit September, but they are really nice! Julep also launched a really great phone app this month, which will make choosing next month’s box much more fun.

Do you get Julep Maven Boxes? What colors did you get this month?