Julep Joy & Julie G Sugar Plum Fairy

I recently received both Juleps Joy and Julie G's Sugar Plum Fairy from two different swaps. I couldn't decide on which polish to put on first so I put them both on and I am very satisfied with them.

Joy is a beautiful mauve-y pink. Honestly I have no other polishes like this shade as I stick to purples or brighter shades of pink. I'm happy I swapped for this polish. To be even more honest I feel like I have to purchase a back up as soon as possible because this shade is no longer sold.

Julep polishes do run on the more expensive side as they retail for $14 for non-mavens and $11.20 for mavens. If you don't know what a MAVEN is, just click the link. It's nail polish subscription service for about $20 a month. You get 2-3 polishes depending on what your "maven style" is.

$14 for a polish to me is pricey and most of Juleps polishes in the past have been kind of thick and goopy, but not this one. This polish was actually very nice. The consistency was a little thinner and very opaque in one coat. I did two coats for all my nails and I noticed that if I wasn't careful with how much polish was on the brush when applying, my nails looked like I had just painted on one thick coat. Which obviously doesn't look too appealing. After the polished dried, which was actually pretty quick the polish kind of evened out by itself, which is always nice.

Sugar Plum Fairy is a very pretty matte true indigo shade with metallic blue/purple shimmer. This polish shade catches the light so beautifully I honestly can't completely describe the color. The shade is outstanding but I found it weird that mine had no texture. It just feels really rough and matte. Other then that there's basically no texture. If you would like to try this brand out Julie G polishes retail for $3.99 and are sold at numerous stores. Although, oddly enough I have never found these polishes in any of my local drugstores.

**NOTE: Sorry my nails look really crappy. They've been really dry lately.**

 

I did my nails Saturday around noon and four days later...they polish has just slightly begun to chip at the very tips of my nails. Both of these polishes are great shades and are great formulas in my opinion as they've survived my daily farm work. I help my mom on her farm during the morning and evening and during the day I'm just like any other mother of two. For both of these polishes to stand all that I am completely wowed.

Spring Nail Art - NOTD

I did this nail art using my new Zoya nail polish from Ipsy. I hope you guys enjoy this quick post!

This was what I came up with. Very simple and all the bright colors just pop and scream spring and summer to me. All I did to achieve this look was sponge on all the colors.

 Polishes Used:

PRO FX Complete 3

Sinful Colors Savage

Sally Hansen Coral Reef

Zoya Julie

Sinful Colors Innocent

Savage is a gorgeous creme teal blue color. A great summer blue polish for toes and fingers

Coral Reef is a bright neon pink. This shade would be the prettiest summer color as it is "in" right.

Julie is a beautiful pastel lilac color with micro silver shimmers. A gorgeous all year round kind of color.

Innocent is a yellow based lime green color. I think this color looks a lot better on your fingers than your toes. Honestly I just can't seem to see anyone wearing this kind of color on their nails. But  who knows I may be wrong.

NOTD - Under The Sea

Hey you guys I was watching little mermaid the other day and it inspired me to do my nails. I ended up just fading my nails with a blue and adding numerous random sea creatures. As shown I painted star fishes, oysters, and seashells. For my accent nail I painted it a dark blue and then added a few different color glitters to make it look more sparkly. I then drew on the scales and then added a few pearls and rhinestones on all my nails.

Hope you guys enjoyed this post and I will see you guys later.

February Julep Maven Box

Okay so I got my box in yesterday but haven't had a chance to open it so I finally did it today. I guess this months box was supposed to be getting us ready for the summer so without further ado here is the reveal.

Packaging is super adorable like always! It almost looked Easter...eee...

The first item that wasn't wrapped up with the polishes was this lip balm in strawberry-mint??? I have the question marks because I don't smell the mint at all. The lip balm is very moisturizing as I tried it on my lips as soon as I took a photo of it. It does smell very artificial and fake so that was a fail for me. I hate anything that smells or tastes artificial.

As you can see I got Shenae which is a pearly/opalescent pale baby blue, Teri which is a pinky coral, and Simone which is a purple tone pink that has a pearly/opalescent finish. I haven't tried them or swatched them yet but hopefully this month I'll actually get around to doing my nails. Thanks for staying tuned and I'll blog you guys later!