Foto Friday

It's casual Friday....well, on a Saturday morning. I am in love with Zoya's Wednesday. Great robin's egg blue.

Work It Wednesday! with Julep Adrianna

It is Wednesday and you know what that means....Mani Cam!!!!  Time for these nails to strut their stuff!

Today's red carpet beauty features Julep's Adrianna.  It is a great pistachio cream with beautiful color.

Adrianna

I love this color.  Pretty, pastel green that is so easy to apply.  It could be one of my 4 season colors.

YOU BETTER WORK!!

Julep Maven Sea Salt Polish Review

Oh texture nail polish.....how I love thee....and thank you Julep for my sea salt textured nail polish!
When I received my Julep Mystery Box in the mail, I quickly tried this sea salt polish out to see what fun was contained in the bottle.  I was that happy.  But, this polish needs more than a quick paint over my current mani.  It needs its own quality time!

Jill and Vivien

In the bottle, Jill looks like a simple beige-y brown cream nail polish.  It goes on thick, to the point where you could almost use one coat.  I never feel comfortable with one coat, so I used two.  The polish goes on like a cream, but almost like when you put on polish a bit too aggressively and it gets air bubble bumps.  As it dries, the texture really develops.  

The texture is still a flat cream with a texture that is comparable to a fine grit nail file.  It has a nice feel to it and after almost 2 full days wearing it, not a single chip off these suckers!

I like the mix of texture in this mani with the glitter, if I do say so myself.  Vivien is a gold micro glitter with larger hex glitter mixed in.....I had the worst trouble getting this to photograph properly with sea salt polish at the same time.  Apologies.  

Overall, I like the Julep Sea Salt Finish nail polish.  I hope they plan on making it available outside of the mystery box as I would love to try the black one that had silver glitter mixed in to compare.

Julep Maven Sea Salt Mystery Box

I have been very excited to receive my mystery box from Julep this month.  To the point of stalking the mailman.  I have been eating up the textured polishes that have been coming out all over the place.  I think my favorite is still the Zoya Pixie Dust, but I love the OPI Liquid Sand as well.  Texture AND Glitter?  Oh, you had me at texture!  So when Julep had their own texture polish in a mystery box, I said "SIGN ME UP!"  and have been anxiously awaiting that sucker to ship.

Mystery Boxes from Julep contain a range of product and have a feature product.  This one promised a range of product from $70 - $200 of product and one of the three Seal Salt Textured Nail Polishes.  It is a bit of a gamble if you are a monthly Julep Maven subscriber as you may get a duplicate color.  But, like any good surprise it is worth the risk.  This month, I received box version number 6.

Box 6 contained 5 nail polishes, toe separators, and a nail file. 

I did peek on Instagram to see what other people were receiving in their boxes.  Some contained 4 bottles of polish and hand creams or body scrub.  That would have been nice too.  :)  

  

From left to right: Claudette, Vivien, Jill, Simone.

The 5th bottle of nail polish is a matte top coat...does not make for a very interesting picture. 

The only duplicate I received with the gold micro and hex glitter bottle, Vivien.  Claudette and Simone are both from the Classic with a Twist style profile from Julep.  Which is cool, because my default profile is It Girl and if I switch it tends to be Bombshell.   I don't think I have any nail polish from this profile.  I think I am going to like them.  Be on the look out for upcoming swatches of these nail polishes!

Have you ever ordered a Mystery Box from Julep?  Is it hit or miss?  Or always a great find in your mailbox?  At first, I thought it was a miss, but now I may be changing my mind....

NOTD: Orange for Prevention of Animal Cruelty

This manicure is for my assistant to this blog, Frankie.  We adopted Frankie from The Dachshund Rescue of South Florida just over 2 years ago.  He's sooo cute, playful, and smarter than a dog should be.  He's our perpetual 2 year-old toddler running all over the house and leaving a wake of toys behind.

Frankie

April is Go Orange month in support of Preventing Cruelty to Animals.  Supporting efforts to provide animals with happy lives.  

I love this little doggie, so what better way to express it in the moment than with a manicure!!

I used Zoya's Sharon for the majority of this manicure.  The grass utilized Essie's Pretty Edgy, Zoya's Dea, and Julep's Laura.  The little doxie is a small vinyl sticker from Your Lips But Better.  They can be purchased from HERE.

Zoya Sharon

What's your adoption story?  Frankie kept was brought to a kill shelter on two different occasions before he was rescued and put into foster care, which is where we adopted him from.

GO ORANGE!!!  Have you done an orange mani in support of this awareness cause? Please share in the comments below.

Foto Friday

It's Foto Friday! Time for casual Friday and casual nail pics...
My, sad to say, lame Boston Marathon tribute nails. Done in a hurry and not very well...oh well....

Work It Wednesday!

It's Wednesday! Which means it is mani cam time. Time for nails to work it on the red carpet!

Today's star is from China Glaze and their neon collection. Introducing Pink Voltage!

YOU BETTER WORK, :)