She's Got The Look: Julep Nail Polish review

I love my nails painted!  I love doing manicures myself!  I do so much better of a job than the nail salon!  I HATE when I smug my paint as I'm waiting for my nails to dry.  Even worse is when my nails chip after just a couple of days!  I also don't like all the chemicals you put on your body just to make yourself beautiful.  Enter Julep nail polish.

What I got:
I signed up for the first free box (FREEBOX).  I paid for shipping ($5.00).  A couple of days later I got my beautiful box.  I received two colors (a red and a champagne - two of my wedding colors!), a cuticle oil (took me a minute to realize the serum wasn't that thick), buffing cubes, and coupons.

Couple things that Julep is: (according to their website)
Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP.
The professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented.
Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone.
They tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in their parlors.

Couple things that Julep is: (according to me)
Rich thick color that covers a lot with one layer.
Long lasting (I did a lot to test the polish and it took ___ days to chip)
Really beautiful colors.  Every color in the crayon box!  and so TRENDY!
Really unusual colors.  You can definitely find what you are looking for!
FAST DRYING!  WOW!  I'm impressed!
Long lasting nails.  They never chipped, but they did start to peel.  I think it was more my way I put the polish on and not the polish itself.
They have a really cool subscription box called Maven!

Couple things that Julep isn't: (according to me)
Easy to put on.  You kind of need to have patience if you don't put on a lot of polish to learn the trick of it.
Easy bottle to hold.  The bottles are a little annoying.  Too long and skinny.
Full of descriptions.  You kind of have to dig for the material you wish to have.  I would have liked more suggestions on how to apply the polish.

Couple things that Julep isn't: (according to other reviews with my responses)
OPI - Why? it's not made with harmful chemicals.  It's not dangerous.  I would rather learn to use Julep that put more chemicals on my body.
Easy to use - give it time.  Be grateful that it dries quickly

My conclusion:
I'm going to keep getting their subscription box.  I'm relatively new to the chemical free zone.  I would like to see what they have in store for me in the future months.  I will keep you posted!  In the mean time I will be giving away my OPI collection.

Fingers in Florence

Toes in Myrtle

My song for the post.  Got to love the 80's!

Lips Like Sugar - Red Apple Lipstick

Red Apple Lipstick is a all natural makeup line that started out with making lipsticks in 2007.  Jay Adam Harper is the creator of the line.  He is very customer focus driven.  His lipsticks were created for many reason such as quality, safe, cruelty free products that make your lips feel like beautiful soft lips.

I got the following lipstick colors:

Rebel

Mauve Me

I got them on a Tuesday, so I haven't tried Rebel yet as I'm not sure how professional a red lip would be at work, but the Mauve Me is great.

I also got their Rallye Balm and the Exfoliate.  My husband and I both love the balm.  I'm still waiting to see if the exfoliate is worth the cost.  The product might make your lips so smooth that exfoliation maybe done with my usual facial routine. 

I want to try the lip pencils and the other products, but I have to admit that the price is kind of on the higher end.  Maybe when I order more lipsticks I will get some samples.  They offer tons of discounts so be sure to sign up for the VIP membership! (email field found at the bottom of their webpage).

Here's my song!  I love the movie 50 First Dates, where I first heard this song.