Julep's Evangeline

Howdy, everyone!  Thank goodness it's Friday!  I've had the whole day off and it's been fantastic! I got to take advantage of some sales at Claire's and Walgreen's (select Revlon polishes are $3.99!) AND my replacement Julep box showed up...yay!  Someone stole my February Maven Box out of my building's lobby (or at least I think that's what happened) and so I had to file a claim with USPS.  Julep was kind enough to replace the Box at no extra charge, so I'm pretty darn happy with their customer service department :)

Anyway, I do have a Julep to show you today, although it comes from the Cupid Mystery Box I received earlier this week.  I love the Mystery Boxes...for some reason, the lure of possibly receiving 100's of dollars of product for $20 is a temptation I cannot resist!  I did not, in fact, receive 100's of dollars worth of product this time, but I did get a new holographic polish which is almost as good.

This is Evangeline, a coppery pumpkin orange scattered holo.  Coverage was great after one coat, but I did two cuz that's how I roll.  I also topped it with Seche Vite because it does dry to a dull, matte finish.  I think the top coat really brings out the holo.  It's a very subtle holo effect, easier to see in sunlight of course, but it creates a really nice shimmer and I love the color. 

Now the  last picture I have for you is something that perplexes me.  I'm guessing this is something new that Julep is doing.  They've provided me a "Swatch Me!" sticker for this bottle.  So here's the photo:

My question is this; if they've already applied the sticker to the lid, which does, of course, have the brush attached to it, how the heck am I supposed to swatch it onto the sticker?  Am I just being difficult or does this seem silly to anyone else?  I asked my boyfriend this question and he agreed with me that it seemed a little odd.  It would make more sense to provide the sticker, let me swatch the polish and THEN stick it on top of the bottle.  Is it just me?  What do you think?

Thanks so much for reading!

Two Manicures and a Missing Dog

Howdy, everyone!  I hope you all had a great holiday, I certainly did!  I got to spend a week back home in Kansas with my family.  It's always so great to see everyone, but at the end of a week I'm ready to get back to Chicago and my own bed! 

I have a couple of manicures to show you today.  I'm way behind on posting and am trying to get back into the swing here, so I hope some of you are still out there reading.  The first manicure is one I wore for a few days in Kansas.  My stepmom loved it and couldn't get over how pretty it was...I felt the same way.  Here's a look:

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KleanColor Chunky Holo Black

Howdy everyone!  So, I know I was supposed to do a 4th of July manicure next, but when I got home from work, I found my order of 9 KleanColor polishes had arrived!  It was mandatory that I try at least one of them out.  Busy week for me, first Julep and now KleanColor...I really need to stop spending money on polish lol  

The set I got today is KleanColor's Chunky Holographic line.  Anything with a holographic finish is OK by me.  I decided to try out one of the darker colors first.

This is 236 Chunky Holo Black. I used 3 coats layered over 1 coat of Wet 'n' Wild's Wild Shine Black Creme.  236 really covers most of the rainbow with several different sizes of holographic, hexagonal glitter, primarily greens and oranges, but there are yellows and reds and even some flecks of blue when the light hits it just right.  You can see why I just HAD to swatch it first!  I'm hoping to get some photos in the sunlight tomorrow, I'll add them if I do!

Oh, and don't worry, Independence Day mani will be forthcoming!  Thanks for stopping by!

 **Edit:  Here's the sun photo I promised.  I'm so excited to swatch the rest of the polishes in this collection!

Confetti Manicure

Hello and happy Sunday!  I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Today I have some more of the Wet n Wild glitters I bought last week to show you.  I actually wasn't terribly wild about this manicure, but I got several compliments on it at work today, so I figured I'd go ahead and post it.  Here it is!

This is a very super-sparkly manicure, there's no doubt about that!  It kind of looks like I have disco balls on my fingers :)  I started with 2 coats of Wet n Wild's Wild Shine in Bijou Blue and then I dabbed on two different glitters from the Wet n Wild's Fast Dry Sparks & Stripes collection: Light With Caution and Spontaneous Combustion. Light With Caution has large, coppery hexagonal glitter with smaller, square blue and green glitter mixed into a clear base.  Spontaneous Combustion also has hexagonal glitter but in blue, green, purple, silver and gold.  I tried to do an alternating gradient with these, although it doesn't show as clearly as I would like.  Here's a detail view.

It is eye-catching, but I wish the gradient showed a bit more.  In any case, I hope you enjoyed checking it out and thanks for reading!