For those of you who don't know, Julep is a online subscription box where you can pay $19.99 a month and (depending on your profile) get either 2 nail polishes and a beauty/hand/foot product, or three nail polishes, or three beauty products.
The process is, you take a quiz that determines what you are (Modern Beauty, Boho Glam, Bombshell, It Girl, or, like me, Classic with a Twist). It doesn't really matter what you get, because if you don't like it, you can switch to another one. But Modern Beauty always gets all beauty products and It Girl always gets three nail polishes.
Your goodies come in a small black box every month:
And it's always really prettily wrapped, this month's wrapping was my favorite:
First Look:
Julep has a thing for info cards that (usually) mean nothing to you if you aren't a first time "buyer". And I have a passionate hate for useless cards and things. I mean... if they tell me something I don't know and can't see plainly with my eyes, that's fine. But otherwise, save the paper.
This month's theme was Set the Stage, as inspired by the Roarin' Twenties. The quote that came along was from George Gershwin: "Life is a lot like jazz-- it's best when you improvise." Which is nice, but... eh? The card in the back there tells me the theme (which they email you about), a picture of what's in your box (look, look with your special eyes) and your profile type (which you choose...).
On the back they have hints to jazz up your look, which I won't judge too harshly, because I do spend a lot of time researching vintage makeup and just about all of this is wrong. But it's what people think of when they think 20s, so I'll let it slide.
My two nail polishes looked like this:
On the left is Zora, the right is Myrtle. I thought Zora would look horrendous, but it's actually really pretty on. The issue I have at this point is that I have received a red nail polish in each and every box except one. Every single box. Don't get me wrong, I love classic red polish. But I'd really like a little variation. Each polish is $14 (MP: $11.20).
Finally they also sent out this:
While these are super cute, they pull your hair like no one's business. But they are cute and I do wear them. They don't have a price for them anywhere, so I'm not going to guess.
Overall, the box is worth $56 (MP $44.80), which doubles your money. If you'd like to join, please include me as your referral. My referral code is 9021705, just write it in the code section when you sign up.
