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Ohh, my December Julep arrived yesterday and as you can tell by the pictures (which are no good), I had to open it right away. I had been super excited about this month’s collection (even more so than normal), so I went ahead and ordered the “Ultimate Upgrade”, which included 12 polishes (I didn’t include the two “add-ons” in the picture) plus all of this month’s goodies.
Julep ships via USPS Priority Mail and arrived in the stated two days. I am super glad that Julep didn’t switch the shipping of their monthly Maven boxes like they did with all of their other shipments.
I couldn’t remember at first if I’d ordered any add-ons, but it appears (per my order confirmation) that the Ultimate Upgrade included all ten polishes in the collection plus the Party Duo set and all the other goodies from that month. I put the Party Duo set aside because it was a gift and then forgot to take pictures of it, but included Evelyn, magenta purple crème; Christine, bronze microshimmer.
The December Julep Maven theme is “the glitterati collection” and is my most favorite collection to date. I don’t think there is a color in it that I don’t love! I decided to do things a little different this month though and grouped my polishes into sets of three for the pictures. Here is what was included:
~Jillian – Classic With A Twist ($14 / $11.20): Jillian is a deep eggplant with bronze molten. It’s much more rich than any of the colors of this family that I own and I am digging it.
~Mia – Classic With A Twist ($14 / $11.20): Mia is a greenish silver metallic and again is like no color I have. It’s more of a toe color (for me) and kind of think it will be a summer color.
~Cara – Bombshell ($14 / $11.20): Cara is described as a cranberry frost, but I think it would more accurately be described as hot pink. It’s a gorgeous pink. Maybe a little deeper than most other pinks, but it’s pink!
~Misti – Boho Glam ($14 / $11.20): Misty is a smoky blue-grey crème and is fairly similar to a few others I have. This will probably end up in the gift pile.
~Joelle – Boho Glam ($14 / $11.20): Joelle is a full coverage smoky holographic glitter. It doesn’t “need” a color underneath, but I will probably give it one anyway.
~Andrea – Bombshell ($14 / $11.20): Andrea is a brilliant full-coverage bronze glitter. I probably will try to make this one work for me without a base coat. I cannot stand when you can see “nail” under polish though, so hopefully it works.
~Shoshanna – It Girl ($14 / $11.20): Shoshanna is a full-coverage yellow holographic glitter. Can you see why I had to opt for this entire collection? All these glitters! I couldn’t resist.
~Evelyn – It Girl ($14 / $11.20): Evelyn is a magenta purple crème and is probably the one creme in this month’s collection. It’s a gorgeous one though!
~Celia – It Girl ($14 / $11.20): Celia is an icy green metallic and is totally my favorite of the bunch. It’s like nothing I have – not even close and is stunning. So pretty.
~Gianna – Bombshell ($14 / $11.20): Gianna is a jagged gold glitter top coat and is another great one for the holidays (and life in general).
~Sweep Eyeshadow Palette – Neutrals ($24 / $19.20) & Julep Eye Shadow Brush ($18 / $14.40): Another reason I “had” to upgrade was to get the shadow set. Do I need shadow? No. But I wanted to check out Julep’s shadows. The colors are awesome and I love that the brush.
~Blank Canvas Mattifying Eye Primer ($22 / $17.60): Julep’s eye primer is a reparative, anti-aging eye primer masks shine while extending the life of your eye look. I use an eye primer on occasion (rarely, but sometimes), but I’ll probably end up passing this along to a friend.
~Twistbands: I was excited to see Twistbands as this month’s special gift! Love them!
Just another picture of the full collection (minus the Party Duo set).
Did you get a Julep Maven glitterati box this month? Julep boxes are $20/month, but like I mentioned, I opted for the Ultimate Collection this month, which added an additional $55 to that. So for $75, I received $232 worth of products (or $185.60 if you use Maven pricing). That works out to what, $5 an item? Hard to beat.
What was your favorite color in the box and what collection did you opt for? Did you get any add-ons? If you are interested in signing up, or just want to learn more, click here. And, as always, you can use code “FREEBOX” to score your first box FREE (you pay shipping which I think is $3.99). If you want to see if how you like the Julep colors / formulas, this is the best way!
I opted for the Core Classics box with Cara, Joelle and Celia. I love the new option and hope they keep offering that box with other products in it. But…they left the hair ties out of the Core Classics boxes 🙁
Boo!! I wonder why not??
I emailed Julep but haven’t heard back yet. It’s finally a surprise that I really want, and I
don’t get it.
Great set. I skipped this month with the holidays and all but I’m hoping some good colors coming up in the new year. I’ve been making a point to grab an unused color each time I change my polish so that I can say I’ve tried all mine. LOL
I got mine today. I am a classic with a twist gal. I received the hair ties which I love! I did add Evenly-It Girl to my box though. Love the shadows too! Plus I got a 40% off your entire order code….loving that. Will be using soon. Loving the polish subs. Now I need the polish rack for the bathroom 🙂 any recommendations?
I have some individual racks from IKEA that I haven’t gotten hung up yet. They are not amazing, but they were cheap!
Omg purple crinkles! I love all those polishes! I wish I hadn’t skipped this month. I have to get my hands on Andrea for my sister, it’s her name! If only they would do my name!
I think they have a Jennifer. I don’t love the color though.
beautiful! I love all the glitter!!!
we love Julep around here. My two year old is a mani-pedi queen! i just wish that i didn’t seem to get so many duplicates. I have about 5 colors that i’ve gotten duplicates on and i’m pretty sure i have 3 Andrea’s (gold sparkle). Oh well…glad I have lots of friends with little girls! 🙂
I need to spread all my colors out and see what I’ve got going on. I bet I have more dups than I know.
Thanks for the review! I love reading about sub boxes whether it be makeup, beauty, food, etc. I used to have about 4 sub’s going on at once but had to cancel and now I’m down to one, Ipsy. Awesome products in your december box!
It was a great month. I need t stop getting these full collections though! SO much polish!
I went boho glam this month and I think it was my fav box yet!
I think that’s what I would have picked had I not upgraded!
I opted out this month because I wasn’t sold that I needed these colors, seeing this post I am kicking myself. I love these colors.
Aren’t they great?? So much glitter!
This is super random.. but does anyone have that December coupon code that they would be willing to give me.. Curse me for being a neat freak and throwing everything out right away!! 🙁
I threw mine out too, but I know right now you can use the code POP30 to save 30% off. That might help?
Oops, it’s “POPUP30”