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Julep
Cost: $24.99/month (My Maven) / $39.99 (Maven Luxe)
Ships To: United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, and Canada.
Yesterday’s great mail day included so many great boxes that I almost forgot that my July Julep Maven box was in there!
If you aren’t familiar, Julep is a monthly nail polish subscription service. They have recently switched a few things up and are now offering a “My Maven” box for $24.99/month which contains $40+ worth of product and polish or “Maven Luxe” for $39.99/month which contains $60+ of prestige products. Both boxes are fully customizable and you have the option to switch between tiers. Subscribers prior to 4/29/14 are grandfathered in at the $19.99/month rate, however, they will need to upgrade if they want to customize their boxes. If you opt for a prepaid subscription of 3-months, you can also get the $19.99/rate which is fully customizable!
Julep previously shipped via USPS Priority Mail, however, all boxes are now shipping via DHL Global Mail. I always wondered how Julep was able to send nail polish via air (aka Priority Mail), but it kind of appears that they have realized they can’t? Not too sure, but I know my box took nearly a week longer to arrive with DHL than it used to take with USPS.
I don’t know what happens to me when I am placing my Julep order, but I seem to have ordered the max amount of add-ons again this month. And somehow I always seem to forget until my box arrives in the mail. LOL. I was wondering why it was so heavy!
The July 2014 Julep Maven theme was “The Poolside Collection”. I haven’t made the switch to the fully customized box yet (I was grandfathered in at the old $19.99 rate and am holding out so I don’t have to switch to the new $24.99 rate) so I had to select from the “preset” box options. I opted for “Bombshell” this month which included the following items:
~Julep Body Milk ($19.20 / $24): Totally love. I knew I wanted to try this when I saw the spoilers and it didn’t disappoint. The smell is light, but amazing. I will for sure pick this up again.
~Julep Lissa ($11.20 / $14): Lissa is a Tumbled turquoise crème and is probably my favorite color in the entire collection this month. I love it and it’s totally screams poolside to me!
~Julep Beverly ($11.20 / $14): Beverly is a Boysenberry crème, and while pretty probably isn’t what I would have opted for had I customized my box. I know I would have ended up buying it anyway though, so I am happy!
My Add-Ons: I opted to add-on the Clean Slate Polish Corrector Pen, Clean Slate Conditioning Nail Polish Remover & Pump & Braiden (which is a Graphite stardust (textured matte glitter)) this month. And while I didn’t know it, I got two free polishes (the navy and the white) for filling all my add-on spots this month! Not a bad deal at all.
All totaled I came up with a value of $41.60 for the July 2014 Julep Maven Bombshell box from “The Poolside Collection”! That’s using Julep Maven prices and doesn’t include my add-ons! I loved the colors this month and am looking forward to getting some of the other colors from this collection down the road!
Did you get Julep this month? What collection did you get? As always, if you are interested in subscribing to Julep, click here and use the coupon code “FREEBOX” to get your first box for $4.99 (you pay only the shipping)! Oh and if you missed my post on the latest Julep Mystery Boxes (the Truth or Dare ones), you can check that out here!
The body milk sounds good! PS: I just got an e-mail saying that Quarterly Evita (that was supposed to ship in July) was canceled.
I love the colors. They are pretty,
I bit the bullet and switched to the customizable plan this month. I had to have the Tamara polish – bright red and named after me :). I really didn’t like the polish with it though so I went with the pink flamingo color. I also added on the 2 stardust polishes
That Tamara polish is so gorgeous!
I wanted this box for the colors but was bummed about the body milk until I got it. Oh man it smells so good and feels so nice!
It makes me want to try the Body Polish!
I’m always iffy with trying new body products because of allergies to synthetic fragrance. I opted out of the lotion but now I’m wishing I would have just tried it!