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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.
Coupon Code: Use “FROSTY” to get a free 4-piece Snow Day themed welcome box (you just pay $2.99 for shipping).

The second shipment on my December 2014 Julep box arrived over the weekend which means I can finally do my review on it!  I received one box last weekend with two polishes in it and then a week later I received my shadow.  Julep didn’t send out an e-mail about the separate shipments, but once I got the first shipment and realized I was missing something I went on their Facebook page and saw a few comments other people had left.  I’d think it would have been easier for them to send out an e-mail saying that certain shadows had been delayed, so some subscribers would be getting two shipments, but I guess not?

If you aren’t familiar, Julep is a monthly nail polish subscription service.  They offer 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 were grandfathered in at the $19.99/month rate, however, they will need to upgrade to the $24.99 subscription if they want to customize their boxes.  I am hoping out and have yet to upgrade to the customizable option.  Once you do, you can’t move back down.

Julep ships via FedEx Smart Post and (each box) took about 4 days to arrive.

I somehow forgot to customize my Maven box this month (just like last month), so I was sent the box for my default profile.  I really didn’t even know what my default profile was (I later determined it’s “Bombshell”) so this box was a surprise for sure.

The December 2014 Julep box featured “The Countdown Collection”.  Here is what I received in my “Bombshell” box:

~Paul – Bombshell ($11.20 / $14): Paul is a persian blue with gold micro shimmer. And it’s gorgeous.  Depending on how the light hits it, it cam seem very shimmery and other times not so much.

~Soleil – Bombshell ($11.20 / $14): Soleil is a lustrous rose gold chrome.  I actually like it much better in person than I do in pictures.  It’s shimmery and would like amazing with a little gold glitter accent!

~Orbital Eyeshadow – Equinox ($14.40 / $18): I am rather happy I got Equinox because I know it isn’t a color I would have picked on my own.  It went on smoothly and gave a nice pale lavender shimmer without being too much, so that was nice.

All totaled I came up with a value of $36.80 for the December 2014 Julep Maven Bombshell Box.  Using non-Maven prices the value would have been $46 which is even better!  Although I didn’t select this box, it’s not a bad one and I will use everything in it!

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)!  Or you can use the coupon code “FROSTY” to get a free 4-Piece themed Snow Day box (a $58 value)!