Honest to Blog: Julep Maven

If you follow me on Instagram you'll know that for the last little while I've been getting monthly boxes from Julep. I received my first box free back in July as a promotion I saw on someones blog. I loved it so much that I thought what the hell, I'll sign up as a Maven and get boxes each month as a nice gift to myself.

My first box that came for FREE with, Clara, Gabrielle, and Cuticle Oil

So as a Julep Maven (this title makes me feel important) you get a $40 box full of goodies for the price of $19.99 a month. When you sign up you take a fun little quiz to find out what your 'style' is, and based on that you get two polishes and a beauty product, which can range from make-up to cleanser, or hair products. My style is Classic with a Twist.

 August Box

 September Box

 October Box

 Bonus October Box. I received all this during a 50% off sale and with all my Julep points I had saved up.

 November Box

 December Box

January Box

Now I'm a notorious nail bitter so unless I'm wearing fake nails I have no real use for polish on my fingers but I do love pedicures, especially in the spring, summer, and fall.

I love this polish for the following reasons:

1.Its a high end polish that last days. In the summer I managed to not bite my nails for a few months and when I did use this polish it would last seven to nine days without chipping. I've painted my toes and that last a lot longer but they're feet so I mean maybe that's different.
2. It dries extremely fast and the Freedom top coat helps it last longer. So I'm not waiting around with my feet levitated waiting for the moment when I can put shoes on without the fear of all my hard work being ruined.
3. The colours that Julep have are amazing.
4. The bottles are shaped in such a way that when you get close to the end you can still get the last little bit at the bottom of the bottle.
5. Each month you get what are called Julep points which you can use to towards extra products from their store, and shipping and handling are free in Canada and US.

Also if a month comes along and you don't like the products for your 'style' you have the option of choosing one of the other 'styles' or skipping the month all together, or even gifting that month to a friend. And if you don't want to receive the boxes anymore you can close your account whenever you want without too much hassle.

From right to left:

Clara, Gabrielle, Veronica, Sylvia, Florence, Padma, Winona, Anisa, Cleopatra, Karen, Fiore, 

Freedom (which is the Top Coat), Sheila, Cynthia, Misti, Joelle, Abigail, and Mona.

After receiving these boxes for eight months I now own more polish then ever. Super cute feature is that all the polishes are named after women. No Paula yet, but I'm crossing my fingers for one with my name.

Just the beauty products.

However I will be more cautious from now on with which months I get as money is tight but also because I bite my nails its a waste to have so much polish and not be able to show it off. I really need to stop that nasty habit.

If you want to try Julep's monthly beauty box and become a Maven you can do so by signing up here.