Julep Black Friday Deal!!!

So this year, Julep apparently is bringing back their $1 polish deal for Black Friday!! There are five $1 polishes to choose from, so head on over and check out what they've got!!! They have tons of great Black Friday deals on the site right now, so if you're thinking about trying Julep and never have before, now is the time!! :D OR if you are just addicted to Julep, and want to add a color you've never tried before to your collection, there's that too!
*This offer lasts through the weekend and ends 11/30 at 11:59 PST.

Use code "ONE" at checkout to get one for a dollar!

Here's the polishes they have included in this offer:

• Lupita: Classic with a Twist - Ripe Rhubarb Creme
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• Jillian: Classic with a Twist - Deep Eggplant with Bronze Molten
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• Alex: Boho Glam - Regal Purple Microglitter
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• Roc Solid: It Girl - Vintage Military Creme
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• Frances: Boho Glam - Celery Green Creme
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My person favorite is Alex. I don't have that one, and I LOVE purple glitter anything! It looks great!

As for the other item you pick to get your soon to be polished hands on a $1 polish, I personally recommend picking up THIS:

Julep Gem Collection 2014 - ON SALE for $49.99!

Happy Shopping!

Xx Ashley C.

Julep Friends & Family Sale!!

SOO I have a SUPER awesome deal for you guys today! It's pretty rare that I do posts outside of the steals and deals page for just sales, but this one is really too great not to post about and I don't want anyone to miss out on it. in case you're wanting to try Julep for the first time, or are just looking for a cool new polish.

 

Right now through tomorrow, 11/16 at 11:59 PST, Julep is hosting a friends and family sale! Use code "SHOPEARLY" at checkout, and you can get 40% off of anything you want outside of maven boxes, savvy deals, and gift cards! AWESOME RIGHT?! The holidays are definitely the best time for Julep hoarding, and it's rare they offer this much off, so definitely JUMP ON IT QUICK before stuff starts selling out! Their holiday gift sets this year are excellent, and there's tons I want! Here's some link, and some of my favorite items they have right now for the holidays!! :)
Mini Lipstick Trio - Dancing - original price: $40.00 (price with coupon: $14.40!)

Julep has FINALLY released more mini lipstick trios!! I have one of the original trios and I LOVE it. This set, "dancing", is comprised of three matte shades that are perfect for winter this year! Right now, it's already on sale for $24, and with coupon code "SHOPEARLY" you can pick it up for only $14.40 + Tax!  That's 64% off!

 

 

Rock Her Wish List - original price: $450.00 (price with coupon: $134.40!)

HOLY MOLY. WHAT A SET!?! This is like the most amazing Julep set I've ever seen. This would be like, the PERFECT Christmas present. If my husband (or anyone for that matter) bought this for me I might very well pass out. It has a little bit of everything great released this year for Julep lovers. The original price may seem a bit steep, but you are getting:  Plie wand system (plié tool, dotting tool, striper brush, precision brush), Luxe Lip Conditioning treatment duo, Rockstar cream, solace spf, luxe hand cream, Nailed it (12 mini polishes from 2014), mighty nail & cuticle serum, Stargazer (5 mini eye gliders), Photogenic eyeshadow palette, Oxygen base & topcoat! Tons of stuff! Its on sale for $224, and with code "SHOPEARLY" you can snag it for $134.40!! 70% off!!!

 

Bare Face Cleansing Oil - Original Price: $28.00 (price with coupon:$16.80)

This is one of my alltime favorite Julep items. I've gone through two bottles since it came out and LOVE it. Get it 40% off using code "SHOPEARLY" for $16.80! Worth every cent!

 

 

The New Neutrals - Original Price: $54.00 (price with coupon: $18)

For the holidays this year Julep is bringing back their super popular New Neutrals mini set! If you're like me and missed out on this last time, this is an awesome offer! Get it for 67% off with code "SHOPEARLY" at only $18! 5 mini neutral polishes and a mini freedom topcoat! A great way to try out Julep for the first time!

 

 

So those are some pretty good gifts and sets that Julep currently is offering. As you can see, some of them are basically DOUBLE on sale, and you can get a pretty sweet deal! Don't miss out on this one!

AND if you're wanting to sign up for the maven program, they have a pretty great starter box going on right now that you can get for only the price of $3.99 shipping!!! :D

 



Happy Shopping! Xx Ashley C.

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Thankful for Giveaways Giveaway Hop!!

Hi everyone!!! As I told you last week a few times, I have another giveaway for you guys!!!
I LOVE the holiday season, so I decided to do another one for Thanksgiving! The group I'm in Up All Night Blogging is hosting the Thankful for Giveaways Giveaway hop from today, 11/12/14 to 11/26/14 at 11:59 EST!!

I'm giving away two of my FAVORITE nail polishes!!! Green is my FAVORITE color so I picked two of my favorite greens! You will be entering for a chance to win Julep's Angela and Butter London's Squatter!! These are two great brands that I LOVE and use regularly, and hopefully you will love them too!! :) I'm also going to be throwing in random extras in your package like, beauty, skincare, and other random samples that I have.

This is currently open to the U.S. only and will run until 11:59 EST on 11/26!
I'll pick a winner on 11/27 and email you so make sure and enter a good email! You will have 24 hours to confirm, so I don't have to pick someone else, and I'll ship the next day! :)

Here's a picture of the polishes for your viewing pleasure, and GOOD LUCK TO ALL!

Happy almost Thanksgiving!!! Make sure and enter the other giveaways in the hop too! And if you like you can attend the twitter party, and have the chance to win EVEN MORE PRIZES! RSVP HERE!

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Welcome to the Thankful For Giveaways Giveaway Hop, brought to you by The Hopping Bloggers & Up All Night Blogging! We are a group of bloggers that specialize in giveaway hops - so stay with us and you will have many chances to win some amazing prizes! Each blogger participating in this hop has a giveaway with a prize value of at least $15 - and some are much more than that! Be sure to visit them all - there is no limit to how many prizes you can win! Good Luck and Have Fun!

 

Xx Ashley C.

Frankenstein Nails for Halloween 2014

Good morning lovelies! I've been trying for WEEKS to figure out what kind of Halloween nails I wanted to do this year... and tonight I think I've finally decided on Frankenstein/Bride of Frankenstein nails! :) 

Now, forewarning, I'm not like super awesome at nail art or anything, but I can tell a BIG improvement from last year, and Halloween is my favorite time to do cutesy things with my nails! :) I still kind of want to figure out how to do some witch nails, or zombie nails.. 

SO without further adieu, HERE THEY ARE in all their not so spooky glory!

For this mani I used:

• China Glaze - I'm With the Lifeguard
• L.A. Colors Black Striper Polish
• Julep - Nicolette
• Julep - Rebel
• Sinful Colors - 24/7
• Pretty & Polished - Matte Topcoat

I've had this China Glaze for awhile now... I have absolutely NO idea why I hadn't used it until now.... because it's basically the most amazing lime green EVER. You can't tell in this picture because I used Instagram filters and whatnot, but here's a picture of it in all it's amazing glory pre-cleanup and pre-franken-nails!

Lime green WHAT!? This is with my matte topcoat over it, but it didn't really need it, as it's super neon and kind of matte already. I love it so much, like if I could only pick on polish color for the rest of my life, I'd definitely pick this one! What do you think?!

Okay so ANYWAY, this is a super easy mani to do, if you want a real tutorial, I can make one for you, so just comment if you do and I'll make a pictorial. :) I'd be happy to! I haven't made one in ages, and I kind of love making them!! 

Directions:

1. Paint nails your base green color.
2. After that's dry, on your three non accent nails, using a black polish and striper brush, make stick marks randomly over the nail. Two will probably suffice, as some of mine have three and look messy-ish.
3. Next, on the nails you want to be Frankensteins, paint in the hair using the same striper brush. I made my Franken... Man have squared off hair, and the Bride of Frankenstein have her classic big hair.
4. Next I drew on the mouth of my Frankenstein using the same stitch type design as the non-accent nails.
5. I let that dry for a minute to avoid smearing as much as possible, then used a larger dotting tool and my white polish (Nicolette) to dot on the eyes. I definitely had shaky hands last night when I did these and one of my eyes got a little wonky.. so be careful!
6. Then I used a small dotting tool to dot in the eyes with black.
7. Add the silver (Rebel) zig-zag streak to Bride of Frankenstein's hair.
8. Draw on pink (or whatever color) bow, and you're done with your nail art! Unless you want Bride of Frankenstein to have little eyelashes and a nose like mine, in which case you can paint those on whenever.
9. Topcoat and DONE! I used matte topcoat over these just because I'm out of regular. lol But either would probably look awesome!

SO yeah! Super easy semi-tutorial for your Sunday!

Anyone have any wicked awesome Halloween inspired manis to share?! I'd love to see them! I did some candy corns, ghosts, and pumpkins last year I think! I love Halloween Nail Art!!

Xx Ashley C.

Julep Secret Store is OPEN! :)

A quick post for your morning!! The Julep Secret Store is officially open!!!!! :D Here's a peek at what you can get this month!! CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE SECRET STORE! They have some great stuff this time.

AND there you have it my loves!!! The September Secret Store in all it's glory. Seriously, I never buy anything but I'm thinking about at least buying the birthstone polish since it's so pretty!!! Click HERE or any of the photos above to access the secret store if you're logged in and got your box this month!!

Happy Shopping!! More posts to come later today! :D

Xx Ashley C.

August 2014 Julep Maven Spoilers! The Wanderlust Collection!

SOOO I found some spoilers a day a head of time for Julep's August box and I am REALLY REALLY excited about it so I figured I'd share it with my readers too. This is the first box I've EVER been this excited about and I love every single color. I'm not thrilled about the beauty product this month, but that can be remedied and I'm sure some people will really love it.

If you don't already know what Julep is from all the press, my posts, or commercials on TV, it's a monthly nail polish subscription program with different style profiles you can pick from every month! The window opens on the 20th and you can either pick one of the set ones, or customize your box! You can get everything too, or only just polish. I've been subscribed for over a year now and LOVE it. Plus you can usually get your first box free with code FREEBOX, or head over to my Julep Steals & Deals page and there are more codes there! CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE OR SUB TODAY! It's only

So without further ado, Meet August 2014 Julep Wanderlust Collection!
If you don't want spoilers, don't keep reading by the way!! :)

Easy Nails for the 4th of July!

I totally meant to post this BEFORE the 4th, but apparently my body decided to sleep through it. ANYWAY here are my holiday nails! They were super easy to do, and I think they're pretty cute myself!

The colors I used for this mani are:

Julep - America

Zoya - Liberty

Zoya - Cosmo

Vapid Lacquer Quick Dry Topcoat

Click on any of the links above for more info or to purchase! Zoya Libery is part of their Pixie Dust line, and Cosmo is a Magical Pixie! I love them both!

For this essentially I painted my accent nails with America. I had to fish out stars but it was worth it. It's a really neat color even though I only use it like once or twice a year. A must have.

I painted the rest of my nails with Liberty then used a makeup sponge for the gradient effect with cosmo. Super easy right?!

Until later,

xX Ashley C.

Julep "Golden Ticket" Mystery Box!!

Okay so as you all know I LOVE Julep mystery boxes!! Usually they do a box with a LE polish in it but this month, they have switched it up a bit!
They just announced their Golden Ticket mystery boxes. For only $24.99 you can pick up one of three versions of this box packed with $100+ of Julep polish and goodies. There's no product overlap this month, which is awesome and I think it's due to everyone complaining about getting multiple boxes and them all having the same thing in them!!
There will be one lucky winner in EACH version of the box who will receive a "Golden Ticket". A gold capped Julep bottle filled with star confetti. If you get it, you win a chance to name a Julep polish in an upcoming collection, and you will receive 25 bottles for yourself, or to share with friends!!! I WOULD personally LOVE the chance to win a polish that I could name. I'd name it after my daughter for sure.
The sheer novelty of this box basically has me sold, and I plan on purchasing at LEAST one of the versions once I see some sneak peeks!!! I'm SURE Melissa will probably end up getting all three through, so watch out for her unboxings!!! :D

HERE are the links to the mystery boxes this month!!

CLICK HERE for box 1!

CLICK HERE for box 2!

CLICK HERE for box 3!
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Sorry I don't have any pictures for you guys of these boxes this month, there aren't really very many since they are all 100% mystery!!!!!

And make sure and check out the Maven program too!

See you guys later today with another review courtesy of Tomoson!

Xx Ashley C.

Julep Secret Store & Link!

This month the Julep Secret Store should open on May 1st for those of you who purchased your box this month!! Here is a link for you for SUPER easy access as long as you're logged in! Once they open it I will post up some favorites and what I'm going to get from the Secret Store this month!!!!


CLICK HERE FOR THE LINK!

Xx Ashley C.

 

Cherry Blossom Nails for Spring!!!

No serious tutorial or anything for these really, but they were WAY easier than I thought they'd be!

All you need is:
Brown Polish
Base color polish(es)
Dark Pink
Light pink
Striping brush
Dotting tool and/or pen

I used:
Julep - Fiore
Julep - Bess
Julep - Denver
Julep - Carrie
Julep - Nellie
HK Girl Topcoat
Striping Brush
Crappy old pen

Basically you just paint your nails the base colors. I used Julep Bess with Julep Denver as an accent nail although you can't really tell in the photo. Let that dry. I applied Topcoat here to make it dry faster. HK Girl is my go to for nail art because it dries crazy fast, doesn't shrink, and doesn't smear.
Then you take your brown color and paint on branches. The best part is they don't have to be perfect or anything because the flowers are going to be going on top of them. I used Julep Fiore because it's the only brownish polish I have but it's a little dark.
Then randomly on the branches make dots in the shape of flowers with your light pink color. I tired to make them not all the same size, and used Julep Carrie.
Then in the middle of those "flowers"  use your dark pink to make a dot in the middle and Voila!  Cherry Blossom Nails!!!  I used Julep Nellie for the dark pink.  It's my favorite.
Top coat again and done!!!

So there's your super easy and fast tutorial for my nails of the day and HERE THEY ARE in all their novice glory!

Xx Ashley C.

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Easter Nails take one!

So as always I've decided to do holiday nails for you guys. My nail art skills Re definitely getting better every year with more and more practice. These were a little time consuming but we'll worth it!!! 

My six year old daughter and 3 year old niece LOVE these and here is what I used:
Butter London - Cotton Buds
Julep - Bess
Julep - Carrie
Julep - Lexie
Julep - Marjorie (On sale for $2.99!!! Such a pretty orange color for summer or fall!)
Zoya - Neely
Sinful Colors - Candy Coated
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear - Black Out

And here they are in all their Easter glory:

Hope you like them! There are definitely more to come soon! And a post about my epic Sally's/ CVS haul!!!

Xx Ashley C.

P.S. I'd LOVE to see your easter manis!

Julep Speckled for Spring 2014 Mystery Box Details!

Julep has announced their newest "Speckled for Spring" mystery boxes, just in time for the Easter holiday next weekend! These are REALLY great, and I'm sad to say I will likely be missing out on them. They follow the theme that they kind of sneak peeked with the Maven box this month of speckled special polishes!

Check out the link below to view the boxes!

As usual you can pick up a mystery box for $24.99, in which you get $100+ worth of nailpolish & beauty products. There are two boxes with LE colors, and one that is 100% mystery! I'm not sure how long these are going to be on sale, but the regular mystery box usually sells out first so if that's the one you want then hurry and purchase one!!! They're usually for sale for about a week or so!

Click here to find out more!

Without further ado:

The first box contains the LE color "Kimberly", described as a "spring inspired wisteria creme with black speckles". I personally LOVE these speckle polishes!!

Click here to find out MORE!

And THIS is "Emerson", described as a "powder-blue creme with black speckles". I'm really having a hard time deciding which of these I like more.

Click here to find out more!

So those are the new boxes! And if you want to check out the 100% mystery box, click here!

Xx Ashley C.

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Rainbow nails!!

This post is going to be super quick but if I don't share these I might very well explode.
So, there was a challenge in one of the Facebook groups I'm in for rainbow nails...

So I did them and I used:
Julep:

• Majorie
• Lexxie
• Nellie
• Eden
• Fiona

Zoya:

• Elisa
• Robin

Butter London - Cotton Buds

Sinful Colors- Black on Black

Pretty & Polished Matte Topcoat

First, I painted all of my nails white with Cotton Buds.

Then, like a day later (I'm really slow), I painted rainbow stripes on top of them with a striper brush.

The greatest part about these nails, is that it doesn't matter how bad you are at drawing stripes because you're not even going to see them for long. :D I suck at stripes.

THEN once the rainbows are COMPLETELY DRY (SUPER IMPORTANT) carefully apply striping tape in the opposite diagonal direction of the rainbow lines. Paint your whole nail black and slowly peel the tape off while they're still wet. 

I then painted them with a matte topcoat.... just because I like matte and ended up with THIS AWESOMENESS!

I wish I could have these nails always.

Xx Ashley C.

Green & Gold Nails for St. Patrick's Day!

I finally pulled together some St. Patty's Nails with some of my favorite Julep colors!!! :)
I'm going to try a little nail art here in a minute, but I've been trying to wait on my HK Girl topcoat to get here! LOL It's the best and it's so hard to do my nails now without it!

For these nails I used:
Julep - Cindy
Julep - Lucky (Middle finger)
Julep - Andrea (Ring finger)

I purchased Cindy awhile ago, but hadn't really used it. This is a perfect color for the holiday! It's green with gold microshimmer! Love it!

Lucky is kind of similar, except it has big gold glitters in it. I got it last year as an add on in March!

Andrea is my favorite full coverage glitter right now. It's actually supposed to be bronze, but I definitely see it as gold!

Let's see your St. Patty's Nails!!! :D I think I'm going to do leprechaun nails here in a few! 

Xx Ashley C. 

March 2014 Julep Deal & Lucky Mystery Box!!

Julep has some pretty awesome deals right now just in time for St. Patrick's Day!! As many of you know, I love all things green and all things glittery, so this is a great holiday for me in regards to nail art!!
I also plan on tomorrow putting together some super awesome St. Patrick's Day nails for you guys!

First things first, I received an email earlier today, that if you purchase $10 at Julep.com between now and Tuesday 3/18/14, you can receive ANY gold nail polish completely for FREE with code FREEGOLD!! :D

This is a SUPER deal! Click HERE for a list they have provided of their gold polishes you can snag for free! My personal favorites are Zelda, Andrea,and Gianna! Basically if you buy one full priced polish, even if you use Maven prices, you can get another gold one free! B1G1! Or you could find something in the savvy deals section! Here I'll give you some ideas!

FOR STARTERS: One of the NEW Lucky MYSTERY BOXES!

For three more days, for only $24.99, you can pick from one of four (or multiple ones of course) mystery boxes. Three of which have brand new GREEN colors! :D 

FYI, to view the boxes, click on any of the images below!

If you're feeling a little glittery, make sure and check out the box with Taryn!

Taryn is a Deep Sea Teal Holographic Glitter!

If you're feeling a little minty, make sure and check out the box with Shannon!

Shannon is a light minty green silk finish polish!

& If you're feeling a little dangerous, make sure and check out the box with Aislinn!

Aislinn is my personal favorite. She is a probably really dark black and green glitter!

Last, but not least! If you're not feeling any of those above, you can pick a complete mystery!

I think it's pretty neat that they're offering a 100% mystery version. 

So! Those are some pretty viable options for things you can pick that are over $10. Buy a mystery box, get an already awesome deal of over $100 worth of polish & product AND on top of that get a free gold polish to go with your new green one!

Some other recommendations I have are:

Luck O' the Irish set- $14.99!

OR
Savannah set for $9.99 & Jackie $6.99

Savannah is an adorable set! Great starter bright Julep colors!
Jackie is my all time favorite Julep Red. A MUST have.

Well lovelies! Happy shopping! Let me know if you get anything awesome in your mystery boxes! :D

Xx Ashley C.

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