Julep Maven - February 2012 "Boho Glam"

I realized that I have yet to have skipped a month of my Julep subscription, or have even been tempted to skip! This month's was no exception. I do, however, tend to switch out my usual "Bombshell" boxes based on the colors of the polish, and I did so this month.

For February, I received the "Boho Glam" Maven box, which included Oscar, Marisa, a chocolate Oscar statuette, and a bottle of the Essential Cuticle Oil. My cuticle oil had gone missing for a long time, though I love the product and had hardly seemed to have used any of it. So, while I was really tempted by and curious about the Topcoat for Hair, I also recognized that my cuticles are torn up again -- and that I had been wanting to buy some of the oil anyway, so this was a better investment. :)

I thought the Oscar was really cute. The statuette design shows up a lot better in this picture than in real life, though!

Who got this box this month? Who got something different?

Julep Maven - "Bombshell" Introductory Box

So... Many of you have heard of Julep, a Washington-based company that deals in manicure products. I knew about them for their nail polishes, which I had never tried but was very curious about. Recently they launched a new program called "Julep Maven", which is similar to BirchBox but consists of products that are mostly full-size, tailored to your personality profile, and include nail polishes. In spite of some of the drama that has arisen with the program's "add a friend" program, I have so far really enjoyed getting my monthly presents from Julep.

 

Pretty nice haul, isn't it? And only $20!

I got two shades of nail polish -- Samantha and Zoe, as well as a base-coat. I'll review all three eventually, but so far I have used Zoe and the base-coat, and it has adhered pretty well for five days of wear, especially through the body of the nail. 

I also received a wonderful hand-scrub and a couple samples of a glycolic SPF-laden hand creme. I like the scrub a lot and I hope it works to get my hands' skin tone back to even after the summer outside!