Julep: August 2013 (Spoilers)

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I feel your pain Angi. We have college tuition payments due and now I have to spend about $5000 that we do not have to start up an apartment for my son. He was injured last year and missed his chance at the housing lottery. Given the real estate market in New York City, He'll probably get something unpleasant and way too expensive. But at least till be back in school. No second Bondi box for me and probably no Mystery box either.

 
Originally Posted by r4chel77 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

i think the seed idea could have been a lot better if it was a julep bookmark with seeds in it or something, one of those plantable papers. or even little place cards that are plantable as a 'garden party' favor. 

i don't ever complain about the freebie because it's a freebie. for example, the oil blotting sheets from last month sit unopened because i don't ever have facial oiliness and i don't think the majority of people need them.
Rach, I LOVED the blotting papers and would love to see them marketed .... even at 49, I still have an oily forehead and nose.

 
Originally Posted by sldb /img/forum/go_quote.gif


I was disappointed in the anniversary boxes of Glossybox and Starlooks. I don't know -maybe we get our hopes up too much and think it will be something really, really special. Then we are especially disappointed when it is just another (regular) box.
I try to be a positive person, but this month I WAS especially disappointed when it was just another regular box and we got hijacked (by our own addiction) into buying the Champagne Trio at $15, thinking we might not be able to buy later. I think Julep needs to work on a little more "transparency" in their ideas/motivations/intentions.

 
Originally Posted by r4chel77 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

actually the more i think about it, it makes sense that they ought to have done a nicer surprise. like giving everyone one of the three from the champagne trio. or having fiore be a secret shade that came with every box and a note card explaining the history/link to the video.
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the Fiore idea, Rach! That would have been AWESOME!

 
Originally Posted by jessicalriley /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Ditto. I was pretty defensive of julep when Bondi entered the game. I got an email from Bondi yesterday offering extra mystery boxes with a GUARANTEE of no dupes. Combine this with a series of Julep let-downs and the tide is starting to turn. Only time will tell, as Bondi hasn't even sent out their boxes yet.
Yes, Jessica, I am much more interested in my first Bondi box this month and am enjoying the conversation and wishing that is going over on the Julep September 2013 thread more than this thread - that mystery box better be something really special!

 
Does anyone know why the beauty bio and text codes worked on the champagne trio but not other trios/sets on the site?

 
Originally Posted by swimsalot /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I feel your pain Angi. We have college tuition payments due and now I have to spend about $5000 that we do not have to start up an apartment for my son. He was injured last year and missed his chance at the housing lottery. Given the real estate market in New York City, He'll probably get something unpleasant and way too expensive. But at least till be back in school.

No second Bondi box for me and probably no Mystery box either.
Ouch! I did not "get" to experience any of this with my son, with his mental health issues. I hope all goes well in the apartment search. Sounds like your August is going to be as barren as mine! It seems like everything is happening this month. Some of it my on fault, like the cut and color. I scheduled it right after the 4th of July - I have been letting it grow since June 2012. I could cancel but I really don't want to. So I have to put myself on restrictions, as bad as I hate to.

 
Originally Posted by Alicia Loves /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Does anyone know why the beauty bio and text codes worked on the champagne trio but not other trios/sets on the site?
No, Alicia, I don't know why. It should have worked. Did you follow all the way through to checkout (without actually checking out) to see if it added the promo code at the end?

Speaking ot the text code for 50%, do you have to place your order via text for it to work? Also, is it possible to use it for the Mystery Box this month?

 
Ouch! I did not "get" to experience any of this with my son, with his mental health issues. I hope all goes well in the apartment search. Sounds like your August is going to be as barren as mine! It seems like everything is happening this month. Some of it my on fault, like the cut and color. I scheduled it right after the 4th of July - I have been letting it grow since June 2012. I could cancel but I really don't want to. So I have to put myself on restrictions, as bad as I hate to.
There's nothing like a good cut & color to make you feel like a million bucks! I'm getting mine trimmed up today. As for coloring- I LOVE getting my hair colored. I feel so pampered. However, I have let my natural color grow out (no gray yet, thank God!), & I forgot how much I love my color! I'm very lucky to have natural highlights that add a lot of dimension! My hairdresser always tells me how lucky I am. I still haven't decided if I will begin dyeing again once the gray comes in. My grandma has beautiful white hair, but my mom dyes hers. Hopefully it is WAAAAAAAY down the road! The good news is that they both have beautiful, full heads of hair, so I think I've hit the genetic hair jackpot. Back on topic- I'm pretty sure you can't use discount codes on mystery boxes. But, it doesn't hurt to try!
 
There's nothing like a good cut & color to make you feel like a million bucks! I'm getting mine trimmed up today. As for coloring- I LOVE getting my hair colored. I feel so pampered. However, I have let my natural color grow out (no gray yet, thank God!), & I forgot how much I love my color! I'm very lucky to have natural highlights that add a lot of dimension! My hairdresser always tells me how lucky I am. I still haven't decided if I will begin dyeing again once the gray comes in. My grandma has beautiful white hair, but my mom dyes hers. Hopefully it is WAAAAAAAY down the road! The good news is that they both have beautiful, full heads of hair, so I think I've hit the genetic hair jackpot. Back on topic- I'm pretty sure you can't use discount codes on mystery boxes. But, it doesn't hurt to try!
Wow I wish my hair didnt turn gray when I was like 20.
 
on Facebook they are asking opinions about the secret store:

  ulep
  Mavens we need your help! Vote on what items you want to see in the Secret Store this month. Leave us a comment with your favorite and the top 3 will be picked.

1. Adele
2. Blakely
3. Freedom Polymer Top Coat
4. Tracy
5. The Champagne Trio
 
Wow I wish my hair didnt turn gray when I was like 20.
Every once in a while the light hits my hair just right & I have a heart attack Bc it looks gray...my aunt had had gray hair since she was in her 20s, too.
 
Originally Posted by Alicia Loves /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Does anyone know why the beauty bio and text codes worked on the champagne trio but not other trios/sets on the site?
The beauty bio code should work on sets. I used it on the Hello Giggles set and it knocked it down from 36$ to 18$ making each polish in the set 3$ :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> win!

Julep also made an error and sent me two sets so I got each polish for 1.50$ - double win!

 
Originally Posted by jessicalriley /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Every once in a while the light hits my hair just right & I have a heart attack Bc it looks gray...my aunt had had gray hair since she was in her 20s, too.
I'm only 22 & I have a least a good 10 strands of gray hair. But I'm okay with it.

My grandpa used to tell my grandma that for every gray hair he loved her that much more. hehehehe

 
Originally Posted by shy32 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

on Facebook they are asking opinions about the mystery box:

  ulep
  Mavens we need your help! Vote on what items you want to see in the Secret Store this month. Leave us a comment with your favorite and the top 3 will be picked.
1. Adele

2. Blakely

3. Freedom Polymer Top Coat

4. Tracy

5. The Champagne Trio
I vote for having all of them in the secret store. Seriously, why isn't everyone else also voting for all of them to be in the secret store? :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 
Originally Posted by jessicalriley /img/forum/go_quote.gif

There's nothing like a good cut & color to make you feel like a million bucks! I'm getting mine trimmed up today. As for coloring- I LOVE getting my hair colored. I feel so pampered. However, I have let my natural color grow out (no gray yet, thank God!), & I forgot how much I love my color! I'm very lucky to have natural highlights that add a lot of dimension! My hairdresser always tells me how lucky I am. I still haven't decided if I will begin dyeing again once the gray comes in. My grandma has beautiful white hair, but my mom dyes hers. Hopefully it is WAAAAAAAY down the road! The good news is that they both have beautiful, full heads of hair, so I think I've hit the genetic hair jackpot.

Back on topic- I'm pretty sure you can't use discount codes on mystery boxes. But, it doesn't hurt to try!
Jessica, I wore my hair frosted from 8th grade on through about age 35. My hair got gradually darker with the years and it was taking longer and longer to "lift" to the blonde color I wanted. One night I got fed up with the dark roots being SO dark and had my hair dyed to match my roots. I was in shock for about a year, getting used to how I looked as a brunette. Finally, last summer, I decided I wasn't ever going to be happy with my hair until I went blonde again. June 2012, I had it cut almost-short and frosted heavily with white blonde streaks everywhere. Now, after a year, I have about 4-5" of roots that look like dark brown and then very blonde from there down. It looks disgusting to me! I got an appointment with the best colorist in our town and what seems like mega-money to me but is probably not much for people in larger areas. I have a picture picked out of a lt. brown and am hoping she can achieve something similar without such a drastic contrast to my roots. Besides the fact, that at age 49, my overall hair looks old and dull, like me! I need a perk-me-up-over! LOL!!!

 
I vote for having all of them in the secret store. Seriously, why isn't everyone else also voting for all of them to be in the secret store? :( /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
I have them all! They need to put Kai (the new sea salt only available through intro add ons) in there. It seriously sucks that the only way to get it is through the intro box. I actually got my intro box the other day. Kai was missing. I emailed CS and have yet to hear back. I'm not sure which month Bette was introduced (or if it is new?), but it is gorgeous. It was in the it girl intro box. I just put it on my toes! It is a purpley-red jelly-like polish. It is fairly bright, but it has a fall feel to it. A nice transition color for summer to fall.
 
Originally Posted by Superfish19 /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Wow I wish my hair didnt turn gray when I was like 20.
I have very little gray at 49. It's starting to come in around the edges of my hairline at the front. But what's there is entirely different texture than the rest of my hair. My hair just looks dull overall - maybe there's more gray mixed in than I want to see???

 
Originally Posted by jessicalriley /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I have them all! 
I skipped the July box and after seeing all the reviews I really want the colours now. Hopefully Julep isnice and smart and put them all up :) /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

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