Julep September 2013 (Spoilers)

[angismith]

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Ahhhhh. It happened. I'm back on the Julep bandwagon. Just what my wallet needs right now, planning to move in the next month or so, but now I keep telling myself I need Juleps in every color!!!!!

I traded most of my collection so I went from 80 something to 15ish, time to start hoarding all over again.
I think my hoarding is starting to get out of hand. Even though I stopped my Birchbox, I got the offer today for the Ruffian sets. My heart is going pitter-patter over those cutle little bottles and about 4 colors. Oh, no ..........................................

 

[angismith]

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  This blog had some Padma swatches: http://adventures-in-polishland.com/2013/09/01/subscription-sunday-my-september-julep-maven-box/

You can definitely see the shimmer in the bottle. Julep, I don't know if creme means what you think it means... Also, I eat my words because it's a little bit cooler than a LPAD dupe, which I think is slightly more plum than this.

Hmmm.... pretty color, but unless you look really hard, it just looks like black.

 

[angismith]

I apologize for the "drunk" postings tonight ... I read back over my responses and just about every one had some sort of typo. I woke up from a long nap and decided to check the threads. Guess I need to be more careful what my fingers are doing!  Back to bed for me, ladies! G'night!!!!

 

[hiheather]

I think my hoarding is starting to get out of hand. Even though I stopped my Birchbox, I got the offer today for the Ruffian sets. My heart is going pitter-patter over those cutle little bottles and about 4 colors. Oh, no ..........................................:rofl2:

Gurl, this is me all night. I can't sleep due to a horrible tooth ache and I keep looking on eBay, and Julep for more colors. Must have them all.

 

[Lolo22]

I saw the calendar on MUT! https://www.makeuptalk.com/t/137593/ulta-21-days-of-beauty/0_50#post_2156043

Thanks, I should've known /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

 

[jessicalriley]

Got my box today ... was so let down by the colors as they swatched on my fingers! I need to remember how cool my skin is when picking colors .. tatiana was the one I was really, really looking forwar to and it s just a blah orange. Karmen was a brighter red that I expected. Candace was a much darker brown than I pictured (but I still like it). Reece had no purple tones on me, more of a grey texture. And Daria, which I got just to get Karmen, turned out to be the best formula and color on my skin. Haven't tried the cleansing oil yet, but it smells wonderful!

I'm lucky to have a neutral skin tone, which means I can pretty much pull off any color. The only color I have issues with is yellow. I hope your new colors grow on you!

 

[chelsealady]

I got my box yesterday afternoon and I layered Reese over OPi Tomorrow Never Dies(a very bright purple) and it really makes the purple in Reese come out.  It really looks pretty in natural light.  All of the sparkles really pop.

 

[LuckyMoon]

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  I got my box yesterday afternoon and I layered Reese over OPi Tomorrow Never Dies(a very bright purple) and it really makes the purple in Reese come out.  It really looks pretty in natural light.  All of the sparkles really pop.
I got my box yesterday too.  I really like Reece (even on it's own).  I got it girl, and my favorite of those 3 is Josephine, although I wish it had a little more blue to it.   Candace, the gold/brown glitter is okay & I gave Catrina the marigold color to my daughter. 

 

[angismith]

Did everybody get the link to pick Julep as a QVC favorite?

 

[angismith]

Reece must need natural light to bring out the purple. Or two coats? It goes on a textured muddy grey in my bottle swatch and on my nail.

 

[angismith]

Quote: Originally Posted by LuckyMoon /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  I got my box yesterday too.  I really like Reece (even on it's own).  I got it girl, and my favorite of those 3 is Josephine, although I wish it had a little more blue to it.   Candace, the gold/brown glitter is okay & I gave Catrina the marigold color to my daughter. 

I got Candace, too ... and of all the colors I got, it looks the best ... just not quite in the brown mood today. It's a beautiful day in West Tennessee!

 

[deactivateduser232015]

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  Reece must need natural light to bring out the purple. Or two coats? It goes on a textured muddy grey in my bottle swatch and on my nail.
Yeah, that's why I called it in my review an "oil-slick purple" rather than the city skyline purple Julep called it. There's something really really grungy about the colour.

Here's a picture in direct sunlight (not edited bc lol lazy):



So definitely still really dark. you can barely see the purple.

 

[cari12]

Funny how we all see things differently. Reece is definitely purple to me, a silvery purple though. I think it would pop more over a bright purple though, I'll have to try that later! I also got Kristy, Tatiana, and Candace. Kristy is nice, looks black unless you catch it in the right light though. I LOVE Tatiana. I wasn't excited about it but on my nail it is gorgeous! Candace is just okay to me. I've been wanting some nice browns for fall but this didn't wow me. Maybe it will grow on me though /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" /> Tried out the cleansing oil last night and really liked it so far!

 

[LuckyMoon]

I think Reece definitely looks purple most of the time, but in certain light can look grey or even greenish.

I am a little more excited to try Candace after seeing this photo on Julep's Facebook page:

Also the Sept. issue free gift tomorrow is the Warming Foot Scrub.

 

[Lulubelle107]

How my konjac sponge looked after sitting in my hot mail box all afternoon.



Welcome to my sauna world.

 

[chelsealady]

Here is Reese in office lighting, layered over purple.  It doesn't photograph well at all.

But I agree with whoever called it "oil slick", the base has similar properties to last month's Angela?. 

 

[angismith]

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Here is Reese in office lighting, layered over purple.  It doesn't photograph well at all.

But I agree with whoever called it "oil slick", the base has similar properties to last month's Angela?. 
If we are having such trouble getting Reece to photograph purple, how on earth did Julep get it to be so purple in the swatches?

 

[Flowerfish]

Flowerfish, you might be surprised by what a little shimmer on your nails brings to your life.  :hehe:

Good to know. I decided to give it to a family member, but I'll get to see what it looks like on her. I'm kinda curious now.

 

[MissTrix]

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  Quote: Originally Posted by chelsealady /img/forum/go_quote.gif
 

Here is Reese in office lighting, layered over purple.  It doesn't photograph well at all.

But I agree with whoever called it "oil slick", the base has similar properties to last month's Angela?. 
If we are having such trouble getting Reece to photograph purple, how on earth did Julep get it to be so purple in the swatches?


Photoshop. 

 

[deactivateduser232015]

Quote: Originally Posted by MissTrix /img/forum/go_quote.gif
  Quote:  Originally Posted by angismith    Quote: Originally Posted by chelsealady 
 

Here is Reese in office lighting, layered over purple.  It doesn't photograph well at all.

But I agree with whoever called it "oil slick", the base has similar properties to last month's Angela?. 
If we are having such trouble getting Reece to photograph purple, how on earth did Julep get it to be so purple in the swatches?

Photoshop. 

lol that, and also because she said she layered it over purple. that probably helps.