Julep January 2015 Birthstone and a Nail Polish Challenge
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My hands are not the best, so I have a love/hate relationship with nail polish. On the one hand (sorry that I could not help the pun), unkempt hands get ignored. That way, no one notices them. At the same time, all hands look better with a nice manicure and a little polish. Yes, more people will notice them, but at least they will look as good as they can. So, I invite all of you on my journey to keep my rough, man-hands polished as much as possible. I’ve joined a nail polish challenge and plan to paint my nails at least once a week for the remainder of 2015.
Nail polish Saturday will be my new “thing.” I started collecting nail polish in May 2013. Prior to that, I only owned a couple of older bottles that I tossed when my new collection started. That means my current collection is all less than two years old with some being very near the two year mark and others that just arrived today. My newest haul from Julep just came in with two polishes and a plush pout. Of course, I will always swatch new items for you.
Here is the Plush Pout in Cardinal. It looks red in the container, but it presents more pink-red on my skin. That probably has to do with my natural pink undertones and the moisturizing center lightening the color. Yes, I know this is a nail polish topic, so I will not spend too much time on this. I will just say that I am in love with these. Magenta Plum was my first, and it is amazing. These wear so beautifully and feel great. I picked up Aurora Pink in October and hope to use it for the first time soon. Almond Nude is the only one I am missing now, but it is coming in my next box. My collection will be complete when it gets here.
Luna was the polish that got away in December. If I could describe this polish in one word, I would call it Frozen. It just reminds me of the movie. I regretted not ordering it, and it was not an option in January. That just meant I needed to place an order outside my box. Julep is clever about getting Mavens to place extra orders. Compare this to my other blue polishes.
Last year, I collected all of the birthstone polishes. I started with my birth month, Aretha. She was so beautiful that I eventually added them all. On top of the fact that they all look beautiful, I love the special bottles with the gold tops. There are a brand new set of gemstones this year, and I have my heart set on collecting them all as well. January’s Geena, named after Geena Davis, is so beautiful that they are off to a great start with this amazing light pink glitter shade. Compare this to my other pink polishes.
I used coupon code COLORFUN to get this nail polish free. It is still good until 01/31/15 with a $15 purchase. Pretax subtotal must be $15 after deducting the polish. My total for this order was $18.39, so each item cost me $6.13! The polishes were $11.20 each, and I got the Plush Pout on sale for $9.99. The coupon took $14 off, because they tend to take off the full polish price of $14, even though I only pay the $11.20 Maven price (which is 20% less than the general public. Like this deal. View Julep and others in the current deals. When I add the new polishes into my current collection, I have a total of 253.
Of those 253, I’ve only used 31. Some of you are starting to see why I joined a nail polish challenge. The older ones (remember none are older than May of 2013) are starting to break apart. I have one that is probably damaged, but I have put Seche Restore in it to see if I can save it. Luckily, it is one of the 31 I’ve used, even if it was only once. My goal is to only wear new ones until the end of the year and hopefully not to skip a Saturday of painting. If I get adventurous and try nail art, that may even help me use multiple colors at once. Join me this year as I try to complete the challenge and my goal not to skip any weeks. Saturday will be my first painting of the year, and I want some feedback. My list of polishes is attached. Are there any I own and have yet to try that are amazing? The polish with the highest number of votes will be the first one I use this Saturday, so please pick one for me.
# | Name | Used Yet |
1 | 100% Pure Forever | No |
2 | Butter London Fairy Lights | No |
3 | Butter London Fruit Machine | Yes |
4 | Butter London Inky Six | No |
5 | Butter London Knees Up | No |
6 | Butter London Lovely Jubbly | No |
7 | Butter London The Old Bill | No |
8 | China Glaze Isle See You Later | No |
9 | Ciate Caviar Pearls Cupid Arrow | No |
10 | Ciate Cha Cha Cha | No |
11 | Ciate Fit For a Queen | No |
12 | Ciate Sequin Glitter Grip | Yes |
13 | Clinique hot date | No |
14 | Clinique Really Rio | Yes |
15 | Color Club Gold Struck | No |
16 | Crabtree&Evelyn Clementine | No |
17 | Deborah Lippmann 2 Second Nail Primer | Yes |
18 | Deborah Lippmann Chain Reaction | No |
19 | Deborah Lippmann Girls Just Want to Have Fun | No |
20 | Deborah Lippmann Good Girl Gone Bad | No |
21 | Deborah Lippmann Magnetic Wave Big Red Machine | No |
22 | Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Dream | No |
23 | Deborah Lippmann Mermaid’s Eyes | Yes |
24 | Deborah Lippmann Moon Dance | No |
25 | Deborah Lippmann On the Beach | No |
26 | Deborah Lippmann Phoenix Rising | No |
27 | Deborah Lippmann Prelude to a Kiss | No |
28 | Dermelect Moon Kissed | No |
29 | Dior Delice | No |
30 | Dior Porcelaine | No |
31 | Essie nothing else metals | No |
32 | Essie vanity fairest | No |
33 | Face Stockholm Dance Party | No |
34 | Formula X Arctic | Yes |
35 | Formula X Atom+Eve | No |
36 | Formula X Base Coat | Yes |
37 | Formula X Bond, Ionic Bond | No |
38 | Formula X Crash | No |
39 | Formula X Dark Matter | No |
40 | Formula X Invincible | No |
41 | Formula X Mr. Positivity | No |
42 | Formula X Voodoo | No |
43 | JinSoon Coquette | Yes |
44 | JinSoon Nostalgia | No |
45 | JinSoon Voile | No |
46 | Julep Abbie | No |
47 | Julep Alexandra | No |
48 | Julep Ally | No |
49 | Julep America | No |
50 | Julep Annemarie | No |
51 | Julep Annika | No |
52 | Julep Aretha | Yes |
53 | Julep Ariana | No |
54 | Julep Avery | No |
55 | Julep Bergen | No |
56 | Julep Betty | No |
57 | Julep Beverly | No |
58 | Julep Blakely | No |
59 | Julep Brielle | No |
60 | Julep Candace | No |
61 | Julep Cara | No |
62 | Julep Cassie | No |
63 | Julep Catrina | No |
64 | Julep Celia | No |
65 | Julep Claudia | No |
66 | Julep Coco | No |
67 | Julep Coretta | No |
68 | Julep Dahlia | No |
69 | Julep Daria | No |
70 | Julep DeAnn | No |
71 | Julep Dendrie | No |
72 | Julep Devon | No |
73 | Julep Eliana | No |
74 | Julep Emerald City | No |
75 | Julep Farrah | No |
76 | Julep Fast Dry Topcoat | Yes |
77 | Julep Fazia | No |
78 | Julep Fiore | No |
79 | Julep Freedom Polymer Topcoat 1 | No |
80 | Julep Freedom Polymer Topcoat 2 | No |
81 | Julep Freedom Polymer Topcoat 3 | Yes |
82 | Julep Freedom Polymer Topcoat 4 | No |
83 | Julep Gabrielle | No |
84 | Julep Gayle | No |
85 | Julep Geena | No |
86 | Julep Gianna | No |
87 | Julep Glam Roc | No |
88 | Julep Glinda the Good Witch | No |
89 | Julep Gretchen | No |
90 | Julep Harley | No |
91 | Julep Helen | No |
92 | Julep Hermoine | No |
93 | Julep Ilsa | No |
94 | Julep Jane | No |
95 | Julep January | No |
96 | Julep Jessie | No |
97 | Julep Joanne | No |
98 | Julep Joni | No |
99 | Julep Joyce | No |
100 | Julep Julie | No |
101 | Julep Kathy | No |
102 | Julep Kendra | No |
103 | Julep Kiki | No |
104 | Julep Kim | No |
105 | Julep Kimberly | Yes |
106 | Julep Kirby | No |
107 | Julep Kristen | No |
108 | Julep Lena | No |
109 | Julep Lissa | No |
110 | Julep Logan | No |
111 | Julep Lola | No |
112 | Julep Lorenzana | No |
113 | Julep Luna | No |
114 | Julep Maddy | No |
115 | Julep Malala | Yes |
116 | Julep Marjorie | No |
117 | Julep Martha | No |
118 | Julep Martina | No |
119 | Julep Mary Lee | No |
120 | Julep Marzia | No |
121 | Julep Nan | No |
122 | Julep Nancy | No |
123 | Julep Nic | No |
124 | Julep Noelle | No |
125 | Julep Oscar | No |
126 | Julep Oxygen Base Coat | Yes |
127 | Julep Oxygen Nail Treatment 1 | No |
128 | Julep Oxygen Nail Treatment 2 | Yes |
129 | Julep Oxygen Topcoat 1 | No |
130 | Julep Oxygen Tpcoat 2 | Yes |
131 | Julep Phia | No |
132 | Julep Phoebe | No |
133 | Julep Priscilla | No |
134 | Julep Queen Anne | No |
135 | Julep Ramona | No |
136 | Julep Rochelle | No |
137 | Julep Rooney | No |
138 | Julep Rosa | No |
139 | Julep Ruby Slippers | No |
140 | Julep Sandi | No |
141 | Julep Savannah | No |
142 | Julep Sawyer | No |
143 | Julep Scarlett | No |
144 | Julep Serena | No |
145 | Julep Shari | No |
146 | Julep Shoshanna | No |
147 | Julep Sienna | No |
148 | Julep Silk Effect Topcoat | No |
149 | Julep Soleil | No |
150 | Julep Something Blue | No |
151 | Julep Stevie | No |
152 | Julep Sunny | No |
153 | Julep Sydney | No |
154 | Julep Tatiana | No |
155 | Julep Teri | No |
156 | Julep Tilda Topcoat | No |
157 | Julep Tin Man | No |
158 | Julep Veronica | No |
159 | Julep Zora | No |
160 | Lancome Rouge in Love | Yes |
161 | MAC Pearl Highlight | No |
162 | Nails Inc Alexa Lace | Yes |
163 | Nails Inc devonshire row | No |
164 | Nails Inc edinburgh | No |
165 | Nails Inc Old Park Lane | No |
166 | Nails Inc Sheraton Street | No |
167 | Nails Inc Sugar House Lane | No |
168 | Nailtini Bloody Mary | No |
169 | NARS Disco Inferno | No |
170 | Nicole by OPI Cinna-Man of My Dreams | No |
171 | Nicole by OPI On What Grounds? | No |
172 | Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics Chimera | Yes |
173 | OPI Go on Green | No |
174 | OPI Happy Anniversary | No |
175 | OPI Hey Baby | No |
176 | OPI I Can Teal You Like Me Topcoat | No |
177 | OPI I Have a Herring Problem | No |
178 | OPI Lay Down That Base | No |
179 | OPI Let’s Do Anything We Want | No |
180 | OPI Lincoln Park at Midnight | No |
181 | OPI Push and Shove Topcoat | No |
182 | OPI Are You Calllin’ Me a Lyre? | No |
183 | Orly Unlawful | Yes |
184 | RGB Oxblood | No |
185 | Rococo Flower Child Creme | No |
186 | Ruffian Blue Lagoon | No |
187 | Ruffian Endless Love | No |
188 | Ruffian Sahara | No |
189 | Sally Hansen Big Matte Topcoat | No |
190 | Sally Hansen Dry Kwik | Yes |
191 | Sally Hansen Punch Drunk | No |
192 | Seche Clear Crystal Clear Basecoat | Yes |
193 | Seche Elegant | Yes |
194 | Seche Restore | Yes |
195 | Seche Vite Fast Dry Topcoat | Yes |
196 | Sephora 1st Night | No |
197 | Sephora by OPI What Aura Gonna Wear? | No |
198 | Sephora by OPI White Blasted | No |
199 | Sephora Cross The line | No |
200 | Sephora Drive men wild | No |
201 | Sephora Full Moon Party | No |
202 | Sephora in bed with | No |
203 | Sephora Myrtille | Yes |
204 | Sephora Pantone Brick Dust | No |
205 | Sephora Pantone Universe Fairy Tale | No |
206 | Sephora Pantone Universe Orchid Chrome | No |
207 | Sephora Pantone Universe Radiant Orchid | No |
208 | Sephora Pantone Universe Rhododendron | No |
209 | Sephora Psychedlic | No |
210 | Sephora X Ariel (Turquoise) | No |
211 | Sephora X Devotin to Floatin (Ariel Teal) | No |
212 | Sephora X Hotter Under the Water (Ariel Purple) | No |
213 | Sephora X Life is the Bubbles (Ariel White) | No |
214 | Sephora X Off the Hook (Ariel Silver) | No |
215 | Sephora X We in Luck Here (Ariel Coral) | No |
216 | Sinful Colors Face the Facets | No |
217 | Sinful Colors Nail Junkie | Yes |
218 | Sinful Colors Sheer Genius | No |
219 | Spa Ritual Copper Shimmer | No |
220 | Strange Beautiful Color Bloc July 4th Blue | No |
221 | Strange Beautiful Color Bloc July 4th Red | No |
222 | The New Black Metallic Silver | No |
223 | The New Black Miami Vice Gold | No |
224 | The New Black Miami Vice Pink | No |
225 | The New Black Silver Glitter | No |
226 | Ulta Baby Doll | No |
227 | Ulta Basecoat | Yes |
228 | Ulta Green and Wear It | No |
229 | Ulta Oh! | Yes |
230 | Ulta Professional Black Diamond | No |
231 | Ulta Professional Crown Jewels | No |
232 | Ulta Professional Fairy Dust | No |
233 | Ulta Professional For Bitten | No |
234 | Ulta Professional Get a Grip Bonding Basecoat | Yes |
235 | Ulta Professional Happily Ever After | No |
236 | Ulta Professional Nails of Steel | No |
237 | Ulta Professional Runway Rose | No |
238 | Ulta Professional Vampire Kiss | No |
239 | Urban Decay Addiction | No |
240 | Urban Decay Deep End | No |
241 | Urban Decay Goldmine | No |
242 | Urban Decay Mrs. Mia Wallace | No |
243 | Urban Decay Naked Creep | No |
244 | Urban Decay Naked Hustle | No |
245 | Urban Decay Naked Naked | Yes |
246 | Urban Decay Naked Sidecar | No |
247 | Urban Decay Naked Smog | No |
248 | Urban Decay Naked Toasted | No |
249 | Urban Decay Vice | No |
250 | Urban Decay Woodstock | No |
251 | Wet n Wild Through the Grapevine | No |
252 | Zoya Maya | No |
253 | Zoya Rayne | No |
Julep Iman was missing from the lsit above. It was the July 2014 birthstone. I do love Julep, so I am hoping to start with one of those 114 (well 112 new ones). I will try whichever brand you decide on, so I am open to suggestions. How many polishes do you have? Are you planning on painting your nails more this year?
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I'm Kimberly. Shopping is always more fun when I've found the best deal available, so I am always on the hunt. My father instilled that in me, and I love that I carry a piece of him. Sometimes, my husband and sons (12 and 7) let me shop for them, too. They do not use as many beauty products as I do. We can all benefit from nice products, even though their routine ends with moisturizer. That is when I can convince my 12-year-old to apply it.
I received an email vote from Nancie voting for Julep Nancy, so that will be vote 1.