The brights by Julep for Spring!

The 2013 April polish from Julep was all about color! 

They also had a cuticle pen and dry shampoo that I love! My cuticles look much better after two weeks of use and the pen still has a good bit in it. The dry shampoo is pretty nice too though I have never used another so I have nothing to compare it to. It adds a good amount of volume for the second day which I really like. I always wash my hair every or every other day so this is great for the next day if I have curls and don't feel like having to do my hair over. I think it is safe to say I will be buying more of each later.

I was in the middle of packing for my recent move when it came so I didn't have much time to play with it but I was able to squeeze in 2 manicures before packing my box away :)

I was dying to use their rock candy jelly polish since it was added to Sephora... but I wanted to get it from Julep. I get member points when I buy from Sephora but I get member points and a discount when I buy from Julep so I just wanted till it was added to a box. 

I wanted to use all of the colors in the box as soon as I opened it, I upgraded so I have all these great colors! I love yellow polish with my skin tone so when I saw Abbie I was instantly in love. I thought a french tip with Abbie and Candy would look nice and I was right.

I added some light purple crystals to add a little pop to them.

For this look you will need nail art tape, Julep Candy, Abbie, Freedom top coat & crystals.

First, prep for your manicure, to make it last longer. Remove your old polish, if any, and soak your hands in warm water for a few minutes. Trim your nails and push back your cuticles. Do not use lotions or oils on your hands, it may make the dry time longer.

Apply 2-3 coats of Candy or another jelly color. I have 2 coats of Candy.

Make and x with your tape near the tip of you nails so you have the small triangle on the whites of you nails. Apply a coat or two of Abbie or another color if you wish.

After it is completely dry removed the tape. Finish the rest of you nails and add the crystals to the center of you x. You can see how I apply my crystals if needed on this nail tutorial.

Apply a thick coat of your freedom top coat and you are done!

Enjoy your lovely bright nails!

I don't know why my thumb nail corners looks so round... Anyway, here is a close up!

I also got to play with Avery from my Classic with a twist Maven profile. Since is a bright color I used my base coat to help staining of my nails if there was any... when I took off the pink there was no staining thankfully.

I wanted very spring time nails with this pink so I went with light flower to make the pink of Avery pop! 

This is such a lovely pink that my fiance who is known for hating pink loved it, he kept complimenting on how nice the color looked on me.

I think it is safe to say I love the brights from Julep this month and can't wait to play with the rest of colors.

You can find the polish, base and top coat by Julep on their site.

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Spring Dried Flower Burst Nail Tutorial

Spring flower nail tutorial with real flowers! 

 I saw these flowers a few times before buying them. Finally, I decided I had to give them a try and I am so happy I did! I loved how they turned out and were easier to use then I thought. I am

You will need a base coat, feature polish, top coat, dried flowers, nail scissors, dotting tool & tweezers.

A base coat is not needed, I use it because it limits the the stain on my nails when using bright colors and the flowers have a good bit of dye in the. You also don't need tweezers but it does make things slightly easier.

First, prep for your manicure, to make it last longer. Remove your old polish, if any, and soak your hands in warm water for a few minutes. Trim your nails and push back your cuticles but don't cut them. Do not use lotions or oils on your hands before you start, it may make the dry time longer.

The goods by Julep I used.

I used just one bundle for both hands.

Start by applying a coat of your base color, give it a minute or two to dry.

Apply a coat or two of the feature color.

I let it dry for about 2 minutes, I also ran cold water over my nails to help it dry faster.

I used my Rimmel top coat as a glue for the flowers.

Apply a thin coat of the top coat you are using as glue and place the flowers on your nails the way you want the to lay. Until you are happy try not to press down to hard. The tweezers will come in handy with this part.

Using your scissors cut the flowers near the base of the bundle. 

There is one stem that lost a flower when I cut the rest on my nail from the bundle. 

You can use your dotting tool to pick up any flowers that fall to apply on empty stems.

 Dip your dotting tool in a little polish and pick up a flower.

Apply a little more clear top coat for glue if needed by the empty stem and apply the pick up flower.

Apply as many or as few as you want to you nails, I did little burst of flowers on my nails.

Give your nails a minute to dry then apply your polish.

Using Julep's Freedom top coat dab over the flower so you don't have air bubbles and to cover the whole flower and so you don't move the flowers. Apply a thin or thick if needed coat to smooth things out.

Let dry for five minutes and you are done!

Enjoy your pretty spring nails!

You can find the polish, base and top coat by Julep on their site.

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DIY Flocking Powder Nail Art Tutorial

Flocking powder!

All you need is a little time and patience for this look.

And flocking powder, top coat/base color, make up brush and tweezers.

Prepare your nail bed by shaping, pushing cuticles back and removing all oils; And put a paper under your hand so catch anything that drops.
Apply a thin nail adhesive to each finger or clear polish (I use clear polish). Wait for it to turn from white to clear or is just tacky to the touch. 

Drop flocking powder on the the nail then press the powder onto the nail bed. Pat down and fill in any areas which need more glitter powder.
 

Wipe off any extra over your paper using any make up brush. Fill in any empty spots.

Once completely dry, apply a top coat to protect the nails. If the adhesive is not completely dry before applying the top coat, the powder will rub off.

Put the powder which on the paper to each color's pot so nothing gets wasted!

Done and done, enjoy your nails!

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How to remove your nail polish stains.

How to Remove Nail Polish from Just About Anything

If you love doing your nails, then you likely have dropped some nail polish in various locations.

To remove nail polish from carpet, it will depend on the color of your carpet.  A light carpet you should be able to use nail polish remover without any issues.  A darker carpet could possibly react with the remover so try hair spray or rubbing alcohol.  Let it soak in for about 20-30 seconds and then blot with wash cloth or paper towel. Blot carefully. Don't rub it. Keep going till the stain is gone. Be patient as it may take longer than you think.

You can also try Goo Be Gone, Windex & or Greased Lighting to remove the polish from your carpet.

To remove nail polish from wood, spray it down well with hair spray.  Let sit for about 20-30 seconds and then wipe it off.  You may have to repeat a few time.

To remove nail polish from clothing, you can try nail polish remover, but you should test out an non-visible area first as it can damage the color of the fabric.  If you do use nail polish remover be sure to wash the clothing right after so it doesn’t sit.  And of course if you are worried about damaging your clothes, you could simply drop it off at the dry cleaner and let them deal with the mess!

If you have pets, keep them away from the stained area for about an hour. It is toxic if the pet licks the stained area.

Recognize that a stain removal trick that works at first still might cause lasting damage to your carpet. For example, Simple Green has been reported to clean carpet stains initially, but then dye the carpet at a later date when the carpets are steam cleaned. I would do a small hard to see test mark on everything before going at it. Be cautious.

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Julep February 2013 Maven Box & Glequins Nails

Julep February 2013 Maven Box & Glequins Nail Tutorial

My Julep box has come and I am so happy with all I got!

 There was even a little surprise in a gold bag. to go with the Red Carpet A-List theme.

  Oxygen Nail Treatment, Freedom Top Coat, Helen & Claudette. 

An added gift that no one knew about is an eyelash curler & two chocolate hearts! 

I like the size of the curler and although I only played with it I think it will replace my big old school one.

 I love the box for the Oxygen Treatment with O₂ all over the side.

And the inside of the Freedom Top Coat has Julep Logo inside!

Last month they introduced there "Swatch Me" stickers and I thought it was a little cheesy, I like nice clean bottles. The polish this month came with the stickers on top so I swatched them and I actually like it. Now I want to get more stickers to do the rest.

 The Classic with a twist colors from this month. I was hoping for Valentine's day colors and thankfully my box came with. I had tried a few other styles other then what Julep suggested for me and was not as happy with the as I am with Classic with a twist so even if I think I will not like it I am only going to get Classic.

As you can see I started to do my nails, scroll down to see how I did it.

 You will need Claudette and Helen, glitter pots with small or med sequins, dotting tool/tooth pick/or just anything to pick up the sequin, a top coat and your Freedom Top Coat and a piece of tape or something you can put a top of top coat on.

First, prep for your manicure, to make it last longer. Remove your old polish, if any, and soak your hands in warm water for a few minutes. Trim your nails and push back your cuticles but don't cut them. Do not use lotions or oils on your hands before you start, it may make the dry time longer.

 I started my nails already so after your nails are clean apply a coat or two of your polish. I have Claudette on all but my ring finger where I put Helen.

 Open your glitter pots, I find it easier to use the glitter from the lid. It is flat and easier to just pick up one.

If you are trying to add a little to you lid try not to spill the whole pot on your desk like I did.

 Drop a small amount of polish on a wrapper or tape. I usually use a piece of tape but just use the wrapper for the eyelash curler that came in my box.

 Lightly coat the nail you are working on with a top coat, try to use one that does not dry fast.

 Pick up a very small amount of the top coat with your dotting tool, you will be using it to pick you the sequins.

 Lightly tap the top of a sequin to pick it up, with the top coat at the end it should be easy to pick up.

 Ready to go!

 Put the first in the middle.

 Using another color make a circle around the center.

 And with a third color circle around the last color.

 Finally, finish off with a last circle with the center color you started with.

Depending on your nail size you make need to do another circle.

 In the light you can see a kind of spiral effect due to the circles and different colors used.

Apply your Freedom Top Coat and you are done!

 This is my first time using Julep's Freedom Top Coat and I am in love with it, it is so nice. I tested it on polish with no sequins and it is like using gel! I didn't think it was going to be this good, I am differently going to now only use this top coat. I also love how fast it dried, I can not do last minute nails just before leaving my house like I always do with out having it smudge!

I love the February box, this is the only box so far that I already have plans to buy more of. I am hoping the top coat will be in this months secret store!

I have add-ons for this box that were just shipped, their new Holo polish. I can't wait to try those!

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Other looks with the February colors and the rest of the colors here.

Other looks with Sequins here.

You can find the glitter pots I used here.

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