Julep Maya

I have a few Julep polishes left to swatch.  While I love the colors, the formula and bottle are just not appealing to me.  For some odd reason it just peels off in a full sheet.  That said, I do love this color.  It is Julep Maya, a light shimmery champagne color.  It matches my skin tone so well that it feels like a neutral with an extra pop.  Julep Maya reminds me of Zoya Hermina, with Maya pulling a bit more pink.  This is 2 coats of Julep Maya, with a single coat of nubar Diamont.

Sally Hansen Mellow Yellow with Julep Oscar

 

For a little extra fun I added a single coat of Julep Oscar over Sally Hansen's Mellow Yellow.  Oscar spread out very evenly, but like with any glitter polish it was difficult to remove.  When I get a little time, I was to do a full manicure with Oscar.

Nail art with Zoya Dana, Kieko, and Breezi

Yesterday I posted the base of this manicure, Essie Turquoise and Caicos covered by a coat of Julep Melissa.  I wanted to keep wearing it, so I added a little nail art.  First I stamped a design from one of my Mash nail plates with white polish.  With my dotting tools I placed a few dots with Zoya Dana, Kieko and Breezi.  To my amazement I had a few gems that perfectly complemented the polish so on those went too!  I finished the look with a coat of sparkle polish.  I loved this look for an accent nail, not sure I could pull this off on all of them though.  The colors and the sparkle all blended so well together, I couldn't stop staring at it!

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Essie Turquoise & Caicos with Julep Melissa

Essie Turquoise & Caicos - indoor lighting

So this isn't a new color, Essie Turquoise & Caicos was part of the 2010 Resort Collection.  Regardless, it is one of my favorite summer colors, especially on my toes!    As with all my Essie polishes, application is a pain and I needed 4 coats to get rid of the visible nail line and to give the polish a uniform finish.   I can overlook that only because the color is just beautiful, part jelly / part creme.  This was 4 coats of T&C followed by 1 coat of nubar Diamont.

After 2 days I added Julep Melissa over the top.  It made it look a little like Zoya Zuza, which I have yet to get my hands on.  I can't believe how 1 coat of Julep Melissa just made this color shine.  It was brilliant in the sun.  I added some additional nail art on this combo, so more to come!

Julep Jodie

Julep Jodie in natural light

Julep Jodie came in my last Maven box a couple of weeks ago.  Julep describes is as a deep rose with a golden shimmer and those types of shades scream "old lady" to me most of the time.  I was pleasantly surprised with color though.  While it is rose, it looks a little more brick colored than I thought it would be.  The golden shimmer was nice, with minimal brush strokes.  I only own a few bottles of Julep polish, but they all seem a little runny which makes things a bit unmanageable.  Jodie was thin, and had similar application issues.  It did have the best formula of my Julep polishes thus far.  This is 2 coats of Jodie, and 1 coat of nubar Diamont.

Julep Taylor vs Sally Hansen's Pacific Blue

I received Julep's Taylor in my first Maven box.  This is my first experience with Julep and was a little hesitant given some of the bad press about the program, and I am not a fan of the rectangular bottles.  That said, this color was beautiful.  It was opaque in just 2 coats and dried somewhat plastic looking, the topcoat made it shine.  Taylor was a little gloppy and had a few issues with streaking, but once the topcoat was applied the streaks were less visible.  This is two coats of Taylor with 1 coat of nubar Diamont.

As I was admiring it on my nails, I was trying to figure out what color it reminded me of.  It is a slightly more purple version of Sally Hansen's Pacific Blue.  SH Pacific Blue is a favorite of mine in summer, I might have to think my decision through a little more to figure out which one to go with.  Which one do you like better?