Julep Maven Mystery Box

Happy Belated New Year to everyone!!!! Last week, I got an email from Julep Maven with an offer for a 'Mystery Box' for $20. After seeing how much some other bloggers got in their boxes, I decided to check it out!

 I'm definitely glad that I did as I got way more than $20 worth of products! I got:

                                 *Julep Nail Appliques- similar to Sally Hansen Salon Effects

                                                 *Glycolic Hand Scrub and Hand Brightener

                                                                 *Lip gloss in Arousal

                                                    *Julep polishes in Holly, Stella and Diane

                                                                      *Julep nail file

I definitely can't wait to try everything out! To find out more about the Julep Maven program, you can check out their website here.

Sally Hansen Salon Effects Review

I was pleasantly surprised on Black Friday to FINALLY find the Sally Hansen Salon Effects in Houndstooth at Wal-Mart! I had been looking for a few months to try them out, but everytime I looked they only had the ugly ones left!

The instructions are fairly simple and straightforward:

In reality, it's a bit more difficult than they make it out to be (isn't it always though?!) I had a really hard time getting the backing off without messing the strip up. I found that you just kind of have to play with it to get it to come off.

Placement was a little difficult too- I had to peel it off once or twice to get it in the best position. I was a little concerned that the adhesive would be not as good, but it has stayed on fine. Just to give it a little more shine and stay power, I put a coat of Julep Topcoat on it.

This is how the end result looked though:

Overall, I was pleased with them and will definitely try another design. It was not extremely difficult and as I am not very good with doing designs, it definitely is much better than anything I could do myself!

I took them off 8 days later, but they could have lasted much longer. There were minimal chips, but they held up much better than regular nail polish. To get them off, I soaked my nails in polish remover for a minute and scrubbed them off.

Be sure to check out my NARS Danmari cheek palette giveaway!