Julep Summer 2013 Nail Color Collection - Nantucket Nostalgia

After looking at the Deborah Lippmann nail polish collection for summer, I want to look at more polish collections today and am getting very excited for the Sephora Friends and Family that is starting later on this week.  I have begun to add some items to my Shopping Cart but I know that I will need some major editing to it before I submit it for purchase.  I am counting the days until the sale starts for VIBs and we are getting closer and closer by the day.  The Nail Bar at my Sephora store is a favorite destination of mine and I have realized that there is now only one nail polish line that I have not year tried from this store, I have looked at the Julep line the past few times but I have not yet bought any polishes from them and perhaps I will be changing that later on this week.

I wanted to look more into this polish line while I still editing my cart and I decided to check out their products on Sephora and then on the company's website.  There are many more products on the company's website and I have found the new shades that are part of their summer collection, a series of brights that are nautical inspired.  This company also has a program that allows members to receive boxes of polishes and manicure products at a discount every single month and I am now considering joining this club if I like the polishes...

This collection is named Nantucket Nostalgia and is described as "Sail into summer.", this collection contains a series of polish shades and several makeup items.  I also see that the company makes some of the pretty polish shades in coordinating sets and this might be a great way for me to start my collection of polish from this company.

Here is the new collection!

Nail Color - Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Bunny - crisp white linen with fine gold shimmer
- Nan - Nantucket red creme
- Char - nautical navy blue creme
- Bess - baby blue creme
- Martha - polo pink creme
- Kennedy - khaki creme
- Payton - kelly green creme
- Raegan - electric dark pink creme
- Dianna - mint green creme
- Lexie - dandelion yellow creme

Mad for Plaid Nail Color Set - Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Nan - Nantucket red creme
- Lexie - dandelion yellow creme
- Kennedy - khaki creme

Nautical by Nature Nail Color Set - Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Bess - baby blue creme
- Bunny - crisp white linen with fine gold shimmer
- Char - nautical navy blue creme

Bright, Bold Colors Nail Color Set - Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Dianna - mint green creme
- Bunny - crisp white linen with fine gold shimmer
- Raegan - electric dark pink creme

Make Waves Nail Color Duo - Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Bunny - crisp white linen with fine gold shimmer
- Char - nautical navy blue creme

DD Creme - A dynamic do-all makeup that goes beyond BB crème to moisturize, prime, perfect, and protect—both instantly and over time.  SPF 25 provides daily defense from the sun.  Two patented anti-aging ingredients decrease the appearance of pores and fine lines.  Hibiscus and olive extracts keep skin hydrated.  Lightweight, buildable coverage with an ultra-smoothing finish.  Comes in four shades—light, medium, medium-dark, and dark.

DD Concealer - A multifunctional concealer that disguises and diminishes the appearance of dark circles, discoloration, redness, blemishes, and other skin flaws.  Brightens and evens skin tone.  Erases minor and major imperfection.  Age-defying antioxidants protect delicate and damage-prone areas.  Light-diffusing powders minimize wrinkles and pores.  Highly concentrated formula.  Comes in three shades—light, medium, and dark.

Double Duty Makeup Brush - This unique 2-in-1 tool contains two stackable brushes—a large tapered brush for streak-free foundation application and a flat concealer brush that offers precision coverage and control.  Includes a tapered foundation brush and flat concealer brush.  Brushes can be stacked for storage or attached to create a double-ended brush.  Silky-soft synthetic brush heads allow for smooth, precise makeup application.

Face First Set - This set contains two products.  The DD Creme - A dynamic do-all makeup that goes beyond BB crème to moisturize, prime, perfect, and protect—both instantly and over time. SPF 25 provides daily defense from the sun. Two patented anti-aging ingredients decrease the appearance of pores and fine lines. Hibiscus and olive extracts keep skin hydrated. Lightweight, buildable coverage with an ultra-smoothing finish. Comes in four shades—light, medium, medium-dark, and dark.  The Double Duty Makeup Brush - This unique 2-in-1 tool contains two stackable brushes—a large tapered brush for streak-free foundation application and a flat concealer brush that offers precision coverage and control. Includes a tapered foundation brush and flat concealer brush. Brushes can be stacked for storage or attached to create a double-ended brush. Silky-soft synthetic brush heads allow for smooth, precise makeup application.

Good to Glow Set - This set contains three products, two of which are Nail Colors.  The DD Creme -A dynamic do-all makeup that goes beyond BB crème to moisturize, prime, perfect, and protect—both instantly and over time. SPF 25 provides daily defense from the sun. Two patented anti-aging ingredients decrease the appearance of pores and fine lines. Hibiscus and olive extracts keep skin hydrated. Lightweight, buildable coverage with an ultra-smoothing finish. Comes in four shades—light, medium, medium-dark, and dark.  Nail Color -  Julep Nail Color is “4-free” and does not contain formaldehyde, formaldehyde resin, toluene, or DBP. Our professional chip-resistant formulation is fast drying and highly pigmented. Julep nail color is a fun way to make the season’s latest shades accessible to everyone. And because we’ve tested our trend-setting toxin-free colors and products in over 100,000 manicures and pedicures in our parlors, we have a good idea of what works and what our clients love.
- Bunny - crisp white linen with fine gold shimmer
- Dianna - mint green creme

Boy I hope that I like these polishes when I finally do order them from Sephora, some of these colors are great and I hope that the formula is just as good as the shades.  I think that I am going to start with ordering some of the polish shades and then decide on the rest of the makeup and manicure products and see the quality of the line overall.  I really like a bunch of these shades but I think that I will order one or two to begin with and go from there.  My favorite color is the deep navy blue, Char, and this will be my first purchase from the line.  I also like the following shades: Bunny (white) and Reagan (bright pink) and I am hoping that this polish line becomes another one of my polish obsessions.

photo courtesy of Julep

Julep Shades of Gray Nail Polish Set

I am one of the only people I know that has not read The Fifty Shades of Gray, I bought all three books during the height of the craze but between work and school, I ended up never even opening them up.  It is finals week right now but that also means that I will have about a month to catch up on reading after this week is over.  I have about ten books that I have picked up or wanted to read over the past few months so I am much looking forward to the end of finals so that I can spend a few evenings not reading about Microeconomics...

I came across this nail polish set from Julep earlier today on the Sephora website, I should stop visiting the Sephora website every single day.  I keep finding more products that I want to buy and I have no room for anything right now.  I think that 2013 will be my year to try and go through all of my beauty products and begin to sort out what I will and will not use and make room for new items.  That will be a huge task for the winter but the results will be so worth it when I can order and try new products without trying to figure out how I am going to store everything!

I have never used anything from Julep before, this is one of the lesser known brands that Sephora carries and I have only seen a small display of it on their Nail Bar.  I know that every polish carried in this line is named after females and that the company is very active with women's charities.  What first catches my eyes with this collection is that the bottles are tall and thin and would present a bit of a change from the traditional style of bottle.  I do fear that I would easily tip a bottle of this shape over so I will have to be extra careful when using polishes from this company!

"Three of Julep’s most popular shades of gray nail color inspired by the popular book series.  Developed and tested in Julep’s nail parlors, these fast-drying professional “4-free” formulations are free of DBP, toluene, formaldehyde, and formaldehyde resin.  Through Julep’s “Powered by Girlfriends” program, Julep donates a percentage of proceeds of every bottle of Julep nail color sold to organizations that empower women."

Three colors contained in the set are:

- Harley - medium gray with slight silver shimmer
- Kim - deep charcoal with silver shimmer
- Dendrie - light concrete gray cream

Whether or not I actually end up liking the books when I finally get around to reading them on winter break, I will want to order this polish set from Sephora.  I will use the Harley and Kim shades right now, I love grays and silvers and I am excited that I have another series of shades to add to my polish collection.  I will use Dendrie in the spring months, it will be a great neutral shade in the warmer weather.  In addition to using grays and silvers in my normal manicures, I often use these shades against all of the other hues in my polish collection in accent manicures, I have been using Illamasqua's DWS in this role since the beginning of fall and I would love to have more shades to use in the accent manicures.  Looks like I will be learning some more about this brand very soon...

photo courtesy of Sephora