As always, Julep's beauty box is a delight and one of my absolute favorites. Their monthly subscription is $25/month, though I choose to purchase three months at a time for $20/month. You are able to swap out every item they curate for you and build your own box, as well as add on items from Julep's shop at a steep discount. I've been subscribed to Julep for almost a year now (mostly because of the ability to skip months without cancelling!) so I've become quite familiar with Julep's house brand, and I'm consistently pleased.
I love the items I chose for April's Julep Maven box. I swapped out my original items (I can't remember what they were, but they're typically two makeup or skincare items and a nail polish) for two of Julep's eyeshadow duos (rosé & vacay and moonlight & starlight) and one of their new eyeliners. I added on three more "eye gliders" (so in all I have gilded gold, radiant amethyst, fig shimmer, and electric teal shimmer - swatched below in that order from top to bottom). I'd been lusting over the new color options and was considering purchasing a variety of stila eyeliner shades, so this made more sense financially.
I chose the eyeshadow duos because I'd been looking for blendable matte shades since nearly my entire collection is full of shimmers. Rosé is so much more beautiful than I could've imagined and is going to get a ton of use. So far I've worn it in my crease with UD Fireball on my lid and I love the combo for Spring. I haven't played with Vacay yet, but I've needed a matte brown. Starlight is extremely sheer but really pretty on the eye. Moonlight seemed difficult to blend, but I was using it with a new eyeshadow primer that was quite sticky on my lid, so I'll be giving it another go soon with a different primer. I wore Moonlight & Starlight a couple of days ago for the entire work day and they never creased. Swatched below, from top to bottom: Rosé, Vacay, Moonlight, and Starlight.
Finally, Julep included two additional nail polishes. One was sent to all subscribers as a special bonus, and the other was sent because I added three add-on items to my box. I already own Tatiana (a golden, burnt orange microglitter) and consider it my favorite shade for Halloween. Eliza (an "infinite ocean" holographic) has a beautiful rainbow effect in the bottle, but I have yet to try it on my nails. It's highly rated though, and I'm looking forward to trying it!
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