Julep: Jennifer

It's been a minute since I posted. It's the end of a very busy week. I did however use my cuticle remover the other day, but sadly didn't have time to polish my nails until today but I can't because I'm performing tonight and I can't wear nail polish. :( I will be painting my nails when I get home tonight!

Last week I tried Jennifer which came from a Maven box and I really like the color but it goes on very streaky and peels off quickly. :( But here are some pics for you!

 Shade

Sun

Close Up

Until next time!

~SillyCR

Julep Kylie Review

I started getting the Julep Maven box and this time we have Kylie, a magnetic polish; Ellie, an opal shimmery goodness; and Ashley, a gorgeous sunset orange.

I'm just talking about Kylie today. Unfortunately the brushes were really messed up which made it difficult for me to neatly apply the polish. The magnet comes across as having straight lines. However, as you can clearly see they are not straight. I am fine with this as I like curves. I wish they were a bit closer together. I went vertical on my pinky and you only see one magnet stripe. As they wear the magnetic polish expands so the lines begin to fade. There are no real instructions for on the packaging. I later found the paper that came with the shipment and I also received an email from Julep with more detailed instructions which is what I ended up doing. This polish is very easy to take off. :)

I did not use the magnet on my left hand but instead put a layer of OPI- It's My Year on my ring finger and it is a perfect combination! Sorry for the blurry picture. I didn't notice when I took these that it was so blurry. I'm not very good at taking pics with my Left hand. :)

Have a great Day!

xx SillyCR

Natural Nails #2

My Nail Journey 

(pic heavy)

When I started this blog my nails were peeling, very short, yellow, and my cuticles were rough. Here's a reminder of where I starters at.

I'm still working on my cuticles but the yellow is growing out (I bought some stuff for that but haven't had a chance to use it yet). My nails are actually growing out for the first time ever! I'm currently seeing how long I can grow out my ring finger. It tends to be the strongest nail. Keep reading for my products ;)

I used...

 

Left Hand - Right Hand

Nailtiques has a habit of peeling off when I have 3+ layers over it but works really well to stop peeling nails. When Nail Tek peels it takes some of the nail with it and I noticed peeling on my left hand when it stopped on my right hand. To further my test I switched hands and then my right nails started to peel with Nail Tek over them. So overall I like Nailtiques better. These are roughly the same price at Ulta, around $10-12.

  

I haven't had a chance to use this over the past few weeks as I've been extremely busy but I like it. I don't know if I was using it correctly though. I noticed some of the pics online of applying it and that's not how I did it! :) I will start using this again soon, and hopefully the right way, but I won't be trimming my cuticles this time to see how it goes. Since I stopped using it my cuticles are getting harder, not just at the top of my nail but along the sides as well. $5

 

I got this to help my cuticles my noticed my nails started growing faster too! I apply this in between painting my nails. I haven't been diligent about this lately. $20 (Yikes!)

 

I've used this before but purchased it so long ago that I threw it away and bought a new one. I don't really notice it's affects but the other day I had applied it to my left hand but didn't have a chance to apply it to my right hand. About 20min or so later I looked down at my nails and noticed that my left cuticles were much happier than my right! I try to apply this once a day but often forget. $6

That's it for now- I'll have another post about the yellowing product once I get a chance to use it.