Julep Georgia Swatch

I got this color because of a mix up on the Julep website. (You can read about that in my post from yesterday.) I wasn't even ordering this color but I sure am glad that I got it! It's a very pretty light coral/peach with micro shimmer. I loved it all day long!

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Julep Mischa Swatch and why I LOVE Julep

First, why I love Julep: Apparently, their pictures on their website were mixed up for Mischa and Georgia. I ordered Georgia as an add-on to my July Maven box and they sent me both! Wow! This is excellent, proactive customer service. They sent both because Mischa was the color pictured under the name Georgia. Since they weren't sure which color customers really wanted and they wanted to avoid any confusion or complaints, they sent everyone both. I think that is amazing of them!

Here are pics of my add-on order:  O Canada, Georgia, and Mischa (which is what I thought Georgia was)

Without further delay, here are some pics of Mischa. It is A LOT more orange than I thought it would be. In fact, if I knew it was going to be this orange, I never would have ordered it. I can appreciate the beauty of the color, but orange is not a color I wear. Ever.

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New Beauty Test Tube Summer 2012

I must say, this is one of my favorite sampling programs. While it is only quarterly, the products are awesome and you get a ton of stuff to try.

Here is what New Beauty put out in their Summer 2012 Test Tube:

Wowza!! Look at all this stuff!!! All the samples are very nice-sized, and there are even two full-sized samples!!

First, this is a sample of Olay Professional Complexion Renewing Lotion. This is a great brand.

Ahava essential day moisturizer. I've used teeny samples of this brand and I've always liked it so I'm excited to have a much larger sample size to give it a really good trial run.

Smashbox Photo Finish Primer. This is an excellent primer and as it turns out, I just ran out of primer!!! So this is perfect to have received today. :) This little baby will last me for weeks!

It's a 10 miracle leave-in product. This appears to be a leave in conditioner and detangler. I've never heard of the brand but as it turns out...I'm just finishing off the leave-in conditioner I received in the June 2012 Birchbox, so the timing is once again, perfect!!

Jane Iredale Tantasia. On the tube, it says that another moisturizer is not necessary so it appears this is a stand-alone tanning moisturizer. I am excited to try it because I am very pasty!

This is the first of the full-size products. This is a Neutrogena brightening skin perfector. I'm always on the lookout for excellent concealers because I have very dark, genetic under-eye circles. If this is rockin', I'll be sure to let you know!

Lumene Firming Night Cream. This brand sounds a little familiar to me, so I feel like I must have received something from the brand in another test tube.

Lash Food. I think we also got this one in another Test Tube (or at least it was a similar product) and it didn't do anything for me. But, that's not going to stop me from trying this out!!

Instant Effect On-the-Go Wrinkle Reducer. In my very first Test Tube, I got a serum from this company and it was very impressive. So impressive in fact that I couldn't even use it because it made my skin so tight!! I don't have any wrinkles seeing as I'm only 27 so I think I'm going to bring these to my mom when I visit her next month. I think she'll get a kick out of trying them!

Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair. Same story with this one. I don't really have any wrinkles so I'll give this away to someone. I like the brand, but I wouldn't be able to give a good review on something that would have a solution to a problem I don't have.

And here's the second full-size product: Mally High Shine Liquid Lipstick. This is a very pretty color. It's a light pink with some gold shimmer. It is perfect for summer! I've never had a lip product with this type of brush and I'm not totally sure I like it. But the color is beautiful!

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Julep Freida Swatch

I there! Hope you're doing well today. Here is a swatch of Julep Freida, which is a bright pink with micro-shimmers in it. It's very beautiful, but I needed three coats before I got the coverage I was really looking for.
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Here are the swatches of Freida:

Julep America Swatch

Wow! This polish is killer beautiful. I started with a navy blue base, but it turns out that was a waste of time. This glitter is so opaque that two coats will cover your entire nail. It's in a red gel base so you get some extra coverage there. This is very pretty!!!

Julep Audrey Swatch and French Mani with Julep Kate

Here is a swatch of Julep Audrey. This color came in the July 2012 Maven box. This is a very nice pink with a subtle shimmer. It was a little too plain of a mani for me, so I thought some french tips would look killer and I was right! I used Kate which I swatched a few days ago. It's a beautiful pearlescent white. It looks like a classic french mani, but up close, you can see lots of pretty shimmer. I love it!

Julep Chelsea Swatch

Glitter bomb!!!

I put this over Julep Kate so that I wouldn't have to do as many coats. Boy, Chelsea is soooo pretty!!!

The first picture is with one coat of Chelsea and the rest are with two.