October Julep Maven Box

Hey guys,

Happy Halloween!! I hope everyone is having a spooky day!

Today I have my October Julep Maven box to show you guys. Honestly I didn't think I was going to get my box this month it just showed up earlier this week WAY later than normal. Hopefully this doesn't become a thing because I'm impatient and all that jazz. This month was full of dark vampy colours, last October I got the full collection but this year I just went with normal box selections.

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Zoya - Ginni

Hey guys,

So Halloween is looming! Looks like I won't have any spooky nail looks for you guys this year as I've been so busy lately but there are plenty awesome ones out there already. I finally remembered I need to get my act together and buy some make up so I can practice my look for tomorrow and now that I type this I realize I forgot to buy fake blood. Whoops.

Tonight I have the last Summer Magical Pixie Dust to show you guys, this came with Arlo & Bar, this is more of a peachy pink. And had very much the same application here, big holo glitter and a jelly base. Actually using my usual Julep Party's over removal method I had no problems removing any of these.
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Zoya - Ginni

Zoya - Arlo

Hey guys,

Well I had a bit of a "spendy" day today, first I ordered some fantastic winter boots for the barn that I am excited to recieve. Then I ordered a PMD (yep google that one) and THEN I went and had my hair cut. Although after almost a year of my stylist leaving her job as a hairdresser I have FINALLY found a new stylist who is amazing and actually worth her salt. So exciting to have hair I am excited about and not just annoyed with.

Tonight I have another of the Summer Magical Pixie Dusts for you this one was from the same collection as Bar and has very much the same feel, big chunky holo glitter in a jelly base. I found this didn't dry super matte but I like it anyways. This was two coats.

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Zoya - Arlo

Zoya - Dannii

Hey guys,

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday it wound up being a busier day than I anticipated. I finally got my pumpkins painted! This year we have a Batman theme going on.

Tonight we have a beautiful purple shimmer polish. I love the colour of this. So fantastic and the application was pretty great also, I did notice some bizarre streaking on a couple nails obviously I had a hiccup in my stroke. This was two coats.

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Zoya - Dannii

Zoya - Denise

Hey guys,

What another red Zoya? I told you guys I went a bit out of control. And obviously I have a major weakness for red polishes and Zoya so it only makes sense. As far as Zoyas go I find they are usually two coaters. However it seems to me that some of their older ones are actually a bit more on the sheer side. This one for instance while gorgeous was three coats. That being said I do think there is a nice depth to this.

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Zoya - Denise

Zoya - Muse

Hey guys,

So tonight was pretty interesting, I went on a Ghost walk around the trendy yet apparently super creepy part of the city. Yep I don't ever need to do that again. The worst part was when they led you down this creepy back alley then they tell you that it is the most storied back alley in all of Old Strathcona and that there have been more bodies found there than anywhere else. Oh and where you're standing in particular there have been five dead bodies found. NOPE

Anyways moving on, Tonight I have a GORGEOUS mermaidy blue glitter shimmer polish. Seriously does this not remind you straight up of a mermaid's tail? This is from Zoya's bubbly collection and it is fantastic.

This was two coats.

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Zoya - Muse

Zoya - Vega

Hey guys,

So I initially was going to start this post of with a mega long rant, but that was a couple hours ago and I have since calmed down, so you guys are spared a long winded rant about how my brother is a jerk.

Tonight on the blog we have one of the original magical PixieDusts. you'll see compared to yesterday's post that the original Magical PixieDusts while still quite chunky were more PixieDust and less chunk. I think I like these more than the summer collection but less than the original finer Pixies.
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Zoya - Vega

Zoya - Bar

Hey guys,

So it's really late so I'm basically just going to skip to the good stuff.

So this is one of Zoya's Magical PixieDusts, this is from their Summer collection. Magical PixieDusts are different from the regular PixieDusts in that it is much more chunky glitter opposed to fine PixieDusts. This is the nude one in the collection. I really liked the colour of this one.
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Zoya - Bar

Julep - Julie - October Birthstone

Hey guys,

So I don't know what is up with Julep lately they have been super sketchy with their julep boxes, mostly in the way that I still haven't gotten my October Box yet and I've already made my November selections. They shipped this one out to me super quick but for some reason they seem to be slacking on their boxes.

Well we're getting close to the end of the year so we have only two birthstone polishes after this one! October has a couple different stones, I believe one of them is Opal. I think they could have done an amazing Opal polish but I do really love this Pink Tourmaline one. It has some holo shard glitter in it. Overall really pretty.
This is one coat over pink.

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Julep - Julie
October Birthstone
over OPI - Sparrow Me The Drama

Zoya - Ariel

Hey guys

So last night I hung out with a fantastic group of friends and went and sang karaoke. Don't get me wrong I am so not good at it at all but it was a great time. And it seemed fitting to post this swatch today since I did sing a song from The Little Mermaid.

This is yet another red I bought when I went a bit nuts on ordering polish from NPC. This seems to be an older Zoya as I had a hard time finding out any info about this one. It's more of a pinky-red. And was a bit more sheer than Zoyas usually are. This was three coats.

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Zoya - Ariel

Essie - Dress To Kilt

Hey guys,

So the plan today is to finally get my yard decorated for halloween! I have been slacking big time and need to get a jump on things otherwise I'm just going to have the same old boring halloween house as usual. Nope, this year it's up to me and it will be different!

Okay you you guys are aware of my obsession with Scotland. So when I saw Essie's Fall Collection, I immediately wanted the whole thing just for this one polish. I don't even really like Essie, but I managed to talk myself out of ordering the whole collection, but I did have to have this one beautiful red. That being said this polish blew me away. I've had some pretty hit and miss experiences with Essie and their formula, but let me tell you this was ALMOST a one coater! I was very impressed and I loved wearing this.

This is two coats.

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Essie - Dress To Kilt

Zoya - Carrie Ann

Hey guys,

 So I'm going to keep this short because I have big plans to knit some scarves tonight and it's getting late!

This is a polish from a collection that I have the rest of already. Wicked was a collection inspired by Dancing with the Stars. Carrie Ann is not my favourite part of DWTS so I slacked off on getting this polish but at the end of the day it's a shimmery foil-y red so I love it.
This was two coats.

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Zoya - Carrie Ann

Anna Manicure

Hey guys,

So I really do intend to get to more nail art here in the near future. I just need to stop buying new polishes to swatch so I am forced to do some more nail art. Unfortunately my life has gotten a bit busy these past few weeks. I don't know if that will improve but if it doesn't I may have to cut back from posting every day. I hate the feeling of neglecting you guys.

This is my first Frozen inspired manicure inspired by Anna, While I love Anna, I do tend to be more of an Elsa fan. Who doesn't love Anna's spunkiness though? This was inspired by her dress.

(photo cred: fanpop)

Without further adieu

Zoya - Caitlin

Hey guys,

So fun little fact about me I have been thinking a lot about lately and that was the fact that my Dad named me after a Miami Vice character. If that isn't just the classiest thing you've ever heard I don't know what is.

Anyways I don't know why it took me so long to buy this polish since it is my namesake. I wish I had gotten it sooner. This is a fantastic mellow, grey-purple lilacy-mauve colour. With fantastic application.
This is two coats.

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Zoya - Caitlin