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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Julep NYE 2012 Mystery Box: Review

I'm a sucker for mystery boxes. Julep had an offer recently to get their New Years Eve mystery box, which promised to contain between $100 and $500 worth of product for $20.
Here is what I received:

  1. Reusable tote bag (perfect size for carrying my lunch to work)
  2. 5 polishes (more about those below) ($70 value)
  3. 1 pot of nail glitter ($2 value since they sell a set of 3 for $6)
  4. 3 samples of One-Step Polish Remover Pads
  5. 2 samples of Glyncolic Hand Scrub
  6. 1 full-size Age Defying Hand Brightener (Normally $32 but currently seems to be on sale for $6.)
So if we let the hand brightener be valued at $32, then it seems my mystery box has a value of approximately $104.  These prices are from the Julep website.  As a Canadian, the only other place I know to purchase Julep products is Sephora. And they charge $17 per polish. Which sort of increases the value of this box by another $15.

On to the polishes in more detail:
From left to right I have received:
Isla - looks like it is actually a pearly white colour. I think this is going to be really pretty and I plan to try it out later tonight.

Portia - a glitter that looks like various shades of white, silver, blues, and teals. Very pretty.

Hoch - a matte greeny colour. I've been saying for a while I need to get some green nail polish, especially with Pantone selecting emerald as the colour of the year for 2013.

Matte Top Coat - I think this excites me more then anything else in the box. I haven't been able to find one anywhere in stores and I don't typically purchase a lot of polish online so it's never made sense to just order one.

Unknown - I'm not sure what this polish is. It does not have the plastic seal around the cap, and the name sticker is missing from the bottom. It appears to be a glitter with flakes of gold, silver, copper, and black.  I think it may have missed its chance this year to get a lot of use. It looks like something I would want more for holiday parties. I'm a little disappointed by this one and wish I had another colour instead. I'm going to give this one away on r/randomactsofpolish.

Overall I'm happy with what I received in my Mystery Box and it was definitely worth the $20 I spent. However, I feel that with a marketing promise of $100-$500 worth of product it would have been nice to be SLIGHTLY a little more over the $100 mark. I would buy another mystery box from them but I don't think I would do it with as much excitement as I had waiting for this one to arrive.

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