Julep debuted
their new Plie Wand in their Julep
Maven subscription boxes this month! The wand is meant to be gripped like a
pen, with the longer handle attaching to the bottle’s brush to make painting
your nails easier. I received the Plie Wand as part of my Boho Glam box, along
with light blue crème Jeanne and lavender shimmer Paulette. I also added on a
third polish, Laree, and the Creativity Kit for the Plie Wand, which includes a
dotting tool and a striping brush.
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| Julep Maven Subscription May 2014 |
I was dying to try out the shimmers and test the Plie Wand
right away, so I laid out my new tools.
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| Julep May French Twist Collection |
If you take a look at the polishes in the picture, you can
see that the rectangular outer cap on Julep bottles come off to reveal a
rounded cap beneath. The rounded cap has the brush attached, and you can swatch
the color on the outer lid because of this set up. Julep has
taken advantage of this same design to make the Plie Wand work on any Julep nail
polish; you remove the outer lid and magnetically attach another cap that fits
over the rounded cap. With the creativity kit, you can also attach either a
dotting tool or precision striping brush to the wand.
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| Julep Plie Wand |
I wasn’t sure what
I’d think of the Plie Wand, but I liked it enough that I’ll try it again. I
definitely had less clean up to do when I was done because I had more control
over the brush, but I also painted my nails slower as I got used to the new
method. The wand pivots to sit more comfortably in your non-dominant hand, but
it took me a couple of tries to figure out where “comfortably” was. Dotting and
striping with the Plie Wand were very simple though, so I was glad I’d added on
the creativity kit!
Here’s my manicure – one hand before nail art, and the other
hand after. Julep
describes Paulette as “golden lilac tulle shimmer,” and Laree as “golden pink
taffeta shimmer.” The shimmer on Paulette is a little more subtle, but I love
both!
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| Julep Paulette and Laree |
If you’re interested in
trying a Julep subscription, you’d be starting at an exciting time! All new Mavens will have a
completely customizable box, called My Maven. Julep will
still curate boxes for each of their style profiles, but you’ll be able to swap
out polishes or products if you prefer other options from that month’s
offerings. (For example, if this month’s box were customizable for me, I could
have switched out the blue Jeanne that came with my Boho Glam box for the pink
Laree that I added on at an additional cost.) My Maven customizable subscriptions are $24.99 a month, but if you prepay for 3 months
the price drops to $19.99 a month. Want to just try one box and see if you like
it first? You can start your subscription with a free box using code FREEBOX,
and you only have to pay $3.95 shipping.
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