Julep 'It Girl' June Box

I forgot to cancel my subscription this month, so I was a bit bummed at first when I got the notification email with my tracking info. That totally changed once I received my box! Here are the three beautiful polishes that came in June's 'It Girl' box.

BESS

Bess is a (bright) light blue. As in all Julep polishes, the application is super smooth and easy. This polish is oppaque in two coats, but pictured below is three coats just to be safe. Unfortunately for me, this color gives me lobster hands! (Luckily I was able to get a few pictures where my skin tone looked normal) 

CHAR

'Char' is a nice dark blue, that to me looks more like a dark blurple (blue-purple) in certain lighting. Pictured below is 2 coats plus a top coat. I love how glossy it dries! 

NAN

'Nan' is sort of a dusty coral color. This is 2 easily applied coats with a top coat. This color reminds me of adobe bricks and clay pots. I feel a nail art idea coming on!

Which is your favorite?

Autism Awareness Month

As some of you may know, April is Autism Awareness Month, and its symbolizing color is Blue. Autism affects so many people now a days. If you did not know, I work at a preschool with children ages 2-4. It is so alarming to see how many kids (whether it is obvious or not) have to live with autism.

To show my support, I am going to try to incorporate blue into all my manis this month.

To start off April, I went with a simple swatch. This is Julep 'Claire'. 

This is such a gorgeous and bright blue with smooth application! Just looking at the brightness of this color is uplifting. 

I look forward to sharing with you all the blue manis in support for Autism Awareness Month. 

And tomorrow, April 2nd, is World Austism Awareness Day. Be sure to wear blue! For more info on Autism feel free to visit www.autismspeaks.org and www.autism-society.org