July's Julep It Girl Box

Good morning! Sorry I keep falling off the face of the Earth - I just have so much going on and only 2 classes (1 semester!!!) left of school so I'm working my booty off trying to finish out with a good GPA. :) Anyway you should be proud of me for posting my July box in July, because that in itself is a rarity! I really liked the colors in the box, and one in particular has quickly become one of my new favorites. Check it out!!

Ok, so as always, the package was super cute. I love it - it feels like every month I'm getting a little birthday present and its always a surprise!

Yay for cute packaging! Now, on to the colors. I'm going to start out with the first one that I tried, which is Nadia. This color doesn't look like much in the bottle, but on a sunny day, it has this awesome golden shimmer. My flash caught it a bit, but unfortunately we didn't have any sun for a while there - it just kept raining!

Next up, is Angela. This one is too dark for summer in my opinion, but a really lovely color and I think I will get lots of use out of this one come fall and winter! It's a duochrome and changes from a dark teal to purple and even looked navy in some lighting. I didn't have much time on my hands, so I didn't have the time to mess with 400 pictures in different lighting, but I think you can see the color change a bit around the edges of my nails in this pic.

Last, id\s my absolute favorite of the bunch. It's my new favorite glitter (at least for now)! Her name is Tracy and boy is she gorgeous. I couldn't stop looking at my hands while I had this one on! This polish goes on in a matte/satiny finish, and is a bit textured without topcoat.

And here it is with topcoat, so you can see it shiny too. I don't know which way I like it better - it's just soooo sparkly!

Well, that is all. I'm really pushing my limits lately, and haven't been putting as much time into nail art as I did last summer, but I really want to do well in school, and I've also been working on losing (just a little bit) of weight, so I've been putting a lot of time into going running and doing my beloved Jillian Michaels DVDs. I've been painting my nails a lot though, so you will be seeing more swatching, and maybe some simple stamping or decals from me in the next few weeks. I'll be on vacation in early August, so I'm thinking about looking for some guest posts during that time, so you guys don't forget about my little blog while I'm gone. Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

Shimmer Polish Lorene

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Hey guys - I have a pretty glittery one for you today! I fell in love with this one immediately and wore it without added nail art for a full week! So much glitter! I love it.

Well that is all - I am busy busy busy! I will have several more swatches to share later this weekend, and then hopefully some nail art too!!

Guest Post With Laura From LittleLauraLoves!

Happy Monday! Well, not really, but we have to pretend for sanity's sake. I did a guest post swap for today with Laura from LittleLauraLoves so you can find my post on her blog. We agreed to both do tape manis for this post, so you can find her's below. I think it turned pretty good, and she's a girl after my own heart with her choice to do a gradient, too! You all know how much I love those! Check it out:

Hello readers of delight in Nails, I'm Laura from Littlelauraloves.blogspot.com, I'm so excited to be guest posting on here today!!

Jessie and I decided to both do mani's using striping tape, I'm pretty new to striping tape but really enjoying learning, I also love gradient nail art , so this mani is right up my alley :) I took the inspiration from Chalkboard nails so please check it out here and give credit where it's due!!  http://www.chalkboardnails.com/2012/10/laser-tape-gradient.html. 

 

Thank you again Jessie so much, and I hope everyone likes this mani, if you do please check out my page as above :)

Laura

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Well, there you have it! I'll be back sometime in the next few days with some lovely glitter and a review for LynBDesigns polishes! Oh, and also I am only two people away from finally reaching 100 followers which means that we are getting close to a giveaway...stay tuned for that! Have a great day!