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The Products: There are two different mystery box options this month:
Charmaine (Wonder Maven) Nail-Only Mystery Box: Dive into summer’s ocean blue nail trend with this to-the-max, holographic blue microglitter named after this month’s Wonder Maven. It comes in a box stuffed full of must-have polish and nail goodies.
Emmy Lou (It Girl) Beauty Mystery Box: Dive into summer’s neutral nail trend with this crème-de-la-crème cashew hue—it comes with a box stuffed full of can’t-miss beauty.
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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As far as mystery boxes go, this one wasn’t quite one of my favorites. Though I allow that being a Julep fanatic may be the culprit as several of these colors were duplicates from recent collections. I finally posted my review if anyone is interested in seeing what was in the box.
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Alyssa
It sounds like the mystery boxes had the same thing: primer, eye liner, lip gloss, a palette, and of course the polish in Emmy Lou. I also added in a mystery polish and ended up with Angela. I’m really happy with it though! This was my first time buying anything from Julep and I’m really pleased so far.
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April
I did Emmy Lou, the beauty box, and got the nude nail polish, lip gloss in Polished, black liquid liner, eyeshadow palette and face primer. I didn’t need anymore lip gloss or eyeshadow, but the box was still a good deal. Guess I was hoping for other things; probably shouldn’t do a beauty mystery again until I hit a makeup drought because I have got tons now due to my recent subscription box habit. haha
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crystal
I bought the emmy lou and just received it, i love the box it came with, 1 nail polish, eyeshadow palette, eye liner, face primer and lip gloss all in really nice colors
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Melissa
I just recieved the Charmaine box and it came with 7 polishes and one nail file…
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April
What colors did you get? I’m curious if they’re any good or old stock they’re trying to pass off.
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Hawk21
Bought the Julep nail polish mystery bag and then the comments about Zoya got me to start looking at theirs, where I bought 3 for $15 total with promo code KICK 🙂
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Danielle
I grabbed the beauty one because I love that nail polish color (It Girl – Emmy Lou). I kind of wish there were other nail polishes in this box, but then again, I’m already going to have quite a collection (recently signed up to be a Maven, and I also got some other polishes with my 50% off new member coupon code). I’m excited!
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Amber
I went for the Nails Only box, this will be the 5th or 6th Julep Mystery Box I’ve gotten in a row, I’ve been really pleased with all of the ones I’ve gotten. The value is consistant and their polish is hands down my go to polish. I’m not a maven subscriber because I find this is a better deal -I think this is the first month there hasn’t been a free polish code floating around to pick out a newer polish to add to your box, but last night I was able to use their $20 off $40 code to get myself two other polishes (that code is no longer valid).
I don’t MIND when they do combo boxes because their beauty products are nice, but I get a lot of repeats – I have three different colors of their lip gloss, two different types of their mascara. I definitely prefer when they do two separate boxes. Can’t wait to see what comes!
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Victoria
Thank you Ragan!!!
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Ragan
You’re welcome. I quit awhile ago but I still buy mystery boxes sometimes. I am trying to hold off on this one because I have a Zoya already that is very much like that blue.
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Christina
Which one? I love blues, and Zoya Dream is my favorite polish!
April
I was wondering if anyone knows about this…under the Mystery Box section, they show a mix of different nail and beauty products other than just the box choices. Does anyone know if those products are examples of what would be included in the mystery boxes? I can’t understand why they’d be listed in that section otherwise. Would be nice to have hints though.
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chris
I think the answer is no as well. For me the other polishes showing up there are all in the same color families as the 2 mystery box choices: cream/blue.
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Helen
I looked at the items shown under the mystery box. When I went back later they were different from the first products. So I’d say it’s not a clue to what will be in the box.
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Victoria
Do I have to be a Maven to buy the mystery box?
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Ragan
Nope.
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taintedtiara
Grrr… I want the blue polish, but I’d rather it be paired with beauty items than more nail items. I’ve sampled a lot of Julep beauty products through their mystery boxes and I’ve been impressed with them.
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DS
I’m the opposite! I want the beige and the nail items–we could swap…
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VolGal1919
Hmm, did you check to see if you could put it as an add-on to the Beauty box? Sometimes at check-out they let you pick up an item that’s “special” to add with. Worth a shot. These mystery boxes will be the death of me yet! I’d say they are one of the few mystery boxes which have consistently been worth it!
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lily
Liz – Thanks for posting – So glad they have 2 options. Think I’m going to get the Emmy Lou (It Girl) Beauty Mystery Box because of the more usuable colors. – Does anyone know of any coupon codes that can be used for this box?
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Lauren
It won’t save you anything on the Mystery Box but GOWILD will save 30% off anything else you add-in. I got a little bold and tried SUMMERFUN (since SPRINGFUN used to get a free polish with purchase) but it wasn’t a valid code.
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lily
Thank you 🙂
Erin
These boxes are so much more fun and exciting to me than their regular monthly subscription. I have found myself easily skipping the months, but having a very hard time skipping the mystery boxes. I’m almost certainly getting both… again!
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Sondra
I am just a bit confused though. Will the make-up box contain both colors or just the beige? I have purchased a mystery box in the past but I just don’t remember how it works.
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Erin
There are no repeat products if you order both boxes, so you would get just the one of the two promo colors if you only get one box.
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