Julep Three Wishes Collection

For my June 2014 Julep Maven Box, I opted in for the Julep Three Wishes Collection.  I loved the colors when viewing them online, and I was even happier with them in person.  The three I opted for as an It Girl were Julep Savoy (an antique gold chrome), Julep Phia (an orchid iridescent chrome), and Julep Jennine (a full-coverage borealis blue stardust).  The Stardust polishes are Julep’s answer to the textured polish craze, providing a matte glitter that gives just enough sparkle.

I was immediately struck by Jennine.  I loved the shade, even though I don’t know where they got the idea to call it “borealis blue”, but it somehow works.  My immediate impression of Savoy was more gunmetal silver than gold, but I can see it when next to Jennine.  My first instinct was to just do a full manicure with the stardust, but then I reasoned that since these colors all came from the Three Wishes Collection, they should work together nicely.  So on my right hand I did a ring-finger accent nail with Savoy and on my left the same but with Phia.

I think I like how Phia and Jennine turned out better.  There’s not such a stark contrast in colors, but it works.  Generally speaking, though, I’d probably be more likely to wear Savoy as a complete manicure since I don’t tend to wear a lot of pinks.  While Phia’s described as orchid, it really read more pink than purple to me.  But I did like it.

The next time I bust out the Julep Three Wishes Collection I’ll work with just Savoy and Phia as I think they would actually compliment each other better than either does with Jennine.  I tried a chrome-on-chrome dotting pattern recently (more on that later) and it was interesting, so I could even try that with these two.  We’ll see where inspiration takes me next!