Waiting for a package to be
delivered seems like it takes forever, that package being nail polish seems to
take an eternity. Perhaps, I’m dramatic but I could not get Julep’s Maven It-Girl
package in my hands fast enough.
The only color I have
tested is Trina. The color is a eggplant purple that has hints of dark red
shimmer in it. The shimmer was hard to capture in a photo, but I’ll try to get
a better one up of it once I go out for the day.
Julep’s Trina reminds me of
their version of OPI’s Lincoln Park After Dark but with a barely noticeable
hint of shimmer. If you’re a fan of OPI’s LPAD, Trina would be a great addition
to your collection.
The bottle suggests two
coats of Trina, but two coats make it completely opaque and a little darker.
One coat would do fine with a nice top coat.
For the top coat, I used
Julep’s Fast Drying Topcoat. I think I put it on wrong, but it took a little
over ten minutes to dry. (Though, Ashley said hers took 2 minutes). Julep
responded quickly on twitter: making sure I shook the nail polish before
applying and suggesting running nails under cold water for twenty minutes.
Instead, I waited a while and after an hour, they were completely dry. (I will
try the cold water trick and the ice cubes in a bowl one day!)
I’m sad that my Holiday
glitters have been retired for now, but Julep’s Trina has made me fall back in
love with dark nail polish.
