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Super Cute Halloween 4 Piece Gift from Julep: FREE for New Mavens!

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Cuteness overload alert! I want that orange nail polish SO bad!!!

julep free polish halloween

Halloween calls for some spooktacular nail designs and spell-binding colors! Julep Maven subscribers get first access to trend setting colors and top-rated beauty products each and every month. For a limited time, new Maven subscribers can get started with this 4-piece Halloween inspired beauty gift valued at $58 for free (just pay $2.99 for shipping).

Are you familiar with Julep and their Maven Beauty Box subscription?

  • Julep Maven is the only customizable box of full-size, limited-run nail colors and beauty innovations. That means no surprises, no dupes or colors you don’t like. You can see what is in your box each month and have the option of swapping out colors/products you already have or don’t want.
  • Julep Maven is affordable. You get over $40 of full-size products in every box for just $24.99 per month.
  • Mavens get benefits all month long at Julep – like 20% off, free shipping, early access to secret sales and more.

Become a Maven today, use the code SPELLBOUND to get your own Free 4 Piece Halloween Welcome Box for New Maven Subscribers ($58 Value) for FREE (you just pay $2.99 for shipping).

A Simple Hack for Your Keys (and $60 in Free Nail Polish, Too!)

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How much time do you spend fiddling around with your keys each time you leave your house and come back in? It used to be quite a bit of time for me, until I started doing this:

uses for nail polish

All you need to do is put a swipe of your favorite nail polish (my favorite polishes are from Julep), preferably a fun, bright color, and give it time to dry before using it. The polish will stay on quite a while (and you can just paint over it when it starts to chip…I had purple polish on this key a while ago until I switched to this pretty minty shade). And the best part is, I know which key to grab instantly. It saves me anywhere from 10-20 seconds, multiple times a day. That adds up fast, friends! So reclaim those lost seconds by painting your most frequently used keys right now.

$60 Welcome Box from Julep FREE for New Mavens!

And if you are lacking in fun polish colors, today is your lucky day! New Maven subscribers can get the new 4-piece Summer nights welcome box with these beautiful 3 colors, as well as a bonus beauty gift (the beauty gift item will be a surprise, as stock varies). It is yours FOR FREE when you sign up to be a maven.

Summer Nights Welcome Box

The Julep Maven subscription box is the perfect way to treat yourself to new nail color and beauty products each month. Just a few of the perks you get as a Maven subscriber include:

  • A fully customizable box of limited-run nail colors and beauty innovations delivered to your door each month
  • $40+ of full-size products in every box for just $19.99 per month when you choose the multi-month payment option (or $24.99 if you chose the monthly payment option)
  • Free shipping and 20% off on julep.com every day

The Summer Nights Welcome Box is here for a limited time and is a great value! Don’t forget to use the code SIZZLE to get your own Summer Nights Welcome Box for FREE – you just pay $2.99 for shipping. And don’t miss the sale they are having right now, too (up to 75% off!).

 

Fun (And CHEAP!) Gift Idea for Teens and Young Adults

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Last week I was painting my toes and I realized that I had more nail polish than I could possibly use up before it was going to go bad. So this got me thinking about what I could do with some of my nail polish in addition to painting my nails. I realized that very small painting projects were a possibility, and that led me to dig some binder clips out of my office drawer. I thought they could use a little makeover for Spring!

uses for old nail polish painted binder clips

I pulled 3 of my Julep colors because they are pretty and remind me of this time of year. Julep is a fun nail polish subscription service, and they are offering a FREE box to new subscribers, so if you want to take this project from cheap to totally free, you need to jump on this! 🙂

Julep Maven Subscription - first box free

Anywho, back to my fun project! Here are the supplies I gathered: nail polishes that needed to be used, binder clips, and pencils to hold the binder clips in place while being painted and while drying.

All you need to do is paint the outsides of your binder clips (I recommend two coats) and leave them on the pencil to dry. I gave each coat 10 minutes to dry.

uses for old nail polish binder clips finished

I think these would be adorable in a teenager’s Easter basket, or as part of a graduation gift for someone heading off to college this fall. I even like them for my office; gives my (boring) paperwork a bit of a pick-me-up!

More About The Free Nail Polish

Here’s a tip for you about the free nail polish offer from Julep: shipping at Julep is free with a $50 purchase. The free box has a value of $40, so if you add $10 in product to your free box order, you’ll get the 3 nail polishes and $10 worth of other great products for just $10 total! Basically it’s like getting that extra $10 of stuff at 50% off, because otherwise you’ll have to pay $5 in shipping. I’m looking out for you, ladies. 😉 Don’t forget to add code FREEBOX to take $40 off the bill, too!

Do you have any clever uses for nail polish besides making your nails lovely? I’d love to hear about it!

Eco-Friendly Nail Polish Delivered Monthly: Julep Maven (Try it for A Penny and GIVEAWAY!!!)

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Have you noticed one of the latest bargain shopping trends lately? It takes the form of a subscription service with a company, where you get discounted and awesome goodies in the mail every month.

Today I want to introduce you to one that all the ladies who love having beautiful nails will love! It’s called Julep Maven, and through this subscription-based monthly program, you will receive some really beautiful and on-trend nail polish delivered right to your doorstep!

I recently received a Julep Maven Intro Box, and here’s what it looked like:


There are a few key things that really jumped out to me about these products.

1. The size of the polishes are PERFECT. When I purchase a full-size polish at a store, without fail, it always starts to separate and become unusable long before I have finished up the bottle. It’s rare for me to even make it half way through a bottle of polish before I have to pitch it. I am actually going to get to use up this polish, which is cool. Plus, these days I’m really into things that don’t take up much room, so that’s another bonus for the size.

2. Julep products are free of harmful toxins that are often found in nail polish. YOu won’t find formaldehyde, DPT, toluene, paraben or sodium laurel sulfate in this polish. My daughter has some eco-friendly nail polish, and I’ve been wanting to get some for myself. Now I have some in “big girl” colors!

3. Aren’t the colors really pretty? I have to tell you that if I went to the drugstore on my own, I probably wouldn’t have picked out any of these colors, more out of fear than anything else (I have like 6 different shade of mauve nail polish…clearly I have a small comfort zone). But now I’m so glad to have all of these colors! Lily (sizzling fuchsia creme) has been so much fun to wear. Charlotte (demure lavender creme) is my go-to polish for September as the colors in my wardrobe calm down a bit for fall. And Sasha (cantaloupe melon creme) is the breakout star. This is not a color that looks attractive when near my face, so I never wear it. But on my toes, it is SO cute! I love having that pop of color!

This is me stealing a quiet moment this morning relaxing and sipping on some iced coffee during Layah’s nap.

I may have the nail painting skills of a six year old, but I still feel fabulous! 

4. A portion of sales from Julep Maven boxes go to various organizations that support women. I’m a sucker for a business that has a heart, people!

So, here’s how it works to join the Julep Maven program (or if you’d like to gift this to a girlfriend, which would be such a fun treat!). The monthly subscription is just $19.99 and it gets you a box every month that retails for $40. You also get 20% off and free shipping for anything you’d like to purchase in the Maven boutique. You get an email previewing your upcoming box on the 20th of each month. If you like it, do nothing and you will be charged on the 27th, and your box will ship that day. If you don’t like it or just need to skip the month, just log into your account and let Julep know. It’s just that simple! There’s no contract to sign and no commitment.

Plus, if you refer 2 friends to become Julep Mavens, you will earn a free month! That’s a pretty sweet deal just for spreading the love!

Want to try it? Right now you can for ONE PENNY!!! That’s right, if you use the code MAVENINTRO at checkout, your first box is just one penny. I mean, it doesn’t get any better than that, right? Well, I guess better than one penny would be totally free, so here’s a chance to win, too!

Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win a Julep Maven Intro Box! (If you are having trouble seeing the Rafflecopter form, just click on the Rafflecopter link below and it will take you to the form! Easy Peasy!)

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Disclosure: I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own.