About a week ago Julep announced their new Mystery Boxes. This time they had three varieties to choose from: Laguna Beach, The Hamptons, and Miami. Each one of the boxes was supposed to be filled with $70-$200 worth of products, and follow the main theme of the select “destination”. I personally lean more towards the classic hues, so for my first Mystery Box I chose The Hamptons, which Julep classifies as “classic, preppy, and glam”.
Click here to purchase this Mystery Box.
I ended up receiving the following products:
- Pomegranate Body Creme
- Strawberry-Mint Lip Balm
- Neon Twistbands x3
- Julep Jackie
- Julep Teri x2
That’s right, I really got two identical nail polishes in the same Mystery Box. I could see that happening if I bought more than one box, but I actually didn’t, so it had to be some sort of a mistake. I already emailed Julep CS about it and waiting to hear back from them.
Update: I was apparently supposed to receive Amelia as my third nail polish, and the CS lady was nice enough to send it out to me at no additional cost when I explained my situation and attached a few pictures of my box. Yay for good CS!
Now, aside from this little mishap, I’m pretty satisfied with the products and colors I got, except, maybe, the hair ties. IMO these neon colors are more suited for the Miami box.
The polishes are absolutely gorgeous, and I like both of them a lot. Teri (below) has a tough formula to work with because it’s more on the goopy and streaky side, but Jackie (above) is a beautiful semi-sheer red that provides a super even and streak-less coverage.
So all in all, I decided to splurge on a Laguna Beach box, too, and it’s already in transit to me as we speak. Can’t wait to see what I get in that one!
| Product | Retail value |
|---|---|
| Pomegranate Body Creme | $18.00 |
| Strawberry-Mint Lip Balm | $6.00 |
| Neon Twistbands x3 | $3.00 |
| Julep Jackie | $14.00 |
| Julep Teri x2 | $28.00 |
| Box Retail Value | $69.00 |
Disclosure: I bought this.
I’ve always felt the Julep CS was really good! I agree that the neon hair ties don’t fit the theme of this box. Can’t wait to see your next one!
It actually just arrived earlier today and the colors are gorgeous! I’m writing the review right now 😀
My box was also under $70 (and I feel like the “value” should be calculated on maven prices, which makes them more like $57). I was definitely underwhelmed. And I was sure I was going to get one of the $600 gift cards too! 😉 haha!
Well, I’m not a Maven so the value for me was whatever Julep is selling them for 🙂 Getting one of those gift cards would have been amazing hehe, I hope you get one in your next Mystery Box 😀
You may just send the 2nd dupe polish to me…mkthnx lol
Julep’s customer service was stellar this time!
Love the colors <3
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If my mom didn’t already snatch it I sooo would! 🙂
Yup, I was pleasantly surprised about Julep’s CS, makes me want to do business with them again in the future.
I’m glad that customer service took good care of you.
Yep, that was nice of them. I honestly expected something along the lines of “oh well, too bad, it’s a mystery box after all” yadda yadda etc. Glad that I was wrong 😉