Sign up for Julen Maven and get 3 nail polishes for a penny!
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julep.comPosted Apr 25, 2012, 11:24 PM UTC
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julep.comHeads up! Julen Maven costs $19.99 a month. They say you will receive $40 worth of products every month. You don't find this out until you completed the style survey if you follow OP's link from above.
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You can cancel without penalty at any time, so you can cancel after your penny box and avoid the charges. However, it's a good thing you mentioned that it's a recurring subscription service, as OP forgot to mention this.
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If you enter the code you get your first box for a penny and you can cancel afterward.
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I don't understand how Julep makes money. They put out surprise boxes for $20 every month or two, and they come with $60-$200 worth of products. The last one came with a $50 gift certificate (remember, I only paid $20,) with no minimum purchase, so I bought 4 more nail polishes for $6 and $3.99 shipping. Basically, I got $250 of stuff for $26 + shipping.
I now have more Julep nail polishes than any other brand, just because I can get so many for so cheap!
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i speculate that they make money either by a huge mark up of their polish (i.e. it costs them less to make it so they can afford to sell it for cheap and still at worst break even) or since it is a recurring subscription they might count on people forgetting they had it (they give you 4 days to either skip it, send it to a friend or choose a different box, otherwise it will autoship and you will be billed for it and that box you didn't want makes up for the one cent one). also they have around 4 or 5 nail salons in seattle so they do not rely on boxes to make money thus can afford sending the one cent boxes to X amount of people a month and potentially end up having a customer for life by creating brand loyalty.
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Are the polishes any good? I just signed up last week and am so curious.
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They're hit and miss. Some of them are really thick and hard to work with, but the most recent ones I got are all really nice. I don't think I would pay full-price for them, but their surprise boxes (different from the Maven program) are a really great deal.
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i agree with the thickness part, i found them a bit too thick for my taste. so thick that already there is a bit of goopy sticky polish on the top of the bottle (not the rim but the upper part of the bottle if that makes sense). when it comes to polishes i think there are cheaper and better ones out there however their light shade (a peachy pink) was definitely opaque. i also got their hand scrub and i was pleasantly surprised.
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I actually am in love with the e.l.f. nail polishes right now. I bought a bunch a few weeks ago and they're a really nice consistency and colour, they have some serious staying power, and all for quite a bit cheaper than Julep ($2 for e.l.f., $14 for Julep - and the Julep bottles hold less polish).
However, I have some shades from Julep that I really like, and I got them for crazy cheap, so that's nice.
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They are definitely not worth 3 for $40 which is the value of one of the boxes. I use Sinful Colors from CVS for $2 and they are comparable. However, a penny is a good deal.
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You also get some other stuff in the boxes, like their scrubs and stuff. But yeah, they're pretty overpriced.
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I used my referral link if that's OK. If you sign up, you get to choose from four different sets that include 2 nail polished and a hand scrub, or a 3 nail polish set. Use code COLOR2012 or WELCOMEMV5 or PENNY.