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New Release: Julep — August 2018 “Light & Luster”

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Collection: Julep 2018 August “Light & Luster”

Julep’s August 2018 collection consists of five new and one repromoted shades of bright nail color, plus a new face product, Perk It Under-Eye Treatment Brightener (1.4 g for $26 / $20.80 Maven), which comes in five shades.

From Julep:

Summer may be winding down soon, but the future looks brighter than ever. This month’s illuminated collection captures the beaming energy of the season starting with the launch of our new under-eye brightener with skincare ingredients built right in. And of course, we had to round it out with a high-shimmer polish collection in saturated colors inspired by dreamy, exotic getaways to faraway lands.

Get ready to see the end of summer in a whole new light!

Shining, shimmering, splendid. This month’s glistening nail polish collection takes you on a wild ride with full-spectrum colors that capture the richness of late-summer sunsets. Go bold or go barely-there—either way, just go and see where the magic takes you.

Did they just quote “A Whole New World” from Aladdin? Here are the six polishes for August:

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Haulage! The Ordinary by Deciem, Part I (March 2017)

Haulage! The Ordinary by DECIEM (March 2017)

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I’ve been wrestling a lot with my skin lately, thanks to not sleeping nearly enough since my two kids and my husband have been hit by norovirus, colds and coughs.

When I don’t sleep enough for a few days running, my skin instantly reacts by developing cystic acne along my jawline and generally just looking like crap. So, dry and flaky winter skin, plus hormonal/stress-induced acne. Not happy days.

I’ve been trying to sleep more (not really possible sometimes, though) and drinking more water, but all of this prompted me to seek out some topical assistance over the weekend. I settled on trying out skincare from The Ordinary, who specialize in pared down skincare products with just a few essential ingredients—all at amazingly reasonably prices.

The brand was launched in 2016 by Toronto-based skincare company DECIEM, and it has been a crazy hit, so I felt pretty safe in trying out several products from them all at once.

Here’s what I ordered (they’re sold online in Canada at their official site, which is where I placed my order, and at Well.ca (referral), who carry The Ordinary and another DECIEM brand, Hylamide, and were already sold out of most items). All prices are in CA$.

  • The Ordinary Azelaic Acid Suspension 10% ($7.90)
  • The Ordinary “Buffet” Multi-Technology Peptide Serum ($14.80)
  • The Ordinary Caffeine Solution 5% + EGCG ($6.70)
  • The Ordinary Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 ($6.80)
  • The Ordinary Natural Moisturizing Factors + HA ($5.80)
  • The Ordinary Niacinamide 10% + Zinc 1% ($5.90)
  • The Ordinary 100% Plant-Derived Squalane ($7.90)

The Caffeine Solution is for my husband, who has undereye circles he would like to address. He’d also like to try the Azelaic Acid for his mild rosacea.

I was tempted to pick up something from one of DECIEM’s other, higher-priced lines, but in the end I decided that I’d wait to see how I liked the Ordinary products, first.

The website stated that due to high demand, my order might not be fulfilled for 10 days. However, they literally shipped it the day after I ordered (Sunday) and it was delivered to me in Toronto on Tuesday. Now that’s service!

This is how the parcel looked:
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