Are they dupes? OPI Skyfall, Zoya Pepper, and Julep Coco

Well I finally had to clean up my stash cupboard. I couldn't really get to anything with burying myself in a 500 bottle pile up. After two hours of digging, sorting, and tossing (no not polishes, relax, just all the nifty inserts in all the nail mail) I came to a conclusion. I have possible dupes.

Enter Julep Coco, OPI Skyfall, and Zoya Pepper. My love of brick red dates back to the second grade when I got my first box of 64 colors of crayola. That brick red was the first to get used up. I colored everything with it. Like everything. My hair color according to my eight year-old self? Brick red. My black cat? Brick red. Our big yellow house? You guessed it! Brick red.

Artistic interpretation aside the question here is whether these are dupes. Now you do need to know I'm a big believer in two, thin coats. Thus coat one is patchy. I think if you were to do a more generous first layer they'd all be opaque in one coat.

 

I had to take a photo in direct sunlight to pick up the differences in the bottles. 

All of them have incredible formulas and go on super smoothly. All are patchy with super thin coats. In this I couldn't tell the difference between them.

In most lights OPI Skyfall and Zoya Pepper look almost identical. In the brighter light Pepper is slightly more rusty then Skyfall, but other then that they are almost spot on. Julep Coco is definitely a deeper, less rusty red, and more of an oxblood red.

What do you think? Does your heart get stolen by rusty reds like mine?

May Julep Box: Getting Glammed up with the 1920's! (PHOTO HEAVY)

I'm the girl that wears neon all year around. December? Fuschia baby! October? Bring on the lime green. All year is bright. But, for some odd reason, the last two months more of the muted colors have been capturing my heart. So when the preview for the Julep May box went up I KNEW I needed it. Plus an upgrade. Or three. I am that girl!

I stuck with IT Girl although I really wanted to do a total upgrade this month. Those were gone almost instantly. I got Coco (an ox-blood red creme), Paris (a multi-dimensional glitter with gold, pale pink and holo glints), and Clara (a toned down peach). Also in this month's box was a freebie set of vintage style rose hair clips. Love.these.so.hard! People were actually complaining. About the freebies. It's a freebie. 'Nuff said.

I didn't stop there though. I had enough Jules (their reward system points) to score the lip sugar scrub FOR FREE! I also was totally in love with these two other colors so I did all three upgrades this month:

Millie (a smokey indigo blue), Zelda (champagne pink foil), and the sugar scrub for lips. This is my first non-nail related product by Julep.

First off every single one of these colors is a mega win. The foil is a little streaky but it totally works for it. The glitter spreads perfectly and the cremes are all gorgeous, one coaters. Love it ALL! Say what? You want to seeeeeee them?

The color combination is sublime and the glitter pairs perfectly. Also it's such a unique glitter. So shiny and holo-reflective in both sunlight and shade.

Swatch overload! Aren't they so GORGEOUS? I did not want to take these manicures off. Ok so I'm STILL sporting the last one there. Such happiness on my nails.

Ok now for the sugar scrub. For starters I have never exfoliated my lips. I know, I know gasps of horror and all that. I'm just learning to be a girl here so cut me a little slack. ;)

"Pamper you pout" it commands. Ok if you say so! ;)

Ok I had a super hard time not licking it all off my lips. It smells and tastes heavenly. It says to rub in firm circles on the lips and then blot off with tissue. My lips were soooo soft! I have to resist the urge to do it everyday. On that topic how often are you supposed to do this? The result of the exfoliation feels so incredible I just want to do it all the time. I don't wear lipsticks or anything and this made me realize how little attention I give my poor lips. I love this product so far and can see it becoming a beauty must-have for me.

This is my first Julep box since last September and I love it so much. I'm still a little irked with how shady September went down, but this box made me so happy that I can look past it. For now. Have a great day gals and guys!