Whaaat?! It’s not even September yet! I love it when boxes ship early and exceed my expectations! The crew at Espionage Cosmetics shifted the shipping schedule around a little for the Nexus shipment which now ends up shipping between the 18-27th of each month and renews the 28th of each month for the following month, so September’s shipment went out on August 24th for me, and arrived today, the 30th. I loved getting the heads-up about the change, and being a newer subscription, I’m glad they’re keeping us in the loop as they fine tune the process. SO! This month’s theme was, “Ancient Mau,” and I had a pretty good idea cats and egypt would be involved, but as usual, you never know what sort of magic will tumble out of the glitter cloud.
- Peek-A-Boo Cats – Little black cats peek around the edges of an orange-red glossy ombre base. There are even glow in the dark accents on the cats. Too cute! I have to admit that I’m more of a dog person (we have two), but I spent my youngest years being herded around by two cats, so these are absolutely welcome here! I have a feeling these are going to be saved for October so I can show them off around Halloween because the colors paired with the black cats are purrrfect (sorry, had to be done).
- hieroglyphics – Okay, so the cats are cute, but this is DEFINITELY without a doubt the nail wrap I’ll be voting for this month. It’s a glossy nail wrap with gold foil accents featuring hieroglyphics and the eye of Horus. I’m a history nerd in general, but Ancient Egypt has always held fascination for me, so I am positively over the moon for these! They’re just stunningly beautiful and I cannot wait to wear them.
The nail wraps usually cost $10 each on the Espionage Cosmetics website, so the value definitely exceeds the cost of a month-to-month subscription at $15 per month. Subscribers then vote for their favorite of the two, and the winner goes on to regular sale on the website. That means Nexus subscribers get a super limited edition nail wrap that will never be produced again! As usual, I’m looking forward to seeing what they come up with for next month and I’m LOVING this subscription – I get two brand new nail wraps before they’re released to the general public, and I get to vote for my favorite and hope it wins. This whole thing is ridiculously exciting. I’m not sure any other subscription box does something like this! In case you’re thinking about subscribing and want to send me some love, hit up my referral link!