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March 12, 2015

My March Birchbox

Guess what I got!?

My March Birchbox. No surprises there. Once again, despite the fact that I said I wouldn’t, I decided to select the feature box this month. There wasn’t a guest curator, but there was a theme.

Beauty Solutions!

Products that are the answers to some of our biggest beauty blunders…

What made me change my mind?

Well, honestly the blush. It’s baked, and I had yet to try a baked blush and wanted to know what the hype was all about. Let’s just say, Laura Geller Beauty’s Baked Blush-n-Brighten in Pink Grapefruit is my new favorite blush.

It also didn’t hurt that there was a derma e product again this month. Still can’t get enough! And paired with the derma e product from my box last month, perfect combo. My travel bag has never been happier!

Not everyone gets their monthly subscription box one the same day. So, after seeing a comment on Facebook about the smell of the Whish body butter, I was worried I would hate it. Delightfully, to me, it smells like almond scented anything else and I really enjoy it. It’s now a staple in my handbag, and I have yet another item added to my list of things to save my Birchbox points up for.

I’d never heard of Dear Clark and since discovering Ubuntu oils, I’ve been pretty loyal. However, I started running low, so giving this hair tonic a try will be happening, just not quite yet.

Usually, when I get a smaller sized sample, I am left feeling slightly cheated and a little disappointed. I’ve learned that with Supergoop! a little bit goes a very long way, so I don’t mind as much. I’ve tried this eye cream before, and I think I may still have some left from the last time I got a sample.

Is there anything from my March Birchbox that you’d want to try? Anything you already use? Let me know in the comments!

July 21, 2014

july julep maven box

I fully intended to skip my Julep Maven Box this month. Not because I don’t love it, but because I have A LOT of nail polish + not so much money. That being said, I am SO glad that I didn’t!

The Bombshell colors were just to die for…

And a while back I got the Beach Tonic, loved the scent, loved the product, HATED the bottle. I couldn’t get it to spray consistently without have to pull the nozzle up after EVERY. SINGLE. SPRAY.

So, even though it was probably just a bad bottle (I also got the Sea Salt Hair Spray, in the same style bottle and it worked just fine), I didn’t use it nearly as much as I would have liked to. This month the featured item was the Bare Body Milk, that smelled just like the Beach Tonic, but in lotion form. I die.

Now I get to rock the scent that I enjoyed with the hassle. Plus, it works really well!

I am one happy chica.

xx
Bet

June 6, 2014

may birchbox

I always look forward to getting my monthly Birchbox. I especially love it when I get a new product that exceeds my expectations, even if some of the other products don’t. My May Birchbox included a few products that had me freewheeling!

Birchbox bases the products you get in your box off of a profile that you fill out. My profile mentions that I have color treated hair so I often find myself getting color care hair products. What I found surprising about the shampoo + conditioner set I got this time, is that there was also a hair primer, which you apply before washing your hair. I was happy with the results, but hope that my next box does not include any color care hair anything.

My favorite product in my box this month, was the PIXI Beauty Shea Butter Lip Balm. I majorly heart getting full sized products especially lip products. As much as I swear that I adore eye makeup over all, I own way more lip products. What can I say? I have big lips and they need the extra TLC…

The color was much bolder than I expected for a lip balm, nothing too shocking, but I was pleased that the color was visibly detectable.

The other product that surprised me was the CōTZ Face Tinted Natural Skin Tone SPF 40. After I posted about my huge disappointment with Benefit’s Big Easy, I was very skeptical about trying anything tinted that didn’t say for dark skin. However, this wasn’t so bad. I mean it was light, but rubbed in and didn’t leave me looking ghostly. That being said, less is more. Even though I do not plan to buy this, I didn’t hate it.

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This month’s box even included a $25 off coupon to Kate Spade Saturday + if you subscribe to the Kate Spade Saturday emails you get 15% off your next purchase!

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February 23, 2014

Twenty Something Birchbox Sample Wins

I promise that my posts won’t always be about Birchbox or even products, but I wanted to share some (twenty something, well twenty one to be exact) of the samples I’ve received, tried, and hearted. Some of them I loved so much that I purchased the full sized version from the Birchbox Shop.

Birchbox Samples — (Above brands in no particular order: Chap Stick, Evologie, Juicy Couture, Dr. Lipp, Fekkai, Ahmad Tea, Color Club, Evologie, Ruffian, Coola, Stila, Benefit Cosmetics, DDF, LAQA & Co., Whish, Vasanti, Beauty Protection, Juice Beauty, Supergoop!, and Cargo)

February 22, 2014

Find Me Some Finds

If you’ve never heard of Birchbox, you should check them out, but Birchbox can pretty much be summed up as being a monthly box of awesome (well really, four or five awesomes for only ten bucks).

I have been a Birchbox subscriber for a little over a year and have no intention of canceling my subscription. And no, they are not paying me to say any of this. Month after month, I anxiously await getting my Birchbox in the mail and trying out the samples that are tailored to me.

Thanks to the Birchbox app, you can now track your box and get a sneak peek of what’s inside. If you have Birchbox or are even just considering signing up for it, I cannot stress enough that you should really write reviews for the products you’ve sampled. Each review gets you points and points add up and can be redeemed for full sized purchases.

Every once in a while, Birchbox offers special limited edition boxes with themes like home, snow day, precious metals, etc. After surveying subscribers on what they’d like to see, Birchbox recently launched a finds themed box. Now, I personally like finds because they are typically things you can find and buy from your local drugstore. For $18 you get $55 worth of products.

(Included: Bioré Self Heating One Minute Mask 4 Pack, Covergirl Bombshell Shine Shadow by LastBlast, Covergirl Bombshell Volume by LashBlast Mascara, John Frieda Frizz Ease Nourishing Oil Elixir, Nivea Kiss of Care & Color, Rimmel London Stay Glossy 3D Lipgloss, and Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure)

Do you subscribe to Birchbox? Did you purchase the Limited Edition: Birchbox Finds box? Share you thoughts, I’d love to hear what you think! Think I should review the products in the Limited Edition: Birchbox Finds box? Let me know!