Monday, June 24, 2013

Goodies - June

Goodies.com is a monthly subscription for snackers! Only $7/month with a great points system.



Dream Water Nighttime Nectar
Pastitas Garlic Parmesan Chips
Gimme Health Honey Dijon Seaweed Crumbles
Duchy Originals Highland Shortbread
Stax Que Rico Adobadas Chips
Pringles Cheddar Stix

Ipsy - June

Ipsy is a monthly subscription that sends you beauty products in a cute little makeup bag. It runs $10/month or you can pay for 11 months and get 1 free!


I love this mailer. I've kept all of them with hopes of reusing them. So cute.


A nice wild print this month.



Cailyn Gel Eyeliner
$21
This may be my favorite item this month because I dig gel eyeliner. Eyeliner always seems to melt right off of me but gel stays put. I also like that I got a grey color and not black. I can wear grey day to day but black is a bit too dramatic for my light coloring.


J.Cat Sparkling Cream Palette
$4.49
I assumed this was an eye shadow palette - but I guess it's body glitter. I'm kind of past the point in my life where I would wear body glitter, and that kinda makes me sad. That being said, I saw an awesome pic of some nail art on the Ipsy site that used this glitter and I'd love to try it.


There is no way mine would look this good... but it looks cool, right?


NYX Rouge Cream Blush
$6
I am typically not a fan of cream blush. Mostly I think it is because I just can't seem to apply it correctly.  This blush is really red so it's even trickier to get it to look natural and not like I'm a clown. I'm going to keep trying because I don't wear blush often enough.



Starlooks Lip Pencil
$12
I actually needed this lip liner. I seem to only have bright colored ones and I have been telling myself to get a more natural color.


Chella Ivory Lace Highlighter
$18
An eye highlighter/concealer. I've been using it under my eyes and I'm impressed.

For some reason I was thinking of canceling this subscription. Mostly because I'm collecting all these makeup bags and I don't know what to do with them. Now that I look at the value of this months bag that would be pretty stupid of me. $60 of product for $10? You've won me over Ipsy.

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Birchbox - June

Birchbox is a monthly subscription that provides high end beauty and lifestyle samples. They have a women's box for $10/month and a men's box for $20/month.






The Goods....


Beauty Protector
Protect & Detangle

I have short hair, and Birchbox knows this. I have no use for a detaingler.


Antica Farmacista
Body Moisturizer in Grapefruit

This one strikes out for me. I HATE the smell of grapefruit.


29 Preserves Skin Care Collection
Cream Cleanser, Serum Extract, Eye Emulsion, Night Moisture


Postcards
These are kinda cute. If I was creative I could probably come up with something to do with them.


Glee Gum
I don't chew gum very often but this stuff is sugar free and contains xylitol (it's good for your teeth) so I'll carry this in my purse.


Color Club
I love bright summer color polishes and this one is no exception. It'll look a lot better on me once I've got a little summer color. Something about neon colors on pasty white feet just doesn't work for me.


Birchbox has been a bit off the mark for me the past couple months. It hasn't been very exciting. But then I'm the one who filled out my preferences.... so maybe I'm just totally boring (it's not you, it's me). Maybe I'll go in a switch it up. Either way I'm sticking with Birchbox for now.

Birchbox