Influenster Voxbox!!

Yesterday along with my Myglam Bag, I received my Spring Influenster Vox Box! The box is full of products and you try them out and review them on the Influenster site.
There are badges that you can receive for your profile, and those help determine which boxes you are eligible for. This month they also released a Mom's Box in honor of Mother's Day, so I thought that was really cool for all the moms out there who get goodies to try.

 Opening up the box, the was a card saying that it's the Influenster Spring Box! Yay!

The spring box I received is beauty themed. I filled out a questionaire about myself  and then the box came in the mail yesterday with everything in it. From what I've seen online, everyone got the same products, they just changed the skintone of things, or the style a little bit to suit peoples individual preferences.



 The back of the card explains about everything included in the box. I was surprised at everything we received!
The list is Sheer Cover Concealer, Aveeno Daily Moisturizing body wash, Chapstick Lip Shield SPF 50, Sally Hansen Nail Effects nail strips, a full sized Bath and Body works fragrance mist! and lastly a SoyJoy bar. 
Another item included is the Dr Scholls Ball of Foot insole for dress shoes.





Here's a photo of my box contents! I got the mist in Twilight Woods, which smells really great. The chapstick I will definitely use this weekend since we are going outdoors, the Salon Effects are actually the same exact type I've been eying in the stores for months now, the foot insoles are always welcome, and the body wash is good to have around too! The only thing I'm iffy about is the SoyJoy bar, since sometimes soy products make me feel sick. But I'll eat it and see what happens.Today I'll be testing out the Sheer Cover and seeing how it holds up at my work.

If you can sign up for Influenster, I totally recommend it! The box selection process is random, but they keep track of who got a box already when so that the same people don't keep getting into every campaign and then others get nothing. So sign up and get badges and give it a try! It's a fun thing to try out and you might get lucky and get a box of goodies. I'll test everything and put reviews here.
I'm still testing out things from last month and will update soon with those!

May Myglam Unboxing

Had another great Mail Day and my MyGlam package arrived! The pink mailer it comes in is always fun, and even though they pretty much gave away the whole bag on FB with their hints, I was still excited.

Here's the mailer!

In case you are not familiar, Myglam is another $10 a month Monthly Subscription program. You fill out a survey for a beauty profile, and they send out bags every month. The thing with Myglam is that everyone gets the same products every month, even with different profiles. The only difference is that you might get a different color eyeshadow than your friend will.
I've found the contents to be not quite on par with Birchbox or Julep in quality. They're kind of like if Target made a monthly subscription service vs Nordstroms making one. That's not a bad thing, it's just been my own observation.
If anyone remembers, last month their website messed up and it ended up cancelling my subscription. Thankfully CS comped me that months bag, and sent me a special sign up link, so I was able to rejoin and not miss a beat.
So their CS team is really awesome, and usually I think their bags are cute.

Opening up the pink mailer, I got the following:

Here's the makeup bag/cosmetic bag/pouch it came in. On their FB preview, I thought this bag was cute, but in person it looks really cheap and gaudy to me. It's something you would pick out when you're 12 and are at Claire's or something like that. I don't really care for it.
Then there is a theme card, I think this month it was nice that they didn't do some crazy photoshoot. However, the theme of Love is in the Air seems off. This is April, not February! Everything is pink with kisses just like it's for Valentine's Day. They should have picked a different theme, not feeling this one.


Now here are the contents. Love sweet Love perfume by Philosophy, Studio Gear lipstick, two makeup brushes that go in the little travel holder with the previous two, and a Nail Bling nail set.

All in all, I'm pretty meh about this bag. The brushes and the perfume sample are my favorite. They're good items, and the perfume is new, so at least it's a recent release. But the lipstick came in this absolutely terrible color for me, it's like a brick red/brown. I have light ivory skin, that just doesn't work on me. Also, the lipstick looks like something out of the clearance section at Walmart. It's all knicked where it rattled around inside the tube because it's broken at the base. I am not impressed at all with that, and I might contact MyGlam for a replacement. Also, people contacted the company who made these lipsticks and every single color they sent out is a discontinued color, meaning they bought these all wholesale because the company wants to get rid of them. Again, not impressed.

Here's a photo of the tube, you have to click on it to see it larger. But it's crooked in the tube and has dings in it.

Here's a swatch of it. The top part is with one swipe, the bottom with multiple. I just do not think this is a nice color of lipstick for someone with my coloring, and will be giving this away because I'll never wear it.







The nail blings are cute, but they look very inexpensive like a dollar store product. All in all, this months bag , like most MyGlam bags seem to be, is almost juevenile in theme and product lines. It's something that you would give a 15 year old girl to try out.
I'm hoping next months is better.

Gossip Girl Birchboxes! Xoxo

Something exciting came in the mail! My Gossip Girl Themed Birchboxes! Yay!

If you aren't sure what Birchbox is, it's a monthly subscription program for $10. You fill out a beauty profile, and they send you a goodie box every month according to a theme, and the box you get is choosen due to your profile.
Of course, some people get items that aren't really profile matching, so that's kind of up in the air at this point. But I will say that if you can afford two different profiles, if you have a personality like mine that has different likes that sometimes a simple quiz will deem as opposite, it's worth it to get two takes on the same theme.

The boxes I received this month are Boxes 9 & 19.

Opening the box, you are greeted with the standard Birchbox format. the brown cardboard box embossed with birchbox has a themed sleeve over it, and that is all enclosed in the mailer box.
Both boxes look identical at this point.

 The first box I opened is themed Chic Sunday Brunch.
The card has the description of the theme on it, and some discount codes on the bottom. (hint, click on any of the photos in this blog to view full sized!)
 Next is the card explaining what all is included in this months box.






I got Atelier Cologne in Vanilla Insensee, Color Club Nail Polish in Disco Nap, Dr Jart Waterfuse BB cream, Fresh Sugar Rose Lip treatment with SPF 15, and a twistband!

 Photo of all the goodies! The perfume sample comes in a really fancy wax paper bag with a pretty postcard inside and the perfume vial.
I'm super excited to try this because I LOVE vanilla scents.

The Dr. Jart BB cream comes in a little tube, I've been wanting to try this out since I first heard about it, so this is a really exciting sample too.

 Here's a close up of the perfume sample and the Dr. Jart tube, which is a 2mL size.

The perfume vial is a regular size like the ones you can get at department stores, and it has a stopper top instead of spray.
The notes in that are: 
vanilla, jasmine and fresh lime to bond with rich oak moss, woods and spicy coriander.

I put it on and love how it smells. It's fresh and vanilla scented, and almost smells like mens cologne mixed with womens perfume, as weird as that sounds. It's very lush and warm smelling. I really love it.
A 6.7 oz bottle, which is huge for perfume, retails for $175. Which yes that is pricey, but that size should literally last several years. So I might consider saving up for this one.

 Unwrapping the little pink tissue package, we have the Sugar Tinted Lip product, another one I've been eager to try. [It's also the Beauty Insider Birthday Gift this year!]

And a nail polish! Last month I was super bummed not to get the nail polish featured, so I'm so happy that I got a pretty gold color this month.

We also have the Gossip Girl themed note card that was included in every bag. I like free stationary, so that's cool with me that they sent this item too!

This is my absolute favorite birchbox so far! Everything in it is something I've been wanting to try, and I can't wait to crack it open and try everything out!

Next is my second box! The theme for this was thankfully different than the first. As much as I adore my first box, I love getting two different profiles to try out.
This one is Hampton's Beach Party. Again, describes the theme relating to the show, and then has a discount code at the bottom. 

The items included in this box are Bvlgari Omnia Crystalline, Color Club Pastels in Clambake Coral, Kiehls Absysaine cream, and Ojon hair conditioner.







Here is the card, and the face cream and the hair conditioner with the little package including the rest. I really love how they wrap everything, it feels super special and nice.










The contents unwrapped! There's the color club nail polish in Coral which is my favorite color right now, and the perfume sample.

To be honest, this box is a little less exciting for me, because I already have tried the Ojon, the vial card is a brand regularly available in Sephora here, and it's just not as exciting to me. But the Kiehls is something I've been wanting to try for some time now, so that's super awesome.


I love Gossip Girl and I love Birchbox, so this month was so exciting! The birchboxes continue to impress me, and I really really do not regret signing up. I think they have one of the best subscription boxes out there for sure.