My Fun Birthday!

Happy Birthday

to Me!

I celebrated the big 4-0 this last week and it was a great celebration.  My sisters, mother and husband went down to the Marriot in Indianapolis that was right across from the Keystone Crossing Mall.  

My sister and mother sweetly decorated my hotel room with Pink and Silver streamers and balloons.  I made sure to tell them no over the hill decorations!  I was celebrating my new age not mourning it!

My friend Annette owns a baking business and she made me these delicious Orange Dreamsicle cupcakes!  They are fantastic!

My oldest and dearest friend Jeanie could not make it to the festivities but she sent this lovely gift box from FTD with yummy treats in it! 

The floor was covered in pink and silver balloons!

And these balloons were all over the ceiling!  So fun!

For dinner, we went to the Cheesecake Factory.  This restaurant is so beautiful.  I loved looking up at all the decor.  I had pretzel dipped chicken bites and fried zucchini for dinner so I had room to have a desert! 

They brought out my plate of cheesecake all decorated for my birthday!  How sweet!

My friend Julie made it to the party and had the best Oreo cheesecake! She let me try a bite and the fudge was fantastic.  Must get this one next time I am there.

The main event for my birthday was shopping at my favorite makeup stores!  Ulta was right across the side road of the hotel!  PERFECT!  I picked up the Marc Anthony Beach Spray, the Urban Decay all nighter setting spray and the CK mascara was a freebie for my birthday.  I had a $10 off coupon as well.   At the mall, we hit Sephora - where I bought the Urban Decay Basics 2 palette and got the birthday gift set Make Up For Ever mascara and lipstick.
We went into Mac and I picked up a blush. 

We also went into Lush so I could try a few of their products.  I bought a bath bomb and the Fruit gift set.  The gift set was $35 and a great value.  The nice sales lady gave me a sample soap and New Dream Cream.  This photo is missing the Miranda soap that was in my bathroom already. 

I had a great birthday weekend!  Fun, shopping, food, family and friends!  My favorite things in life! 

Birchbox September 2014

What's In the Box?

Birchbox is a monthly subscription box that ships to your home, box and all, for $10.   If you review those items in their online shop, you can earn points to spend in the shop.  Each review earns 10 points and if you get 100 points, that's $10.  You can only spend them in $10 increments.  For example,  I had 286 points so that was $20 in the store with 86 points left to keep building on.

Birchbox did their amazing choice feature again this month!  There were three items you could choose from to add to your box while they picked out the rest or you could pick the Fashionista box - and they told you what would be inside that one as well.  I think I should have picked the Shisedo facial cream and let BB pick the rest of my box.  I really did not realize from the description how much of this box I have already gotten in past boxes.

September is their Anniversary month so the boxes were decorated special!  Mine is very cute and I will find another use for it.  They are sturdy little boxes.

Again, I picked the Fashionista box because I thought it would contain more makeup than what they would put together for me.

First look: 

Naobay Body Radiance Lotion - (full size $24) I have received this in a past box but it is a very nice lotion.  I love lotions and use them year round so this will not go to waste.

Macadamia Professional Flawless Cleansing Conditioner -  ($15-$33)  This was the item I was the most curious about in this month's box.  I have seen the stuff around and wanted to try it out.  It is for your hair and you use it in place of shampoo and conditioner. 

Laura Mercier Full Blown Volume Supreme Mascara -   (full size $24) I did not used to be a mascara crazed person but now that I have tried many different brands, I know there is a difference in the quality.  I am excited to try this brand as I have never purchased anything from it before.

dr brandt Pores No More Vacuum Cleaner -   (full size $45)  I have gotten a few things from this brand before and I really like it.  I also received a goody bag of samples in the mail when I emailed them to try things out.  The lady was very nice and asked about my skin concerns.  I was a little disappointed in this because in the Birchbox sneak peak they acted like we would be getting the whole set.  It said dr brandt clean up nice kit. 

Cynthia Rowley Beauty Silver Eyeliner - (full size $16)  This was another item I have received in past boxes.  It might not have been BB though.  This is a very nice brand and I love every in it.  

I am very happy with this month's box even if I did have some repeats.  What did you get in your box this month?  Do you want to sign up and have fun with me?  Click here. 



Birchbox is just so amazing!  If that wasn't cool enough, they do Birchbox Plus.  They give you options of things you can add to your box for a price (of course).  This month the choices were a set of nail polishes from Ruffian or a Pura Vida bracelet stack! 

I chose the bracelets since I have tons of nail polish from every subscription box I have every joined.

Pura Vida stacks retail anywhere from $30 to $90.  I added this stack to my box for $24 and loved the stack they chose.  Pura Vida is a company that works with the artisans of Costa Rica to bring beautiful bracelets, bags, and other items back to the US.  I am a huge fan!  And so is Robert Downey Jr.

What I am Lovin' Wednesday!

 Happy Wednesday, Owl!

I'm Loving..

Perfectly Posh's All Mixd Ups!  They come in a ton of fragrances and effects.  This is the grouping I bought for $20 and I love all of them!  The Yellow ones are the effects - Soothe Move is an oatmeal bath and the Muscle Through is for muscle soreness.    The Pink ones are fragrances.  You can mix the two so you get the smell you want with the effect.  There are enough in each for 3 baths.

I'm Loving...

This dress a blogger posted on Instagram.  It makes me want to be a princess and have a huge ball that I have to wear this gown to.  Wouldn't that be amazing???  Prince Charming would be there of course to whisk me around the dance floor and into his heart!

I'm Loving...

I am loving these Cute Girl bags I found on Amazon to bag up my Posh sales.  How retro cute are they?

I'm Loving...

This young man right here.  My son is an amazing guy and he makes me so proud.  He is a three sport athlete who puts his heart into everything he does.  He just got his driver's license too so more reasons to worry!  He will make the Army a fine soldier one day!

I'm Loving...

Benefit's Majorette cheek balm - peach magic!  I really want this - hoping I get it for my birthday or at least a gift card so I can get it somewhere!  Love the packaging - the color - must have item of the month!

OLD BLOGSITE LINK

I cannot figure out how to link my old blogsite to this one so here is the link to read my past blogs!  

noblvsjen.blogspot.com