Saturday Steals, Deals and Box Love!

Steals, Deals, and Box Love!

Just keep entering those giveaways, Ladies and Gentleman! People do win!  I won a great giveaway by Beeju Boxes this week.  Three months of Birchbox!   I was very excited.  I have been looking for an excuse to get a second BB - and this was it!  I signed my daughter right up for her own box and used code BB50OFF to get it for $5.  I missed getting the beauty blender and cleanser for free but they will do that special again.  Just be on the lookout! 

Hautelook is another place I frequent for makeup deals and steals.  There is an app for your phone or you can visit them online.  The Urban Decay sale was kind of a bust this time.  There were 12 items and most of them were eye liners.  If you have not picked up the Pulp Fiction palette, it is on there for a good price when I looked today.  I did have great luck on theBalm sale days and ordered another group of items.  BH cosmetics was also on a few weeks ago, and I got some great deals on their palettes.

I am waiting on a few more subscription boxes for May - my daughter's Loot Crate, Lip Love by SoSusan, and Glossybox.  I am excited to see what Lip Love has in it this month.  

Little Lace Box is also sending a gift to all its subscribers this month, so I will post what they send when I receive it.  I did get my free bottle of olive oil from their coupon in the April box!  Little Lace Box is now quarterly so June is their next box too.  I am so excited I was locked in at their early price too! These boxes are now $60 - and worth every penny! Love their curations! 

I have a few quarterly boxes that will come out next month, so that is super exciting.  Style Quarterly is a new one I have signed up to check out.  I had a discount to join so that is always nice.  

I am contemplating cancelling PopSugar Must Have box.  I know!  I think I need to downsize again and this is the box that comes monthly for $40.  My quarterly boxes at the same price are blowing this box out of the water.  I will probably review June's box and decide.  The spoiler this month is a pair of Quay sunglasses.  These do retail for $50 so that is well worth my box price. 

What boxes are you waiting for this month?  Any new ones I should check out?

Birchbox May 2015

What's in

the box?

Birchbox is a monthly subscription box that comes with 5-7 sample size products.  It is $10 a month for this starter box but they have recently added a makeup add on box you can get for $30 a month that contains 2 full size makeup products.  

The best part about Birchbox is their point system.  They have a fantastic store that you can earn points to spend there.  100 points = $10 - you earn points by reviewing the monthly products, sharing your box on social media sites, and just getting a box every month.

The little information card that was included was beautiful.  I loved the colors of the box this month. 

Dr Jart+ Ceramdin Day Tint -  ( full size $48)  This is a tinted moisturizer with sunscreen.  It is very nice.  It goes on smooth and is a nice shade.  The only thing I dislike is that it is too small.  I will barely get a couple days out of it.

Harvey Prince Sea Salt Texturizing Spray -   (full size $22) This might be the smallest sea salt spray I have ever seen.  I used almost half of it just trying it out.  It smells really good too!

Model Co Party Proof  in Dusk Till Dawn -   ($20 for three)  I love the shade they picked for this box.  It is a pretty color that matches my skin tone.  I have another of these that I received in a curated box.  I love lipsticks that smell good too. 

Marcelle Hydra-C 24H Energizing Hydrating Gel - ( full size $24) I tried this right away and it was not greasy at all.  I did not understand the energizing part of it but it is very hydrating.  

English Laundry in Notting Hill -  (full size $90) I did not like this at first but it has grown on me.  There are several of the English Laundry perfumes I would like. 

At first, I was not that crazy about this box, but now I really like it.  I will use up all of these products and might buy the full size in a few of them.   Birchbox also included a discount on a magazine that the curator, Emily Schuman, owns, called Domino.  She gave us a 15% discount in her online store as well. 

PopSugar Must Have Box May 2015

What's in

the box?

PopSugar Must Have box ships to your door for $39.99 a month.  This month's theme was Glowing Skin, Mother's Day, Beach Bum, C0lorful, and California Sun.  

First Look: 

Every box comes with an info card describing the contents.  May was so pretty with the oranges and yellows. 

Surf, Sand, and Love towel by Sisters of Los Angeles - ($40)  This towel is a beautiful yellow and so soft.  It is large and perfect for the beach.  I would never spend this much on a beach towel so I was thrilled to get it.  It must have also been designed just for our box as you cannot find it on their website.

Kitsch necklace - ($32)  This was our spoiler a few month's ago and it is so pretty.  I love sterling silver.   It is so dainty and I love it. 

Middle Kingdom Mini Plum Vase in Coral Red -  ($20)  This is more orange than red so I love it more than when I first saw it.  It is a sweet little bud vase.  

Sage & Row Bare Shave Cream - ($17)  This is pretty expensive for a shave cream so it was nice to get free so I can try it first before spending that price.   I like that it is free of parabens, sulfates, phthalates, mineral oils and alcohol. 

Batiste Dry Shampoo in Cherry - ($4)  This is probably the only item I was not happy with - not the actual product but the size of it.  It is very tiny and I have long, thick hair.  This will not last long. 

Hammond's Candies McGraw's Flat Taffy - ($1) This taffy is delicious - and they had me at banana!  I was thrilled I got my favorite flavor.

I was very thrilled with this box.  I have already finished off the Taffy and was thrilled with all of the products because I will be using them all.  The value for this box was $114.  

My Sephora Mother's Day Haul!

What was in the 

little black bag?

My sweet husband took me to Sephora to pick out a few Mother's day gifts the other day.

Sephora had the neatest little Benefit and Beauty Blender set that I have been eyeing for a 

few weeks.  I also had a palette on my list.  There were so many choices but I think I picked the best one for me.

Tarte has a palette called Poppy Picnic that has several eye shadows and a blush.  The outside of this is just beautiful.  It is a gold, fuchsia, and poppy color.  

Inside the palette are 6 eye shadows surrounding a very pretty blush.  These are shades I wear all the time so this will be used quite frequently.

 The three eye shadows on this side are summer breeze, sweet tea, and ice cream cone.  The blush is glisten.

On the right side is barefoot in the grass, peach poppy, and picnic basket. 

Beauty Blender and Benefit teamed up and came up with 2 beauty blenders, a benetint, and Pore-Fessional.

It is almost time to throw out my old beauty blender so this was a perfect little set for me.  I love Pore-fessional and use them up very fast.  I love benetint too!  

I love my choices for this Mother's Day Sephora haul!  Benefit and Tarte are two my favorite lines.  

Jamberry Mother's Day Set

What's in 

the box?

Jamberry had a cute little Mother's Day box that I could not resist.  

First look:

There were a few tools with the box - a file, pumice stone, toe wedges, and a nail pic.

 

Jamberry has a line of nail polish - something I did not realize.  This shade is Ruby.

There were three sets of jams in this box.  These remind me of picket fences. 

This striped set was also included and it is really fun!  I like the colors.  This might be my favorite set.

 This was the final package - with pretty roses.  There are white, red and pink roses.  

There was also a nice big bag of Peppermint Taffy.  These are really yummy and are my son's favorite.

 This was a nice little box of surprises and I am glad I grabbed it up.  This will all go nicely with the little kit of Jamberry nails I bought a few months ago.

Ponds Review for Influenster

 Influenster Product - Pond's Rejuveness and Clarant

Influenster is a website you can sign up to become a member of and do surveys.  If you meet certain criteria, you will be sent products to sample and review.  

This month I was sent the Anti-Wrinkle cream and Dark Spot Correcting Cream.  I will be using the cream over the next few weeks to see if I notice a difference.  I have some wrinkle lines on my forehead - it will be easy to tell if it helps or not.  

 "I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes."

Tuesday is Monday's Ugly Sister

Waiting on the first subscription boxes to arrive is the hardest part of the beginning of the month!  I am expecting PopSugar Must Have box any day.  There are spoilers out now but I am being strong and not looking at them.

I saw the Ipsy spoilers and tried to sub back in time to get the bag.  It was the only thing I wanted from this month's collection but I did not get signed up in time.  It looks like I will have to check out next month's bag before I cancel.  Hoping my mother will pass her bag on to me if I say please! 

Starbucks has happy hour from 3-5 right now, where drinks are half off.  I was excited to try their Smores with a cookie straw.  With the Starbuck's app, I can get it until 6 pm too.  

Enjoy your Wednesday!