February's Birchbox

*sorry my birchbox posts are out of order, I'm an idiot and uploaded a more recent one before the posts I had previously written. But I wrote them and I'm posting them anyway. 

Oh birchbox, you failed me in February.

This month's box consisted of Benta Berry G-1 moisturizing face cream, eye rock designer liner, colorscience pro pressed mineral foundation, and La Fresh eco beauty waterproof makeup remover. Hmpf. First of all, I'm pretty picky about my face wash/moisturizing products since I've started seeing my dermatologist on a regular basis, so the remover and face cream are not really attractive to me. Once again, I'm sure I'll use them at some point but they aren't at the top of my list. The eye rock liner is kinda cool, they're essentially stick-on eye liners. I'm not very extreme when it comes to eye makeup but maybe these will be fun to rock on a night out with the girls. And lastly, the foundation might be good, but it's a one time use thing so I'll prob get around to using it but it doesn't seem very practical at the moment. So, that wraps up February which was kinda a bust... but don't worry, March hit it out of the park! Stay tuned.

Another birchbox

*sorry my birchbox posts are out of order, I'm an idiot and uploaded a more recent one before the posts I had previously written. But I wrote them and I'm posting them anyway. 

Are you ready for review number 2? I hope you read that in your head and were delightfully surprised when it rhymed! Hey, it's the little things. Now, where were we?

Ah, January's birchbox!

This one had a few more things I enjoyed but still none that I would purchase the full-size of. 

This is the Jouer Body Butter which I absolutely love! It's smells fabulous and and is so moisturizing. This was the first product I thought about actually purchasing until I went to buy it and found out that it was $32 for a 3 oz bottle. Once again, $32 isn't much in the grand scheme of things, but for lotion? I don't think so. Not with my lack of high paying job. I'll enjoy my sample, sparingly, for now and then in the future maybe reconsider.

This is Juicy Couture's Viva La Juicy perfume. I'm sure I know girls who wear this but I wasn't familiar with it. I liked the smell of it and will wear it in the future but haven't yet. Smells good though!

Next up, we have a Larabar. I know lots of girls who eat these and I thought it was pretty good but I usually go for a luna bar if I'm going to have a snack bar in the middle of the day. I find the luna has more nutrients and less wasted calories. Overall, it tasted good though. 

This is stila's Smudge Stick Waterproof eyeliner in peacock. I don't usually use colored eyeliner but I have used this once. On St. Patrick's Day! It went well with the look I was going for and Amelia told me it looked good, but I don't know how to incorporate it into everyday makeup. Maybe just stick to using it for nights? How do you use colored eyeliner? 

So this box was a close winner, and I was delightfully surprised at what was in it but I still haven't bought anything yet... 

Birchbox+teen vogue= huge success!!!

Oh Birchbox, you've reminded me why I spend $10 on your samples every month. Unfortunately, it may only be because you teemed up with teen vogue to do it. I loved this month's box and I hope they continue in this fashion more than February's. 

Where shall I start? I think with my favorite first!

This is Annick Goutal's Petite Cherie. I love this perfume and I've never smelled it before. It's very fresh, fruity, and musky all at the same time. The full size bottle is $85 which is expensive but not any more so than my usual perfumes so I may put this on my wish list! 

Next we have tarte LipSurgence lip tint. I actually got the orange one which was a little off-putting by looking at it but looks great on. It's a mix of a pinky-red and not orange at all. This is great because one swipe gives you great color but you can layer for a deeper color depending on which you prefer. It is also super moisturizing which is great! It looks like a big crayon and will last a long time. The full sized price is $24 and I may buy this one in a different color in the future. Definitely recommend!

This is another one of my favorites! It's essie's Luxeffects Nail Polish in Set in Stone. It's fabulous! It's essesntially silver sparkles. It looks great on top of just about any color and I've been using it lately for the one-nail-a-different-color trend that's really big right now. Honestly, birchbox could send me a new essie nail polish every month and I'd be happy. I'm easy.

twistband hair ties

The last thing in the box I could easily live without. It's essenitally an elastic band tied at the end. How did someone make money off of this? Whatever, I can always use another hair thing. 

So this month gave me a reason to continue my subscription which had up to this point been questionable. But it puts April's box up against high expectations. You better deliver (get it?!?) Ha, and I'll leave you with that!

Birchbox

Ok, I've been promising a birchbox review since I started this blog and have yet to deliver. Well, lucky for you, I've finally gotten on the ball!

Birchbox

Before I go on, I should probably cover all my bases and explain what exactly this is. Birchbox is a company that sends out 5-6 samples of all sorts of beauty products to subscribers each month. Every month there are different products and you can buy the full sized products on the website. It's only $10 a month and a great idea if you are looking for new products to try. It's really quite genius if you think about it...

So I've been getting these boxes-o-fun since December and let me tell you when you open your mailbox and that beautiful little pink box is looking back at you, it will make your day! Even if its a box full of crap you'll never actually use which were the first few boxes for me unfortunately.

Ok. So my first box was fun only because it was new and exciting but  other than that, there wasn't actually much in it I was going to use. Sadsies. 

The first one, the crazy hot pink lip gloss, is actually not as crazy as it looks. This is the Jouer Moisturizing Lip Gloss.  It goes on as a very subtle pink. Moisturizing? I don't know about that but it doesn't dry your lips out and it's not sticky which is always nice. Like I said, these are samples so they are very small but this lip gloss will fit well in a wristlet if you don't want to take a huge purse and still want to touch up while you are out. You can buy the full size here. 

The second product is the L'Oreal Professional Mythic Oil. I actually liked this product a lot and use it pretty regularly to calm all my fly-aways my head is full of. I apply it to my damp hair and it does a great job of taming. It also smells good which is always a plus. The downside is that the full sized bottle available on the website is a whopping $32 which is too much for a 4 oz bottle when my Paul Mitchell product just as good of a job and smells even better. Oh well. I will use this sample up though!

Other than that, my December box was kinda a bust. The rest of the products were double stick tape (which I'm sure I'll use at one point), a fragrance that didn't do anything for me, a facial cleanser, and some water flavoring. If I use these things in the future and they surprise me, I will definitely let you know!

Since I'm a couple boxes behind, I'm only going to touch on the ones I actually like and then maybe I'll keep up with this idea and do it once every month. That's the plan at least, who knows where it will actually go! Until I catch up though I'm just going to put a review up every week with some of the products I like. Don't worry, the boxes have gotten better! 

Do you get birchbox? Which products do you love/hate? Any I'm missing out on?