July 2012 Birchbox

This month Birchbox teamed up with Glamour magazine for a 5 senses theme... Here's what I got:

Cute box, looks promising.. Let's check it out!

Tea Forte Minteas - Reboot Cocoa Mate : Okay at first I was not thrilled about these. They smelled like a multivitamin and I thought they would be gross. But after using them for a few days.. I love them. I'm not sure they give me energy, but they are really good. I might just re-purchase these.

Birchbox Exclusive Earbuds : Cute, but I don't need earbuds. I will probably put these in someone's Christmas present. Really cute colors though.

Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint - Pearl : Okay... I know we are sampling products in these boxes, but this is the smallest little thing ever. It's seriously smaller than a flash drive. Teeny tiny. And WAY too light for me. It's very light, so maybe I'll give it to my mom or aunt (who are both fair skinned).

beautyblender : This is a really awesome pink color, pretty big and apparently great for applying foundation. Only one problem there... I don't wear foundation. So I'll hold onto this and either give it away or let my husband use to apply special fx makeup with.

Harvey Prince - Hello : This perfume, at first, smelled like the Pez candy. I loved that, but on me it smells different. Not quite as good on me. But I love that it has a little sprayer and is not just a vile.

Stila Lipglaze - Camera : I was so excited to get some Stila gloss. And the color is very pretty, but has lots of glitter in it. It's very sticky, and it's the twist up kind of applicator. So it's okay, but nothing super awesome. Also... I had to click/twist it up so much for any to come out that it ended up looking half gone by the time I got to apply any. So you aren't getting much. Probably won't buy again.

*This is after twisting it up to use it ONCE. For a SWATCH. Yeah...

All in all, not a bad month for BB but ... not the best either. Maybe next month will be awesome!



Birchbox May 2012!

So it FINALLY came ... YAY! It's my first box and I'm so excited to open it.... wait, what? Really?

Ok.. I understand that for $10, I did get more than my money paid, but I guess after reading all these other blogs I just had my hopes up or the bar too high. It was a GossipGirl themed box so I think that's why there were post cards and notes? I like the lip balm and yes the hair tie is cute.. but for ten dollars... I could have bought a whole lot of softlips or carmex and a huge pack of hair ties.

I've been looking at forums and blogs ...some people got Dior mascara.. people got Stila products... Benefit... and I'm a little disappointed that for my first ever box it wasn't even special. I'm hoping for a better box next month and we'll see how it goes... I don't want to cancel but I don't want to get products I can't use or never be one of the lucky ones who gets awesome stuff. I'll give a month or two more to see if it gets better. *fingers crossed*

What I got:

Dr. Jart+ Water Fuse Beauty Balm SPF 25+ 
To be honest... I didn't like this. Everyone was wanting it, but it was cakey and smelled kind of bad... and was entirely too light for me. I gave mine away.

fresh Sugar Rosé Tinted Lip Treatment SPF 15
I do like this, but I probably won't end up purchasing it. I mean, it works great, very moisturizing.. but I can't spend $22.50 on chapstick.

Color Club® Foil Collection
I got the Disco shade (gold) and it's cute.. but I probably won't wear it until winter or fall. For some reason I just think golds and shimmery nails look better in the fall.

Twistband Hair Tie 6-pack
You get one in your box, I got the orange one. It's cute.. but again.. I cannot spend $10 on just 6 hair ties.

Birchbox Notecards
I got a pink notecard. Haven't used it. Maybe for a birthday note one day? I don't know.

Atelier Cologne Vanille Insensée Petite Cologne Absolue
This came inside some postcards... and I didn't even know it was there until a week later. It smells good though but the sample size didn't last but for 2 days. But samples are like that ;)

So all in all.... The value of the box was more than $10, definitely, but... I wish I had gotten mascara instead of bb cream. Better luck next time I hope! I was a little disappointed but okay with it overall. Like I said, I'm going to give some time and see how the boxes go since I think they are kind of random. We'll see what I get next month!

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