The Vow Voxbox

Ok so I was lucky enough to have been chosen to get a voxbox of goodies complementary of Influenster. If you don't know what Influenster is, it's a website where you share your review for products you have tried in hopes of qualifying for a voxbox to sample a brands product or several brands products. However now with the new point system your chances of getting selected for a survey/voxbox depends on how active you are on social media as well as whether you fit the demographics (which I think is a joke). Also the products in the boxes are usually full size products but I noticed some things as sample sized as well and some products you will need to go to the store to purchase yourself especially if it's a refrigerated food item.

 This is the little postcard that comes inside the box that basically welcomes you to the program.

 This is the backside of the postcard that lists the items in the box as well as how much they retail for which is good to know.

Here is a picture of all my goodies!!!

Ipsy May glam bag 2014

Sorry for the delay in this post. I have been really busy with very little "free" time. This month's theme was called Fresh Picks, this bag was more pampering rather make-up which was disappointing. But here is my review......

 The first item I received was this bottle of Eau thermale Avene spring water. You are suppose to spray your face with it to freshen up, wake up, set make-up or whatever. I did give this a try but I was not impressed with the results. Or I should say that I didn't notice any changes after using it. You can pretty much put water in a spray bottle and squirt your face for the same effect. Maybe I'm not using it right or something but this is not something that really wowed me and I wouldn't purchase this product in the future.

Ipsy April glam bag 2014

April showers bring May flowers except here in lovely Michigan. We enjoyed a beautiful weekend and I even wore capris to work but then the following day it snowed and left a nice little blanket on the ground. Very disappointing needless to say. But.............. then I got my awesome Ipsy glam bag!!!! I was really looking forward to this one because I excited to get to try some of the products that I was to receive this month.

The theme for this months bag was BEAUTY ROCKS. The glam bag was absolutely stunning....

 I really like that this glam bag is more square unlike the usual rectangle shape the other glam bags have been.

Ipsy March Glam Bag 2014

I realize I am really behind on my posting whoops but here is my March Ipsy Glam Bag for 2014. If you are unsure what Ipsy is "Each month, subscribers will receive a beautiful Glam Bag with deluxe samples and full-sized beauty products. Members can watch and play along with the stylists with the same products that they are using.All for only $10 a month. "   

             This months theme was "Destination Beauty" although I would have loved a St. Patricks Day themed bag but this one was pretty neat. 

Influenster Rose Voxbox prizes

So whenever you are selected for a voxbox, each brand has certain challenges you must complete in order for you to earn the badge and one of the incentives is winning a top brand badge prize. When I did the Rose voxvox I made sure I completed all of the challenges for all of the brands for a chance to win a prize from each brand but two of the brands were guaranteed prized if you just completed all of the challenges. I earned the badge prize from Kiss and Rimmel and both of the prizes were very generous and awesome.

Here are my guaranteed prizes!!

If you are interested in winning great prizes like these I must inform you that it does take time and work. You can currently sign up on the Influenster website without waiting for an invite but choose your 5 badges wisely and do the surveys and leave reviews for products you have tried. Don't get discouraged if you are not selected to try a voxbox because your chance will come, just stay active on the site and answer questions or leave reviews, join the twitter parties and so on.

My makeup Vanity

So I recently splurged on a makeup vanity that I saw online at Target. I had been searching everywhere online for a vanity and either couldn't find one that I liked or couldn't find one in my price range. Some of the vanities that I liked were:

  

These vanities although gorgeous are much more then I could afford. All three of these vanities are from Pottery Barn Teen and ridiculously overpriced . But that storage space each of these vanities offer are to die for that's for sure. 

Well anyway I settled for a much cheaper and smaller vanity that was more ideal to my current available space, my vanity happens to share a room with my over sized office desk that I rarely use now that I usually sit on the couch with my laptop. 

Benefit Cosmetics haul

I decided to splurge on their build your own kit and I am so happy that I did. I love everything that I got and can't wait to splurge some more on their products.

 This stuff is simply amazing. If you have not tried That Gal you are missing out. This is by far one of the best primers that I have ever tried

 This is their powder shadow in Nude Swings and it is simply beautiful and goes on nicely.

Birchbox January and February 2014

So I decided to break down and give Birch Box a try mainly because I liked the idea of collecting points to buy more expensive products that I can't afford to just shell out at once. I have only had it for two months and I must say that after reading the many complaints about people always getting tea I was disappointed that I haven't received any yet. I know it sounds crazy but I like tea and I like trying a wide range of tea. But anyways on to my BB's.

 This is what I received in my January box. I wasn't all too thrilled with it, I felt like it was poorly put together and I highly dislike getting shampoo and conditioner as two separate products rather them being combined to equal one product.

Ipsy February glam bag 2014

So I just received my February glam bag the other day and I was really super excited to get it because this months bag really hit the spot on all my favorite beauty products. With most of my bags there are at least 2-3 products that I do not look forward too but I finally got the perfect bag where I will actually use everything in it!!

This months theme is called "The look of love" well it is February so go figure they would use that as this months theme. ;)

Starbox January 2014

If you haven't noticed, I LOVE MAKE-UP! No seriously I have some sort of addiction that just keeps growing and growing. I think my addiction really started taking off when I subscribed to Ipsy and discovered all sorts of awesome make-up brands that I just had to invest in. Some of my favorites are Coastal Scents, Benefit, BH Cosmetics and Starlooks. Unfortunately Starlooks happens to be the only one to have a monthly subscription service that I just had to try out. This happens to be my first month with Starlooks Starbox, it's $15 + SH a month and you get 3-4 full size products right to your door but better yet they send out birthday boxes and referral boxes as well as a box for their new loyalty program. Every 3 months that you continuously subscribe they will send you ANOTHER BOX! That's an awful lot of potential monthly boxes.

Alright enough of my rambling, lets move on to the goodies.

Unlike Ipsy, Starlooks comes in a white mailer so not as exciting but the actual starlooks box is cute and the products are wrapped in tissue paper.

Ipsy January 2014 glam bag + bonus item

About Ipsy: Each month, subscribers will receive a beautiful Glam Bag with deluxe samples and full-sized beauty products. Members can watch and play along with the stylists with the same products that they are using.All for only $10 a month. 

So this month was a little different from other months. This month was more focused on pampering rather than just makeup. I didn't mind too much and I had hoped to receive some items that I didn't so I was a little disappointed but my bag wasn't too bad.

 This months theme is 19 Reasons. Honestly I am still unsure on what that even means.

Ipsy December 2013

About Ipsy: Each month, subscribers will receive a beautiful Glam Bag with deluxe samples and full-sized beauty products. Members can watch and play along with the stylists with the same products that they are using.All for only $10 a month. 


Here is my December glam bag and review

Benefits The Rich is Back

I couldn't resist taking advantage of Benefit's 50% of sale they recently had. I can't afford their products really but with their 50% and free shipping I purchased this cute little box and I must say that I am very impressed with it and can't wait to take advantage of other 50% off sales that Benefit will have.

This is the Matthew Williamson The Rich is Back palette

 The awesome unboxing. I just love the tissue paper they use so I am keeping it for a future gift wrapping.

 I received two samples that I picked out when I was placing my order. I chose the Porefessional primer and the Hoola bronzer samples. I really liked the Porefessional but was disappointed that I only got to try a very small sample of it and it wasn't really enough to cover my whole face.

Ipsy November 2013 glam bag

About Ipsy: Each month, subscribers will receive a beautiful Glam Bag with deluxe samples and full-sized beauty products. Members can watch and play along with the stylists with the same products that they are using.All for only $10 a month. 



I hadn't realized the last time I reviewed my Ipsy bag was October!!!! So I am going to be posting my November followed by my December bag in another post.

 So this month we got 6 items instead of the usual 5 which was really awesome. I also really happen to love the gold glam bag. The theme for this month was GLAM IT UP which is basically everyday for me. LOL

Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro Glam

Ok so today I am going to give a more specific review of this awesome mascara that I received in my Rose VoxBox.

Covergirl whipped cream foundation

So I have had the privilege of testing this new Covergirl product through the awesome Bzzagent. Bzzagent is another type of influencing site where you complete survey to see if you are the right person to try a specific product. I have been very busy doing campaigns for this website and I am very excited to have another product that I can blog about. 

Thanks to Covergirl and Bzzagent I got to try this Covergirl clean WHIPPED CREAM foundation. 

Julep November edition

Ok so I purchased another monthly julep box. I was a little disappointed on how similar the polishes were from the last box but I really wanted to try the lip gloss so I went with Boho glam this time.

 Some unboxing

Julep Review

I have heard so much about Julep and how awesome their nail polishes is so I took advantage of the free maven box for first time subscribers. All I paid was the S&H which was fairly inexpensive and I received two nail polishes, a full size beauty product and a sample product.

Here is what was in my box

Coastal Scents mini haul

One thing that I like to do when I get my glam bag is to check out the deals from the products that I receive in my glam bag. Coastal Scents is new to me so I checked it out and what really appealed to me was the ability to buy samples to try before spending a ton of money on a product I may not like. The samples are very reasonably priced and I even got a little gift for making a purchase. Also if you subscribe you earn 300 points which equals to $3.00 off.

The unwrapping of my order

October's Ipsy glam bag

First I wanted to say that I am sorry for not posting as much. I have been a little busy with school, work and life in general. Second, sorry for not making a spoilers post! I just did not have the time to even look at the spoilers this month. I did just recently (Saturday) get my glam bag and I managed to snap some pictures to share. YAY!!! Anyways here is my October's glam bag. =)