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.

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

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

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

DIY candle holder

So I came across this candle holder project on Pinterest and I just had to give it a try.

Here is where the original pin came from http://www.mariasself.com/2013/08/diy-dollar-store-craft-flower-bouquet.html

I was thankfully able to find the exact same candlestick and holder she used so that was a win win for me. There was another glass holder that I was thinking about getting but I may just go pick that one up at a later date seeing as they always have these in stock at Dollar Tree.

BTW I did try the gorilla glue and it would have worked if the candlestick was even but since it wasn't, there was gaps between the glass and I didn't feel comfortable leaving it at that so I used some hot glue and it came out wonderfully.