June 2013 BOXYCHARM

This is my second BOXYCHARM box, and I must say, it only OK. All good products, but I have a few of these already. All the products in this months box are useful, good quality and obviously full sized, a great box, but I have similar products in my collection to all of these. 

 

 

Not sure what color eyes this is designed for. Hopefully brown.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This brush seems real interesting.

 

This is one thing I don't have and I can't wait to try it out. My hair can always use a little help in the anti-frizz department.

  As you can tell I didn't really swatch these. Like I said I have a lot of these already in my collection so I plan on using some of these for giveaways, swaps or just giving them to my cousin. The lip gloss is for sure going to her. Since she is darker than me, I see it working well with her skin tone. I have the gloss in another shade and love it. I know she will too.


Allure Beauty Box Fall 2013

It's that time again, a little early it seems, but Allure has announced their Fall must have Beauty Box. Thanks to the user ydlr20 on makeuptalk.com for posting her email announcing the box.

 

The box will be available on July 23rd at 12:01 EST to the best of my knowledge they will be available through the Allure Access Page

but please check their facebook page for more details. The box will cost about $40, plus shipping. 

photo and product list credit to kitnmitns on MUT, thank you for posting this spoiler alert.  

 

 These boxes go really fast. The Summer boxes were sold out in just a few minutes. If you want this box make sure you act fast, set an alarm for 11:55 if you have to so you can be on the page refreshing. Have your card info ready to go, once the page goes live you need to go.

This is a clear list of all products included in the Fall Allure Beauty Box :

Schick Hydro SIlk Razor  - (love this razor!)

KMS California Hair Stay

RoC Retinol Correxion Cream

Neutrogena Rapid Tone Repair

Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask

Burt’s Bees Lip Balm

La Roche-Posay Redermic Intensive Anti-Aging Corrective Treatment

Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs Lotion - (more of a summer thing, but ok)

Pixi Eye Bright Liner

Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure Nail Polish

Sally Hansen Cuticle Eraser & Balm

Simple Skin Care Foaming Cleanser

Redken Satinwear 02 Ultimate Blow-Dry Lotion

Cetaphil DailyAdvance Ultra Hydrating Lotion

Redken All Soft Argan Oil

Neutrogena Oil-Free Acne Wash

Goldwell Gloss Style Magic Finish Hairspray

Sally Hansen Ouch Relief Wax Strip Kit 

Skintimate Shaving Cream

Carol’s Daughter Monoi Repairing Hair Mask

Sally Hanson Salon Effects Nail Strips

Sation Nail Polish

Tibolli Hair Oil

Le Blush Creme De Chanel - Chanel Cream Blush

Now that it's officially summer, I wanted to try out some cream blushes. In my collection I only have 2 cream blushes. One from MAC and a cheek stain stick from Tarte.

When I saw images or the Chanel cream blushes going around instagram, I went on the hunt. I called Macy's, Nordstrom and Saks. Macy's was the first to get them. So on my lunch break I went over to Macy's and picked up #66 Fantastic and #62 Presage. Then the following weekend at Saks The BF was getting me the Chanel Ombres Fleuries Delicatesse quad and I convinced him to get me #61 Destiny.

These blushes are so beautiful. They are bendable and look so nice on the skin. I really don't even want any other brand of cream blushes anymore.

 

 

 

#62 Presage

 

 

#66 Fantastic

 

 

 

 

#61 Destiny

 

 

 

 

Right now my favorite way to apply these blushes is with the ELF small stipple brush. It gives you a nice natural application so you don't look like a clown.

There are 6 blushes total in the collection. The one I'm on the hunt for that seems to be out of stock at every store is #65 Affinite.

 

 I absolutely love these blushes. Hopefully I can get my hands on #65 to complete my collection. 

 

 

 

 



TAG: Would you rather? (Beauty edition) - Collab with Stephanie

For all the US readers, hope you all had a good 4th of July. To everyone, hope you all are having a good Friday and hope you have a great weekend.

This is a first for me, first tag post and first collab post. This is a collab with Stephanie from the blog The Best In Beauty. She's a sweet young girl new to blogging just like me and with lots of posts. Please go check her out. She has a new post almost every other day.  

 

1. Would you rather lose all of your mascaras, eyeliners, lipsticks, and lip glosses or lose all of your palettes and eyeshadows?
Personally, I don't wear eye shadow everyday, or even quite often. What I do use everyday is mascara and lip gloss/lipstick. I would for sure rather loose all my eye shadows.

2. Would you rather chop off all your hair or never be able to cut it again?
So, if I'm understanding this correctly... between being almost bald or have Rapunzel hair.. I'd go with being a Disney Princess.

3. Would you rather have a coral cheek or a pink cheek?

?? Umm I guess I would say pink.

4. If you had $1,000 to spend, would you rather buy clothes or makeup?

Clothes! I don't wear makeup everyday, but I do wear clothes all the time. That's a no brainer.

5. Would you rather apply lipstick as eyeliner or eyeliner as lipstick?

I would go with eyeliner as lipstick. There are away more options in eyeliners now that you can always find a nice nude or pink even red eyeliners at the store.

6. Would you rather only shop at MAC or Sephora?

I like MAC, don't get me wrong BUT I would rather have the variety or brands to choose from that I can get a Sephora. Plus Sephora has more than just make up. They have skin care, hair care and hair tools.

7. Would you rather only use one eyeshadow color or one lip color for the rest of your life?

I would rather use one eyeshadow for the rest of my life. Like I said before I don't always have on eyeshadow, and the times I do its something real simple like a quick champagne color. I would be ok with only using a one nice neutral shadow and a different color lip everyday.

8. Would you rather wear winter clothes in the summer or summer clothes in the winter?

I'm a winter baby, I HATE the heat. I would rather wear winter closes all year wound. My style in winter is layers layers layers, and the bottom layer is usually something that I could wear in summer. I could survive summer with winter clothes by just taking off some layers. You can always put closes on but you can only take so much off. 

9. Would you rather have dark nails or bright nails all year round?

I would rather have dark nails. Give me OPI Linkin Park After Dark any day and I'm good.

10. Would you rather give up your favorite lip product or your favorite eye product?

DANG this is a hard one, I would say lip product, because there are so many good lip products on the market that no matter what, you'll be fine BUT its hard to find the perfect mascara or the perfect eyeliner that lasts all day and won't smudge that goes on creamy without making your eyes all red.

11. Would you rather only be able to wear your hair in a ponytail or a messy bun?

My hair stays in a messy bun or sock bun everyday already so that's an easy one, bun.

12. Would you rather never be able to paint your nails again or never use lip gloss?

If you keep your nails shaped and buffed, you don't even need polish. I need some kind of color on my lips. No polish for me.

13. Would you rather shave your eyebrows and have none at all or Sharpie them in everyday?

OMG ewww to both of these. U guess I would have to go with Sharpie. I would need a brown super fine tip sharpie for this to work. Still this question is just wrong lol

14. Would you rather live without makeup or nail polish?
Like I said in #12 you can make no polish look nice, so I would rather do that then loose all my makeup.

Hope you guys enjoyed reading this tag post. Please let me know if you would like to see anymore posts like this. Once again thanks to Stephanie from the blog The Best In Beauty for doing this collab with me. Please go check out her blog and see what her answers were.

I tag all my readers to post your answers to these questions. Please let me know if you do this tag so I can go check it out :)

Chanel Obres Fleuries Delicatesse

 

 

 

 

 

 

This quad was released in the LES DÉLICES DE CHANEL collection exclusively available in Asia. I was recently made available in the US. This quad is only available from Saks Fifth Avenue Chanel counters and website and on the Chanel website.

 

All I can say is, GEORGIOUS! Chanel always delivers with their products,from the quality to the packaging. The Delicatesse quad is beautiful. The colors have an iridescence that so pretty when you swatch it. The white shade has a slight green iridescence and the green comes off as some what of a baby blue color. The other two colors are a bit more matte which I think makes this quad more practical and very wearable. My only complaint is that because of the pretty camellia flowers printed on the shadows, I don't want to use them. I will probable only be pulling this bad boy out for special occasions.

 

One thing is for sure, I will definitely be checking out some of the quads from Chanel's permanent line.

For those if you who are Chanel lovers, any recommendations on which quads to try?

Ipsy GlamBag - June 2013

Another month another GlamBag, and another month that Ipsy delivers a great bag. This months bag was adorable. The theme was "On the Wild Side" the bag was perfect for it.   

 

 

 

I love the spray on dry shampoo, and I know this brand has been along for ages. I can't wait to try this one. 

 

This lip liner is beautiful. I have it next to the swatch from the lip crayon I received in my June Birchbox, the color matches perfectly.

 

I've never tried purple eyeliner before, I'm sure it will complement my brown eyes really well. The built in brush is a nice touch. 

 

 

 The glitter is the only thing I was disappointed in. Its hard to get the glitter to show up as nice as in the pan. I need to try working with this a but more, I think I will have better luck with a flat synthetic bristle brush to pack it on.

 

All in all another great month from Ipsy.

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Spring Fever VoxBox from Influenster

A few weeks ago I received a package from influenster, it was the Spring Fever VoxBox. This is my second VoxBox I've received from them. The first was last year, I also did a review/what's in my voxbox post about that one. This was a free box sent to me so that I can review and share my opinion of the products through my blog and other social media outlets.

  

 

 

This stuff is great, I've been using Secret for years. The only tip I have for this is, make sure when you put it on you give the gel enough time to dry before putting on your outfit.

 

 

I've never used in imPRESS nail designs before, but they work just as well as the Sally Hansen. Luckily my nails were short when I got these because if your nails are longer than the design then it won't work well for you. For shorter length nails I would say these are great, for longer nails I would recommend the Sally Hansen Strips. The do actually have cuter designs available, this one wasn't my favorite.  

 

 

I don't really have much to say about this product. I used it a few times as a dry shampoo. I do prefer the spray kind rather than the powder. I will say that it does give you a bit a volume and I imagine it would work great with people with fine hair.

 

 

 

This stuff is awesome. Its a very sheer lip butter type lip balm. It gives you a slight lint of color that doesn't need much effort to apply. Perfect to just keep in your bag to just put on when your lips feel dry.

 

 

 

 A little embarrassing to admit but this was my favorite thing in the box. The day my box came I was home sick. I was on the couch with a bunch of blankets just wanting something yummy to snack on. Its like the snack gods heard me because within the hour I had a knock on my door and my voxbox in hand. I had to quickly stop myself to take a picture of the snack, but it was gone quickly after. It hit the spot. They have a few other flavors like Hershey, and 'smore, but I'm happy with the one I got.

 

 

 

Disclaimer: These items were sent to me for free for reviewing purposes. All opinions are my own.