I won't lie, I've been waiting for what seems like forever to start getting Birchboxes. I read about them on The Small Things blog (which I love, check her out). Basically a Birchbox is a box delivered once a month full of high-end beauty samples and costs $10 a month. I was skeptical about paying even this small amount, but that amount includes shipping and you can earn points through your reviews to get discounts on full-sized items you can't live without. I figured this was a good way to sample products without committing. I'm that person who goes to Sephora and wanders around and can't justify purchasing anything without knowing if I'll like it.
- Color Club Nail Lacquer in He Loves Me--a pretty pink polish in a fairly good sized bottle for me since it seems I can never keep my nail polish from separating. It's a good pink color, too. I rarely buy pink because it seems I always get hit with some pale shade that fades or just looks wrong. This is a stronger pink that I forsee replacing my current black nail polish on my toesies, probably this weekend. It's also gracing a few of my fingers since I was so curious to see the shade. Almost a peachy pink. Love it! And the full size? Only $8 if I absolutely can't live without it.
- Harvy Prince Ageless perfume--claims it's designed to make me feel more youthful (something I need since I just turned ancient, after all). I really like it actually. It's light and pretty--very flirty for spring. And it's one of those awesome perfume samples in a little spray container instead of a swab. It'll last me about a week, which is great. At $55-$98 for a full-sized bottle, I seriously doubt this will be something I can't live without, but I might tack it on to a future gift list or something.
- Jouer Luminizing Moisture Tint--I've been TRYING to find the right tinted moisturizer. I have Aveeno's version and I just think it's too thick. It has SPF in it, same as this, but it just feels so heavy. I'm going to try this either tomorrow or this weekend instead of foundation and see what I think. For $38 for a full sized portion it might be steep--but if it replaces my summer foundation, I won't feel too bad about it! I'm terrible about moisturizing before foundation because my face just feels heavy. Could this be my easy fix?
- Orofluido Beauty Elixir--This looked like a mystery potion. I had to read about it to find out it was hair oil. I have hair oils (chi and some other thing that I've had for literally six years). I like a hair oil for softening, shine, and simply silky hair. Lately I haven't been going sleek, opting instead for some body and bounce, but tomorrow I'm going to go straight and use my oil. It can be added to dry hair for fly aways, but I prefer a few drops on my hair before I even comb it out after washing it. It also smells intoxicating. The info says it's vanilla amber. I can't wait to try it, just feeling it I know it's good. For a full sized jar of $30, it's probably doable if I decide this is THE hair oil for me.
- Stila Smoky Eye Card--I won't lie, I was angry to see an eyeshadow card. I hate those things. I dread all those make up parties because they give you eye shadow cards to try and it's always stupid. This, however, looks like really neat eyeshadow. It has really easy instructions, it's beautiful color, and has a liner shadow, too. The three shadows will cost $45, but I've done worse. Actually, I already have kind of similar shades, so if I really really like it, I might go out and get the shade I don't have and just mix those using the styling tips. Who knows?
- Lifestyle Extra--Tea Forte Skin Smart Teas--I don't like tea much (at all?). I want to be a tea drinker, I do, but I just make faces. This came in three different flavors, Cucumber Mint, Honey Yuzu, and Cherry Marzipan (which I tried tonight). First let me say it smelled amazing. I wanted to eat the tea bag. I enjoyed my tea which is supposed to help with "corrective repair." For $6, you get 16 tea bags. I'm not a tea drinker so I don't know if this is insane, but after drinking it, I'm thinking this is one thing I'll invest in. I can see myself drinking an afternoon tea, can't you?
All in all, I think this month's Birchbox was a success. After seeing what others got in their boxes, I was a little bummed and it took me a while to warm up to my box. They had perfume that I like more, they had cooler stuff than the eyeshadow... but hey... I don't have much to draw from in the beauty routine world, so I'm going to try to use and honestly evaluate everything. Hey, I don't like tea and I'm thinking about buying a box now! So that's pretty cool!
Are you considering a Birchbox now? Remember to let them know I sent you there!
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