May Beauty Box 5

Hola!

I hope you're all doing well amazingly!!

For your reading enjoyment today, I have May's Beauty Box 5... Is that all supposed to be one thing? Like BeautyBox5? I've seen it both ways.  *shrugs* So, I've had this box for a few days. It's taken me this long to post about it because...well I don't know. Maybe because I'm not entirely impressed with it. The reason I chose to try out BB5 was because they were running a deal on their facebook where you got your first box free! I don't know if they're still running it though, all I can suggest is checking it out.

Should I just put my thoughts at the beginning or make you wait?! Maybe it's better to just get them out of the way!? My biggest "ish" with BB5 was that they said it takes 5-7 days FROM the day it's shipped to reach you. Now, they're located in Texas and I am in Florida. I've gotten products from Canada quicker than I have from BB5. It took about 18 days for my box to finally reach its destination. That's really my only gripe is that it took so long. It is what it is though.

Onto what actually CAME in the bag box. Can you tell I'm used to MyGlam Ipsy?

The Theme of this box was Fresh and Focused. 

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion | Retail; 8.49

H2O Plus Spa Hand and Nail Cream | Retail; $15.00

Ban Total Fresh Cooling Body Cloths | Retail; 2.97 - 10 clothes

Harvey Prince Hello Perfume Sample | $55.00

Cattiva Precisione Eye Liner | Retail; $20.00

In the end, the only real gems of this box is the H2O Plus Spa Hand and Nail Cream and the eye liner. I've not tried the eyeliner yet but I'm obsessed with the Hand and Nail Cream. It's amazing!!  I don't know when I'll use the Aveeno lotion, that may wind up going the same way as the Ban and Harvey Prince.

I gave my sister the Ban cooling body cloths because they freak me out. It's totally irrational but I don't want to wipe something on my body to cool me down, especially if it's going to leave a powdery look. I have enough issues with that, especially when I wear the gloves at work that have that powder on the inside then BAM it's on your shirt and people wonder is that's drugs or something else. I also gave the the perfume sample, she's typically the one who gets them if I don't like the smell of it, or it has something I'm allergic too in it. This time, I'm not sure. It smelled okay, but just in case I wanted to give it to her. Plus, she was excited and happy about both. So, I made her day which made mine. Win/Win

Overall, I rate this box as okay. I wasn't too impressed for it for a first box. I wasn't really impressed with what I saw for this year period when I looked into past boxes. I'm going to give it a go for another month, which I WILL be paying for and we will see how it goes!

August 2013 Ipsy Bag

Purchased Myself / Gift

Hey everyone!

I hope that you are doing well! :D

This months Glam Bag theme was Glamour Academy, which I assume is supposed to represent their "back to school" bag. There was a HUGE variety or products in the bags this month. 2 definite products and a few either-or-products.  I'm not going to bore you with a super long post so let's get into it!

Ipsy Beach Beauty - July 2013

Hey everyone! I hope you are doing well!! Hello to all of my new readers! It is a pleasure to have you here!! xx
Has anyone else been feeling really demotivated this past week? I definitely have. My Niece and Nephew have been here for a week and every time I sat down to work on a blog post or do pictures BAM children. I'm not complaining about it, lord knows that. But it's just really demotivated me to even try. Le sigh! I'm going to get my "groove" back though! Let's get into what came in this months bag!

The theme of this month is Beach Beauty. All of the products in the bag are related to the beach in some way.

January 2013 Ipsy Bag

Hello Lovelies!

I'm trying to get back into the groove of things and am planning on taking a couple of more days and writing out some posts. I feel like I have been neglecting you all and I hate it. :(

Onto what came in my Ipsy bag this month.

So this month's bag is centered around being a Super Star.  I personally don't quite get the "themes" sometimes, but hey, if it floats their boats. Right?

There was no makeup in this bag, and I am okay with that. I loved everything that came in this months bag as well. The only time I dislike bags is when I get a bag full of things I WONT use.. It has happened..

The first product is another nail polish from Nailtini.

The color I got was Frappe. This is kind of dangerous because I've loved the past two Nailtini polishes that I've gotten. Frappe is a VERY sheer pale pink. When I say sheer I mean it. 1 coat just evens out the colors on your nails, after 4 coats it is still NOT opaque. You can still see the tips of your nails, however I am very okay with that. For some reason I am very drawn to this nail polish. I am so glad I got this over the red one. I also want to note in the picture below, there is NO top coat on my nails. This polish is extremely shiny on its own.

Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil

I've been wanting to try this for quite some time, but I found that this is quite expensive. No surprise though.  I've used this once so I can't really give an opinion on it. It does have no scent though, at least to me.

Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange Mini Body Butter

Ever since Davia talked about this months and months ago, I have been wanting it. I LOVE anything blood orange. It's a sweet scent, but there is more too it. I really love this scent! Bah. The "mini" of this is basically like a travel sized. Perfect to throw in your purse and call it a day. 

Big Sexy Hair Spray & Play Volume Spray

Now, I've got flat hair and am always in need of volume. I don't use hair spray often, but I am going to give this a shot. 

The last product is from SOHO London. This was a you get one 1 out of 3 brushes. I happened to get the crease brush.

 I don't typically use crease brushes, but I guess I should start huh? :P I've got a few and haven't really found one that I liked so we will see how this goes. I do have to say that the bristles are quite soft and don't feel scratchy so this could work out really well. 

The bag this month is pretty big! To me this is a proper makeup bag. It's big enough to hold quite a lot of products and would be absolutely perfect for travelling. The bag itself is a dark navy blue with a lighter navy blue lined inside. There are also white stars on the inside, which I quite like. I think if the stars were also on the outside the bag would be cute as well, BUT I am quite happy with them just being on the inside as well! :P

No complaints from me about this bag. I really love everything I got and am excited to try out the things that I did not try. 

Do you like that you got in your Ipsy bag?

Do you want to see an individual review of something? Let me know!

Beauty Army December 2012

Hello everyone!
What I have for you today is what I got in my BeautyArmy box for December. I've not done a post since August because I have not gotten a box since August. No particular reason to be honest.

Now, I was originally NOT supposed to get this as I asked for it to be cancelled. Indeed it did not, so here we got with what I picked out!

First off I picked the tea! If you saw the blog post a did a while ago when BeautyArmy announced that they were expanding into Health and wellness. I'm a serious Tea junkie (send me your tea! ..lol kidding) so I jumped on this when I saw it.

Immuno-Viva Sunset Tea

This pack as two tea bags and is packed with antioxidants to help you relax naturally and sleep restfully. (restfully.. that's what the package says hah)

Lipsi Cosmetics Aphrodite Powder

This is a luminous powder that you apply after your foundation to set it as well as to help absorb excess oils. This is recommended for all skin tones and skin types.

Nelson Beverly Hills Argan Oil 7 (7 in 1 non-foaming shampoo)What a name..

The 7 in 1 aspect of this shampoo is that it is a shampoo, conditioner, detangler, argan oil shin, color sealer, smooth sereum and pre-styling lotion. That is a pretty big claim for a little bottle. (The full size of this is bigger)  Since this is Sulfate and paraben free, this is exceptionally good for color treated hair.

Skinn Cosmetics Twin Set (Pink Tulip) (full size)

The "twin set" aspect of this product is that one end is a Lipstick and the other a Lip Gloss. the color is absolutely gorgeous (from looking at it, this is still unopened) The lipstick  and gloss are collagen boosted. This product has Vitamin E, Soy and Aloe. This says it will soothe even the driest of lips.

Mark. Hook Up Gloss in Honey  (full size)

This comes with the Hook Up part so that you can purchase more from the "Hook Up" line, or wait and see if you get more in your selection window!  The website says that this is a shiny lip gloss. Once again, as you can tell ,it has not been opened. This is a peachy-pink lip gloss that is also supposed to moisturize your lips while you wear it.

The last product I got was

Whip Hand Cosmetics Pigment in Green Beret

(I will explain why this is empty in a minute)

The reason that this is not in its original container is because I have extremely careless mail carriers and my bottle opened in transit. I saved as much as I could and put it in a different container. The top picture is just to show you the original packaging and how small it is. It's really cute! I saved almost all of it, thankfully. This is a gorgeous color. To the best of my knowledge the Camo Collection is exclusive to Beauty Army.

This is a mossy green pigment with gold undertones and gold shimmer.

( on a side note, I did let BA and WHC know that my shadow was opened, Whip Hand Cosmetics so graciously offered me a new bottle or any pigment from their website. Since it was not either of the companies faults. I turned them down. In my opinion, since I saved almost all of it, I don't need another one, and they did not have to offer me a full sized pigment, which is $14! The reason I turned them down on their offer was because I was not out to get something free from them or beautyarmy. If you  would have seen the outside of my box, you would agree with my on the fact that it was the USPS' fault that it was so jumbled up to where it opened. The outside of my box was absolutely torn up.  I do want to extend a Thank You to Whip Hand for their offer. I felt it was extremely too generous of them to even consider to offer me a full sized pigment.. I don't want to be one of those people that complains just to get something free. Not my intentions EVER which is why I turned them down. :) )

So that was my box for December!
Oh! to show the box.

The contents. The box was wrapped in the normal Pink and Black (or dark navy if that is the color that you got, I normally get dark navy but this time it was black. I like!) I love how they package the boxes.

BeautyArmy has released more colors of their boxes instead of black, they now have Pink and white as well! I love that! They are normally random onto which color you get to the best of my knowledge, but this month everyone got a white box with a gold sleeve on it that says Happy Holidays! I thought I had a picture of it, but I must have accidentally deleted it.

I think the white box is EXTREMELY elegant and I really love it! I love how they mix it up as well instead of the same black box. Not that I minded those either, but I think having multi-color boxes is really neat! This box is the same as the black, it is recyclable which is another thing to love about BeautyArmy.

Oh! The reason a lot of the stuff has not been opened is because I plan on giving it to someone :) :P

Do you get a BeautyArmy box?! If so what did you choose for this month!?

I hope you all have a SAFE and Happy New Year! I am going to do my first OOTD along with my face of the day and Nails for what I wore today (new years eve) up on the first, so I will see you all in the new year! Be safe and be happy! xx

A new subscription service?! Wantable.co

Hello Beautiful!

I want to tell you about a new subscription service, Wantable.co .

Wantable.co is a premium subscription box. They do makeup AND jewelry boxes, which I think it really cool. You can choose one or the other. Subscribing is a bit on the expensive side, but when you see what you get in your boxes, it's worth it. It is $36 if you become a subscriber or it is $40 for one box. You may be thinking that is a lot (and I agree), but you get between $80-$100 worth of products in a box. 4-6 full sized items, is really cool, considering it's all going to be makeup, or jewelry if that is what you pick.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] First open box[/caption]

When you go to subscribe, you take a quiz just like you do on every other box, but at the end, you get to choose between the products you DO want to receive and products you DON'T want to receive. I think that is really a good idea, because then the boxes become more customized to YOU instead of to a mass market. The categories you choose from are brows, mascara, eyeliner, nail polish, eye shadow, blush, highlighter, lip color. You get to pick your topics and I choose the first 5 because anyone who knows me, knows that I am really not into blush, highlighter, or lip colors. I am trying to get into them, but now is not the right time for it. :)

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Under the layer of tissue paper[/caption]

When the lovely people at Wantable.co offered me a box, I will not lie I just about piddled myself. I really couldn't believe it at first, so I was in a bit of shock, but then it sunk in. I was so giddy and I can't thank them enough for giving me the opportunity to try their service!  My box was ordered on the 10th, shipped on the 11th and I received it on the 15th. That is the QUICKEST I have EVER received anything in the mail, so their shipping is absolutely extraordinary. They even send you an email when you receive your box, which is cool, just in case you aren't home when your mail comes or what not. It is shipped out via UPS then it gets delivered by USPS.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Under the perfume samples[/caption]

The way it is packaged is absolutely gorgeous as well. The box itself is a gorgeous deep purple (eggplant I would say) and the tissue paper on the inside is black. Under all of the products is that crinkles paper strips (I don't know what they are called) and those are also black. The entire package is wrapped to ensure nothing breaks. Needless to say, everything is packed with EXTREME care, so you receive your products in one piece. There are also two pieces of paper inside of the box. One that is basically a receipt and it has a list of the products that come in your box, the other side of the paper has a blurb about the box.  The second page has small pictures of the products, their descriptions and a description on how they would apply the products. They even give you little tips. I really like that. All of the tips come from their beauty expert Teresa "T" Sammarco.

There are definitely a couple companies in this box that I have never heard of... actually I have only heard of two of the companies out of the 6 individual companies. I got products from MiA BelleZZa, Color Club, MyFace Cosmetics, Swagger, Cosmetics, Spadaro and Kai.

Spadaro and Kai are fragrance samples, I don't mind getting fragrance samples, if I like the fragrance, I will use it, if I don't, I will find someone who does, that way it doesn't go to waste. I did get THREE fragrance samples. Two from Spadaro and one from Kai. The two from Spadaro are Doux Amour and Sole Nero.

Doux Armour is described as Ylang Ylang, Casablanca Lily, and Moroccan Jasmine are wrapped in Patchouli, Rare Amber and Sandlewood, then laced with Vanilla to form a new expression of sensuality.

Sole Nero is describes as Italian Citrus notes. Grapefruit, Orange, Lemon and Lime - are imbued with Musk, Sandalwood and precious spices. Sole Nero envokes fond memories of loves ones near and far.

Out of the two, I can't describe which I like more. Haha.

Kai Perfume Oil is a blend of Gardenia wrapped in white exotics. Unfortunately I can't use this. Both my Mum and I are allergic to gardenias.

I got two nail polishes from Color Club (full sized)  Perfect Mol-Ten and Lumin-ICEcent.  Both of these polishes are a metallic foil finish, I've just been getting into foil finish, polishes. These two are absolutely gorgeous though! Mol-Ten is a gorgeous green and Lumin-ICEcent is a gorgeous light blue. These two colors are just.. bah! I love them! I honestly do, they are gorgeous colors for really any time of the year.

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Lumin-ICEcent Left Mol-Ten right[/caption]

The next two products are from MiA BelleZZa. The first is a Eye shadow duo called Moca. The first shade is a metallic copper and a matte chocolate brown. Out of the two shadows, the matte color is the post pigmented in my opinion. You definitely need to build up the copper color to get it to look like it is in the pan. I would also suggest using a primer with these. Actually a primer is a must with these from what I found. You get a better color payoff. That is just using it dry though. From what I read on the paper, you can use these wet as well, so I will have to try that and let you know how it goes!

As for the second MiA BelleZZa product, I've not tried it yet. It is a creme liner in Marrone. It looks like it will be a gorgeous brown creme liner. (The paper says that this is smudgeproof, I will let you know when I use it!)

I got an eyeliner from MyFace Cosmetics. I heard about this company through BeautyArmy and I've loved their products so far. I've never seen this eyeliner before, but boy it is GORGEOUS! I got the Slinky liquid liner in Bell Bottom Blues. This is definitely a gorgeous eyeliner, I'm glad that it doesn't over power my blue eyes! It is a mix between saphire, midnight and electric blue. It's really gorgeous and I see myself getting a lot of use out of it. This liner does take a little bit to dry, not much, but you want to make sure you use this last that way you don't smudge it and have to fix half of your eye. (it happened to me)

The last product is from Swagger Cosmetics. It is a loose eye shadow. It is a deep red-purple shadow with gold undertones. This reminds me of the Volturi loose shadow in Dusk, but that is more purple based than the Swagger Cosmetics shadow. Oh! Looking on the invoice, this shadow is called Red Bone. It is not labeled on the pot itself, so I am going to have to do that soon so I remember the name. The pigmentation of this is fantastic, I see myself getting quite a lot of use out of this bad boy! :D

All in all, this was a FANTASTIC box. I really think that this company will go really far in the subscription box world. However, I do wish that it wasn't so pricey. I do understand why it is pricey. Giving full sized products in a box, wont come cheap on their end. So I do understand that. I just wish I could be able to afford a monthly subscription to this because it is such a lovely box! The people at Wantable.co are lovely as well. So friendly!

The retail value of my box this month was $85.20. That is a HUGE value for everything in the box.

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Have you tried/heard of this company before?! Let me know what you think!



Disclaimer: This box was sent to me for free from wantable.co for my honest review/opinion. I am not being compensated by this company to do this review, nor am I affiliated with them.