June 2012 Birchbox

I will add pictures when I can get on pinterest. For some reason I can't get on there right now. Plus it's getting late and I want to go to bed. Predictions were right and I was totally overjoyed with this month. I think that was also in part to the fact that I refused to watch any previews or see what people got before me. My box ships out on the 10th which is the LAST day, so everyone has it before me. It ships fast and because the 10th was towards the beginning of the week (I think) I got mine within like 3 days or so.


Lifestyle Extras
Cynthia Rowley Edition Band-Aides

 Preview for Birchbox Man - John Varvatos Star Scent - I actually liked this scent, gave it right to the fiance without smelling it. He likes it too. Who knows if he will actually wear it because it doesn't have a spray and I feel like men won't take the time to carefully pull the little top out and use it...it would have been a lot better if it was a little sprayer. Oh, and it's a larger size than any other perfume sample I've gotten.

I hate being sick ugh..myglam ans birchbox came

I'll update again whem im feeling better. Have been sick for days and my soon had been sick for a week. Nothing is clean. I have no energy. And I have eyeliner pen all over my hands because I got one in each box.

Random looks of the moment feat. Kat Von D True Love

first look its more day time and then brought it into night with a darker and more intense creasefor the second look. the third wad just a fun one that's extremely intense and even too much for night. I've also  included swatches and will do what I think of each. The looks do not have anything besides the eyeshadow and were created using only two brushes from Target and ELF mineral eyer primer in Rose.
ugh, sorry the pictures don't upload in order and have that grid on them. I'll of course upload the right way later but I still can't figure out how to make it work. Its it better than nothing? Or should I just not? I like doing it because at least it's something and will force meet to fix it later on.

peanut, benji, rebekah, lucifer, cholita, shiba, babe, missy

peanut, benji (Cream Liner), rebekah, lucifer

rebekah, lucifer, cholita, shiba

shiba, babe, missy

Look Number One - day time/low key (ish) - it's not really all that low key...

Bathroom Lighting - colors were off

Bathroom lighting again

Bedroom Lighting - still not catching the brightness of the purple

Look Number Two - 

darkening the crease and outer V to make a more night time look, also darkened the purple on the lid

Look Number 3 - 

extremely dark look that probably wouldn't be good to wear out anywhere but was fun to do

My phone takes nice quality but it's been so gloomy out that it makes the colors look so blah. 

Preview for my random looks of the moment..

I'll post the good pictures tomorrow as I am doing this from my phone. I did three looks plus swatches using this......and only two brushes and the ELF mineral eye primer..

List of the Cost of Each Month I've Received Beauty Army..

 This is just the cost. I am so behind that I might only review or write about the products I really like or love later on.

January 2012 - Grand Opening of Beauty Army!! haven't actually figured out yet

February 2012 - haven't actually figured out yet

March 2012 
 1. CoverFX Eye Prep
       Full Size is .67 oz - $43
       Sample Size is .16 oz - $10.20
2. Sun FX Body Shimmer Lotion
       Full Size is 200 ml - $24.95
       Sample Size is 2.2 oz - ? (I need to do the converting)
3. Babor Hy-Ol Cleansing Set
       Full Size is 6.8 oz - $32 - I think this is just the Hy-Ol, not the set
       Sample Size is (two) .31 oz bottles (so .62 oz) - $2.91
4. Indie Lee - The Cleanser
       Full Size is 4 oz - $25
       Sample Size is .25 oz - $1.56
5. BeFine Night Cream
       Full Size is 1.7 oz - $30
       Sample Size is .5 oz - $8.02
6. CellCeuticals Photo Defense 55 spf
       Full Size is 2 oz - $45
       Sample Size is .33 oz - $7.43
Total Cost: $30.12 + value of the SunFx Body Shimmer 

April 2012 
1.  
Total Cost: $41.46

May 2012
Total Cost: $15.93 (this one was awful - ugh) There was a story behind this too which made it even more disappointing for me. But Beauty Army being the classy company it was, answered all of my questions and actually responded to my advice (I email Nancy-Lee a lot, and I mean....A LOT. And she's been nothing but super nice and amazing.) And that is why I don't think I could ever leave this company. I would feel awful...

Gossip Girl Birch Box Review (May 2012)

I only have one Birch Box and it was the Gossip Girl from last month and it's one that I have a love/hate relationship with. Because I actually liked 3 out of 5 of the products, except they were teeny, but probably would have been okay if I hadn't known what other high end samples there were, like Dior and Stila. I signed up for these types of services to try Dior and Stila before buying the full size because they are sooooo expensive! But, no.....I hated this box, but I also liked the products. Like, I don't even think they were at the same level as the box that came with BOTH the Dior Show mascara and perfume sample. Ugh. Anyways...

My card said "Chic Sunday Brunch" - which one of the girl's from Eleventh Gorgeous got, but also with some other products, so don't know what happened there. She also got a really cool lip balm...

1. Arquiste L'Etrog - OLD LADY PERFUME - like, I put this one and IMMEDIATELY smelled like my Nana. As the day wore on it got a little more....musky I guess? as it mixed with my body chemistry and turned out all right. But it also gave me a headache. Didn't like very much. I am so picky when it comes to perfume. Full size is $165 (RIDICULOUS!!) The other sample size perfume I got before is .06 oz so I'm thinking this is the same, but don't know how big the full size is.

2. BeautyBlender - Blender Cleanser - I do not own the beauty blender, so don't send products for something that someone may not own.....I was pissed about it for that reason. I know you can use it as a normal brush cleaner, but I will never buy it for that reason on its own....just no. Full Size $17.95 (my $3 ELF ones do the job quite well). I don't know how big the full size is, or even how big this one is.

3. Color Club Nail Polish - Disco Nap - Light Gold Metallic-foil color - I really liked this color. I love metallics. It lasted like three days. And applied VERY thick that it wasn't very even. It says the full size is $8 but I know you can find this a lot cheaper and would rather spend the same money on an essie or Zoya polish.

4. Dr. Jart + - Waterfuse BB Cream - I was VERY excited for this (minus the teeny weeny sample size). I've never tried a BB cream and really wanted to and was hoping to get one as a sample. This stuff was really cool and really moisturizing. It made my skin feel really soft. I used it as a primer under my foundation. The coverage was sheer (also because I wanted it to last as long as possible). I got about 6 uses out of it, when if I had a full size BB cream of a decent price and was given the same amount it probably would have been 3 uses. Full Size is $32 (UGH). I will definitely get a BB cream because of this, but it will be one of the Korean brands I've heard rave reviews about. I would buy this if I had enough birchbox points to bring down the price. Except I would have liked more coverage. It was barely enough to be a tinted moisturizer. The color was pretty light.

No Picture Yet :(

5. twistband - Skinny Headband - Bright Light Blue - I was VERY skeptical about this. I was excited for it because I'm getting into hair things but every time I try a fabric headband it slips, even the ones with the rubber to prevent slipping, they slip. This one barely slipped. It only did if I had put shine spray in and right after I dyed my hair (which sucks because now I need to wash it). 6 pack is $20 and they really are worth it. I would totally spend the $20 on the 6 pack  - well, if I was this one and it still works the same. It comes in such fun colors too!


The other main reason why it's such a love/hate relationship, is because this box was SOOOO SOOOO SOOO hyped up. They made it seem like it was going to be the best one yet. And so many people said they loved the teen vogue box, I think they were expecting it to be super amazing because the teen vogue was and this was so hyped. And I bet a lot of girls were happy when they got Dior and Stila and real makeup and such. And since this was my first month, and a bunch of people signed up, I would have given the new people something to really draw them into the service. Soooo, that leads me to this, I do a three strikes and your out kind of thing (unless you do something really bad). So I'll give it two more months.. If I am not pleased I will be cancelling and hopefully trying either GlossyBox (which I want sooooo bad but its $21) and another one that I just found that was makeup, which is their own brand, like Julep, so I don't really care, it's all makeup (around $16).





 

That time of the month - plus EXCITING news!

And by "that time of the month" I mean the time where all my money goes to sample boxes :))) Mwahahaha.