Macy’s Beauty Box March 2022 Subscription Box Review

Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (that used to it) with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.

All the brands will be brands you can find in Macy’s which is cool since they sell Mac and a lot of other brands that are never to rarely seen in subscription boxes.


This was a really meh box. I hope Macy’s isn’t going down hill the way all the other boxes have been I may start canceling all my subscriptions they just aren’t exciting anymore.

Girlactik Rose Oil Petal Gloss

Full Size: 5 g

Full Size Cost: $20

I’m sure this is very nice but I can’t use it so I will be passing it along. I feel like those petals look pretty now but they are going to get so gross and mangled as this is used.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Brow Wiz in Medium Brown

Full Size: 0.085 g

Full Size Cost: $23

Sample Size: 0.03 g

Value: $8.12

I don’t like the brow wiz the tiny stiff pencil isn’t my jam for doing my eyebrows.

Nudestix Nudies All Over Face Bronzer Color in Bondi Bae

Full Size: 7 g

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 1.8 g

Value: $8.74

This is pretty light and pretty orange I don’t know where the swatch photo went. It was really creamy and smooth though so I am game to play around with it.

Broken Top Candle Co Sea Salt Surf Perfume

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $25.99

Sample Size: 3 ml

Value: $7.80

This smells really nice but it is very warm and creamy for a sea scent which I haven’t really ever smelled before. It is nice but it is very much a fall scent rather then a spring scent.

Natasha Moor Warrior Beauty Sponge

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $16

This is a really nice sponge very soft and squishy and alot of really sharp edges exactly what I like in a sponge.

Girl Power Notebook

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $1

This is literally a tiny thin notebook you could pick up at the dollar tree. This really has no business being in this box at all. This is a cheap excuse for an item


I am really not impressed with the box this month. I am glad the sponge is worth the whole box because it is my favorite thing in the box this month. The rest is pretty much repeats or unexciting.

Total Value: $61.66

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 3

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Ipsy March 2022 Subscription Box Review

Ipsy Bag

Cost: $12 monthly, $132 annual

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Ipsy sends out a cute makeup bag of samples and full size items. You can review your bag for points that you can trade in for reward items. The rewards change often and the range between 300 points and 1000 points. You can get around 95 points every month.

If you want to subscribe you can subscribe HERE and skip the waitlist. That is my referral link so I do get points to spend but I’m not an affiliate I don’t make any money or anything it’s just the same link any subscriber would get.

You can choose one item in your bag every month which I really like. I will say the quality of the actual bag every month isn’t as consistent or as good as they have been in years past.


Wow I really hate the bag this month its freaking crooked! I would have hated it anyway it isn’t my style but the crookedness is just a whole other level.

Commodity Paper Perfume Scent Space Personal

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $13

I have seen this brand advertised a bunch but this is my first experience with it. I don’t like this scent at all it is very strong and heavy and manly. But also scent space personal is supposed to be the lightest of the scents so I couldn’t imagine the stronger levels.

Half Caked In Bloom Powder Blush in Freshly Squeezed

Full Size: 3.8 g

Full Size Cost: $9

Sample Size: 1.8 g

Value: $4.26

This is super pretty and my choice for the month because I have another one of these blushes and I just love them. The are so pretty and super pigmented.

Sophia + Mabelle Small + Mighty Extreme Volume Mascara

Full Size: 7 g

Full Size Cost: $16

Sample Size: 7 g

Value: $16

I have far too many mascaras I rather pass this on new.

First Aid Beauty Hydrating Eye Cream

Full Size: 15 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 3 ml

Value: $6

This is the tiniest eye cream ever I am probably going to chuck it into my travel stuff because it is so itty bitty. I am pretty blase about First Aid Beauty it just doesn’t excite me.

Hipdot Shading Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $14

This has a pretty decent weight to it but it is a bit dense for me liking.


Just not super impressed with this months bag.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $53.26

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 1

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

What’s In My Trash? February 2022

Wow February really flew by this year unfortunately more items came into my life then left I used up 23 things and added 24 things to my hoard. Same with all the other things in my life that I collect and track but that is sorta to be expected. My birthday is at the end of January and that always leads to some post birthday things coming into my life as well as I just had a really tough month and had quite a few treat yourself moments and retail therapy. It is what it is.

Skincare (4)

Saturday Skin Waterfall Glacier Water Cream I really really liked this it was super hydrating and thick but in a nice way I would use it as like a night cream/sleeping mask but I really liked it.

Repurchase: Maybe

Barbor Hydra Plus Ampoules I just don’t get the point of packaging things like this. It is so excessive and I can’t see how it helps the product in any way. One ampoule is more then I need, having to crack open a glass vial and then having sharp edges just feels like not the best idea. This was also a really thin liquid and I just didn’t vibe with this.

Repurchase: No

Perricone High Potency Growth Factor Firming & Lifting Serum this was weirdly gritty but I do feel like it did a slight lifting and firming.

Repurchase: No its like obscenely expensive

Beekman 1802 Dewy Eyed Illuminating Eye Serum I kinda hated this it was not super illuminating it was not super hydrating I really just did not care for this eye cream at all.

Repurchase: No

Random (2)

Degree Dry Protection in Shower Clean this was fine I don’t love it as much as my normal Ultra clear ones. I have another one or two of these to use up because I bought them all on a couponing sale deal so it is what it is.

Repurchase: No

Grande Cosmetics Grande Lash Serum this really does grow my lashes longer and thicker I love it.

Repurchase: Yes

Home Scents (4)

Bath and Body Works Sugared Lemon Zest Candle very much liked this I love lemon and sweet scents. The scent throw was alright.

Repurchase: Maybe

Trader Joe’s Scented Candle in Fresh Currant I liked this it had a good scent throw and burn time for how little it was. And I really like Currants. I would totally buy this again if it comes back next year.

Repurchase: Yes

Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Peppermint Sugar Cookie this was fine it wasn’t super strong but it wasn’t terrible.

Repurchase: No

Forever Green 44 Sandalwood & Patchouli Candle this was a really good candle and a nice comforting scent and it burned for a really long time.

Repurchase: Yes

Lip (2)

FCS Lip Shine in Watermelon Cake this was basically a lip gloss in a pot very nineties glosses are not really my thing but this one wasn’t awful. It wasn’t sticky it felt nice on almost like a gloss balm and I could wear it kinda thick at bed time like a lip mask it tasted great which was a big drive to want to use it.

Repurchase: No

Lloyd’s of La Luna Lip Balm in Maia Tamarin I did not like this as all it was really grainy after awhile and had no taste or smell of raspberry like it was supposed to.

Repurchase: No

Makeup (2)

Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara I do love this mascara but I didn’t like it in a mini the brush was way to big and the handle way to small and it was so hard to use like that.

Repurchase: Not a mini

Wet n Wild Megaliner in 871A Black this was meh I don’t think I like this dip style of liner as much as I used to this was just an ok liner nothing super special but also totally gets the job done well for a cheap price.

Repurchase: No

Lotion (1)

Tokyomilk Bon Bon Shea Butter Lotion in Kabuki I really didn’t like this it was way to think to be actually moisturizing it was more like a perfume cream then doing anything to hydrate. I got it for free but I don’t think I would ever spend this much on a cream

Repurchase: No

Bodycare (3)

Tree Hut Shave Oil in Coconut Lime I always use this shave oil I love shave oils I have never really found another one to even try but I would. This is my second favorite the three scents.

Repurchase: Yes

Charmed Aroma Charcoal Bath Bomb these are fun I love getting the jewelry in side even though it is cheesy and too expensive. The bath bomb itself is good it lasts a long time smells good feels nice on the skin but holy shit did this make a disaster of tub it left a grey ring and the flower petals got stuck everywhere.

Repurchase: Maybe

FCS Body Wash in I’ll Never Let Go this was nothing special I used it but the scent was hardly there.

Repurchase: No

Perfume (3)

Juicy Couture Hollywood Royal Perfume this perfume is a whole lot of nothing in terms of scents or thoughts I just have had it forever and wanted to just use it up.

Repurchase: No

Bath and Body Works Fragrance Mist in Champagne Apple & Honey this took me a surprisingly long time to use up for how little it is. I focused on this as my only fragrance for like 2 weeks and I would have to apply it like twice a day. But I used it up it was whatever. I never use body sprays as perfume I usually use them as room sprays but I love apples and honey and just wanted to try it out.

Repurchase: No

Fortune Cookie Soap Company Perfume Oil in Eat Me this was a little rough to get through even though I loved it. I love sweet scents I really do but this was so heavily vanilla cupcake scented that it almost would turn sickening on the skin if not used in tiny doses because it was so heavy and sweet. So I could only use like a dot of this at a time. I think I would prefer this scent in a lotion or a bodywash something that will fade a lot quicker and not have the time to sit and turn.

Repurchase: No

Haircare (1)

Marc Anthony Nourishing Argan Oil Conditioner this was pretty good it made my hair feel softer not necessarily less dry but softer.

Repurchase: Maybe

Declutter (1)

Dr. Botanicals Cocoa & Coconut Superfood Reviving Hydrating Mask this is super thick and sticky and it is supposed to be left on all night and I just can’t with it. I also didn’t find it to be really hydrating.


Well I got my monthly goal plus what I missed last month and then some so that is really good.

Total This Month: 23

Total: 61

Approx Value This Month: $380.98

Approx Paid This Month: $58.93

Approx Total Value: $704.35

Approx Total Paid: $119.53