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I am really not into this months box there is nothing in here I would have ever picked for myself and nothing in here that like I and most people don’t have a million of. There were some really cool options this month but I seem to always get the shitty options.
Another mascara like we all don’t have plenty but this is the thing in the box that I am most likely to use up and feel like I got value thankfully it is more then the cost of the box or I would be annoyed. I don’t usually like Tarte Mascaras alot of them make my eyes feel itchy or heavy but This one has had me curious just cuz the packaging is so bright and the before and after pictures look really amazing.
I don’t wear lashes and just give them away so these are useless to me but they are soft and feel like then wouldn’t feel weird on but they don’t look real and if I was going to wear lashes I would want them to look and feel real.
This is a similar type product to the water essence primer in a way. It is a think “primer” you put under makeup. This is a shimmer pink glitter sticky oil and left sticky glitter and made my skin slightly pink tone. This is gross.
Here you can see how pink and glittery it is like it looks like a liquid highlighter not like something you would put all over your face.
It is hard to tell how pink it is blended out on my hand but on my face you can. You can also really see the glimmer in it that I don’t like.
I will preface this by saying it is cool that we got something that launched in August in the August box but masks like this make me mad. Glitter and dyes and over the top pink pigment for no reason do not belong in skincare this is a joke of skincare. I have tried the glitterally mask from Pur I tried the one from the Grinch collection and it was really drying it did nothing it was just shiny and pretty.
I love the packaging on this it is pretty and it doesn’t make a mess. This is so weird like it actually feels wet when you set your face with it but it is so light it makes me look like a fucking ghost. I will only be able to use this with foundation that is too dark for me and I tend not to do that so I don’t know what kind of use I will get out of this. Feels cool as heck though.
This month is just a totally fail for me in terms of things I would want or used or even excited about. I feel like I am having more and more fails from Boxycharm.
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This is such an ugly cheap feeling bag this month. Sometimes the bags are cute but lately we’ve gotten so not good ones.
There’s alot to say about this one so I am breaking into three parts; product, price, and confusingness.
The scent of this lotion is amazing it is like a warm sweet tropical yummy vanilla coconut and I want to smell it all day for the rest of my life. I unfortunately hate the lotion so much it leaves me feeling really really sticky my gf loves it and doesn’t have that problem so she’ll use this and the 2 others I just gave her and I’ll get to smell it on her lol. I wanted to buy the perfume but more on that in the confusingness section.
This size can be purchased for $10 I know that’s bonkers but I will count it as a full size because it can be purchased.
So this was sold on Sephora and seems to have been pulled and when you go on the Sol de Janeiro website it is all sold out everything from this scent is listed but sold out. I don’t know what that means I don’t know if it is being discontinued or reformulated or what but it is a mystery and a sad one. It also means that excess stock was cheaply sold to Ipsy to give to us which I don’t like.
This is estimated off another glitter brush set that is super similar. but in silver. SL Miss Glam brushes are really cute and reallly soft and really OVERPRICED. Their website is also awful to use it is baby pink on white so terrible unreadable and the sorting is impossible to use. just ugh. This brush is super cute tho it is a translucent handle with realy pretty emerald green glitter and green gems and green dyed bristles super pretty super soft.
I have never had one of these and it is so cute and fun with the little flower in it. This is just a clear balm seems moisturizing and has not scent or taste.
So this shade isn’t for sale on their website. But I have been wanting to try Suva Beauty specifically their eyeliners but this eyeshadow feels like such nice quality it is really smooth and pigmented there. It blends well it isn’t chunky I really like it even if the shade wouldn’t be my first choice. Swatched Below.
This is described as a pink with a cool plum undertone and sure That sounds good lol. This is more creamy, glossy and slippery then I tend to like my lipsticks but it is a pretty color despite how cheap and dollar store like the packaging feels. Swatched Below.
This was an ok bag for me I love getting brushes I will definitely use the lip balm and really happy to have something from Suva even if it isn’t my color preference.
Sorry this is so late this month. I lost my dog my little best friend a total bright spot with a giant personality and I have just been missing him to much to really do anything extra right now. Any one who has ever lost a pet understands. I am just so sad right now.
My perfect baby boy
I was on a vacation in May and I am not in the habit of bring trash home with me so there are so extra pictures of those products included that are not in the final round up.
Skincare (20)
South Mane Eye Gels I really enjoyed these and this was my
last pair I got them in a Boxycharm awhile back. These were really hydrating
and stay on my face really well as I was walking around and doing things.
Repurchase: Yes
Sweet & Shimmer Face & Body Mini Wipes in Frosted Berry I
love these for swatches they take off swatches really well and they smell great
I always pick these up for that purpose probably always will. I also love that
they are mini size so I don’t feel like I am wasting anything because you don’t
need giant wipes for swatches.
Repurchase: Yes
Patchology Clear Skin Sheet Mask this felt nice and smelled nice
and felt soothing but it didn’t clear my skin this is not worth the price at
all. I kinda feel like any sheet mask that claims to do anything other then
moisturize, brighten or soothe doesn’t actually work.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Face & Body Mist this is from the
water line that was alcohol free. I liked the smell of this it was and it was a
nice refreshing face mist. It didn’t rock my world but I liked using it.
Repurchase: Maybe
Make Dual-Phase Eye Makeup Remover I never used this to
actually remove my makeup I used it on Q-Tips as a way to clean up and touch up
mistakes while doing my makeup it was good at that and didn’t leave an oil
gross residue on my face.
Repurchase: Maybe
Fresh Black Tea Instant
Perfecting Mask this makes my skin really kinda greasy I don’t love it. Maybe
if you have really dry skin but I didn’t like it that much. I had to just use
it on drier spots.
Repurchase: No
Pur The Grinch Mask Sampler
Glitterally Gold I legit have no feelings about this mask I just was not
impressed by any of them and don’t think they were worth it.
Repurchase: No
Belif Moisturizing Eye Bomb I really liked this it was very
moisturizing. I don’t feel ike it hase much in the way of treatment or
anti-aging but feels really nice and cool and hydrating and I liked that. I
feel like the Neutrogena HydroBoost Eye Get is a total dupe for this and I like
the packaging of that better so I would buy that over this especially for the
price. I will happily use all the samples I have of this though.
Repurchase: No
Peter Thomas Roth Acne Clearing Wash this is fine as an acne wash
didn’t leave my skin overly dry and had a nice light lemon scent but I don’t
spend money on pricey face wash I think that is silly since it is in contact
with your face for so little time that any drug store face wash is just fine.
Repurchase: No
Neutrogena Hydro Boost Water Gel I like this moisturizer a lot it
is great but I was flying and this wasn’t quite hydrating enough for how that
kinda of plane dehydration but that’s ok normally this is a great moisturizer
for oily skin.
Repurchase: Yes
Aveeno Positively Radiant Daily Moisturizer I tried to use this as
my sunscreen on my face since it has spf 30 it broke me out as a lot of
sunscreens do so no go for me though still used it up because I only brought a
few sample sizes to try out.
Repurchase: No
Aveeno Absolutely Ageless Daily Moisturizer this had a weird scent
like blackberries mixed with florals. I didn’t like it. It also broke me out like the other Aveeno
one.
Repurchase: No
Supergoop! Superscreen Daily Moisturizer SPF 40 PA+++ I like super
goop sunscreens they don’t break me out they don’t smell weird but they can be
kinda heavy and this one was very thick and heavy I don’t like that.
Repurchase: No
Clinique Take the Day Off Makeup Remover Towelettes these smell
awful like gasoline or something they do work but they are not as soft or as
wet as I like my face wipes to be. I have quite a few packs of these because I
got them very cheap and they are great for travel but wouldn’t repurchase. They
do work fine I just don’t love them.
Repurchase: No
Bioderma Sensibio Eye Contour Gel I hated this eye cream I hate
the the sample couldn’t be sealed it was just an open tip. And I hated hot this
felt under my eyes and I feel like it made my dark circles worse this was
terrible.
Repurchase: No, Wouldn’t even use it again
Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm I love this with all my
heart and soul it is my favorite balm to take my eye makeup off it doesn’t
sting you don’t have to tug at your eyes I love it so much. Was so excited to
have this little sample I could bring with me.
Repurchase: Yes
Kate Somerville EradiKate Salicylic Acid Acne Treatment this was a
decent spot treatment but where it really excelled was it actually made my skin
around the pimple look healthier which made the pimple look less bad if that
makes sense I don’t think it does.
Repurchase: Maybe
Exuviance Probiotic Lysate Anti-Pollution Essence this made my
skin look and feel really blotchy and congested I don’t think this is a good
product for me and I don’t even totally get what it is supposed to do.
Repurchase: No
Dr. Brandt
Microdermabrasion Scrub not my favorite facial scrub as I have said here so
many times but I will use it when I have samples.
Repurchase: No
Freeman Hydrating Cactus + Cloudberry Water Gel Mask one of my
most favorite moisturizers (yes I know it is supposed to be a mask). I like to
put this on I a thick layer and it soaks in so well and leave my face feeling
so hydrated and plump but not sticky.
Repurchase: Yes
Random (11)
Dr. Pedicure Foot Exfoliating
Mask this is a foot peeling mask it did its job it peeled and made my feel
softer but this peeled off in such an awful way like it itty bitty flakey
pieces instead of giant chunks and took a very long time to peel off I would
rather the Baby Foot one or the TonyMoly one.
Repurchase: No
Degree Motion Sense Deodorant Fresh Energy my favorite deodorant.
Repurchase: Yes
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Veggie Protein Deodorant in The
Captain I like these natural deodorants for when I am not going out or just
like running a few errands they smell nice they work well and they don’t irate
my skin.
Repurchase: Yes
Pink Pewter Hair Ties
normally I wouldn’t put hair ties in my empties but when they are this freaking
expensive like over 12 dollars I feel like I have too. I really liked these
they don’t leave dents in my hair or give me headaches but they also don’t hold
my hair up super well and they stretch our really easy these are like the
sweatpants of hair ties.
Repurchase: Maybe
Dove Advanced Care Cool Essentials Deodorant this was actually a
really good deodorant. It wasn’t overly scent and it was smooth and worked
well.
Repurchase: Maybe
Sweet & Shimmer Brush Cleansing Wipes (6) these are a game changer for me they made it so that I only had to bring a few eye brushes. These don’t clean them but they get the shadow off so that you can use other shadows and not ruin your look.
Repurchase: Yes
Home Scents (6)
Fortune Cookie Soap Hidden
Rebel Base Fabric & Room Spray this smells exactly like the Norway
Pavillion of Epcot not a scent I am super fond of at all but it is nostalgic
and not quite as pungent as the Norway smell so I was able to use it up.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works
Summertime Soda Pop Candle I liked this one a lot it smelled a lot like orange
soda and I love orange and citrus scents.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Scent
Portable in Pomegranate or at least I think it was pomegranate. I like the
scent portables they are alright I like when I get them for free most of the ones
I have I have gotten for free I wouldn’t pay for them even though they do last
way longer than a little tree would.
Repurchase: Yes
Basin Fresh Soap I don’t know
what scent/name this was, it isn’t on the website, I bought it in a little
value pack that was made of like I assume leftover scraps or messed up cuts so
I could try a few scents this one was super cute and bright smelling it was
yellow with lots of different colored Mickey heads I the soap. This little ass
bar lasted me like 9+ months of hand washing It takes along time to go through
a bar soap.
Repurchase: Maybe, but I have
a lot of soap right now
Bath and Body Works
Wallflower in Lemon & Fig I did not like this it had basically no scent. I
find that like half the wallflower scents work really well and half are too
strong or have no scent.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Personal Space Air Freshener this was Mountain Dew Scented so I used mostly on my girlfriend’s stuffs since that is her favorite soda and it was kinda a fun little thing but I am glad it was small because it would be weird to have to use this like all the time.
Repurchase: No
Lip (2)
FCS Lip Balm I don’t remember
the scent or even when I got this tiny little guy. It isn’t my favorite lip
balm I have ever had from them but it was as moisturizing and comfortable as
all of the ones I have from them. This had too much of a dark tint that it was
messy to wear and had a very strong scent/flavor that it almost stung on my
lips. The scent was really yummy just way too strong for a lip balm.
Repurchase: No
Chapstick Total Hydration Lip Scrub this was like a nice sweet mint flavor but had a chemically after taste. This was one of those lip scrubs that I feel like you have to chase around your mouth to scrub your lips. Not my favorite type of thing. I really prefer a more solid scrub.
Repurchase: No
Makeup (5)
Too Faced Hangover Rx Replenishing Face Primer I don’t feel like
this did much for my skin, or the look of my makeup it was like a bit of
nothing on the face.
Repurchase: No
Mac in Extreme 3D Black
Lash I never like Mac mascara samples I think the little tubes make the mascara
too dry and I hate the sample brushes.
Repurchase: No
Sephora 12hr Colorful
Contour Eyeliner 01 Black Lace this I
love but is has gotten to the point where it is too hard to sharpen so I have
to call it done. This was so soft and creamy ad black and really stayed in my
waterline so well.
Repurchase: Definitely
Nars Pro-Prime Smudge Proof
Eyeshadow Base in Original this made my eyeshadow crease the more often then
not.
Repurchase: No
Smashbox Photofinish Primer Water this was a great Mac Fix+ type of product but I think I prefer Fix+ to this. This has a funky scent is just a bit tackier then Fix+.
Repurchase: No
Lotions (2)
Hempz Triple Moisture Herbal Whipped Body Cream I love the scent
of this so herbally and fresh and the lotions are quite hydrating. The
frustrating part was that I could not get everything out of this bottle it was
so annoying.
Repurchase: Maybe
Bath and Body Works Hot Cocoa and Cream Body Cream love the scent of this smells like a Hershey bar. I am not a fan of their body creams I prefer their body butters or the lotions but I would legit buy anything in this scent I don’t even care.
Repurchase: Yes
Bodycare (5)
Gillette Venus Shower Shave Cream in Vanilla Crème I do like
shaving creams to shave with though I do prefer shaving oils. This was ok it
wasn’t the greatest and it didn’t give the greatest shave I am not super picky
I will use whatever is available to shave with. This had a nice vanilla cream
scent but it is too pricey I feel for shaving since it isn’t that great. This
came in like a Christmas pack which is how I ended up with it because I would
not have purchased it. You are also supposed to be able to use it as body wash
too but that just seems like a way to use up your shaving cream super fast so
you buy more. And there is no reason why you can shave with like a normal body
wash if you wanted to.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Smuggler Sugar & Spice Body Polish
I seem to have lost the picture I took of the bag when I decanted this into a
different container because I wasn’t going to keep a bag in my shower and let
it melt and get gross. I also really didn’t like this at all I was not a fan of
the spicy scent it had and it was very rough and super messy. Like I had to
wash my whole shower after.
Repurchase: No
Spongelle in Papaya Yuzu I love these Spongelle sponges they are
so convenient for traveling and there is so many more washes in the sponges
then the labels claim. I liked the scent
on the sponge but on my skin it turned a little sour on my skin.
Repurchase: Not this one
Tommy Bahama Conditioner I used this to shave it was fine, it was free and it was there.
Repurchase: No
Tommy Bahama Shampoo same as above.
Repurchase: No
Perfume (7)
YSL Black Opium Perfume this
was nice I liked it. That’s all I really remember about it. I have so much
perfume its hard to impress me into wanting to buy something.
Repurchase: No
Zoella Blissful Mistful
Perfume I got a four pack of all different scents of these around Christmas and
I am killing myself to use them up because I really don’t like them the sprayer
quality is really cheap and the perfumes smell cheap and doesn’t last long at
all. I have been trying to layer them with other perfumes or spray them in my
hair wear them around the house anything to just get them used up. This had a
fresh kinda scent it wasn’t the most offensive of the bunch which is why it got
used up first.
Repurchase: No
Kat Von D Saint Perfume this
smells fine nice and light and sweet but I wouldn’t buy or recommend it.
Repurchase: No
Givenchy L’Interdit Perfume I liked this I like all Givenchy
Perfumes pretty much. This smelled like raspberries to me but no one else
seemed to think so.
Repurchase: No
Commodity Gold Perfume this smelled super sweet and warm I liked
it a lot.
Repurchase: Maybe
Vera Wang Embrace Perfume
hated this it smelled to feminine and old on me.
Repurchase: No
Simply Belle Perfume this just smelled awful like bathroom potpourri.
Repurchase: No
Haircare (5)
Wen Pomegranate Re-Moist Intensive Hair Treatment this is so
pricey that I would never buy this again I will start by saying that. This was
a decently nice moisturizing mask made my hair feel really nice. It was great
but not $50 great. This pot wasn’t even enough to cover my entire head of hair.
Repurchase: No
Ojon Damage Reversal Hair
Serum this is thick and doesn’t smell that pleasant. I don’t think this did
anything for my hair at all. I have another and I will use it but it was not
that special.
Repurchase: No
Bad, Baby Dry Shampoo Pen this was barely enough for one use and
it barely did anything in my hair.
Repurchase: No
Bumble and Bumble Bb. Pret-a-Powder Tres Invisible Dry Shampoo
this left such a dull grey cast in my hair and it was really heavy and sticky.
Repurchase: No
Tarte Maracuja Oil not my favorite oil for hair but it does the job. It is much thicker and dryer then I would normally use but since this is a multi-use oil it is great for travel in case I need an oil for anything else.
Repurchase: Probably Not, Would probably grab an argan oil for this purpose in my life
Declutter (13)
Eco Tools Powder Brush I don’t remember the number of this
brush I just don’t like this type of brush but the brush itself is fine. I find
it too messy to set with it just picks up the powder to inconsistently when you
use loose powder and it doesn’t pick up enough of pressed powders for me to use
it for like a bronzer it just doesn’t work for me. I feel like if you bake this
would be great at brushing off a bake but I don’t bake.
Mac Retro Matte Liquid Lip Color in Fallen Angel this was
from the Kabuki Magic Collection in 2017. I wanted to love this. I love the
color that bruised vampy berry is my kinda shade and I love the name. But this
wears terrible on me it never dries does really it is patchy as hell, it it
slides all over my faces and gets on my teeth like just from breathing not even
taling or trying to drink something it was just a bad formula.
Butter London Glazen Eye Gloss in Starlight this dried out but it
just never worked for me as an eyeshadow or as a highlighter this was just
kinda not pigmented and overly glittery.
Ciate London Highlighter in Moondust this is a highlighter
that looks super pretty in photos but doesn’t wear well at all. It has a lot of
shimmer/glitter in it but it doesn’t hang together well so all the glitter
ended up just migrating all over my face which wasn’t a great look. The
highlight portion actually stuck around and was visible for hours and nice but
the glitter just made it a hot mess.
Peek Beauty It’s Not Eyeshadow Primer (2) this was a cool
little duo that has a black and a white primer in it I actually used the shit
out of these for awhile but they are shimmery bases and I like matte bases now
and probably will never use this again. I had a back up because I did actually
use it a lot and my friend and I both got these in subscription boxes and she
didn’t want hers. These are really great quality I actually used about half of
it up and we all know eye primers are like the makeup product that never dies I
just don’t want the shimmer base look anymore.
BH Cosmetics Brushes (4) these are from a giant brush set I
bought like right before I started my blog I was like so excited to be able to
massively increase my brush collection but the problem with giant sets is you
get brushes that you will never use. These are just brush shapes/styles that I
don’t prefer so they are going.
Smoke & Mirrors Mini Holographic Stick in Rose Potion this was
too light for my skin tone it didn’t show up.
Crown Travel Brush Set these brushes are pretty awful
nothing would pick up on them and they applied everything really patchy and
messy these are not good quality they feel like they are plastic bristles.
Samples decluttering seven random foil packet samples that I will not use mostly they are foundations in not my shade I only count these as one item. It’s how I let myself be ok with letting go of them even though I know that I will never use them.
