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.
Another Brand takeover this month and we have Laura Mercier I like the concept of brand take overs but I haven’t really been impressed with them so far.
I mean I know this is like the star product from this brand but like who hasn’t tried this. It is fine for a setting powder if a bit heavy.
Laura Mercier Illuminating Eye Cream
Full Size: 15 ml
Full Size Cost: $58
Sample Size: 1 ml
Value: $3.87
Well this is a really expensive eye cream to not have any actives. This is like one use at most here so I don’t see how this is even worth putting in this box.
This jar is very nice for a little sample. This had that fancy old skincare scent that I don’t particularly like. I know this is supposed to wear really well under makeup so that is kinda cool and something different.
I have this already probably got it from a Macy’s box who remembers. These are really nice shadow sticks they blend well they wear well. This color is very basic and neutral and not my favorite of all the color options but a very good product.
What is it: Every season Walmart sends a little sample products of all sorts of health and beauty type items. It used to be a free sample box with $5 shipping. But they have now changed it to a $6.98 box with free shipping with the promise of better and more full size items.
Always so excited for this box like it really is a favorite which is kinda funny really for how inexpensive it is and being Walmart you just wouldn’t think that this would be such a great box.
I didn’t even know Walmart sold Bliss products. I want to like Bliss but I feel so meh about most of the things they make. This has rose water in it I will have to give it to my girlfriend but she likes foaming cleansers so she’ll enjoy this.
Well I have seen great reviews for this but I always have so much setting spray that I never need to buy it but I am happy to have this now and be able to try it.
I love this I will definitely be buying a full size. I love cactus water in my moisturizers I love water creams this is a nice gel formula it is a little tacky but not in a way that annoys me.
I really need to try these this is the second one I have had now This sounds like the kinda thing that is totally right up my alley and I am going to be taking a trip in a few months where this kinda thing would be super useful if I like it.
I love eyeliner stamps they are so fun and make doing cute designs so quick and easy and they always make me really nostalgic for those scented stamp markers and it is just fun. This is a pretty clean stamp and pretty black for a stamp. The eyeliner side isn’t anything spectacular though not as dark and opaque as I like.
Well this has been a better month for stuff usage life not so much.
Skincare (6)
Skinceuticals Hydrating B5 this was the nicest least sticky hyaluronic acid I have ever used but it is in no way work 83 fucking dollars it functions exactly the same as the $6 Ordinary one.
Repurchase: No it is way to expensive
Tony Moly I’m Red Wine Sheet Mask this was nothing I have no feelings no thoughts.
Repurchase: No
Lap Cos Red Wine Sheet Mask this was a very nice sheet mask I enjoyed it.
Repurchase: Maybe
NuFace Prep-n-Glow Dual Sided Cloth these are my favorite faces wipes they actually feel like skincare like exfoliating and cleaning and make my skin feel fresh and glowy. I just hate how expensive they are.
Repurchase: Maybe
The Creme Shop ‘Tis the Season to be Lovely Collagen 7 Squalane Essence Sheet Mask this was very nice very hydrating and plumping.
Repurchase: Maybe
Amore Pacific Youth Revolution Radiance Concentrator this is super damn expensive. It felt really nice but this was only enough for like a week so I can’t say it did anything. At $250 a bottle I won’t ever buy this but it felt really nice on my skin.
Repurchase: No
Random (3)
Aquaphor Ointment I love having Aquaphor on hand I use it for all sorts of things irritated skin really chapped lips but lately I have been going through it really fast with all my new tattoos. It is my favortie for healing tattoos.
Repurchase: Yes
FCS OCD Hand Sanitizer in Mint Chip this is like my fried and true hand sanitizer brand it lasts for ever it is super great this smelled like mint chip and I loved it.
Repurchase: Yes
MegRhythm Gentle Steam Eye Mask in Unscented these are so odd I have come to appreciate them but not for what they are meant for I use them for like tension in my forehead or jaw rather then my eyes they don’t really have the tightness or pressure to do enough for my eyes.
Repurchase: No
Home Scents (8)
Wishes Candle Company in Greenhouse Tour this was not my favorite scent ever and throw wasn’t great but I love the fun of getting a pin in the candle.
Repurchase: Maybe
Bath and Body Works Lemon Verbena Candle this had no scent throw at all.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Wallflower in Blueberry Sugar love this Bath and Body Works really does blueberry scents well.
Repurchase: Yes
Dollar Tree Candle in Rosemary this was so freaking weird. Like it smelled terrible while it was burning it smelled like a cigarette but once it was put my whole room would smell like Rosemary.
Repurchase: No
FCS Wax Tarts in Good Zombie this was great I like the scent the color was spot on to be a murky dirty rotting zombie which I like but also maybe not the most attractive looking in my melting pot lol.
Repurchase: Yes
Trader Joe’s Scended Candle in Nutmeg this didn’t smell like anything.
Repurchase: No
Victoria Secret Hibiscus + Vanilla Candle I hated this which is the reason it is getting thrown out at half used up. It just smelled like burnt smoke it burned black the wax would be totally gross and black while I was burning it this was just bad. I haven’t really ever had that experience with Victoria Secret candles before they are usually really really nice so that was kinda a one off weird thing.
Repurchase: No
Fortune Cookie Soap Company Pillow Spray in Raggedy Man this was vaguely sweet not as strong or as good as a lot of their other pillow sprays.
Repurchase: No
Lip (4)
Fortune Cookie Soap Scrub in Life’s Delicious this was fine I don’t enjoy using lip scrubs but they are necessary so I use them. This just tasted sweet and it didn’t taste weird or leave my lips feeling weird.
Repurchase: Maybe
Honey Jarret Lip Sleeping Mask in Lemon Honey I hated this it was super sticky and it did not hydrate or wear a long time. Tasted and smelled great though.
Repurchase: No
Pur X-Faux Lips Plumping Lip Exfoliator I don’t think this exists anymore but I really hated this. It was not exfoliating or plumping it was more like a gooey balm.
Repurchase: No
Dionis Goat Milk Lip Balm in Vanilla Bean this is a perfectly good lip balm it is smooth and smells good but it lasts forever I think It took 6 months of daily use to use this up and I could have dug it out and put it in a pot and it probably would have lasted another month at least but I am at the point where I am so bored that I need to move on. You very much get your money’s worth with these balms.
Repurchase: Maybe
Makeup (3)
Jd Glow Cosmetics Multichromatic Gel Liner in Spectra I had a good run with this and I am sad to see it go I loved the multichrome effect and it was so pretty and easy to apply. But being a multichrome it was always drier as a formula and it is just too dry and flakey to use now. And I am not about that trying to rehydrate life the risk to my eyes is not worth it to me.
Repurchase: Yes
Benefit Bad Gal Bang! Mascara this was a good mascara it gets really clumpy and really dry really fast though and it isn’t my favorite to work with but the look is very lengthened and pretty.
Repurchase: No
Estate Precision Liquid Liner this has started to dry out and it wasn’t great liner. It was black enough or long wearing enough for my tastes I have a very high standard for my liquid liners I need them to last and that just a light eye rub or something isn’t going to smudge it away.
Repurchase: No
Lotion (4)
Victoria Secret Berry-C Glow Boosting Body Lotion I really liked this it smelled like strawberries but real strawberries not candy. It was really smooth and light and my skin look glowy. I loved it.
Repurchase: Yes
Bath and Body Works Hand Cream in Hot Cocoa & Cream this was great I really do like the hand creams from Bath and Body Works and this is one of my favorite scents I love the hot cocoa scent it is so good.
Repurchase: Yes
Clarins Body Fit well I didn’t think this would be enough to even try but it actually was enough for one full application but this was just a lotion I didn’t feel any tingly or anything that would indicate it doing anything and with only one use I can’t really speak to the long-term effects of using this.
Repurchase: No
Bath and Body Works Body Lotion in Pretty as a Peach I loved the peach scent on this it is candy like rather than weird scent that can turn kinda sour. This didn’t do that it smelled great they body lotions are really thin and not super moisturizing. I prefer the actual hand creams.
Repurchase: Maybe
Bodycare (3)
Drunk Elephant Sugared Koffie Almond Milk Scrub I hated this a little doesn’t go long way and it is the kinda of scrub that is almost sand like and just makes a huge mess in the shower.
Repurchase: No
Mario Badescu Coconut Body Scrub as I said in my Macy’s post I I am very picky about scrubs so this didn’t quite work for me it kinda melted away as I was using it.
Repurchase: No
Theorie Body Nourishing Body Scrub this was fine. It wasn’t anything memorable.
Repurchase: No
Perfume (2)
Juicy Couture Noir this is one of my all time favorite perfumes I love that it is sweet and light but also dark and wintery at the same time. I’ll rotate my next bottle in once fall hits. I am trying to use up a few of my not so signature perfumes so I can move them out of my life.
Repurchase: Yes
Jimmy Choo I Want Choo Perfume I found this to be a really heavy scent that I wasn’t in love with, but I got so many compliments while I was wearing it that I would be willing to consider a small bottle of this.
Repurchase: Maybe
Haircare (3)
Tarte Hair Goals Dry Shampoo this was awful it left my hair so sticky and heavy and hard to brush through and gross feeling. If you want volume and texture for like a special look this would really give it to you though.
Repurchase: No
Marajo Deep Butter Treatment this has been discontinued which sucks because it is a really nice hair mask but there are plenty of other hair masks that I love so it is fine. This is a really thick heavy mask for really high moisture which I need my hair is dry as hell.
Repurchase: No
Outre 8 in 1 CBD Multipurpose Nutrient Mist this was fine but it was thicker then you want for this kinda spray mechanism so a lot is stuck in the bottle and I can’t be assed to try and make it work this was not that special.
Repurchase: No
Well I definitely made up alot of ground this month and and now I am even a slight bit ahead for next month which is awesome.
