Tag: Skincare

Walmart Spring 2019 Beauty Box Subscription Review

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Walmart Beauty Box

Cost: $5

Cycle: Every Quarter/Season

What is it: Every season Walmart sends out a box of samples and sometimes coupons in their “free” subscription box. The box is a flat shipping rate of $5 and the box is considered free.  There are two categories of boxes “Trendsetter” which you receive if you provide a birth date that has you aged at under 35 and “Classic” if you provide a birth date that has you aged above 35.

The makeup bag instead of tons of products thing continues this quarter but still this box never disappoints me.

Pink and canvas makeup bag this time. It is cute and it does feel nice but I truly do not need more makeup bags.

Soo AE Purifying Black Charcoal Mask

Full Size: 1 mask

Full Size Cost: $2.50

Sample Size: 1 mask

Total Value: $2.50

I swear i have this mask in my stash some where. Sheet masks area always nice to get in this box it adds alot of value I feel. I like the Soo AE masks they all feel quite nice.

Botanic Bouquet Dry Shampoo Scent Stick in Tea Tree

Full Size: 1 stick (2 ml)

Full Size Cost: $1.00

Sample Size: 1 stick (2 ml)

Total Value: $1.00

This is so interesting I have never seen anything like this and I love getting really cool unique things. This is a dry shampoo stick that you rub i your hair and is really scented. This is in tea tree but it does come in other scents. This is one time use though so I am going to chuck this in my car for an emergency gross hair situation but very cool. I like want my hair to get gross in an emergency now just so I can try this.

Palmer’s Coconut Oil Body Oil

Full Size: 150 ml

Full Size Cost: $5.18

Sample Size: 5 ml

Total Value: $0.17

I love body oils after a shower and this is great to bring to travel since oils are something that are too hard to normally bring and this is perfect for that. This also smells really nice (I have a mini bottle of this) like more Palmer’s products do. Useful even if it is a tiny value.

Purely Inspired Collagen Peptides Vitality Blend

Full Size: 454 g

Full Size Cost: $13.28

Sample Size: 20.17 g

Total Value: $0.59

Things like this always freak me out because they always taste awful. Also I couldn’t find anything called Vitality Blend but it seems to be the same as the hair and skin one. This is nice as a way to see if you can handle the taste and texture with out having to buy a full size. I don’t know if I will try this or give it away.

Hello Antiplaque + Whitening Toothpaste

Full Size: 1 oz

Full Size Cost: $2.49

Sample Size: 1 oz

Total Value: $2.49

Who doesn’t need travel size toothpaste? I am getting quite the collection of these little Hello toothpastes this is a new flavor to me though. The tea tree oil in this is disconcerting because that would not be a good flavor.

Salon Perfect Ready Set Go Brow Kit

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $8.07

So this is a cute little kit that comes with some brow wax an angles brush with a spoolie and a brow powder kit that also has a little angled brush. I don’t love this. Only one of the colors in here even works for my brows. The wax pencil isn’t that great it is very sticky but some how also really slick all at the same time. I am going to play with these some more but I see this getting decluttered pretty soon.

Good value for a a “free” box. I always enjoy getting this box from Walmart it is fun I get weird things I would never pick out or have never seen. And it is almost always stuff I can and will use.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $14.82

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 1

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 3

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 4

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 2

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Ipsy May 2019 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.

I was so really really happy with all the things they sent me this month even though the bag itself was not my taste at all. I am super excited for next month because they are pairing with Tetris (I know super random) but who doesn’t love Tetris.

Papa Recipe Eggplant Clearing 5.5 Cleansing Foam

Full Size: 120 ml

Full Size Cost: $14.99

Sample Size: 15 ml

Value: $1.87

Always excited for some Korean skincare. This might be my next cleanser this sounds perfect for the summer if it does have some skin clearing abilities.

Innisfree Pore Clearing Clay Mask

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $15

Sample Size: 20 ml

Value: $3

A little of this goes a long way. Like I did a whole face of this mask and the mask in the jar is still at the top of the jar. This felt really comfortable on my face but id did leave my face a bit dry and tight when I took it off and it did a little for my pores but my skin is in such a bad state right now I don’t think there is much saving it.

F.A.R.A.H. 22E Shade and Blend Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $22

I would not spend $22 dollars on this it feels really light and while it is soft it doesn’t feel $22 of quality it doesn’t even feel as nice as say a Luxie brush. Either way I love new brushes and am happy to have a double ended one one I find them to be really convenient.

Pixi by Petra Endless Silky Eye Pen in Sage Gold

Full Size: 1.2 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 1.2 g

Value: $12

This is super creamy and smooth. I don’t love the color it is a kinda meh olive green with gold glitter but it feels super nice and soft and creamy. Swatched Below.

The Beauty Crop Bronzer in Tanneries

Full Size: 3 g

Full Size Cost: $10

Sample Size: 2.5 g

Value: $8.33

This is a really nice warm bronzer brown color that does not pull orange. It is also really smooth and has a glow with out being shimmery. I really like this alot. I really like having tiny bronzers on had because I hate bringing all my giant bronzers places with me. Swatched Below.

I think of all the boxes I get this was the winner box for me this month I was really happy and will use everything in this month’s Ipsy which is always a nice thing.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $47.20

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Ipsy April 2019 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.

I love this lemon bag it is so freaking cute. I want to keep it but I’m going to give it to my aunt because we have this thing about lemons and limoncello and its my mom and hers birthday party this week so I am going to give it to her. But so damn cute.

Firma Beauty 103 Angled Contour Brush

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $14.99

This is super soft I think it will be perfect for highlight this is a little too soft and loose for what I like for contouring so I won’t use it that way. That’s ok brushes are for how you like to use them not what it says on them.

TonyMoly Peach Punch Sweet Foam Cleanser

Full Size: 150 ml

Full Size Cost: $10.50

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $0.70

Always happy to see some TonyMoly Their products are always so cute it makes me want to use them. This smells like peaches and I love that scent and I haven’t used a foaming cleanser in a while so that’ll be fun. I noticed this had a sticker with the ingredients on it so I peeled it off to see what was under it lo and behold it was another ingredient list so I compared the two and the last ingredient printed on the bottle was not on the sticker. It was Cl 16255, that is the ingredient name, i looked up what it was and it is a dye if anyone cares. I was curious and now we all can know lol I’m guessing it has been removed from the formula but they did not want to have to make new tubes. Because I am fairly certain it is illegal to not list all the ingredients and it would be really shitty if this was old product but they put the new ingredient list on it to show what is in the new product even though that isn’t what we are getting. Did that make any sense at all probably not. I am not happy with the value of this sample being that it is on the more inexpensive side they should have sent a larger sample at least like 25 mls I feel.

Tarte Base Tape Hydrating Primer

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $10

I don’t love hydrating primers and I am over capacity with primers right now so if it isn’t a primer I think I am going to love I am not really trying to keep it. This is a milky white primer that rubs in clear it is moisturizing and a but tacky. I bet it is probably great for dry skin and holding on your makeup. I’m just not interested.

Nomad Cosmetics Eyeshadow in Blue Lagoon

Full Size: 15 shades x 1.5 g or singles 2.2 g (other shades)

Full Size Cost: $37 (palette) or $12 (single)

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $2.47 or $8.18

I don’t really love the formula of these Nomad cosmetics powders they are so soft that they have so much kick back and fall out. Pretty color though. So this is exclusive to the Antilles palette so I am using those prices but you can by singles from them and I listed those prices as well. Swatched Below

Ofra Cosmetics Rodeo Drive Highlighter

Full Size: 10 g

Full Size Cost: $29

Sample Size: 10 g

Value: $29

I love this highlighter I actually have it in their old packaging, I got it in a Boxycharm. I know that I will never use this all up but I am tempted to keep it as a backup because I know the Ofra highlighters are super fragile to it would be nice to have a backup. This isn’t their old packaging which was black and it isn’t their new packaging which is square. So I am wondering if this was maybe a test run or something of packaging that they didn’t choose and that is how Ipsy got it. Swatched Below.

Getting a full size high end highlighter in an Ipsy bag is like a huge win making this whole bag feel really amazing even if the rest of the products were pretty tiny and so so.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $57.16

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

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