Cravebox "Summer Beauty" Limited Edition box

Another Cravebox Limited Edition box is coming my way!  I got "in" another drawing for the "Summer Beauty" box ($11). 

Cravebox "Dog Lover" Limited Edition box

I have recently stumbled upon another interesting subscription box with lifestyle items, Cravebox.  I have watched some youtube videos and joined the waitlist.  I noticed there are limited edition boxes like the "Summer Beauty," "Back to School," and I put my name in for the drawing of Dog Lover's ($10) for Truffles.  I got "in" for this box and Truffles was SO excited when it arrived!

• Pet Bowl Mat
• Pork Chomps Rawhide Bacon flavor 2.4 oz
•  Pork Chomps Rawhide Peanut Butter flavor 2.82 oz
• 6" Buffalo Stix
• Fido's Cookies
• Fresh Breath Clean Teeth gel 2 oz
• Merrick's Grain Free Real Chicken and Sweet Potato Recipe 3 oz
•  Merrick's Grain Free Real Duck and Sweet Potato Recipe 3 oz
• Merrick's Grain Free Grammy's Pot Pie 13.2
•  Merrick's "What Dogs Beg For" ascot
• Coupons and pamphlets with more info on featured products

Check out the future limited boxes here! Limited Edition Craveboxes

• Coffee Lovers
• Little Ones
• New Moms
• Beautiful By You (art/jewelery)
• Fall
• Winter

UnREAL Candy

BzzAgent has offered me a campaign for UNREAL candy! Super exciting!  I have seen this new type of chocolate in drugstores like CVS and RiteAid.  What makes this "Unreal"?  Well, it promotes a more healthy choice (since chocolate is personally MY achilles heel) without ingredients that are unhealthy!  NO CORN SYRUP, NO PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS, NO ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS, NO GMOs, NO PRESERVATIVES AND A LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX in comparison to other similar choices.  It is available in 5 different flavors; chocolate candy shell with peanuts, chocolate candy shell, chocolate caramel nougat, chocolate caramel peanut nougat and chocolate peanut butter.  I received a few coupons from BzzAgent for (1) free Unreal item and (5) Buy One Get One Free to share! 

People StyleWatch Summer Tote Giveaway!

I won this tote filled with summer must-haves from June's People StyleWatch magazine!  THANK YOU! ;]

• Casca beach tote
• Kiss Nail Dress Bodysuit
• Stila Stay all Day Waterproof Mascara Black
• Aveeno Daily Moisturizing lotion 1 oz
• Aveeno Nourish & Moisture conditioner 1.7 oz 
• Aveeno shampoo and conditioner packets 0.3 oz

Review of Aveeno Shampoo and Conditioner Living Color packets for medium/thick hair
I love Aveeno products and I like this product.  I used it after the gym and it made my hair feel clean.  I really like the smell of this.  Since I've recently dyed my hair, it was feeling rather rough & dry but this shampoo/conditioner made my hair soft again!  Overall, I think I'll be looking into future Aveeno shampoos & conditioners.

Review of Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion
To me, this lotion does not have any scent but I literally felt my skin "drink" up this lotion on my legs leaving my skin feeling silky soft!  I definitely will keep this item in my bag, it's the perfect size and effective.


More reviews coming soon!

Mail Call!

Samples - Week of 8/20

Caldrea hand soap - Sea Salt Neroli, Lavender Pine, Ginger Pomelo, Palmarosa Wild Mint, Mandarin Vetiver, Basil Blue Sage

Per-fekt - lash perfection gel flash (.01 fl oz), lip perfection gel Melrose, skin perfecting gel Radiant (.002 oz)

Sabon - foot cream 1.05 fl oz  
I'm loving this foot cream! Based on natural ingredients, it has a light scent (perhaps slightly similar to eucalyptus) and leaves my feet feeling SUPER moisturized and soft. 

Meaningful Beauty Cindy Crawford - Lifting eye cream  .5 fl oz

Sircle Samples August

• Apothederm - Stretch mark cream .7 oz
• Elf - shimmer lip gloss in pink princess
• NYX - lip gloss in real nude

Sircle Samples is a website that allows you to earn virtual currency (Oc) to "buy" samples and items in the sample shop.  You can earn these coins by taking a daily survey, referring friends, reviewing products and the samples you receive from their service.  It's pretty cool, in my opinion but I have only joined recently... so hopefully there will be a lot more to come ;]
reviews and pics to come!

August 2012 Birchbox

"Beauty School" theme

This month, Birchbox is supporting Pencils of Promise, an organization that will build schools in Central America. With a 15% donation from our purchases on Birchbox, it will take $25,000 to build a school.

• Beauty Fixation: Cuticle conditioner Full size (Valued $5)
• Juicy Couture: Viva la Juicy La Fleur 0.05 fl oz (Valued $1.40)
• Stila Stay All Day BB, foundation, concealer card sample n/a
• Wei Golden Root Purifying mask 8 mL (Valued $5.25)
• Wei Pomegranate buffing beads x2 0.02 oz (Valued $2)
• Schick Hydro Silk razor (Valued $10)

Total value: $23.65 - Graded B-

Thoughts: Overall, I will be using majority of these products in my box this month (which never happens).  I did not think it completely suited my needs/likes.  I guess the profile doesn't really reflect the items in your box.  I don't normally shave (I wax 9.5/10) but its always good to have razors, especially since they're pricey.  I HATE card samples!! So the Stila BB, foundation, concealer card is useless to me.  There isn't even enough product for me to use for an application. I love that the Juicy perfume is a spray top  samples since the bottle stopper wand is always tricky.  I'm definitely excited to try out the Wei products and the cuticle conditioner. 

 Review: Juicy Couture: Viva la Juicy La Fleur 0.05 fl oz (Valued $1.40)

At first glance of my box, I was didn't think I'd like this scent since I do not prefer any of the other juicy perfumes.  Surprisingly however, it doesn't smell overwhelmingly like floral.  The scent is fun and fruity with a hint of floral; mandarin, wild berries, dewy honeysuckle and soft jasmine.

Further review of the products/pics to come!