Sample Society- January 2013

A new box of goodies!

January 2013 Sample Society

Blurry Product Card

Pantene BonusCard

Pantene Bonus!

According to the card this will thicken existing hair so it is as if you have up to 6,500 more hair strands! I already have really thick hair so it will be interesting to see what this does. I will update after use.

Nicole Richie Frangrance

I heard some pretty bad things about this fragrance. I was almost scared to get it. However, I really like it. So much so that I may get the full size.

Clack's Botanicals Moisture Mask

The container says you can use this as a mask or you can use less of it as a moisturizer. Because my face is so dry and flaky right now, I will probably do the mask and if there is anything left, use it as a moisturizer. I will update after use.

Lord & Berry Silk Kajal Eye Pencil

 I did not have kohl pencil so this was awesome to get. It is in black so will definitely get used. I put it on my water line about an hour ago. It applied very easy and so far is staying put! It being full size is a plus.

Snowberry Cellular Regeneration Day and Night Cream

I have never heard of this brand so I am excited to try it. My poor dry face needs all the help it can get right now. Will update when empty!

Square Hue- January 2013

If you have not heard about it yet. Square Hue is a new monthly subscription service that is all about nail polish. Perfect for a polish hoarder! It is $21 a month with free shipping. You get 3 colors that are fresh and in style. You can learn more about it HERE.

This is my first month with them. I am still upset that I did not sign up in time for the gorgeous December polishes! However, January was not a let down. The collection was "The Arctic Collection" and I adore the colors. The formula is smooth, not to thin or thick. These are my favorite polish bottles yet and the brush worked great. I can not wait to see what they come up with as the year goes by. I plan to stick with them.

Square Hue- January 2013
Glacier Skies-Arctic Frost-Midnight Flurries

Glacier Skies-Arctic Frost-Midnight Flurries

Perfect names for these polishes!

My nails are painted with Glacier Skies and patterned with Midnight Flurries. My first attempt at a pattern. Not perfect but I still like it.

I had planned to swatch all the colors for you but I can not bring myself to take this off. I will add a quicky picture I took the day I got my polishes.

Quicky Pic

Now you can get an idea of what the colors look like. I am already really like Square Hue. If you like polish at all, I think you will also.

February is going to be the "Vintage Love Collection" You do not want to miss it! Go to Square Hue before it is too late.

Venus- My favorite shaver.

I was using this system a long time before Influenster gave me a very generous sample. I like that all the blades and handles are interchangeable and it makes my legs feel completely smooth. A small miracle with my course leg hair. You should give it a try if you are using anything other than Venus to shave your legs.

Venus Embrace included in the Cosmo Voxbox 2012

Ipsy December 2012

I have got and tried everything in my bag. I am quite please this month. Ready to see what I got and what I think about it?  Here we go!

December 2012 Ipsy

This months bag is awesome. It is a nice grey color, kind of a fat low profile bag. It will be great for packing along travel makeup and little things I want to drag everywhere. The above picture came out too dark but the bottom ones shows the true color.. Nice eh?

The zipper is silver heavy metal. Not cheap!

Inside the bag has Ipsy's name all over it in a cute pink color. Love it.

Front of Monthly Card

Back of card-Product list

This is a $20 promo code for Just fab. There are some nice boots and bags in the Ipsy collection. I doubt I will use this but it is nice anyway.

NYX loose pearl shadow powder. I have never used this kind of shadow before but it is really nice. I like the soft texture. This color is way out of my comfort zone so I will have to pull up my big girl pants and find a way to try it out.

Urban Decay 24-7 Liner -Zero

I have owned this liner in the past and needed a new one. It works good for a pencil. I like it when I do not want to spend extra time dragging out my gel liner and brush. It is black, always a plus for me.

Be a Bombshell Hot Mess Lip gloss. It is RED. Thankfully it is a bit sheer. Red lipstick is also out of my comfort zone but I have been wearing this a little at a time to get used to it. I also do not want to scare my husband. He is not used to me wearing much makeup. Must break him in slowly.

Mirabella Primer for face and eyes. I have not used it on my whole face but I have on my eyes. It does what it is suppose to do and it feels great going on.

Mai Couture Highlighter paper. Well these sort of bug me. I am not used to rubbing paper on my face and the color is a bit too orange for me. Other than that. I like the idea. Nice way to touch up blush on the go. Would travel nicely.

Well that is it for Ipsy this month. I and pleased and am looking forward to January!

Influenster Cosmo VoxBox 2012

What Is Influenster

Influenster is a free-to-join community of invited trendsetters who live to give opinions of products and experiences. Influenster creates links between brands and members to reward participation and influence future products. 

You can check them out at the Influenster website for more information.

I have been on the site for about 2 months and was surprised that I got this box. Here is what I got..

Cosmo VOXBOX 2012
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Gillettte Venus & Olay Razor with one refill. Plus $2 coupon

Awesome razor. I was using it long before I got this box so extra blades is great for me. I like the new green handle. It is my favorite color!

Forever Red .25 fl oz.

This is a new perfume from Bath and Body. This is what the bath and body site says...

• Top Notes: Fiery Pomegranate, Rare French Peach, Luminous Apple
• Mid Notes: Red Peony, Night Marigold, Red Osmanthus
• Dry Notes: Rich Vanilla Rum, Velvety Marshmallow, Oak Wood

I really really like it. More importantly, my husband likes it. (win!) I plan to buy some when this very generous sized sample runs out.

Piolt FriXion ball point pens- Red and Black

• Erase and rewrite repeatedly without damaging documents
• Thermo-Sensitive Gel ink formula disappears with erasing friction
• Smooth writing Gel ink

Man what I would have done for this in high school! All the cool stuff got invented after I was all grown up.
This does in fact erase very well. The pen has a little rubber eraser on the end of it. Very nice. I will hoard these away before my spawn find them and squirrel them away.

Ghirardelli Gourmet Milk- Sea Salt Escape with Almonds

This is a full size 3.5 oz bar. I love that the almonds are tiny minced pieces. I tend to not like big chucks of nuts n my candy bars. The sea salt seems to com at the end of the tasting this. Love Love Love this chocolate bar. I am not hard to please when it comes to my love of chocolate but this bar goes over the top. Very yummy!

Birchbox November 2012

This is my 2nd and last Birchbox for awhile. I have a small sub box problem and I needed to dump a couple. I chose to cancel Birchbox and Sample Society. (for now)

So far I have been pleased with Birchbox. I just get more out of the others so far.

November 2012 Birchbox

Color Club- Put A Pin In It

Again I have not nail swatched this polish. My nails are on a time out for a bit. It is a really pretty rose gold in the bottle and I am looking forward to using it. I can always use more polish for my collection.

Caldrea Hand Soaps

This are one time use little samples. I got Balsam Fir Plum and Basil Blue Sage. I have not used them yet but my BB card says they are lushly scented hand soaps. I really like good smelling hand soaps and I happen to be out.  If I like the smell of these, I may buy some so I can use it more than once.

Kerastase Hair Mask

I have never used a hair mask so I am looking forward to trying these out. I will update this post after I have tried it.

Lastly there was a small vial of mens cologne. John Varvatos Artisam.
It smelled great and is now in my husbands bathroom somewhere. He is not a cologne kind of guy so I doubt it will ever get used.  My only complaint is it should have been a spray bottle. Watching him fumble with a tiny vial was just sad and probably sealed its fate to a dark little spot in a drawer... never to be seen again.

Ipsy/My Glam November 2012

This is my first bag and I could not have been more excited about it. They did not disappoint. A very nice haul for just $10 a month!

The samples came in this adorable dark brown bag. I love the Ipsy tag inside!

Ipsy November 2012

Everything that came in this months bag was pretty good.

Nailtini Millionaire

Nailtini Millionaire Swatch

I just cut all my nails off and giving them a break, so I have not tried these on my nails yet. The base color looks to be reddish sheer but it is loaded with tons of bar glitter in gold and another that seems to change between blue and green. Very pretty! The swatch is applied pretty thick. 

The Balm Meet Matt-Matt Batali

This is my first Matte Shadow. I love the deep dark color. I applied it very light . Definitely going to get more of these.

Benefit They're Real Mascara

This stuff is pretty amazing. I will buy this when I run out. My lashes looked great and it doesn't flake at all. I even slept  in it and it was still there in the morning. I have very sensitive eyes and this is the first mascara I have found that doesn't irritate them after a couple of hours.

Bare Minerals Marvelous Moxie- Dare Devil

I am not a huge fan of heavy sticky lip gloss. However... I really liked this one. The color was perfect and it seems to have a plumping effect with it. Wear was pretty good, lasted at least a couple of hours. To me it also smells like spiced rum. For me that is a plus! If I were to buy a lip gloss I would go for this one.

Starlet Eyeliner- All I want is peace love & CHOCOLATE

Last we have Startlet eyeliner in Chocolate. I have wore this 3 times now. If I put it on very lightly at my lash line  it works great. If I put it on a  little heavier or on my waterline, not so great. It smudges easily.  

All in all a great bag with great products inside. I can't wait until next month!

Carols Daughter- Love Butter

Carols Daughter- Love Butter

I have been using this for my facial eczema  for a few days and so far I am pretty impressed. I have a few patches that drive me insane when it is flared up. I can not wear any kind of foundation, tinted moisturizer, or BB cream on my face when it is bad. If you have ever had a dry patch on your face then you know what I mean. It looks awful if you put anything on it. Now magnify that problem a few times.

In a past post I mentioned that it wasn't as bad with Skin79 BB cream if I exfoliated really good before hand. It works but the extra scrubbing seems to aggravate the eczema more.

Back to the Love butter. So far is a God send... I have been putting it on my scaly patches morning and night for a few days and the difference is amazing. The light redness is still there but the scaly skin is all but gone. I can also wear my BB cream after I apply the Love Butter and it looks great!

My only complaint is the smell. I wish I could try to explain it. Sort of an earthy organic with a touch of cinnamon smell. Not bad, just not pleasant. Fortunately it doesn't last long.  Also it isn't a strong smell. I just notice it more because I am applying it near my nose.

Direct Information from the Carols Daughter

An Extra-Intense Moisturizer For Extra-Dry-To-Very-Dry Skin

• • Shea & Cocoa Butters intensely treat your skin so it’s incredibly soft
• • Sweet Almond Oil softens and adds a natural glow to your skin
• • Beeswax seals moisture inside your skin naturally to ensure it lasts

Deeply healing and deliciously scented, this moisturizing wonder keeps skin soft, silky, and totally lovable. No wonder it’s one of our most beloved body treats!

PLUS, No Parabens, No Petroleum, No Mineral Oil, No Artificial Colors

You can get Carols Daughter products HERE.

Color Club- Winter Affair

I posted a couple days again about some nail polished I had got. Here is the first one I wanted to show.

It is a gorgeous color for winter. A deep shimmery purple. Forgive my uneven ring finger nail. My poor nails are going through a rough patch of peeling and breaking. I probably should not be showing them off but I can't resist showing my new nail polish. *grin*

Beauty Bar-Sample Society November 2012

I got my first box from this subscription service yesterday.

What's in the Box

The Card

5 Deluxe size samples of a good range of products. Pretty awesome! So far I like this sub because of the different stuff they sent. Makeup, hair, cleaning, scent, and hand cream. Can not complain about that.

Here is a run down of what I got and what I think of it so far.

diego dalla palma Classic Lipstick

I was just going to go with this picture but I wanted you to see how small and cute the sample really is.

Cute eh? I think so!

It reminded me of the little samples my mom used to give me when I was a little girl. I like it!

Sample-29. Pink Satin-Swatch

I did wear some yesterday and loved the creamy texture of it. The color is a bit out of my comfort zone though. I will have to force myself to wear it. My daughter thinks it is fabulous but she is 9 thinks all pinks are wonderful.

Dermalogica Precleanse

I have not tried this yet. I plan to tonight and will edit this post to reflect my thoughts on it.
EDIT: I have use it! I can not say that I love it. I really did not notice a difference in my face when I do and do not use this. It just felt like an extra step washing my face that was unnecessary.

Diptyque Volutes Eau de Toilette

I do not care for this scent. When I put it on I kept trying to rack my brain. The smell was so familiar but I couldn't place my finger on it. Later it hit me...It smelled like my grandpa. Cologne and cigar mixture. Not bad, just not something I would want to wear.

Alterna Bamboo Smooth Kendi Dry Oil Mist

I really love this stuff. The feel and look of my thick, wavy, somewhat frizzy hair is amazing with this spray. The smell is wonderful too. I will be buying this.

L'Occitane Shea Butter Hand Cream

I am 39 and my hand are starting to show subtle signs of aging. Especially if I do not use lotion. Nothing I have ever used has made and instant difference like this has. I LOVE it. I will most definitely be buying this soon.