★ May Birchbox Unboxing + April Review ★
Birchbox is a monthly beauty and
lifestyle sample box for $10.88 monthly.
Ships to: U.S., France, Spain, UK, and
Canada.
Each month, subscribers have one of
three options to choose from.
You can choose the featured box: You see
everything that will be in the box
You can choose the single sample: You
pick one sample to be in your box and the rest are random
You can choose the random: Don't do
anything and everything is a surprise/random
This box I chose one sample and the rest was random (I chose the large real chemistry peel)
You take a quiz when you subscribe to
help steer your items to your tastes.
You can
review the items that were in your box for points. Each item is worth 10 points
in the Birchbox store. $5 in store is 50 Birchbox points.
According to the Birchbox website: "At this time, individual product feedback does not significantly impact the samples Birchbox members will receive in future boxes."
According to the Birchbox website: "At this time, individual product feedback does not significantly impact the samples Birchbox members will receive in future boxes."
Each box
comes with a card that has the monthly theme and a list of the contents with the price and instructions.
I would have preferred the version of this for faces (as this one is for body). I'm happy to have ANY sort of peel or mask (favoriteeee items).
Website claims:
Exfoliation
Gentle
Evens tone
Smooths rough patches
Not iritating sensitive skin
Full body (feet->decollete.. including bikini)
Luminous skin
Soft skin
Suitable for:
Keratosis
Eczema
Body Acne
Ingrown hair
Dry skin
This color looked radical in the container but is a nice pink on my lips. I expected it to be bright but it is close to my natural lip color. I saw a lot of people commenting that this wasn't sticky but as someone who doesn't prefer glosses... it is sticky to me. Ha ha. When I part my lips there is a pulling (is my definition of sticky).
WATERMELON scent! No taste.
WATERMELON scent! No taste.
Website claims:
Shine
High pigment
Rich color
Nonsticky
Moisturizing
Fuss-free wear
Hydrating
I never wear dedicated SPF on my face because it ALWAYS breaks my face out. I will always try them though because of how important it is that we do wear SPF.
The white tea scent smells sweet with subtle floral - I'm sensitive to scents and this one is SUBTLE!
Website Claims:
sensitive skin
non-irritation
no breakouts (we'll see)
ultrasheer
infused with evening primrose and linseed oil to blance moisture levels and even skin tone
water resistant (80 minutes)
White tea scent
I have four palettes from coastal scents (revealed 1-3 and the smokey) So I passed these to a friend because I have shades VERY similar to these.
It wasn't sealed but the packaging had a sticky seal (easily breakable)
The packaging has a magnet closure (love that)
Dry shampoos rarely do anything for the oils in my hair! I don't use them usually though because of the scents! It is always overpoweringly SWEET or floral. They sit in a cloud around my face all day after using them. I have already used this (as soon as I opened the box) and it DOES have a very sweet floral scent but it dissipated after a few minutes. I didn't notice any difference in my hair oils though.
Website Claims:
absorbs excess oil and dirt
leaves hair clean and deodorized, lighter, softer
Antioxidant
Fatty acid-rich obliphica oil
moisturizes
strengthens hair
repairs split ends
enhances shine
Rice starch
No aluminium shavings
No talc
Safe for color-treated hair
Total
spent for the bag: $10.88
Total bag
is worth: $18.07
Total
saved: $7.19
This isn't my favorite box thus far... I'm excited about the peel but that is the sample that I chose. I regret not going with the box that all the samples were shown because I liked at least two of those products a lot.
I'm not a fan of dry shampoo, lip gloss, or spf.. and I already own the shadows. Since I'm a new subscriber though they have very little reviews from me to base my boxes off of!
Five items: 3 Sealed: 2 No Seal
Sealed: Sunscreen, Peel, Lip gloss
No Seal: Shadow and Dry Shampoo
★APRIL REVIEW★
1. Vasanti BrightenUp! Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator - Sample Size - 0.7oz $5.66 (Full Size 4.23oz $34)
I enjoyed this product but it didn't wow me. The grit is ultrafine. Subtle scent.
I used this twice and I have to say that I DID notice a softness in the ends of my hair afterward. I was surprised. This still has several uses left and I might buy this after I'm out!
I got the lavender scent, a scent I normally don't care for, and I really like it! I will be repurchasing this product. The scent was pleasant (I'll try pomegranate, coconut, or grapefruit when I purchase). It left the area SQUEAKY clean.. I usually have issues trying to wash shaving creams off! It seemed to really help with shaving too! I'm surprised and glad to find this gem.
Comfortable, wears even, and can be a nice tiny of color of it is applied VERY softly. Other wise it looks like a blue toned red. No scent.
Cons: This was VERY drying... it dry down worse than any liquid lipstick I own!
Great color! Light coverage but it was perfect for my tastes. Didn't run when sweating.
Thank you
so much for following along
