Glitter Guilty Box Review January 2014!!

Hey guys! Today I have my Glitter Guilty sub box review!

Glitter Guilty is probably my favorite nail polish sub. Her box is $15.99 a month and she sends out a monthly mini that everyone gets, a monthly me that is customized to your preferences, and an extra treat!

She ships via USPS First Class mail and the shipping is always super quick!

She doesn't send out information cards. She just sends a Thank You card.

The monthly mini this month is in the shade Sub-Zero. I'm going to say this goes for $4. This is a very sparkly and pretty blue with some silver glitter. I actually don't think I have a polish like this, so that's super cool! I really like this a lot. I put this on as soon as I got it (which was last week) and it lasted a good 4 days with no chips before I took it off to try something new. :)

The monthly me this month is Icicle. This goes for $8. This is like a holographic glitter. The picture is actually really spot on for how it looks. It's gorgeous! I don't think I would have picked this out myself, but I definitely love it!

The extras this month are a roll of gold striping tape and a chocolate covered fortune cookie from Lucky Girl Fortunes (this goes for $1.24.) I've been meaning to buy some striping tape, so I'm excited to have a roll to try. And as weird as it may sound, I've also been meaning to buy some chocolate covered fortune cookies from Birchbox, so I was super happy to get this as well. Plus it was super good! I always love the extras she sends out. They are always cool and unique and from brands I never would have found on my own. 

All totaled my box is worth $13.24. I paid $15.99 for the box, but since that included shipping and everything, I'm totally happy with what I got! I love the colors (which I can't seem to find on her store so they seem exclusive) and the extras were really great! Glitter Guilty is one of my favorite boxes and I would recommend them to anyone! (:

Ipsy Glam Bag Review January 2014!!

Hey guys so I got my Ipsy bag in the other day and I'm so excited to show you guys what I got!

Ipsy is only $10 a month and they usually send out a lot of full and deluxe sized makeup products, but this month they went a different route and gave out more skin and hair care products, which was totally okay with me, since I have so much make up!

This is the information card (with this month's bag behind it.) I think the bag is cute this month! It would be good for putting mini skin care samples in it for traveling. The theme this month is 19 reasons.

The first item is a Mica Beauty Lip Balm Pot in Fiesta. This goes for $14.95. I was hoping to get this item in this color! However I've heard people say that this is totally drying, which sucks, since in winter I need all the moisturization I can get.

Another item that I am really excited about is the Briogeo Don't Despair Repair! Deep Conditioning Mask. This goes for $4.95. I really like how this smells. It doesn't smell like a generic hair care product at all. This has rosehip, argan, and avocado oils in it, so it should be really moisturizing. I love hair masks and this was another product that I really wanted to get!

The next items are 4 Proactive Mark Fading Pads. These go for $15.96. This is the only item in my bag (and actually it was like the only item in all the spoilers I'd seen) that I did not want. I don't have acne or marks on my face and I much prefer all natural products anyway. Meh I'll probably just give these away to my mom or someone.

Then I received a Nourish Organic Face Lotion. This goes for $6.47. This has argan oil, rosewater, and shea butter in it and I am super excited to try this! I use moisturizer every day, so I'm always excited to get more! (Lucky for me I think I've gotten one in almost every box so far this month.)

The last item is an Elizabeth Mott Smooth Shadow Creamy Eye Pencil in Pearl. This is half sized and goes for $7.50. The alternate to this was a Yaby foundation sample, which I wish I would have gotten a bit more, since I loved the Yaby concealer I got a few months ago. However this is a nice nudey pink color that will be really nice as an eyeshadow base!

All totaled my January Ipsy is worth $49.83. That's great since I only paid $10 for the box! Not only that, but with the the exception of the Proactive, I'm really excited to try and use all the products! I wish Ipsy would send out more bags like this one. I mean getting makeup every month is great, but I've been getting a bit bored with all the repeated brands and similar items in colors that aren't really that nice/wearable.

Goodebox Review January 2014!!

Today I have a review of my January Goodebox.

Goodebox is $18 a month, and they send out eco friendly products every month! Goodebox used to be $16 a month, but this month started the price increase because they are trying to make the boxes bigger and better.

Their boxes.

Their information cards. They send everyone the same card, and then check off the items that are in your box. I like their cards, since they really talk about the products on it.

The first item is actually a Skin RawCeuticals 7-14 day Skin Care Regime. I'm going to say this goes for about $12? I really love this and I'm thrilled that it actually will be useful for my skin type (I got one with a lot of moisturizing/redness reducing products)! I think this was a really cool thing for a box to do, to give out a whole set, and I can't wait to try all these products and see how they work together!

Then there is a Revolution Organics Freedon Gloss in Innocent. This is full sized and goes for $26. I love this color! It is a super pretty natural pink color with tons of sparkle! It is totally a color that I would have picked out for myself. Plus this is 85% organic and 100% natural! While I'd probably never buy one since it's super pricey, I like being able to try new brands!

All totaled my Goodebox has a value of $38. That's great since the box was only $18! I think Goodebox started out with a great new box for their price increase,  since both brands were new to me and I don't think that I've ever gotten a whole skin care sampler from any box before. I hope their boxes continue to be this awesome and I can't wait for next month!

Beauty Sage Box Review December 2013!!!

Hey guys! Today I have a review of the December Beauty Sage box.

Every month Beauty Sage releases a new sample box for that month. That box is sold all month (well I guess until it sells out) and it gets shipped quickly after you order it. The prices vary every month too, like last month's box (the one in this post) was $19, but this month's box is only $15.

Beauty Sage ships via UPS Ground and it came pretty quickly.

This is their information card. On one side it gives you your 10% off code and on the other it talks about the products.

The first item is a Clark's Botanicals Deep Moisture Mask. I'm estimating this to be about .5 oz and it goes for $21.18. This was one of the items that I really wanted to try! It can be used as a mask or a moisturizer, but I'll probably try it as a mask first and see how well that works out.

The next item is a LiftLab Lift & Moisturize Daily Cream. I'm estimating this to be .5 oz and it goes for $38.23. This is the only item I'm meh about, and that's mostly because it seems like it's targeted for more mature skin then mine. However I'll still probably use it, since I tend to use any and all moisturizer samples that I get.

The next item is a Shea Terra White Chocolate Whipped Shea Butter. This is 1 oz and goes for $2.44. I love Shea Terra! All the products I've tried from them have been awesome. So when I saw this, I just knew I had to get this box. I've used this a few times since I got my box and it was nice and moisturizing, and I could totally see myself buying a full size of this! It does smell a bit like a baked good (though not really chocolate), but it has more of a herbally smell then anything.

The next item is a Clarisea Sea Salt Solutions Pomegranate De-Bump Salt Buff Body. This is 4 oz and goes for $7.46. I love body scrubs, so I was excited to see this as well! It's also a great sample size! It doesn't smell that great, but I really like it since even though it looks more like a whipped body butter or something, it is definitely scrubby!

The last item is a By Nieves Bath Salt. This is 2 oz and goes for $2.25. Bath salts are always pretty meh for me, since I usually don't have time to take a long relaxing bath. But this says it could also be used as a body scrub (can all bath salts be used like this?), so I'll probably use it that way instead. Plus I love how it smells. It smells like an aquarium (like very sea smelling, but in a good way)!

All totaled my box has a value of $71.56. Even if my math isn't completely right on the samples that I guessed sizes on, I still think this was totally worth $19! I love this box! I will use everything I got, and I'm really excited for everything I got as well. I will totally be keeping my eye on their website for more of their monthly sample boxes!

This is what the January Beauty Sage box contains!

--Sea Buckthorn Face and Body Bar

--Doctor's Scrub: Rudy Crystal Microderm Exfoliator

--Arnica Joint and Muscle Rescue Herbal Bath

--Brightening Serum

--05 Headache.

I'm assuming they are all sample sizes and it is $15. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not I want to get this box, but I guess we'll see.

Julep Naughty and Nice Mystery Box Review December 2013!!

Hey guys! Today I have a review of Julep's Naughty and Nice mystery box! This came out last month, but since Julep seems to do monthly mystery boxes I thought it'd still be nice to post so you can get an idea about what to expect from one!

Julep's mystery boxes are $24.99 a month, and recently they've been showing two colors that everyone will get. So you get those two colors, plus other nail polishes and beauty items! They also offered a mystery add on again this month for $9.99, but I ended up giving those to my mom for Christmas, since I had all those colors.

They ship in big black Julep boxes.

The first products are two foil packets each of the Luxe Repair Skin Serum (these also came with a 30% off coupon for that serum) and the Luxe Care Hand Cream. These go for $1. I usually put foil packets in sample jars, so I have to wait to use these until I use up a different sample. These will totally get used at some point though!

The next item is a pack of Green Tea Facial Blotting Papers. I'm going to say these go for $1, since I couldn't find them on the website. I already have a pack of these from a previous box, and I only use them every so often around my T zone, so I'm sure I'm good with blotting papers for a long time. However I do love how these smell! They smell like tea, but I really like it!

The next item is a Rock Star Hand Creme. This is mini sized (1 oz) and goes for $5.33. I've heard great things about this hand creme, and so far I really like it! I just threw it in my purse, but when I use it my hands feel nice and moisturized.

The next item is a lip gloss in Timeless. This goes for $17.60. This is a nice nude color, that I'll probably use to layer over lipsticks. I was actually super excited to get a lip gloss, since when they were in Maven boxes a couple months ago I wanted one.

The next item is the Blank Canvas Mattifying Face Primer. This goes for $22.40. I hardly ever wear foundation, but next time I do I'll totally use this! The mattifying part kind of worried me, but it is also supposed to lock in moisture, and brighten skin, two things I could really use!

The next item is an eye liner sharpener. I'm going to say this goes for $1. I am constantly losing sharpeners, so it's always nice to have an extra!

Then there is a Kajal Eye Glider in Carbon Black and Brown Shimmer. I couldn't find this on the website, but I'm going to say it goes for $10. I like that this is dual ended with two neutral colors, it would make a great item to just throw in a travel/makeup bag. I used the Brown Shimmer side and it went on nice and easy and the color was nice. It wasn't the best eyeliner ever, but it was nice.

Now onto the non spoiled nail polish colors. Joanna ($2.99), America the Beautiful ($2.99), Nellie ($11.20), and Alaina ($11.20). Joanna is a pretty shimmery periwinkle color that I thought was similar to Mae at first, but Mae seems a lot more purple and it's a satin finish. America the Beautiful is a red, white, and blue glitter. It even has star shaped glitters in it! (I actually almost bought this last 4th of July, but I ended up getting Fireworks instead.) Nellie is a nice berry color. I actually thought this was a dupe for one I already have (Eva) but this one is a bit less vibrant and a bit more berry than pink. Alaina is a taupe color that is really pretty, and I think I like it a lot more then the Nicka K taupe color from last month's Ipsy. I do like the colors they sent out, with the exception of Nellie, which will probably end up just being a toe color since those shades tend to not look right on my fingers.

Then the ones that I knew I was getting when I ordered the box. Aviva and Brenda! These aren't on the site yet, but I'm going to say they go for $11.20 each. Aviva is a purple and silver glitter. This is so pretty and I adore it! Probably my new favorite Julep polish. Brenda is a white pearlescent shimmery color, that is also super pretty. It is a great polish for winter and I think it would also look great layered over another color!

All totaled my box is worth $109.11. That's great since it was only $24.99! I probably won't get a mystery box this month though if they have one, since I've gotten one the past two months and I took a Maven box this month, and I have so many polishes to play with now. However I do think that the Mystery boxes are great! I think they are well worth the money, and I get them not only for the spoilered polishes, but also because I think it's a great way to try Julep's beauty products!

Nibblr Box Review December 2013!!

Hey guys! I have a new box to show you guys today and they are called: Nibblr.

Nibblr is $5.99 and you can choose to get weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly deliveries of 4 kinds of healthy snacks!

I really like their outer boxes, I think it is super cute!

This is their info card. It folds out. It doesn't really talk about what you got though, it's just generic.

The first one is Coco's First Date. This has dates, almonds, and coconut in it. I really liked this! I love coconuts and almonds, so this was a total win!

The next one is My Week Starts with Sundae. This has chocolate covered cranberries, Spanish peanuts, banana chips, and Greek yogurt covered pieces. I'm not a big fan of peanuts and everything kinda had a peanuty taste. Plus I've had way better banana chips (which are probably one of my favorite snacks ever.) It was just meh.

The next one is Mediterranean Treasures. This one has figs, dates, and apricots in it. I am not a big fan of this one at all. I've never had figs or dates before and honestly after trying this, I'm not sure that I want to eat one again. It just did not taste that great.

The last one is Take Me Out to the Ballgame. This has pretzel pearls, Spanish peanuts, and sunflower seeds in it. I love sunflower seeds and the pretzel pieces in this were really good! Even though I don't really like peanuts, I did really like this one.

This box was free because I used a promo code, and I'm sure it was worth the $5.99. However I did end up cancelling because I only really like 2 out of the 4 snacks. Plus now that I really think about it, I much prefer like an apple to nuts, because I like sweet and these just weren't things that I could ever see myself really reaching for. (Which I knew that it would be a lot of nuts signing up, but still I wanted to try it.) I just think this isn't the type of sub for me.

Ophelia's Apothecary Indie Subscription Box Review December 2013!!

Hey guys, so I finally got in my December Ophelia's Apothecary box this week, and I'm excited to show it to you guys!

Ophelia's Apothecary is $15 a month and she sends all homemade beauty products (mostly more like soap, perfume, and lotions.)

She always sends her stuff in cute little bags.

Her information cards are always really nice because they really talk about the products.

The first items are two little samples of eyeshadow. They are in Orchid and Snow Angel. She choose the orchid one because it is Pantone's 2014 color of the year, which I think is great! I think all subs should do something like that! And Snow Angel is a not too shimmery, white color that not only will go great with Orchid, but is just a nice neutral to use with a lot of different things!

The next item is a perfume roll on in Enchanted Orchid. This goes for $5. This smells super good, it's really floraly, but it smells so real (like I'm sniffing a real flower), that I really like it! I love her perfumes! They last all day and smell amazing!

The next item is a lemon meringue hand and cuticle cream. I used this the other day and it was nice and moisturizing. Plus it smells great, like lemon cookies! I really like this, and if she ever flash sales this (which she does sometimes) I will totally pick some up!

The next item is a body balm in lavender snowflake. This is very peppermint smelling with a hint of herb. I haven't tried this yet, but I'm sure I'll like it, since her products tend to be moisturizing.

The next item is a red velvet lip balm. I'm not the biggest fan of the scent on this one, it smells like a cupcake mixed with something bad. I like her lip balms though, since they are super moisturizing, but I prefer the ones in the tubes since they are easier to use.

Then there is a sugar scoop in peppermint. I do like these, but I have a bunch of them! I think I have like 3 or 4 of them, all from the subscription service! I do use them, but I also have other scrubs that I like a bit more (like the Body Shop ones that come in tubs) so getting them every month kinda gets boring after awhile.

The last item is a sample of the golden honeysuckle soap. This was in my first ever Ophelia's Apothecary as well. This smells nice and floraly. Her soaps are moisturizing, so I never mind getting soaps in her box, since they are awesome!

I don't really do a cost breakdown of this sub, but I definitely think I got my money's worth this month! There was a ton of different items and I'll totally use everything. I already paid for next (this, I guess) month's box, but I might end up taking a break since I seem to be getting quite a few repeated items. If your interested in her items, but don't want to subscribe to her box definitely check out her Facebook page, since she posts a lot of great sales there all the time!