This past weekend I attended Pamper Me Fabulous at Vibiana in Downtown LA. I also attended last year and wrote about it on Nadine Jolie’s blog. If you’re unfamiliar with PMF, it is essentially a perfect ladies’ event full of shopping, seminars, and fun workouts. There are a plethora of brands selling beauty, fashion, food products, and more. Sponsors included Dermalogica, Vision Essentials, Body Boudoir, and Crazy Girl. If you’re interested in attending, there are events in Dallas, Chicago, Miami, New York, and they will be back in LA in November! Don’t forget to bring your girlfriends!
Birchbox March 2013 Review
March’s Birchbox had a “March Madness” theme- but skip the sports, this is about beauty all-stars. Their social media tactics for the month were also with the theme, conducting beauty face-offs on Facebook. Now read on and find out what I thought of my March Birchbox‘s contents!
twistband Headband: I hate these things. The elastic stretches out so quickly, it fails at holding the hair. This headband version is $19 for just 6 headbands. To me, these bands are overpriced and not effective.
Whish Shave Crave Blueberry Shaving Cream: Whish created a new blueberry scent just for Birchbox. It smells delish! This cream is non-lathering and ultra moisturizing. It’s horrible to use in the bathtub though, it kind of clumps up and floats around the bath. Because of that, it got in my hair and made it greasy. For that reason I wasn’t nuts about it, but if I had used it in the shower, it would have worked better. The full 150ml costs $20.
Madewell for Birchbox Nail File: This cute floral nail file was created by Madewell exclusively for Birchbox. They value this at $5, which is kind of a joke for a nail file. Although it does the job, it’s not worth all of that money just for a cute pattern- a dollar file from the drugstore will do!
Evologie Intensive Blemish Serum: I’m not crazy for skincare in my boxes, because I have no idea if it’ll work. This serum, however, I did like. I’ve been having issues with my skin lately and the ingredients in this really dried blemishes up nicely. It smells like tea tree oil to me, which is an old favorite skin saver. I found the ingredients online, and not only does it have tea tree oil, it also has salicylic acid and willow bark extract. I’m a fan of this. The tiny size is a nice sample since you use such a small amount. The full size costs $35.
Incoco Design Nail Polish Appliques: I’ve yet to use these, but the cool blue swirly design will be fun for spring and summer. I will do a review/tutorial on these in the future! These retail for $10 alone, so they pretty much pay for the box itself!
Overall I really liked this box because it was worth the money. Can’t wait till next month!
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Influenster Sweetheart Vox Box Review
Last month I was lucky enough to qualify for Influesnter’s Sweetheart Vox Box to try these awesome goodies! I have finally had the chance to try everything to review them for you guys…so let’s get into it!
Olay Fresh Effects Va-Va-Vivid Powered Contour Cleansing System: This is a set of a cleanser and cleansing “brush” that is made up of rubber fibers to scrub your face. I thought the cleanser was pretty good, but the brush is a little strange. Since it isn’t brush hairs, they do more of an exfoliating job rather than a cleansing job. I wouldn’t buy this personally. It retails for $14.99
Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response Deodorant: I’ve always been curious about the clinical strength deodorants because I like to control sweat as much as possible…I’m not sure if I sweat a lot necessarily, though. This one has a nice citrus scent and comes out in a cream, which I haven’t used before but didn’t mind it! It worked well and I did feel a little less damp throughout the day. It’s about $9.99 at drugstores which is a lot, but it can be worth it if sweating is a problem.
Not Your Mother’s She’s A Tease Volumizing Hair Spray: I’m not huge on hairsprays, but I happened to get this right after I had curled my hair. So, I tested it out and found that it didn’t make my hair as crunchy as other drugstore priced hair sprays. I would have preferred to try a different product, but it was still nice! It is a free box after all. It doesn’t have the best smell, but it’s only $5.99 and does the job so I’d recommend it.
SkinnyGirl On-the-Go Bar in Banana Oatmeal: I typically loathe getting granola bars and similar products in my boxes because they are usually terrible. Thankfully, this one tasted fine. It isn’t something I’d repurchase, though, because at $9.99 for a box of 5, these bars aren’t worth 2 bucks a pop!
For a free box, or any box in general, Influenster really delivers. I urge you to sign up! This box was great, who knows when I’ll get another one!
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Do it Yourself: Bubblegum Lip Scrub
Today I have a sweet treat for you guys! You may already make your own lip scrubs, but I added a fun twist by flavoring my scrub with bubblegum! I think this makes it very similar to LUSH’s Bubblegum lip scrub, because the ingredients are the same. Check out the video to see how I made this scrub! Here’s the recipe I used:
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1/2 Teaspoon Jojoba Oil
1/4 Teaspoon LorAnn Bubblegum Flavoring Oil
Note: Substitute bubblegum for your favorite flavor! I got mine off of eBay in the dram size for under $5.
Simply mix all of the ingredients together, place into a container and it’s ready to use!
Enjoy!
Jurlique Rose Moisture Plus Moisturizing Cream Review
I won a few Jurlique products in a giveaway and have been trying them out for a while now. I was excited for this, because it’s so hard to find a moisturizer that works for oily skin. When I got this in the summer it was horrible for me. I felt so greasy! But now that it’s winter I think I can get away with it at night.
I’ve been using it every so often as my night moisturizer and I do like it better in the winter. I find it to be far too greasy in the summer. It has a faint rose smell, which honestly I could live without, but I don’t mind it. I like how it is chock full of natural ingredients as well. This cream retails for $42, which for me, isn’t worth it because it isn’t something I can constantly use. I’d like to try more of Jurlique‘s products that are more suited to my skin type, though! If you have dry skin, however, check this product out.
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