Influenster: SweetHeart Voxbox 2013 unboxing!

It's that time again, I was a lucky recipient of the newest Voxbox entitled "SweetHeart"! This is the Valentines and 1 of 2 February Voxboxes! I'm so happy and ecstatic that I was given this box because it had 2 things that I've been wanting to buy! If you don't know what Influenster is, refer back to my other post, here. So without further ado, let's dive into my box!



 

This is my beautiful box! It has four awesome products that I will get into in a bit, but first, I'll talk about the card.

In every box that you received from Influenster, you receive an awesome product card. It gives you a little message on the front, along with the box name, and on the back tells you what the product is, what it does, and how much it costs.

This card reads:

"Valentine's Day might only last 24 hours, but we're celebrating love the entire month of February. This is the first Voxbox of 2013 and lucky you- you're one of our Sweethearts! Roses, candy hearts, and now, Voxboxes are all standard when it comes to love..."

Then the rest reads about us having to check our box in, and share our reviews/experience with the products via social networking sites.

Now onto my box, I'll start with the least exciting and go up to my favorite!

The first thing that I received is this:

This is a SkinnyGirl Daily "Skinnygirl On-the-Go Bars" in the flavor Coco-Nut with Peanut Butter. The card reads:

"With only 180 calories per bar, you can enjoy Skinnygirl On-the-Go bars guilt-free. The bars are natural, kosher, and high in fiber. All bars now have MORE protein & MORE fiber, LESS sugar & FEWER carbs! These bars are the perfect indulgent treat for individuals looking to maintain a healthy lifestyle."

This will be the only product in this post that I'll do a review on (others will be separate posts) because there's not much to say about it. I'm not a health nut, but I do love my granola/nutrition bars. This was exceptionally tasty! I wasn't really excited to try it because these "Low Calorie" bars usually don't have much taste and have a weird texture, but the coconut and peanut butter really pulled the bar together. I highly enjoyed it. One thing I don't like is that this is priced at $9.99 for 5 bars. 5 BARS! That's nuts! I'm going to stick with my Quaker Granola bars :)

The next thing is:

Not Your Mother's Beach Babe Texturizing Sea Salt Spray. This was an optional product, you could have received this or the Not Your Mother's She's a Tease Volumizing Hair Spray. According to the card:

"Rock a sexy beach look even on those days you're not at the beach! Infused with natural Dead Sea salt and sea kelp, Beach Babe helps create voluminous texturized and wind-swept waves."

The full sized product will cost you $6.00 which is highly acceptable for an awesome product like this!

Second to the last product:

Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response Deodorant. This was one of the two products that I was on the verge of buying! I received a sample of Clinical Strength way back when it was first introduced (or re-introduced...not sure how old it actually is) and I fell in love, but what was keeping me from purchasing it was the price tag! $9.99 for a deodorant, in my opinion, is CRAZY! I've been seeing commercials for this all the time and it just keeps eating at me, I would have caved in and purchased it had Influenster not been generous to give it to me for FREE! So thank you again! This deodorant is in Serene Citrus! The card reads:

"Did you know there are three causes of sweat- heat, movement and stress? Stress sweat comes from a different gland, so it actually smells the worst. Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response in Serene Citrus is uniquely formulated to protect you from all three causes of sweat, especially stress sweat. It's proven 4x more effective at protecting against stress-induced underarm wetness than the wetness protection required of an ordinary antiperspirant."

This product retails anywhere from $7.99-$9.99 (an assumption of possible different sizes.)

Last but not least, my all time FAVORITE product I've ever received in anything that I've ever got in the world. (That was a little overly dramatic, but I still LOVE it!):

THE OLAY FRESH EFFECTS {VA-VA-VIVID!} POWERED CONTOUR CLEANSING SYSTEM!!!!! YAY! I've been raving about this product since I saw it in some magazines and the commercials on TV! (Seriously, even ask my mom!) I was verge of buying it, literally within the next week. Then I saw someone had posted the picture of their SweetHeart Voxbox, and I almost DIED! I was so excited to see I was actually getting this for FREE! THANK YOU INFLUENSTER! I know you're reading this ;) From the card about the Cleanser Brush itself:

"A vibrating, tri-tip facial cleansing brush that packs some punch! This battery-powered device reaches deep into contours, liberating skin from dirt, oil, and makeup in hard-to-reach places for a clean that is 400% better than basic cleaning."

The system retails for $12.99 and includes the brush an a mini cleanser.

The card also explains the cleanser, "Shine Shine Go Away!":

"All the purifying power of a mask with the fresh feel of a daily cleanser. This face wash gently lathers and reaches deep into skin to help reduce the appearance of pores."

The full sized Cleanser retails for $6.99 (full size of course!).

 

Overall I was PLEASANTLY surprised and happy with this box! Of course, I have no room to complain considering I got all of these products for absolutely nothing, just my time in testing and reviewing (which I live to do anyways! And yes...I said LIVE not Love, but I do that too :P)

I'd like to thank Influenster again for the opportunity to do this!



 

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Fresh Effects

Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response

Not Your Mother's

SkinnyGirl Daily

 

 

 

 

NYC New York Color Show Time Glitter Eyeliner!

This will be another COLLEGE VOX BOX post from Influenster :)

Story goes, I received a College Vox Box from Influenster to try out and review. If you don't know what Influenster is, it's an awesome program that sends you things to review and try out. You receive things called Vox Boxes that contain a number of items that are related with the theme. Mine of course was all about "pampering" after a long day of classes. If you'd like to join Influenster you can go to their website (Influenster.com) and sign up from there. You will take surveys and earn badges that will place you into these campaigns.

ON TO THE REVIEW! This review, by the title, is from NYC (New York Color) a brand I absolutely adore, and it will be for their NEW Show Time Glitter Eyeliner! Now I'm going to firstly say that I don't wear makeup. At 20, I JUST started wearing mascara, so I will be gradually working my way to get to use this properly. BUT I have tried it out on my hands and I did try it out on my eyes (not used to the look of eyeliner, so I was a little shocked).

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Now because of the fact I don't regularly USE eyeliner (or actually have tried it out for that matter...) I'm not sure how to compare it to other brands. All I do know is that from testing it out on both my hand and eyes, I've found that it does go on VERY smoothly and I was completely satisfied with the fact that you're actually able to see the glitter in the eyeliner. I was thinking you know, they would barely be in there and it was just a marketing ploy, but oh no, I was completely wrong, they are in there and you can SEE them!

This is from the Vox Box introduction card that is sent in every box:  " Missing the Spark? Get it out there with Show Time Glitter Eyeliner Pencils. Create jewel-encrusted eye looks with these long-wearing glitter-infused rich colors. No doubt you will be dazzling."

Boy were they right about the long-wearing, although not for the eyeliner itself. The glitter pieces stay on your skin (or eyes) for a LONG time. I was still seeing bits of glitter on my eyes for a few days after taking it off (which by the way comes off with water, IE. not water proof.)

At $2.49 a pencil, for a makeup/glitter fanatic, you literally can not be beat. NYC remains to be one of the most outstanding drugstore brands I've ever used.

These new Show Time Glitter Eyeliners can be picked up at drugstores and mass merchandisers nationwide!

Product Website: www.newyorkcolor.com

Broadway Nails ImPRESS Press-On Manicure!

Hello everyone and welcome to my first post on my new blog! I'm hoping to get a camera for Christmas, so for right now I'm going to be using Google Images and crappy iPod Touch quality pictures :)

I'm part of the Influenster group where you get a chance to receive Vox Boxes that contain products that you get to try out and review. I recently was chosen to be apart of the College Vox Box, and inside of it I received the new ImPRESS Press-On Manicure Nails in Holla!

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Let me tell you, I LOVE these nails! Not only is the design beautiful, but they're long lasting and they really are fast & easy like the package says. The package comes with 24 nails in 12 different sizes, but unfortunately I have very naturally long and wide nail beds, so I was unable to use them for my thumb and middle finger, BUT when contacted on the company facebook about this unfortunate problem, they informed me that in the next year they'll be coming out with bigger nails for longer, wider beds. AMAZING! I'm a nail art fanatic, but most certainly will be purchasing them.

Now if you play these right, you might be able to get 2 uses out of them. I was able to put them on my nieces hand, and the ones that I could fit on my fingers and still have a few left over.

Overall I believe that these nails are worth the $5.99 for colors or the $7.99 for patterns. You can purchase these nails at any drugstore, K-mart, Walmart, Target ect.

TIPS:

• Make sure your nails are cut and CLEANED! The ImPRESS will NOT stick to oily nails or nails with dirt fragments on them.


• For added time wearing them, add a little Nail Glue to the beds of your nail, it will make them last longer.


• Some people say they aren't numbered, but they ARE, if you can't see the numbers (they're usually near the tips) then take a pencil and lightly rub it against it so it will show better (the pencil can rub off)

HAVE FUN with this product! I know I did :)

 Product website: http://www.impressmanicure.com/