To skip or not to skip, that is the question…

So by now I’m sure most of you have seen Julep’s theme and colors for June. SAIL INTO SUMMER! 

The playful preppy colors in our NANTUCKET NOSTALGIA collection have me daydreaming of beaches and boardwalks.

The Modern Beauty box will contain:

The “world’s first” DD creme and DD concealer in the shade of your choice.

My thoughts-I have a holy grail BB creme I use daily and I don’t usually use concealer so I would not choose this box. I also can’t decide if the DD creme has yellow or red undertones. I have massive pink undertones and I read somewhere that this DD creme is yellow based so I’m thinking this won’t look super great on me. 

The Boho Glam box will contain:

Nail colors in Dianna (Seafoam green creme) and Lexie (Dandelion yellow creme) and DD creme in the shade of your choice.

My thoughts-I am LOVING Dianna, but I don’t love Lexie. I am not big on yellows and I just got a yellow in my Hooray it’s May mystery box so I wouldn’t choose this. I do love Dianna though and may try to trade for her. 

The Bombshell box will contain:

Nails colors Reagan(Electric dark pink creme) and Payton(Kelly green creme) and DD creme in the shade of your choice.

My thoughts- Meh. I love pink but I have so many pink shades like this and I even have some greens like this, so although I like the colors I wouldn’t choose this box. 

The Classic with a Twist box will contain:

Nail colors in Martha(polo pink creme) and Kennedy(khaki creme) and DD creme in the shade of your choice.

My thoughts-Love the colors, but I have so many shades like these already. I wouldn’t choose this box. 

The It Girl box will contain:

Nail colors in Bess(baby blue creme), Nan(Nantucket red creme) and Char(nautical navy blue creme). 

My thoughts-So I am officially an “It girl” and out of all the boxes I like this one the best. I’m not crazy about the baby blue, but I love the nantucket red and the nautical navy. I could trade the blue out most likely, so if I get a box it would be this one. 

Add-ons:

 

My thoughts-No. I don’t use concealer very often and I have pink undertones so I don’t think this would work for me. 

 

My thoughts-I am liking Bunny. From the description it sounds nice! Although I’d like to see a decent macro shot. I would get this as an add on. 

 

 

 

My thoughts-I am not loving this because I have so many brushes already. I could see someone who didn’t have a lot of brushes liking this though. 

 

Full upgrade:

 

My thoughts-I would not even consider upgrading this month.

So my fellow mavens, do I skip or choose It girl with Bunny as an add on? June is my birthday month and I think I deserve a treat. LOL but I treat myself every month so that’s besides the point. 

To skip or not to skip?? That is the question. 

Possible June Julep Maven Sneak Peek?

This photo was seen as a banner for Julep’s youtube page the other day. It may be a possible sneak peak at next month’s Maven items since it includes the DD cream and concealer which is confirmed for next month. 

 

To be honest I’m not excited about those colors, but they look like older colors to me. I guess when you create new colors every month your bound to have some repeats, or these could just be filler colors for the banner photo. I guess we’ll find out very soon!!

What do you think if these are the colors?

Julep’s April Maven Mashup

I just realized I was in April’s Maven mashup video <3 Cool!!

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Zoya: My Earth Day Promo Colors

I know this was awhile ago, but I am just getting around to posting the colors I got from the Zoya Earth Day Promo. I got 6 colors for $24 so half price!

 

Zoya Sam

Zoya Neely

Zoya Envy

Zoya Janice

Zoya Opal

Zoya Zuza

Took me forever to pick out which I wanted AND I got a lot of reds and green for some reason I am so excited to try these!

Battle of the Beauty Boxes May 2013: Ipsy Vs. Birchbox

Since I posted both my review posts, I wanted to go ahead and post my unboxing video in case you don’t follow my youtube (but you totally should!)

Julep Mystery Box: Hooray For May!

I just got my 3rd Julep Mystery box. The theme is “Hooray For May!” and the boxes feature 2 new brights, Charlie, a yellow and Korin, a green. I received version 2 containing Charlie, and it resembled this:

5 polishes and 1 bonus polish

Alice, Charlie, Avery, Vanessa, Sharon, & Grace

I was very excited because I LOVE all these colors AND there were no dupes to colors I already own!!!!! Yahoooo this mystery box was a success. From looking at other mystery box photos, I am gathering that this set of mystery boxes is all polish. I am ok with that just this once, but I really like the beauty products included in most mystery boxes.

1. Alice-Antique lilac shimmer-This was part of May’s Maven theme it was my “extra” polish in the little drawstring bag. I was thrilled to get this!! 

 

2. Charlie-Neon Yellow-This was one of the new bright shades featured in the mystery boxes for this month. 

Thanks to Betty’s Beauty Bombs for this swatch of Charlie.

3. Avery-Hot pink Creme-I love hot pinks! This is from April’s maven boxes.

4.Vanessa-Glitter top coat-can’t ever have enough of those!

5. Sharon-Dark, bold red shimmer-I am so excited for this, I love reds!

6. Grace-Classic go-to light pink sheer-This looks very nice to do a French Mani with.

Overall very happy with all the colors!

Now enjoy some pictures of nail polishes.

Which version did you get?

If you’d still like to order a Hooray it’s May! Mystery box you can do so HERE. 

 

May 2013 Ipsy Review: Spring Fling

Oh how this Spring Fling has been a grand one! I have never seen so much hype and excitement over an ipsy bag in all my life! And for good reason. Ipsy stepped it up this month big time. They brought in more full size products, more high end, loved companies, and more variation. This is the first month I’m aware of that Ipsy did variations of bags more like Birchbox does. This was met with some positive AND negative response. I was initially super excited about the variation and re-filling out my beauty quiz, but for some reason I still received the “core” bag. The good news? The core bag was pretty dang awesome! This is what I got:

All this for $10!

 

My box contained:

1. Mirabella Color Sheer lipstick in Daydream-I was slightly disappointed in the color. I was hoping for a brighter color like pixie or posy. But Daydream isn’t bad. I wear it to work and it’s a nice look.  I’ve worn it twice now. The lipstick itself feels pretty nice as well. Goes on smoothly and lasts awhile. 

 

2. Pacifica Roller ball perfume in Island Vanilla-I was hoping for this. I am usually not into vanilla scents, but this one is nice, and my husband seems to like it. I read somewhere that a man’s favorite scent is baked goods. Maybe that’s why he likes it? Who knows. This is actually my first ever roller ball scent and I love that I can take it to work and reapply easily halfway through my shift if I need to. Which I do, because I have to be smelling good at work. 

3. Zoya nail polish in Gei Gei-Again this is the color I was hoping for and pretty much made my entire day when I opened my bag!! I already own Neely from this collection, so I was really just hoping not to get that one. But I really wanted Gei Gei!!! I’m so excited to try it (after the tons of other polishes I have that I haven’t tried including a few Indies….) 

4. Anastasia Clear brow gel-I was meh about this. Still am. I have a use for brow gel, that’s not the  problem, the problem is a have a tinted gel I already use and love and it’s from e.l.f. so it costs like 3 dollars. I did try this and it’s not bad! And I read somewhere about using it to make your own personalized tinted brow gel so I may try that with something exotic like green or purple. 

 

5.Yaby Concealer in buff-I got excited thinking “wow Ipsy really matched my skin perfectly!!” then I found out this shade was part of the “core” bag, so I just got lucky. But hey I’ll take it!! I tried this concealer on both a blemish and under my eyes and I LOVE it. It blends nicely and covers well. I used my concealer brush from my January Ipsy bag and it worked great!! Also I’m using my GlamRX magnetic palette to store it in and it’s awesome!

 

6. *BONUS* Urban Decay Moondust eyeshadow in Space cowboy-I received this bonus for referring 2 people to purchase Ipsy bags. I got the exact color I wanted! I just love Space Cowboy! It’s neutral and I can wear a variety of colors with it! I can also use this on my eyes and since it’s neutral, I can feel good about wearing a bright or red lip with it. 

 

 

So bottom line: I’m thrilled with this month’s bag. So thrilled in fact that I ordered a second bag which may have been a mistake since I’ll be getting the same bag, but hopefully different colors! My fingers are crossed that I get totally different colors. 

What did you get in your bag??

AND..if you haven’t joined you should because it really looks like Ipsy is stepping up their game and getting amazing bags!! You can join HERE. 

 

May 2013 Birchbox Review: Beauty Diaries

This month’s theme was “Beauty Diaries” and included this card which you could fill out and take a pic and tweet for a chance to win a full size item of everything you received in your box. That would be cool!

 

I got Version 5 this month out of a possible 41 variations! 

This box contained the following:

1. Cargo Water Resistant Blush in Los Cabos- It’s a peach shade with gold glimmer. It’s really pretty, but not unlike several blushes I already own. It’s ok though because this is the item I was really hoping I’d get since I’ve never tried Cargo products before. I also like the little tin the blush came in. Mine came in perfect condition, but I know some other ladies were not so lucky. 

 

2. COOLA Classic SPF 30 Cucumber Moisturizer for Face-I have not tried this yet, but I wish I would have tried it today!! I just now realized it’s for the face and is a moisturizer also! I thought it was only a sunscreen. I will definitely slip this into my morning skincare routine tomorrow. 

3. Hail Merry Macaroons- I’m indifferent on these little extras they throw into the box. Most of them I have enjoyed so far. It was a small sample, just 2 small macaroons, but they were delicious! Honestly, I am not a coconut person at all, but these were yummy!! Very soft. 

4. Juice Beauty Green Apple Peel Sensitive-A decent sized sample! I’m excited to try this. The only other juice beauty product I have tried was the hydrating mist I got in my Ipsy bag a few month’s ago. I don’t care for it really. But this looks kind of cool. I haven’t done a peel in a LONG time. I should have done this today too, why didn’t I?!

 

5. Kérastase Bain Chroma Captive – Cleanse-Well well well another set of foils. I hate foil packets for multiple reasons, especially shampoo and conditioner packets because there is NEVER enough for all my hair AND I can never get the darn things open in the shower!! I did use these today, but I had to run out of the shower dripping wet for some scissors and all I had was my eyebrow scissors! I hated to use them, but desperate times call for desperate measures. I ended up needing all 3 packets to wash my hair. I did like the way it lathered and smelled. My hair does feel quite nice. 

 

So there you have it! Box version 5 and I’m decently happy with it! Out of all the variations I saw, this is one of the ones I’d have rather had. I think it was a bit of a weak month for Birchbox. 

Which Birchbox did you get?

If you are interested in joining Birchbox for $10/month you can do so HERE. 

*I do receive 50 birchbox points for everyone who signs up and purchases a Birchbox. 

Double Barrel Curling wand Demo

I love using a double barreled curler to create big sexy waves. This took about 45 minutes to create.