I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year’s celebration! I am very full from yet another big family dinner and I feel like I’m all “celebrated out”! I sort of just want to get 2013 started and get those resolutions going! Empties seemed like an appropriate post to end the year with as I’m saying goodbye to both 2012 and product!
Body
I can’t believe it has been two weeks already and that it is once again time for me to go through my sample stash and pick some new things to try. I really want to get rid of all my shampoo packets so I am making those a priority! I seem to be pretty optimistic this week about the number of samples I *think* I will be able to get through. Maybe I’m just feeling very glass half-full at the moment, but I think I can do it!
Bath and Body
1. AHAVA – Mineral Body Lotion (40mL)
2. L’Occitane- Shea Butter Ultra Rich Body Cream (8mL)
3. Sugarfoot and Company - Oatmeal Cookies Body Lotion (1oz)
4. Mainely Cole’s - Silky Body Butter in Coconut Lime Verbena (1oz)
Makeup
5. Lash Card (2 cards)
6. Make Up For Ever – Sens’Eyes Waterproof Sensitive Eye Cleaner (25mL)
7. YSL – Mascara in Black (3mL)
Face
8. Balea – Skin Firming Peel Off Face Mask in Honey and Caramel (15mL)
9. L’Occitane – Ultra Rich Face Scrub (5mL)
10. L’Occitane – Immortelle Cream Mask (5mL)
Hair
11. Chi – Silk Infusion (15mL)
12. Wella- Brilliance Treatment (25mL)
13. Principessa Beauty - Dry Shampoo for Dark Hair (30g)
14. John Frieda – Weatherworks Shampoo/Conditioner (8.3mL each)
15. Arbonne - FC5 Nourishing Daily Shampoo/Conditioner (6mL each)
16. Fekkai - Brilliant Glossing Shampoo/Conditioner (9mL each)
17. Redken - Color Extend Shampoo/Conditioner (10mL each)
Alrighty, off to the races!
This post should have been up earlier, but when someone in the house gets the stomach flu, all resources get pooled for recovery purposes! Well, it’s now officially Fall and I am actually getting more and more excited for the colder days, new holiday collections and of course new favourite products!
Bath and Body
Hi!
This Topbox was a little strange for me because I’ve been so busy with work that I didn’t actually know what was in it until 2 days AFTER it arrived because I didn’t open it! It just goes to show how busy and stressful things were! As usual, Topbox did not disappoint! Their consistency of great products is very impressive. As a bonus this month, we even got to try out some new drugstore products!
In June’s Topbox I received:
Bread&Butter Face Cleanser
Excitement Level: Well, I knew I was getting this so it wasn’t really a surprise, but I’ve seen Bread&Butter products before and was curious so I’m very grateful to have a 90 day supply! Oh wait, this was supposed to be for my fiance…I guess he’ll have to share with me!
Full Size: 90mL/$11.67 (I don’t really know so I just took their 3 piece kit and divided by 3 because there aren’t any individual prices)
I Received: *FULL SIZE*
Pari Beauty Precious Glow
Excitement Level: Ooooh, when I was seeing what everyone was getting, this was the one that interested me the most! It’s a liquid shimmer lotion that can be used on the face, eyes or body, but works best as an eye primer or highlighter when mixed with lotion of foundation.
Full Size: 10mL/$15.00
I Received: I’m not sure because the picture of this product on the info card is in a much bigger container and says 10mL on it so I’m pretty sure we have a sample size ranging from 3 – 5mL ($7.50 at most)
Stila Forever Your Curl Mascara
Excitement Level: I really don’t know how good this will be…I haven’t seen too many raving reviews about it, but I’ll give it a try. There is supposed to have an “encapsulated raw ingredient” that enhances lash-curl memory. I’m kind of confused about what that means. To me, that either means that whatever ingredient they are using are found protected in a capsule OR in computer science it means “hidden”. I feel like it means the latter because we’re not being told outright what it is…
Full Size: 0.24oz/$29.00
I Received: 0.12oz/$14.50
Redken All Soft Argan-6 Oil
Excitement Level: Now this is one product that I hadn’t seen other people receive, although I haven’t watched any YouTube unboxings yet. I’m pretty excited to try this because I actually go to the salon twice a year to get the Redken All Soft Treatment so this will be great to try out! This is an Omega-6 enriched, fair trade argan oil that supposed to make dry, brittle hair incredibly soft. At the salon it totally works so I hope this stuff does too!
Full Size: 90mL/$34.99
I Received: 9.4mL/$3.65
Simple Eye Makeup Remover *Bonus*
Excitement Level: I’ve already received this in May’s Glossybox, but I use eye makeup everyday so having another one is more than welcome! It’s a great travel size and a great bonus to an already great Topbox!
Full Size: 125mL/$9.99
I Received: 56mL/$4.48
Garnier BB Cream *Bonus*
Excitement Level: Ah, so now I get to try Garnier’s BB Cream! I wonder if it will live up to my Marcelle BB Cream? I just hope the “light” shade I received is not too light for me…
Full Size: 75mL/$14.99 (London Drugs)
I Received: 4.5mL/$0.90
Total Value of Topbox: $42.70
I thought it was really cool of Topbox to provide the Bread&Butter product for the men as it gave my addiction to beauty boxes a little bit of validation! Great range of products once again and no shampoo samples! Yayyyy! I like shampoo samples, but it was getting to be a bit much so it’s nice to have a break this month. Overall, another great Topbox!
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