Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012

This is the second VoxBox that I received from Influenster and BY FAR my favorite. Keep them coming! In it, I received: NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact - Dark Shadows - A complete compact for smoky eyes. Kiss Ever Pro Lashes Starter Kit - OMG, I love fake lashes but have a massive inability to apply them by myself. With the applicator, it's a piece of cake. Loved these. Bath and Body Works Mini Candle in Black Pepper Bergamot - so yummy and just as good as the competition at a better price. EBOOST - Kind of like Emergen-C - great season for it. Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin - I squeed when I saw these. I have wanted them for a long time. They rule hard. Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves Curl Defining Hair Cream - Makes your curls look amazing and the grape seed and jasmine smell will seriously bring all the boys to your yard. I cannot stop smelling my hair and neither can anyone else. I also received Boots No. 7 Beautiful Skin for Normal/Dry skin and it is amazing. Thank you so much, Influenster. Everything in this box is my jam.

Boots No. 7 Beautiful Skin

So it is that time of year again where my skin just dries right out. My huge problem is that I am really sensitive to a lot of products. It's so difficult to find anything that does not irritate my skin, that actually works, and does not cost eight million dollars. I was excited to try Boots No. 7 Beautiful Skin when I received it in my Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012. It's a two step system to clean and moisturize, and I received the normal/dry version which was perfect. YOU GUYS. Within about 4 days of using the products, especially the amazing night cream, my face was silky smooth, with no dry patches anywhere. You do not understand how miraculous this is. It doesn't matter how much water I drink, or how clean I eat, it is impossible for my skin to stay moisturized properly in the winter. Not anymore. I had heard about Boots No. 7 when I was in England. Everyone raved about how great these products were. I am so happy to have been able to try them for myself and see how great the results actually are. And they're crazy affordable and readily available. I am happy to be able to use skin care products that are meant for adults and not babies. OH happy day!

Goody Simple Styles Spin Pin

I have been wanting to try these FOREVER so I was super psyched when I received them as part of the Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012. Goody has never let me down. They've been my go to hair accessory brand since WAY BACK in the day. The Goody Simple Styles Spin Pins are seriously the best thing to ever happen to my hair. I have long thick hair and it takes about 8675309 bobby pins to put my hair up into a french twist, bun, whatever. With the spin pin it takes five seconds. FIVE SECONDS. To amazing hair. These things are a life changer. You can do several different styles with them, but for me, it is just really important to not just throw my hair in a ponytail and look sloppy when I don't have time to do it. I like a nice updo. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, Goody. You have literally changed my life.

NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact

As part of the Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012, I received the NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact. I love eyeshadow and I was already familiar with the brand. There are a lot of non believers out there but this is a high quality product for the price. I was super pleased to receive Dark Shadows, because I really love the smoky look. The primer is AMAZING and is a super nice bonus if you have problems with your shadow sliding off your face. The highlighter is pretty rad too. If you're new to the smoky eye look, just follow the directions and it's really easy to get a very professional look. Best of all, this compact costs $4.99. And it really is THAT GOOD. This is great for every day use and if you're traveling, you don't need to bring a billion eyeshadows with you - they're all right there in this compact. You may want to use your own brushes - the ones that come with the compact are decent but not outstanding. But hey, at that price, who cares?

Bath and Body Works Mini Candles

So if you know me, you know that I am obsessed with making my house smell pretty. AND IT ALWAYS DOES. I love candles, but they have to smell really good and they have to be long lasting. There are a few companies who do this very well, and they are very pricey. I received the Influenster Beauty Blogger VoxBox 2012, and was super psyched to see that it included a Bath and Body Works Mini Candle. I have tried a lot of their products (addicted to their hand sanitizer), but I'd never tried their candles. What a wonderful surprise!! I received Black Pepper Bergamot, which is not a flavor I would have chosen for myself, but it is awesome. Very manly smell, which works for me because I'm not into florals. And it lasts. And lasts. Even this teeny little candle can make my entire living room smell awesome for hours. They come in eleven million (okay maybe not that many, but SO MANY) scents and are super affordable ($3.50). Go buy some. I'm going to.

HEY!

I used to have this blog. And it used to be about other stuff and thingeys. But now it's going to be about new stuff and thingeys. Stuff that I like and use. Various thingeys that I want to talk about. Maybe not thingeys like Jean-Claude Van Damme (BUT MAYBE because I haven't seen Expendables 2 yet). It WILL be your source for how I feel about assorted nail polish, makeup, skin care stuffs and thingeys, and OF COURSE, beer, wine, and whisk(e)y. So random. Just like me.