Sunday, January 27, 2013

Influenster Voxbox Head & Shoulder Review

Damage Rescue Shampoo and Conditioner



Today I am going to review my 3rd Voxbox from Influenster. It was very exciting to receive another email saying I was qualified to get the next special voxbox and this time I got to try the new full size Head & Shoulders shampoo and conditioner!

Last year I remember receiving my very fisrt Voxbox named the Latina Beauty Voxbox who was exclusively for hispanic heritage. I felt the luckiest girl to be chosen for the first time finally. Once I received my first box I got to do brand challenges which are optional but it's fun to do them..plus you get to earn more freebies from the companies you choose to review. I did it and won one of the brand challenges and got an email saying that I could qualify for the next Voxbox during fall and this is it! Now I get to review this great duo. 


With the first try I could honestly say that my hair was very soft and shiny. I love the smell and I could see the roots on my scalp more moisturized. I've been trying this for over a month and the results are consistent. The only downside about it is that I notice my hair getting oily after the next day I washed it. Instead of using it every day and I only use it twice a week now to avoid oily hair. I love how my hair looks smooth and shiny on the picture below: 


The brand challenge for this Voxbox was to enter a contest via the brand's Facebook page of Head & Shoulder for women. To complete my task, I entered the contest and shared what is my hair routine on a daily basis. After submitting my entry I also had to invite a couple of friends to participate. Finally, the last thing was to upload to Influenster a screenshot of my entry on the registration the page
to prove I had entered which is the picture below: 



This is what Head & Shoulder promises you: 
"The Head & Shoulders Damage Rescue system was developed specifically to nurture the scalp and dry damaged hair with intensive care, leaving hair up to 10x stronger in just four washes. Because of the carefully balanced combination of ingredients in the formula, Damage Rescue delivers both, intensive hair and scalp care with the proven anti-dandruff efficacy of Head & Shoulders."
Find your favorite and more information to get beautiful and healthy hair. Click here

I received this product complimentary to test through Influenster's Voxbox program. 



Monday, January 21, 2013

December Haul and Christmas Presents


 ❅ Hello Kitty  Bath & Body Works  

❅ Physician Formula  Essie  Walmart 

and ❅ Bath Bed & Beyond ❅  





❅ Hello Kitty 



This is one of my favorites things I got for Christmas because it's from Hello Kitty and because I've been wanting a wallet for the longest time. I am in love with this long wallet Nugeisha inspired! It's the cutest I could find in the Sanrio.com store and for only $35.00 plus shipping so total was actually $45.00

I love the design, It's a gorgeous bright pink.  It has six credit card pockets and one pocket at the very end to put your ID or any picture. The only downside is that these pockets are so tight and fit it will not let me insert a card in the last  ID holder because of the others on top. It has to sides to put your cash so that's plenty of space if you like to carry a lot of money. The zipper coin holder has a super cute Geisha fan. 


The left picture shows the back of the wallet with an extra opening to put more stuff. When opening the wallet it has 6 more pockets for credit cards or business cards.



A picture just showing the back of the wallet completely.























I love the cute pin bow! I could use it for different things. 


❅ Bath & Body Works 




This is a Christmas present I got for my mother and she loved the Candy Apple, it's one of my favorite too and reminds me of an old scent from BBW many years ago. The Shea Cashmere & Silk is normally for $10.00 but only paid $5.00 and for such a small bottle I believe that should be the real prize! The small sanitizers called pocketbac were 5 for $5.00 and since I had a coupon for a free item with any $10 purchase I got the Paris Amour for free. 











I took this picture to send it to BBW as my Christmas collection last year but I've added a few more things this year so it's bigger now. The ones I got this Christmas during the buy 3 get 3 free were only the Pink Sugarplum, Frosted Snowberry, Winter Candy apple, Cashmere Glow, Paris Amour, and Paris Amour bubble bath. As a Christmas present I got the Pineapple Mango, Caribbean Salsa, Sparkling Icicles, Sweet on Paris lotion  and the red ornament fragrance plug. The rest I bought back in black Friday 2012.  


❅ Physician Formula 

The Custom eye enhancing eyeliner trio for defined brown eyes are very pretty shades and when layered together they looked even better like the picture below.


This is my first time buying a Physician Formula 2-in 1 bronzer &blush and what caught my 
attention first was the pretty pink packaging with hearts. The mirror and the red with pink duo brush it's a very nice detail that makes it be even more perfect. I really love make up or products that have cute packaging and I believe it makes girls like me want to buy it even more...sometimes packaging is the only thing that matter for some girls.
On the packaging says "The three coordinated blushing shades can be used individually or layered and bronzer adds warmth for a natural tan glow while blushing shades enhances and accentuate cheeks for a radiant glow."  Also, I find to be very interesting that this product claims to make you feel happy! It says" Infused with our Happy Boost Blend featuring Happy Skin and Euphoryl, natural plant extracts which have been shown to promote a feeling of happiness by mimicking the effect of Endorphins and helping protect the skin from environmental stress." It is hypoallergenic, paraban free, and non-comedogenic so it will not clog your pores. The blush layered looked very pretty on my cheeks and the bronzer is  lightly applied over the face and neck for a natural-looking tan glow. The blush can also be layered on top of the bronzer for the ultimate effect and this retails for $12.67 at Walmart. 


❅ Essie 

The all in one base total nail treatment is one of my favorite purchases too because it made my nail color stay on for much longer. It keeps my nails stronger, shinier which I love and can be used with or without a nail color. Use it first by applying 1 coat as a base then let it dry; apply 2 coats of your favorite nail polish. Then put one final coat as a protective finish. You could also re-apply as many times you want to maintain a great manicure. 
Ingredients includes:
  • Argan oil- for smooth conditioning.
  •  Vitamin A, C, and E for enrichment. 
  • Nail builders to promote strength and growth 

Next is the disappearing trick conditioning cuticle remover and it claims to "help smooth and perfect your nails." It conditions cuticles and vanish excess cuticle in seconds. Using this product did nothing of a difference to my cuticles. Maybe it did condition my cuticles because they tend to get dry but applying lotion fixes that too. What I did liked about this is the tip shaped as pencil which makes it easier to glide it on the cuticles.

Ingredients includes: 
  • Softening cuticle  removing agent
  • 10 natural conditioning oils
  • Moisturizing Vitamin E

❅ Walmart 



This is just a vanilla cream scented soap I found back in December and got it for $5.00 at Walmart. The first time I found about it was from sparklyblonde1 youtube channel video called "Christmas Gift Ideas - Christmas Shopping Haul." I bought this purely because I loved the big cupcake design and thought it was very cute.  Once I finish using it I will keep using it as decoration in my bathroom and fill it with more soap. 


❅ Bath Bed & Beyond 



A SoundSpa Portable Sound Machine with 6 nature sounds. I've always wanted to get one of these because  I found these really relaxes me and makes me fall asleep faster. The sounds are: rain forest, ocean, heartbeat ( for babies), summer night, rain, and waterfall. It is small enough to carry it with you anywhere if you want, powered by batteries and with a plug. This retails for $19.99 and I also found about this when  sparklyblonde1 mention this in one of her youtube videos. She always find the cutest and great buys!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Black Friday Haul

Victoria Secret (PINK) Bath & Body WorksForever 21 Express Francesca's



Happy December!! 
It was my first time to experience the craziness of what BF sales are and it was crazy. I was so excited to get to the mall I actually told my boyfriend to start our shopping exactly at 12:00 am on Friday. First thing we see is the longest line of cars trying to enter the mall and trying to find us a parking space. I noticed that since there were so many people it didn't feel like it was that early in the morning.

 VICTORIA SECRET (PINK) 

 I went and bought these in separates days and everything I got is from the Pink store. The pajamas were all in L but got very lucky to find at least one in size S. Actually if it wasn't for my boyfriend helping me look for it I would have not found one. Along with that I also bought 5 cute under wears . Pink was also giving away the mini pink dogs with any purchase and secret reward cards with any $10 purchase.  


 BATH AND BODY WORKS 

Bath & Body works was the second store I went to buy on black Friday because their amazing candles were on sale 2 for $10 so I couldn't miss it and end up getting on of the candles and shower gel for free with my free item coupon with any $10 purchase. The wallflowers in winter candy apple & pineapple mango were also on sale; two packs refills for $5 when it's originally $12.50 each.

FOREVER 21
Forever 21 is one of my favorite stores because their prices are amazingly low.I am a college student right now so I am always trying to save as much as I can. So far I've never had any complaints with the quality of the clothes I personally own. Even though the quality it's not always the best at the store, you just have to look carefully. The stripes sweater caught my eyes with the neon color and the fabric is lightweight and almost sheer. Second, I bought gray jeans and honestly I've never bought jeans for such a low price! They fit like a skinny jean so it's great to wear it with any shoes.

 EXPRESS 


Express has been one of the stores I've just started to love because their clothes are very classy and elegant.  I wasn't planning on buying clothes during black Friday because I like taking my time trying on clothes but it was pointless to do so at Express because of the ridiculously long line... so I only chose one top. Everything was 50% off that day so good thing I didn't paid full price. This is what the print says on the back:
This is the place of endless fun. Life is in color, love is bright and brilliant. The golden sun shines, the skies stay blue. I ride the waves of life and my heart beats for you.


 FRANCESCA'S 

























Love my blue cardigan from Francesca's! The moment I saw it, it was love at first sight. I love the bright blue color and the fabric is great quality. I was pretty close on buying this full price before black Friday because I really wanted to have it now and was afraid somebody else would take it. I'm so glad I waited because during black Friday I paid half price!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact


NYC New York Color IndividualEyes Custom Compact

The beauty blogger Voxbox came with so many great products that were new to me like this custom compact from NYC New York Color. I am not someone who wears eye shadows too often. I would wear every kind of  make up but except eye shadow and this is all because I just really never learned how to create the right effect that it suppose to look like when applying eye shadow. Now, things have changed for me because this palette has made my life easier because it comes with steps telling you where to put the color on your eye. I know there is so many other brand palettes that have the same easy to do instructions but I was just too lazy to buy them lol. Every time I go out now is my favorite thing to put on my eyes because It makes my eyes pop and give me a complete new look. It's kind of strange how I wanted to buy a palette or mini compact for so long to get started and get comfortable applying eye shadow and finally I have it! Now, let me show you how a picture of myself and how I tried to pull off the colors! 


I know I need a lot more practice and from here is only going to get better because I am in love with all the effects you can create with eye shadows. I am lucky that I will not only have to practice on myself but next year I start the make up classes in my Aesthetics program and I seriously can't wait to learn more about make up.


NYC New York Color Individual Eyes Custom Compact has everything you need for a complete eye look. It comes with a primer, illuminator, applicator and complementing shadows. It is called an individual eye custom compact because it's designed for your eye color! Choose from the 6 available shades! Click here: 
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  • Union Square (brown  eyes) 938
  • Bryant Park (Blue eyes) 939
  • Central Park (Green eyes) 940
  • Smokey Browns (941)
  • Smokey Blues (942)
  • Smokey Greens (943)
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I received all products complimentary from Influenster.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Kiss Ever PRO Lash Starter Kit

Kiss® Ever PRO Lash Starter Kit


The kiss ever pro lashes was one of my second favorite product to try on from my Influenster VoxBox. It was honestly my second time trying to put on lashes and this time it was easier to put and all to the Pro Lash applicator ( the pink little stick) It was very interesting to try on these lashes because they looked very bold and dramatic. Each kit comes with 1 pair of eye lashes, 13 adhesive, and 1 Pro Lash applicator. The kiss lashes have a variety of looks to choose from so you can  find the perfect for you. You can find one for your day time look or evening here in their website:







Once I finished putting them on I noticed that they look very dramatic and would fit better for an evening look. I felt super confident like I was about to walk the runway! My eyes looked very dramatic and mysterious I also felt I was somebody else. I have to say that once I went out to show off my new style I realized that people were staring at my eyes which It kind off made me feel like wow..I did not know putting on some eye lashes could actually change your whole look so easy and fast. The Ever Pro lashes are so affordable and easy to use if it's your first time trying eye lashes on. Here is how I looked with my favorite eye lashes on!

I promise these eye lashes look even better in person than in pictures. I could not fully capture how different my eyes looked with these on! I totally loved it!

I actually had to cut the inner corners but just a little bit because my eyes are small. If you are interested in getting these eye lashes they retail for only $4.99

To use: Apply the glue to the lash band and let it dry/set for 30-60 seconds for the adhesive to become clear. After that grab the Pro lash applicator and put it along your natural lash line. Hold it still so it dries completely and repeat with the other one. In no time you will have flawless and gorgeous, dramatic...just bold looking eye lashes you will want to show off to everyone!


I received this product complimentary to test through Influenster's VoxBox program. 

Monday, November 19, 2012

Bath & Body Works Fall Mini Candle


Today I am going to review about a wonderful product from the very well known brand Bath & Body Works. One of the products I received inside my Influenster Voxbox was the mini candle called White Barn Nutmeg & Spice. This scent has completely made me fall in love and wanting for more. Every time I smell it makes me feel warm and cozy...you know that feeling when you get home after a long day. It only takes a few minutes to work its magic and take you over with the amazing nutmeg and spice scent. I have to say that I am the kind of person that is not too fond of strong fragrances because I get dizzy very easily but this candle it's not too sweet or strong is just PERFECT! I was surprised at how well this mini candles delivers so well the scent I could smell it across my room. This is also actually the very first candle I've ever tried from Bath and Body Works and I am so glad I got to test this one out. Next to the nutmeg and spice is the White Barn Frosted Cupcake and I have to say that these two combined make my room smell even better. 





I can't wait to get this one in the 3-wick candle this week on black Friday. I am going to go crazy and might just get a bunch of these along with the frosted cupcake. Those two are my top favorite.


These candles are exclusively executed and tested by a team of home fragrance experts, including world's best master perfumers. They are so many variety of scents to choose. They are small but believe me when they say they are mighty! These mini candles will fill your room, house with amazing scents and the candles are just beautiful. Go check them out right now too see the full list of mini candles and all of their top rated candles for this year: Bath and Body Works website 




I received this product complimentary to test through Influenster's VoxBox program.







Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Life Lately

Birthday Cake Soho Congrats Note  Rock City, Chattanooga, Tennessee  My Opi Nails  Beauty Case from Soho Ruby Falls, Chattanooga Tennessee ❧ Gucci & I   Paper Craft Hello Kitty ♥'s My Laptop ❧ Caramel  Frappuccino (free bday gift from SB) ;D

News  Paper Nails by Opi HK Lamp From Walmart A Saturday Afternoon  Haagen Dazs Ice Scream Date with Hubby Baby Gucci  My Coke Rewards AMC Tickets  BF with Paper Lips  Lover of Chocolate  Piña Coladas at Tarahumata