Influenster Maybelline Great Lash Royal Blue Vox Box Review

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Influenster Maybelline Great Lash Royal Blue Vox Box I received for testing purposes.

Great Lash mascara has been around for ages.  The reason it has such strength in the marketplace when new formulas and brands keep coming is because it really brings out the eyes without the need to spend a small fortune to do so.   However, I had never tried the new Royal Blue formula of that Maybelline mascara, only the black until Influenster sent it as a part of this latest campaign.

I have dark brown eyes and really love the effect of the vivid blue color for the flattering contrast it gives. The brush does seem a bit smaller than I cared for, but once you get used to it that brush does help separate lashes nicely.  

I also got to try their Unstoppable Automatic Pencil  701 Onyx eyeliner. This is a twist up type of smudge-proof liner that doesn’t need a separate sharpener to correct the tip in a black that does last for hours.  It glides on easily without tugging the skin.  It also is one that adjusting the thickness or thinness of the line is simple enough to do.

Have you tried these Maybelline eye products yet?  If not, find them at Walmart when you are shopping for some new makeup.

Not Your Mother’s Whip It Up Cream Styling Mousse Review

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Not Your Mother’s Whip It Up Cream Styling Mousse 

I was chosen by Influenster as one of the people that received the Spice VoxBox of beauty and food products to review.  Among the group was one hair styling aid from Not Your Mother’s brand called Whip It Up Cream Styling Mousse.

Before finding it in this box, I had never heard of the brand before.  However, I thought this Whip It Up Cream Styling Mousse made for a wonderful introduction.  

I do use a lot of mousse products to pump up my curls when styling.  This one came out with the most delectable vanilla cake scent ever.  It also had a different texture of being a thicker, whipped cream consistency than a typical puffy handful of mousse.  

I do have thick hair with some layers through it.  This mousse did help build up my curls and provided some decent control, but I did have to use a bit more than my current brand.  Nonetheless, I really thought it did a great job on my hair at an inexpensive drugstore price.

You can find Not Your Mother’s Whip It Cream Styling Mousse at the company’s website, Target, Walgreen’s or Amazon.

Influenster #RoseVoxBox Review

Disclaimer:  This post is based on free products provided by a company as a press sample from Influenster so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.

Influenster RoseVoxBox 

I was one of the lucky ladies selected by Influenster to review the #RoseVoxBox.  I didn't have a clue what the products would consist of.  All I knew was it was beauty related, which I couldn't love more!

What I found once my box arrived was a tube of Rimmel London's Scandaleyes Retro Glam Mascara, Dr. Scholl's For Her Cozy Cushions, beVita crunchy Breakfast Biscuits, Kiss Graduation Polishes, Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffles, and Vitabath Hydrating Lotion.

To be perfectly honest, the first product I tried was that Lindt Lindor Milk Chocolate Truffle since it was calling to me.  Oh, my goodness, it was the most delicious piece of milk chocolate you could ever want.  It was so creamy and velvety rich chocolate with a luscious moist center that nearly sends you over the edge with pleasure as you slowly savor it.  

The Rimmel London Scandaleyes Retro Glam Mascara has a huge plush brush that loaded up the mascara quickly for a beautiful thickening effect on my eyes.  It didn't clump, dries fairly fast, and stays put.  The black was also a rich bold color instead of a subdued shade.  You can't go wrong with the price either, $5.99.

I had never tried beVita crunchy Breakfast Biscuits before.  I got a package in Blueberry that had four individual biscuits, which were thin and tasted cookie-like instead of a plain energy bar.   These are packed with vitamins, fibers, and whole grain and so delicious.  I definitely am buying other flavors!

I did insert the pair of Dr. Scholl's For Her Cozy Cushions sent in my shoes.  These insoles have a multilayer design to better insulate while cushioning your feet more comfortably as you walk.  Yes, my feet were happier cradled in extra warm softness with each step they took.

The Kiss Gradation Polishes fascinated me.  This kit has three small bottles of glittering variations of deep gunmetal gray to silver that you apply in steps.  Once you finish the process, the nails graduate in color from the lightest at the bottom of the nail bed and gradually lighten to the middle color and ending with the deepest gray at the tips.  It was a very pretty effect, but it does take extra time to do all the coats just right.

Finally, I found a Vitabath Spa Day Citron Leaves Hydrating Lotion among my beauty goodies.  The scent was clean and so fresh with an ideal consistency for moisturizing with aloe vera, safflower and olive oils in the formula, which was free of mineral oil, phthalates, propylene glycol, and synthetic color. Using this nicely absorbing lotion, my skin didn’t feel greasy, only soft and touchable.

I love being an #Influenster and can't wait to see what my next project will be.  If you want an invite, just send me an email and I will help hook you up.

*Disclaimer:  Free products were provided from Influenster to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

Glam Made Easy: The Mary Kay Look Starlet-On-The-Go Kit Review + SWATCHES!

Disclaimer:  This post is based on a free product provided by Mary Kay through Influenster as a press sample so that I may offer my own  opinion, which may be the same or differ from yours.

The Mary Kay Look Starlet-On-The-Go Kit

To my good fortune, I was one of the lucky Influensters that were selected to receive the Mary Kay VoxBox with the Starlet On-The-Go Kit to review.  I got a Mary Kay Lash Primer, a Lash Love Lengthening Mascara (Black), a Cream Eye Color (Violet Storm), a Cream Eye Color/Concealer Brush, and a True Dimensions Lip Stick (Pink Cherie).  Although I use Mary Kay products, I had never tried the five products that were inside my goodie box so I was thrilled to get to try them.

The Lash Primer is the first product I played with.  This goes on as a clear coat  that I applied after curling my lashes before mascara.  I noticed this product does help give more volume to lashes than without, which I am always excited to see.  It retails for $15.00

Mary Kay Lash Primer

The Lash Lengthening Mascara had an exceptional design with its angled, rubber-like wand that could swoop in to coat basically all the lashes at once.  Though this is a somewhat drier formula, I thought it did a fabulous job of pumping up my lashes without clumping.   I didn't need a second or a third coat and loved the look of my longer, more ample black lashes.  Though this is not a waterproof formula, it held up without flaking, smudging, or causing my sensitive, allergy-prone eyes any irritation.  This mascara sells for $15.00.

Mary Kay Lash Lengthening Mascara

The Cream Eye Color is a smoldering deeper plum-violet shade in the container.  This shadow has a wonderful texture that enhanced further using the Mary Kay Cream Eye Color/Concealer Brush, with the perfect type of bristles for blending a cream shadow or the consistency of concealer.  The Cream Color shadow retails for $14.00 while the Cream Eye Color/Concealer Brush sells for $10.00.

Mary Kay Cream Eye Color and Color/Concealer Brush

I must admit I was rather surprised to see the shadow transform into a lighter version of this violet shade upon application.  Though it was different from what I expected, I thought the resulting hue flattered my brown eyes nicely.  Furthermore, I wasn't wearing any primer and this shadow help up for hours without any creasing problem!  

Mary Kay True Dimensions Lip Stick

As to the True Dimensions Lip Stick, Pink Cherie is a beautiful, smooth textured, medium rosy-pink that made my lips bloom with happy color and moisture.  The way to open this slim tube was usual and a bit more complicated  than most since you had to press down the clear section at the top before the lipstick could come free.   This lipstick goes for $18.00.  Nine other shades are also available.

Here I am wearing Pink Cherie.

I really thought everything I tried performed wonderfully and suited my light coloring and dark eyes exquisitely.  My favorite product was a tie between the Lash Lengthening Mascara and Cream Eye Color because they were excellent in my opinion.

Now that I have discovered these new products, I know I will be restocking and trying more in the future.  Do visit  Mary Kay and look into these cosmetics because I know you would probably love them just as much once you experienced them firsthand.


*Disclaimer:  A free product was provided to facilitate this review--not my opinion.*

My Influenster Spring, 2012 Beauty VoxBox Review

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Influenster Spring, 2012 Beauty VoxBox

Recently, I was selected to receive my first Influenster VoxBox to review.  I was lucky enough to be chosen to work with the Spring Beauty VoxBox of exciting products.  These included Sheer Cover Duo Concealer, Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Body Wash, ChapStick Lip SHIELD 365, Sally Hansen Salon Effects, Bath & Body Works Fine Fragrance Mist, a SOYJOY Bar, and a bonus product of Dr. Scholl’s For Her Ball of Foot Cushions.

What better way to celebrate spring and warmer weather than with a spritz of one of the new Bath & Body Works Fine Signature Fragrance Mists from their new fine fragrance mist collection of twenty exquisite scents like their award-winning Sweet Pea scent I found in my box.  This is a truly gorgeous fruity-floral  that is soft and yet beckons with top notes of luscious sweet pea, watery pear, logan berry, and rhubarb.  Your senses will detect a gentle stirring of more floral as the scent warms with freesia and cyclamen settling among juicy raspberries.  As the scent dries down, it is innocent but seductive at the time with creamy musk in an aloe nourishing formula. 

Sheer Cover Duo Concealer in Light/Medium was another item included in my goodie box. This concealer is sold in a one-month supply kit of six products with three bonus extras for $29.95. The two mineral makeup- based shades looked darker and more orange in the container than what I normally use.  However, these two shades did a remarkable job  to banish my dark under eye circles when I applied them on my light skin without caking into those fine lines or creases.  This also was excellent for covering a small spot I had on my face and blended well when I dusted some loose powder over it.  

Sally Hansen Salon Effects is the perfect salon-look finish for your nails that does hold up for days, almost a week for me, without any damage.  If you always chip and hate all the time you spend redoing your fingernails, then this is the way to go without that fuss or mess.  I got to experiment with the #210 Frock Star, which lit up my nails with glittering speckles of pink, green, blue, red, and yellow against silver.  All you do is peel off the top clear protective coat, and then the bottom protective adhesive before attaching to your nails.  These strips  come in forty shades of real nail polish.  They are a bit long so you might want to cut them in half and get double duty of that pack.    

To keep me going through all my rigorous testing, I found a nutritious, all-natural Soyjoy Bar of fruit and soy for energy.  I got mine in Blueberry and enjoyed it more knowing it was only 140 calories and a healthier sweet option than higher calorie alternatives.

Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Body Wash was also inside my beauty bounty.  This was a great moisturizing way to wash away my day with a refreshing light fragrance in a soap-free formula of colloidal oatmeal.  It lathered up nicely and is hypoallergenic and dye-free as well to make it extra gentle.

ChapStick Lip SHIELD 365 was field tested in the hot sun for an entire Saturday when I went to the flea market searching for treasures.  With antioxidants CoQ10 and Vitamin E, this formula felt wonderful on my lips and had that needed SPF 50 protection from UVA/UVB rays.  

Dr. Scholl’s For Her Ball of Foot Cushions was just what I needed to stop the pain I was having in my new heels.  This cushion prevented my foot from sliding forward and fixed me right up!

I must admit I had a blast testing out each one.  I found both some fantastic new products to better my life or some wonderful old friends that were tweeked up to make them even better.  Seriously though, I recommend checking each of these products out! 

*Disclaimer:  This is my own honest opinion.  No money was exchanged.  I received free products from Influenster to facilitate this review.*