Essie-Absolutely Shore Swatch

Essie-Absolutely Shore

This polish came out in the Summer 2011 collection, I believe.

I'm only posting and swatching because I found this at TJ Maxx for $3.99 and wanted to let y'all know and show you a swatch incase you wanted to know what it looked like.

NOTD-Essie-Glamour Purse-Swatch

Hey, Everyone.

Today's nail is brought to you by Essie's Fall 2011 Brand New Bag Collection in the shade Glamour Purse.

Influenster's Holiday Voxbox-overview.

My Holiday voxbox came in the mail today! Yay! 

All the goodies that came in the Holiday Voxbox.

The helpful little card with so much knowledge...

Some influenster's got a bonus, based on the badges you've unlocked.

Woot.

First up,

imPRESS-press on manicure by Broadway nails.

Working Girl

Price range $5-$8

Celebrity Endorser-Nicole Scherzinger

This should be interesting, as I hate wearing fake nails...we will see, we will see. lol.

They are very pretty though, I got a crackle with silver glitter...

Montagne Jeunesse

Passion Peel Off-Pulped Pomegranate

Is Pomegranate the new trend? 

You can get these at Target/Walmart for about $1

LARABAR

Cherry Pie

Gluten Free*Dairy Free*Soy Free*Vegan*Kosher

16 count for $25.45 or 12 mini count for $14.95

Mentos-Pure Fresh-chewing gum

15 count about $1.50 

NYC- Liquid Lipshine

Nude York City

about $2.50 for 7.2ml

Softsoap

Coconut scrub bar soap

I'm seeing a trend...coconut and pomegranate are the "it" scent. lol. 

4 count for about $3.50

And, for the BONUS!

Garden Botanika 

Lash Primer

$14 for .26oz

I'm excited to try this, I have no lashes at all, it's really sad. :0P

Well, I'm excited to start trying these products out and I'll be reviewing them shortly. 

Go check out Influenster if you're interested to see how you can start receiving and reviewing products.

www.influenster.com

It's easy and FREE!

Have you tried any of these products? Love 'em? Hate 'em? 

XO

December Julep Maven box-Bombshell

I wasn't supposed to get this until the 7th, and it arrived yesterday. Yay! for fast shipping. :0)

I did a shelf pull this month. I chose the Bombshell box instead of the American Beauty box. 

Look at how cute this packaging is! Julep normally comes in a black box and a black bag. 

The card that tells you what you got. 

*I have no clue with my pictures flip sideways-and I can't fix it! Ugh*

Adorable festive packaging. 

My box came with Julep's Pomegranate body creme.

This is a full 4 oz size and is $18 on their website. 

I was slightly afraid I wouldn't like this scent since I'm not too big on pomegranate, but this is actually pretty nice. It's not overpowering at all. 

This has pomegranate and papaya enzymes in it, which dissolves dead skin cells.

I love this stuff! It makes my hands so soft and it's not greasy at all. 

It's also paraben free.

I guess this is an "extra." Some people got glitter, I got little pearls. I don't know if I didn't get that much on accident or what, compared to others that I've seen, I didn't get that much. lol. 

 "Demi"- Julep describes this as an elegant burgundy. 

And Julep Fast Dry Topcoat-these are full size and are $14 each.

This is a gorgeous red shade and I only applied one coat and no topcoat in this picture. 

I've noticed most of Julep's nail polish only needs one coat to be opaque. I love it. 

All of my goodies.

For those who don't know, Julep Maven is a monthly subscription program for nails/hands and costs $19.99 a month. 

You take a test on www.julep.com to see which beauty profile fits you best and you'll get an email every month to show you what box and colors you'll receive. Unlike normal monthly subscription companies, Julep lets you do a "shelf pull" and pick a different box. You can also skip a month if you don't like any of the options, or just running low on funds that month. 

Each box has well over $40 worth of products and is totally worth it in my opinion. 

Once you become a Maven, you'll also get a special discount code for 20% off all your orders and free shipping.

(You can order off their website even if you're not a member)

Are you a Julep Maven? What are your favorite Julep colors?

XO

November Birchbox-Getting Gifty

I FINALLY got my November Birchbox in the mail today. Yay!

I was getting pretty worried since it's been sitting at the post office since Thursday. I actually had to stop by the post office to see what was up. With Veteran's Day and Sunday, they just hadn't got to my box yet....anyways, I finally got it today and it was worth the wait.

I have to say this is my favorite box so far. 

-Getting Gifty-

Since it took my box so long to get to me, I cheated and looked it up on the BB website. 

I would have cheated anyway, who am I kidding?

I got BB#21

I was really shocked that I earned the Baublebar, I didn't do anything extra special other than just reviewing the products. *shrugs* I am super excited about though. I really wanted one. 

I got Oscar Blandi-Jasmine Protein Mist-250ml is $18 

This came in a 2oz travel size. I love it when they send travel sized items. 

I am curious to see how this works. It's supposed to protect, fortify, and revive damp or dry hair. 

LaROCCA Skincare-Champagne & Shimmer Body Polish

6.76oz is $35 and this came in .05oz.

It says it features 24K colloidal gold...Oooooh, luxurious.

It smells a little medicine-y though, like when you have a cold and need vapor rub, yeah, like that.

My Bauble Bar! It's made of wood and has a sparkly ball in the center and is on a leather cord. It's actually very nice.

I totally feel like Justin Bieber and I are BFF's now.

You can get this for $20 at:

http://baublebar.com/index.php/fashion-jewelry/womens-bracelets/black-wood-pop-bracelet.html

Klorane-Soothing Eye Makeup Remover with Cornflower

3.4oz goes for $9

They sent a .08fl oz, nice for traveling.

It says it's for sensitive eyes and is paraben free, so that is awesome.

I was so happy to get a nail polish in my box, I think I have an addiction. lol.

Zoya nail polish in Noel.

.5fl oz is $8 and this was .25fl oz.

This is a nice blue denim shimmery shade and it's a Holiday 2011 collection.

My treat was this Chuao Chocolatier-Firecracker Chocopod

The card says it's dark chocolate laced with chipotle and popping candy....hmmm, I am curious to see how this tastes. I don't really like spicy things...

2.8oz goes for $6

This was .39oz

I was very impressed with this months box. This has got to be, hands down, my favorite box so far. I give this box an A+

What did you get in your birchbox? How did you like your box? Did you get the Bauble Bar? Do you feel like you're BFF's with Justin Bieber, too? 

XO