Friday, February 17, 2012

February Birchbox

This is my second month with Birchbox and I was kind of on the fence about it when it first arrived.  At first glance, it didn't seem quite as fun as the first one. 

However, once I started trying things, I changed my mind.

At first glance


The overview.  My thoughts are in bold. 

Jouer: Luminizing Moisture Tint--I've never used a tinted moisturizer but I really liked this. I might save it to try in the summer because right now my skin is at it's PALEST and even the light shade is too dark. It made my skin a bit shiny but it didn't feel oily so that's a plus.

Benta Berry: G-1 Moisturizing Face Cream--an all natural moisturizer which regulates oil levels and keeps skin matte.  I think I'm going to have to get this.  I have extremely oily skin and even with oil free moisturizers, I feel like my face is slick.  My skin felt amazing with this. 

Lifestyle Extra--Supersmile:Powdered Mouthrinse--just add water to the pouch and it creates an on-the-go refeshing mouthwash. I tried it out and it wasn't awful. It had a subtle mint flavor but my one dislike was that not all the powder dissolved even after you repeat the rinse. I'll stick with my Crest mouthwash.

Dermalogica: Daily Microfoliant--an exfoliating powder.  Just add water to create a paste that will buff dead cells away.  This was AMAZING.  My skin felt so soft afterwards and it's very gentle.

Violent Lips: Temporary Lip Tattoos--These celeb favorites are a fun way to sass up your usual lip color.  All I have to say is who came up with this ridiculous idea???  I tried them out and would never go out in public, and I'm too embarrassed to post a picture.  I got the top lip on fine but it made my lip super dry.  I hated it.  I couldn't get the bottom part to stick so I just didn't bother.  I don't know who would use these.  They look ridiculous.
There are just no words...


15 comments:

Lil' Woman said...

Haha...I heard about those lip tattoos, now I'm going to have to Google a picture.

Memoirs of Me & Mine said...

This is interesting... I haven't heard of them.
http://www.memoirsofmeandmine.com/

Mrs. Monologues said...

Super jealous, you got the box I wanted! What do you have as your splurge item?

I am going to give birchbox another month, I am still on the fence.

Pamela said...

Lip tattoos?? Oh my gosh, hahah! Never heard of that!

Chloe Deverill said...

OMG. Tattoos? for lips??!!
This is ridiculous and hilarious!! hahahaha

Ryan V. said...

I saw that someone else got those lip tattoos in their feb birchbox. They are SO weird!! haha I would like to try a moisturizer with a tint. My face is usually pretty pale even in the summer. Does it have spf?

Tami said...

I am dying over the lip tattoos! I so hope I don't get those in my February box but all of the other stuff sounds pretty awesome!

Meg - [Life of Meg] said...

SO fun!!! And I think we're all dying to see that lip photo! ;)

MaryBeth said...

The lip tattoos sound like they would be awesome for some crazy sports fan or for an unusual halloween costume! haha

Katie said...

The moisturizer sounds like something I'd like to try. Isn't oily skin the worst? SO frustrating.

Breanna said...

Your lip tattoos sound as ridiculous as my eye liner stick-ons! Haha! :) I'm glad you liked some of the things, though! :)

Breanna said...

Oh, and I left you a Blog Award! :)

Jen said...

Haha, I had a lot of those same items, but I did not get the wild lip tattoos! That is just all kinds of crazy... and yet I don't think I'd be able to resist trying it out!

So fun!

Megan said...

I have super oily skin...I need that cream! And seriously, those lip tattoos are hilarious!

Emily said...

lip tattoos?! I am intrigued !