January 2018 Birchbox Review

 Birchbox is a monthly subscription service that sends out 5 makeup and beauty items for $10. Items range from foil packets to sample size with the occasional deluxe or full sized item thrown in. Birchbox seems best for people who care about brand names and prestige in their beauty products and would like to sample something without breaking the bank.

Bonus Ipsy Post (f.k.a. some of the crap I've accumulated using rewards points, a.k.a. Thank you!)

Holy crap, look at that. Two posts in one night? Hell hath frozen over!

Ipsy's rewards system is pretty heinous but I did find that it does pay off occasionally. Part of the reason I can even redeem anything is because a blogger was kind enough to post my referral link on their site, for which I cannot thank that person enough. The result is the occasional product haul.

Ipsy Review for January 2018

I will just skip the preamble and address the pool noodle sized running shoe in the room. While I appreciate the spirit of January’s bag it is pretty goddamned hideous. I get it: to each his own, but I’ve never appreciated the aesthetic of tennis shoes outside of Converse, Vans or late 90's-early 00's Airwalks (i.e. any stereotypical skater shoe). When I first saw the January bag I first thought “fuck me, it’s a shoe” where elsewhere I kept hearing it was a pool toy. Fair point but seriously, New Balance. At least the bag contents fared somewhat better than the bag itself.

December 2017 Sephora Play Review

I loved the December theme so much. I’d already been in a very Art Deco leaning Streamline Moderne mood so the undeniable Gatsby vibe of this box made me giggle. Even the curation of the box seemed to add to the pre-war vibe. *squee!*

Also, sorry about the lack of price points. I'm seriously backlogged and while I haven't lost interest in blogging, I've been a bit bummed about the shit photo quality that I haven't had funds to fix, on top of being tied up with a mother-in-law, kids, and 6 days of work a week at 8-10 hours. End Rant. BoopBeepBoop.