Hair Woes

About once a week Birchbox calls upon bloggers to answer a fun beauty question. Last week it was, 'What music do you listen to while you're getting ready for a night out?' This week they are asking, 'What is your biggest hair concern?'

Reminiscing over my recent hair adventures and the main thing I think of, right about the time the bleach/dye/ect. is already on my head, is, "How bad is my hair going to be damaged this time? Is this the time it all falls out?" Then I think about all the fun wigs I could get and I fall into acceptance with this possible outcome. About a week later I start to notice the damage. My hair is dry, starting to frizz, and it just does not look right. I need something to help smooth it and give some shine out without piling a whole bunch of product on it.

I had tried everything from balms to creams to oil treatments, and it wasn't til a few months ago that I found the most amazing product. Last October, Birchbox brought to me a little bottle of love, also known as Orofluido Elixer. This elixer is a wonderful blend of argon, linseed, and cyperus oils. The blend of oils makes hair stronger, shinier, and smoother for a beautiful soft look.

I like to put a few drops in my hands and tousle my hair just out of the shower to get a more wavy look. Once I have my hair styled for the day I take another drop just on my finger tips to help tame the flyaways. Right away I noticed a difference. After using it for a week my hair was less frizzy, softer, and more manageable. I went through the sample dram super fast and used my Birchbox points to get a full size! I use the full size to keep the dram full so I can take it with me in my purse.

Oh, did I mention how incredible this stuff smells? I would eat it if I could, it is a lucious amber and vanilla scent. I find myself putting a little extra and rubbing it into my hands just to keep the smell close. It soaks right in and doesn't leave you all greasy, and you smell amazing!

This reminds me, I'm starting to run a little low, it is about time to get a new bottle. ^_~

Birchbox May 2012

It's that time of month again, Birchbox time of course!


This month was inspired by the chic styles of Gossip Girl. I am not the biggest fan of the show, I admit I only watched one season and during that season I got super into it, but it didn't catch my attention to the point that I was sitting on the edge of my seat to see what Chuck was going to do next season. Although, Chuck is sneaky and super stylish. Okay, okay, the show is good but I cannot handle another show to keep track of right now, maybe I will watch the last two seasons on DVD.

Anyway...The box is Gossip Girl inspired, and I received the 'Chic Sunday Brunch' box, well one of the varieties. This is what was inside:

  

Samples (brand, item, value):

• Arquiste - L'etrog  -  $ 3.39
• beautyblender - blendercleanser  -  $ 2.92
• Color Club - Disco Nap  -  $ 4.00
• Dr. Jart + - Waterfuse BB Cream  -  $ 1.13
• twistband - Skinny Headband  -  $ 3.33
• Extra - Notecard  -  $ 0.83

Total Value  -  $ 15.60

The best part of the box, Dr. Jart+ BB cream. Worst part of the box, the beautyblender - beautycleanser. The main reason I name that as my least favorite in the box, I don't have a beautyblender, and I totally want one!

The nail polish is great, but I'm not the biggest fan of gold. The only exception in Zoya - Jules, it is the softest, nicest gold, and I really dislike that color, I'm a silver/white gold/platinum kind of girl. The white tones look better on my skin than yellow, it's just a personal preference.


Surprisingly I LOVE the headband, but have lost it just as soon as I got it out of the box. doh! I know I hear crap from vlogs/bloggers about their hate and discontent towards Birchbox for even putting the same hair ties in the boxes. I, for one, love them. I still have and regularly use the one I received in my August 2011 box. I have large wrists so these are great and don't cut off circulation to my hands. I got a small silver one a couple months back and that one goes in and out with my other one. They are not as bad as people make them out to be.

Overall I liked my box, it was not the best nor the worst. It is just a jumble of things kind of thrown together. I'm happy to try some new things, and other things I'll throw into my swap night pile for next time. I'll be back soon to post the swatch for the polish and BB cream. ^_~

Ladies Night!

Now this was a brilliant idea brought up by one of my girlfriends, Elan - the brilliant mind behind the Yay Laboritories! over there...to your right...just a little bit further...yup that cute blue thing, now click on it, yeah that's the spot. ^_^

She was cleaning out her makeup/nail polish drawer and weeded doubles and things that she hasn't worn in a while. With a short, two days, notice I was able to go through my drawers of nail polish, makeup, and Birchbox goodies to bring two full Birchboxes filled with stuff (the boxes are like 4x6x2ish). One had all nail polish, some I was a little hesitant to let go of, and others I was happy to give away. The other was a full collection of samples I had received in my boxes over the last nine months. 

Between the four of us ladies we had a pretty good haul. Check it out.

After some pizza, wine and putting the men down for a movie, we got going. With lots of girl talk over men, babies, work and stuff, we passed things around this is some of what I made out with.

Nails --->

From left to right/top to bottom:

Nubar - 2010 / NerdLacquer - I Think You Call Me...Sexy / ULTA - Deck The Halls / Sally Hansen Gem Crush - 01 Showgirl Chic / Nicole By OPI - A Million Sparkles / Zoya - Ivanka , Meg , Reece

AMAZING! Not only did I get my first Nubar, it is 2010! Always a fan of more Zoya, and I lovethe sparkle of everything else. A new holo, a Dr. Who inspired color, and fun glitters.

The makeup --->

sorry for the darkness, you'll get better pics soon ^_^

I want to swatch everything! But one thing at a time, first the mineral makeup and then I'll be on top of the nails. I'm currently recuperating from a nail chomping movie night, just a few more days and I will be back in full swing.

I promise I am not going anywhere for a while I have 2 or 3 more posts that I'm currently working on, and they will be up as soon as I load all of the pictures. I will see you all tomorrow, and don't be afraid to add me to your follow list. I don't bite, hard ^_~

What time is it?

I'm a fan of cartoons for adults, that were made for kids. This is like the modern day Ren & Stimpy, and when I look back on how awesome I thought they were when I was a kid, now I look at them and think What The Frak was that?! I should not have been watching that, but it was AWESOME!

Now the kids/parents have Adventure Time!

I was turned onto this years ago and I have been slowly introducing friends and their kids to the show as well, and they ALL love it!

The two main characters are Finn (he's a 14-y/o boy with an active imagination) & Jake (his sidekick dog with super awesome powers), they live in the Land of Ooo (which is meant to be some post-apocalyptic land, and all the people are food!). These two go on amazing adventures and save princesses from the evil Ice King.

But enough of that, I was in the local toy store and I heard that they were coming out with action figures of Finn & Jake, so I wanted to check them out. Sadly all but the super large action figure of Finn (with interchangeable faces) was left and these amazing 'Grow your own Finn' & 'Grow your own Jake'

I picked up the Jake, with hope of really getting it to grow up to 500x his size! Here is the first photo.

Awesome right? LOL.

Now I know that this veers far from my makeup and lifestyle products that I said I was going to post all about but the geeky side of me could not let this go!

The journey of growing Jake...

Day 1

Day 4

Jake has been in and out of my sink for the last 4 days, and the package says that he will keep growing over the next week if I keep him in water.

When I first got him it was like holding an egg, this is how big he is compared to my hand.

Scary eyes!

I'll see how big he gets for the remainder of the week and I'll edit the post as needed. I'm hoping to make my way back and pickup Finn and see how big he gets. ^_~

*edit: I think jake as bit the dust. *insert sad panda face here* I've kept him in water this whole time and last night after work I picked him up and gave him a little squeeze to get the extra water off and he started to OOZE... I don't think that is normal >.< I'm going to see if he gets down to normal size again and maybe start over. I'll let you know if anything changes.





NOOOOO! Don't run away just yet! ...again!

Oh my, time flies when you're having fun!

Well maybe it hasn't been all fun, but that is what I'm going to talk about ^_^

Things I have been up to and will post soon on:

• I have been growing my own Jake!     ======================>>>
• Me and a few of my girlfriends had super awesome girl-lets-swap-makup-and-stuff time. (I got sweet haul out of it and only brought home a few of my own things)

• Lots of work. Life at the library can be so rough.

• Got my Birchbox for the month! and I have a short post on my Influenster Palmolive box I received like a month ago. (I am normally not the one to hand wash the dishes so I had to give it time to get a good feel for it.)

I think that is really it. All of these I have pics and I will post on them soon. As well as swatches of the new polishes, and eye shadows that I picked up from the swap. So do not fret! I'm working on my Birchbox one right now, and maybe next month if I'm not so stuffy I'll even attempt making a video! Something I'm super nervous about, so we will see. 

I will be back shortly!