Greek Goddess Makeup Challenge: Aphrodite (#1)

Hello, friends! Today I have something new and exciting for you: a makeup challenge! I realized that I hardly ever show my face on this blog, so starting this week, I'll be participating in the Greek Goddess Makeup Challenge with a bunch of my beauty blogger friends. Each week, we're taking on a new Greek goddess and using her as inspiration for a makeup look! I'll be sharing what products I used and how I used them, so you can recreate my look at home when you want to channel your inner goddess. And if we have different tastes, that's fine--there will be a bunch of different bloggers' looks to choose from!

Birchbox: August 2015 Review

Happy Saturday, friends! It's time for my monthly Birchbox unboxing! Honestly, I love Birchbox. It's like getting a present in the mail every month. And no one sends snail mail anymore, so it's really the next best thing. 

Birchbox? What's that?

Birchbox is a monthly beauty and lifestyle subscription service. It sends 4-5 deluxe samples that are curated to your beauty profile. It is $10 a month, and has a wonderful rewards program, in which you can earn points for reviewing products and making purchases in the Birchbox Shop. You can then redeem those points for full-sized products! It's probably the best rewards program out there, in my opinion, which was one of the big draws in me signing up. They're always adding new products to the shop. In the past, they have sampled products from Amika, Juice Beauty, Shiseido, as well as pages of others! Some products are even exclusive to Birchbox, like Cynthia Rowley's new makeup line and the cult-favorite Beauty Protector brand. If you're interested in subscribing to Birchbox, I would love it if you used my referral link! Thank you!

Review: Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs Makeup Lotion

Hi, friends! I know back-to-school season is just around the corner for many of you, but there's still a month of summer weather left! Today I wanted to share with you an interesting product that you might want to pair with your skirts and dresses, whether it be in the summer or year-round.  

Have you ever heard of leg makeup? It's like wearing foundation, only for your body. Crazy, right? Not really. Sally Hansen has been making their Airbrush Legs Makeup spray for years, and not too long ago they released a lotion version. Think of it as a temporary self-tanner, foundation, and overall goodness in a tube. 

DIY Disaster: Reverse Hair Washing?

Hi, friends! Boy, do I have a doozy for you today. I actually had a whole different post scheduled for today, but I saw this pin on Pinterest and it made me change everything. Yes, it was that outrageous--I couldn't resist sharing! (Side note: If you don't follow me on Pinterest, you really should! I'm addicted but shh that's not the point of this post!). 

Trash Talk: August 2015 Empties

Hello, friends! It's time for another Empties post! Can you believe I haven't done an actual Empties post since February (not counting the Spring Cleaning Edition)? I've decided to title this series Trash Talk, because I'm feeling particularly witty today. Everyone does a little trash talking now and then--don't deny it!

In these posts, I'll give you my full disclosure on what I thought about these products, since I had plenty of time to test them out.

These products were emptied because of three reasons:

1. I liked them so much that I used them to the last drop.
2. I didn't like them, really, but didn't want to waste anything
3. They were expired and/or smelled funny so they had to go.

We have some catching up to do, so featured today are products I used up (and that were photographed) back at school on my old point-and-shoot camera. But we'll get through it, I promise.

But enough about that. Let's get to the good stuff!

Birchbox: July 2015 Review

Hi, friends! Today I'm here to share with you the last-but-not-least subscription box from my "Mail Time!" post--my July Birchbox. After this, we are all caught up, and it's time to focus on what's new. 

Birchbox? What's that?

Birchbox is a monthly beauty and lifestyle subscription service. It sends 4-5 deluxe samples that are curated to your beauty profile. It is $10 a month, and has a wonderful rewards program, in which you can earn points for reviewing products and making purchases in the Birchbox Shop. You can then redeem those points for full-sized products! It's probably the best rewards program out there, in my opinion, which was one of the big draws in me signing up. They're always adding new products to the shop. In the past, they have sampled products from Amika, Juice Beauty, Shiseido, as well as pages of others! Some products are even exclusive to Birchbox, like Cynthia Rowley's new makeup line and the cult-favorite Beauty Protector brand. If you're interested in subscribing to Birchbox, I would love it if you used my referral link! Thank you!

Ipsy Glam Bag: July 2015 Review

Hello, friends! I know your eyes are probably bugging out of your head at the sight of an Ipsy review on this blog. I mentioned in my July Mail Time! that I had resubscribed, and I wasn't lying. When a pink envelope came in the mail, even my brother was like, "Wow, I haven't seen one of these in awhile." So let's take a look inside and see what we've got here! 

Ipsy? What's that?

Ipsy is a monthly beauty subscription service that sends you five products with a themed makeup bag for $10/month. They offer a variety of products that change monthly, and determine which ones you receive based on the results of your beauty profile quiz. Ipsy also has a rewards program, in which you can earn points for reviewing products and redeem them for prizes. This month they sampled products from Tarte, Ole Henrikson, Essie, and plenty of others! If you're interested in subscribing, I would love it if you used my Ipsy referral link! Thank you!