Boxycharm - July 2015

Summertime Radness!!! #BoxyRadness

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1. Vasanti Professional Blush Brush (Full Size) - Retail: $29.00  (Received full size - Value: $29.00)

Made with high-quality nylon fibres, Vasanti's Blush Brush softly and smootly blends any blush powder onto the skin.

How-To: Use to apply blush to the apples of your cheeks and blend outward for a natural look.

Vasanti Cosmetics

2. yourMinerals Transparent Veil Setting Powder (Full Size) - Retail: $26.00 (Received full size - Value: $26.00)

A soft transparent setting powder with an ultralight silk texture that settles into a smooth, matte surface while minimizing fine lines and pores.

How-To: Apply over your foundation to reduce shine and to set your makup for an all day performace.

your minerals

3. gorge I'll make you look amazing daily spray (Full Size) - Retail: $29.95 (Received full size - Value: $29.95)

A magical leave in conditioning spray that instantly restores your hair to bring out it's natural luster.  Leaves hair smooth, frizz-free, shiny, stronger, and healthier with every use.

How-To: Spritz liberally onto damp hair and work it in throroughly with your fingertips.  Style as usual.

gorge hair

4. OFRA Cosmetics Lip Liner (Full Size) - Retail: $13.00 (Received full size - Value: $13.00)

Water resistant lip liner pencil made with a synthetic beeswas base for a smooth, soft and long lasting application.

How-To: Apply along the edges of your natural lip line to help prevent lipstick bleeding or feathering.

OFRA Cosmetics

5. MDMflow Greater Than Mascara (Full Size) - Retail: $35.00  (Received full size - Value: $35.00)

The most intense, highly pigmented XXL black, volumizing mascara with an easy off formulation. This mascara is being introduced in the U.S. through BOXYCHARM and will be available for purchase at the end of July for $35.00 USD.

How-To: Place wand at the base of your lashes and using a back and forth motion move the wand up your lashes and weep upward for a curied effect.

MDMflow

*** Boxycharm send me an email regarding this mascara before I received it to let me know that this mascara has a cutting edge package design and needed to be primed.  They sent instruction along with that email on out to prime it.  I added the email below for your refrence. 

Hello Charmer, We are reaching out to you as there is concern regarding the MDMflow Greater Than Mascara featured in your July BOXYCHARM.    MDMflow has advised that the "Greater Than Mascara" utilizes a cutting edge packaging design which prevents ingress of air into the mascara tube.” Due to this special feature, it is necessary to prime the mascara wand for use before first application. We have included the priming instructions below for your reference and so that you may get the most out of your MDMflow Greater Than Volumizing Mascara. If you believe that your mascara is indeed damaged or if you have any questions or additional concerns about your mascara, please contact our Customer Service Team as they will be more than happy to help you! To prime the mascara wand for use from new, please follow the below instructions: 1. Remove from carton. 2. Unscrew the cap and remove mascara wand fully from its tube. 3. Re-insert wand fully into its tube and screw shut. Shake the closed mascara for 10 seconds. 4. Unscrew the cap and 'pump' the wand in and out of the tube a minimum of 10 times. After this process, the mascara wand will be adequately 'primed' for use. XOXO, Your BOXYCHARM Team

Goody Ouchless Ribbon Elastics

Soft, stretchy material that looks beautiful on the wrist or in the hair! From America’s #1 elastics brand, Goody® Ouchless® Unique knot style hair ties are perfect for personalizing or dressing up your look. 

I'm wearing mine in this photo below.

I chose a side pony to shoot my latest influenster Voxbox Review. Once again, thanks to Goody and Influester team for sending me these complimentary to try and review.

Review Pros and Cons:

Pros: 

cute on the wrist

Comes in many colors and patterns

Comfortable

Cons:

$3.99 for 5 elastics is too expensive 

"Tail" or "tag" becomes hard to work with in hair. 

 

Beachy-Wave Hair

How to:
1. After Combing wet/washed hair, spray with a styling gel of your choice. *A curl serum should be used if you have naturally straight hair.
2. Comb products evenly throughout the hair.
3. Flip head upside down and "scrunch" hair from tip to root (squeezing/bundling in your hand and pressing the bundle to scalp)
4. Spray with a styling spritz, pump hair spray, and/or hair salt spritzer. 
5. Use a defuser to slightly dry hair. I like to start by drying my roots. You can do this with head flipped for a more lifted look. 
6. Spray with a light hair spray to finish.

Summer/Fall Empty Products. Want to know more about them?...read below

My (summer-fall) "Empties" for 2012.

1. Mac Pro Eye Makeup Remover: Will not repurchase. It didn't remove mascara very well. I had to rub my eyes too hard to get it completely removed and I don't even wear waterproof.
2. Mac Eyeshadows (6): de-potted into a z-palette. -- I think this is a no-brainer. Of course I'll be repurchasing.
3. Mac Lip glosses: Lustreglass (clear shimmer/glitter) and Viva Glam VI Lipglass (pinky-nude shimmer/glitter). Although Mac's lipglosses are very sticky they are still my favorite.
** Can't wait to recycle these 'back to Mac' to receive a new lipstick!
4. Urban Decay Supercurl, curling mascara (black): I have recently repurchased this mascara. Super black, lengthening, separating, volumizing, and curling. It's wonderful.
5. Origins Fringe Benefits, Lash-Loving mascara(black): I really like the wand with this mascara. It gives a beautiful soft and volumized look to your lashes. (2nd one purchased)
6. NYX Stay matte but not Flat powder foundation: I would most definitely repurchase, again. This was actually my second compact that I've purchased.  Flawless matte finish.
7. Benefit Hello Flawless Oxygen Wow, Brightening Makeup Foundation: This foundation is most definitely in my top 3 favorites. (other 2 in top three are Kat Von D and Urban Decay Naked foundations) It's a light to medium coverage foundation with a flawless, brightening finish, exactly as it states.
8. Ole Henriksen truth serum collagen booster, potent vitamin Complex: This is on my wish list for Christmas. I love it. It brightened and moisturized my skin so well and looked/felt so healthy. Smells wonderful.
9. Neutrogena extra gentle eye makeup remover pads: Will not repurchase. Greasy, thick eye makeup remover pads that you had to work really hard at getting your makeup off with. Terrible. Would not recommend. Plus, the greasiness would seep into your eyes and coat your eyes with a nasty film. Ick.
10. First Aid Beauty Smooth Shave Cream, fab legs daily essentials w/ fab antioxidant booster: I would love to have another bottle/tube of this. I didn't think it would be very different compared to similar products but I was surprised to find that it was dramatically different.  It made my legs so smooth and was super easy to shave with (no nicks/cuts). The best part was actually after the shower. It stayed smoother and softer longer when compared to other shave creams.
11. It's a 10 miracle leave-in Lite, conditioner/detangler: A nice detangler, my 3rd bottle purchased from 'It's a 10'. The Lite it most definitely my favorite.  This detangler would be in my top 3 favorites. My most favorite detangler is Aveda's and 2nd most favorite is Kenra.
12. Global Keratin Pro Line Hair Taming System with Juvexin, Balancing Shampoo & Conditioner: I would love to repurchase these again. They worked so perfectly for my fine hair. It was moisturizing enough without weighing my hair down. I loved it and the smell was so great, a sweet herbal/spa-like scent.
Samples:
1. Peter Thomas Roth, Camu Camu: liked.
2. Benefit Total Moisture Facial Cream, Hydra-concentrated facial cream: liked. not sure if I'd repurchase. nice smell.
3. Sephora Super Lisseur ride SPF15, Age Defy Moisture Cream: Not moisturizing enough, smells generic/cheap, and broke my skin out.
4. DHC Extra Concentrate, Collagen Serum: Nice.
5. DHC Eye Bright, Eye moisturizer: Nice. I usually like everything I try from DHC. I have many of their products. Most of my skin care routine is DHC.
6. Urban Decay Naked Skin, Weightless Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup: Loved it. Medium foundation coverage. Flawless, brightening and beautiful finish. Light weight. Very nice.
7. Kat Von D lock-it tattoo foundation: my newest foundation. It's a full coverage foundation. Covers most imperfections even tattoos if need be. It's also very light weight which is a plus when it comes to full coverage foundation.
8. Benefit Pore-fection primer: Nice, but not for me.

"All my Ex's..." Products I won't be repurchasing.

2012
May-July Ex's:
1. Mac- oil free eye makeup remover . (What a waste. It was damaging my under eyes and skin around my eyes because it was so hard to get off)
2. Almay- eye makeup remover. (so greasy it would seep into my eyes and a coat of grease covered my eyes..lol..I couldn't even see!) Opt for the oil free. They're much better.
3. Lorea'l- Collagen Mascara (didn't separate. It was an extremely wet mascara and looked "cakey" after application.)
August-October Ex's:
1. Revlon Colorstay Liquid Foundation (Normal/Dry Skin)- I know this may come as a shock to many "revlon-colorstay-fans", but I have dry skin and this made my skin look even MORE dry after application. The staying power is wonderful, the medium-full coverage is wonderful, but it was such a let down to see it made my skin look dry and dull. I'll be trying the whipped foundation next to see if it works out better for my skin type.
2. Rimmel Scandal Eyes Curve Alert Mascara- The brush was VERY full and I had a hard time separating the lashes during application. The brush was also too soft. I have long lashes and need more separation rather than plumping.