Boxycharm for July

So not only was Boxycharm EXTREMELY late this month but there have been subsequent problems with "Charms" (their referral points and such) and email communication and poorly designed website. On top of all those already aggravating circumstances, this months box just really sucked for me. I will explain as we go through the pictures. Are you ready? Let's do this!!

America the Beautiful? I don't really "get" that from this box. So just because it's July, eh? *sigh*

I do like the white and gold "worms"

Bella Pierre shadow? 

Before I took off the sticker and swatched.

You can barely see it, but it's there. Look for the vague shimmer.

I like this red. Cool with it.

Rodeo Drive Red

Now I KNOW this is a good brand of sunscreen but I JUST got a small size in my Ipsy bag. Now I have a full size too?? I'm cool on the SPF front, guys. 

Lip liner in Cinnamon. I do NOT have a lipstick that goes with this....

How it looks with my skin tone.

The lipstick they DID give me.... the fresh hell?

This is entirely too TOO pink. Too blue based.

Looks effing terrible on my skin. Looks horrid on my mother too. Can't use it, and now it's GONE. Good riddance.

It is with a slightly heavy heart that I have decided to cancel Boxycharm. The deed is done. The wait for this months box, the lack of apology, the shorting me on reward points from a prior referral and the nonsense of the contents of this box all contributed to this decision. 

Don't get me wrong, most of the time they do right by you. Great stuff in the boxes but I find I really only need SO MUCH makeup before it just starts to become a frivolous waste of money. So I'm done on that front.

Rainbow Honey Mystery Mini Bag for June

So I ordered another mini mystery bag from Rainbow Honey for the month of June and they sent me three mini polishes.

Rose Macaron which is defined as: Another sweet treat waiting to coat your nails in pink and glitter.

Pikake: Take your nails to a tropical paradise with this glitter topper

Ichigo: This bright fuchsia jelly glows with blue and purple iridescent flakes

I haven't tried any of them out yet, but I can already tell you that Ichigo is my favorite. I'm going to paint my nails with it a little later today.

They also sent a sample roller perfume in "Nucifera" It claims it's reminiscent of the tropics and sitting on the beach but I am not a fan. To me it smells like rum and old pineapple. Meh.

There was another cuticle balm in the scent Tea Biscuit. I am going to pass this to my mother because I don't need another balm at the moment. It smells ok. They also gave an exfoliating sugar scrub soap in the same scent. I will try it out and report what I think at a later time.

There were also more nail doodads and a handful of orange sticks (cuticle pushers).

I really do this just for the polishes. Everything else is just a nice bonus. For ten bucks, I have no complaints. I love this company!

Ulta and Birchbox mini haul!

So I bought some crap from Ulta this month. Just some BB cream to try out from Stila, some Nyx concealer and an eyeshadow pencil. From Birchbox I turned in some points and got a couple Stila lip glazes. Brett also bought me a cute polka dot Baggu bag for my things. Check it all out!

May's Boxycharm!!

Imagine my glee when I opened my mailbox today to find not only my first Birchbox, but my very first Boxycharm nestled right next to it! My heart jumped a little at the thought of all the goodness waiting inside for me to discover! Let's see what I got.

May's Birchbox!!

My first Birchbox! How exciting! Sadly it was a little later than they had intended it to be, so they nicely gave me 100 pts to keep me happy (it wasn't necessary, but appreciated!). It arrived in a bright yellow little box mailer which I promptly tore into to reach the treasures held within.

Now I was bad and nosy and watched videos of other people's May unboxing and blogs of other folks unboxing so I had a decent idea of what I was going to receive. Birchbox tricked me a little bit though by giving me things I didn't quite expect. I LOVE being tricked, especially when it's a pleasant surprise. Anyhow, that's enough of my blathering!

If you decide you're into the idea of getting cool crap in the mail for a reasonable monthly fee (10 bucks for the ladies and 20 for the gents.... I believe it's because men get clothes and junk in their boxes while the ladies do not.) please do follow my referral link and get started! I could use the points and you could use the fun mail! 

My Birchbox referral linkage!! Clicky-click!

 On to the photographic evidence! I hope you're as excited as I am!

Rainbow Honey!

So I did some looking around and discovered that Rainbow Honey, an indie nail polish company, now offers subscriptions bags. You have your choice between a ten dollar mini sampler pack or their twenty-five dollar pack. These are also available as a stand-alone one time purchase if you don't feel you can commit to a monthly thing. 

I decided to test the waters and ordered their April and May mini packs since I had a lovely 25% off coupon code from Ipsy. I've never been much of a nail person but I've been really bored and feeling a LOT more girlish than I normally do and decided to turn over a new leaf and start playing around with make-ups and polishes and things of that nature. Why not?

I got my order late last week and took photos to share and everything! I even have some opinions on most of the things they sent. How exciting, right? Let's get to the fun part! The photos:

The adorable wrappings!