Mary Kay Vox Box May 2014

I received another Vox Box recently that I am really excited about from Influenster!  It was the Mary Kay Vox Box.  I have never used Mary Kay before so I was excited to try some products.  I was thinking that they would send 1-3 products but when I received the box it was brimming with products :) 

The box itself has a really pretty design on it:

This is the first look when you opened the box:

There was a card from Mary Kay that listed the items in the box - this box actually really reminded me of a monthly subscription makeup box.  I wonder if they are planning on doing one!

This is the look once you open the tissue paper: 

And at this point my Pomeranian could not contain herself and decided to try to get one of the screechy packing thingamabobers (I'm sure there is an actual name for these but I have no idea what it is) away from me and succeeded in stealing one:

She did lose interest pretty quickly however:

Ok, back to the Vox Box...once all the packing thingys were removed:

I was pretty excited by everything inside!

Brushes which is great because I really needed some new brushes! 

Gel eyeliner with a brush!  I loved how this looked immediately, I think I was most excited to try this!

Mascara, which is also something I could use more of.

Eyeshadow in a fun, summery color!

This is called translucent loose powder...this isn't something I have used before.  I usually just use foundation and bronzer.  The card says this is to stop unwanted shine all day.

So I took these photos with my iphone and edited them to be right side up before trying to upload them but some still came out sideways like the mascara or upside down like this picture.  I think you can still get the idea with these pictures :/ Anyways, this is blush and bronzer.  I was excited about the new bronzer because I use it every day.  I never used blush before so it's nice to get a free trial - its not something I would have tried on my own.

The lip gloss kind of scares me - it is very bright orange!!

Here is everything laid out together - it really is an awesome amount for a sample!  I think everything was full size products.

I was excited to try everything so I tried everything the next morning.  I did step by step pictures:

Sans makeup (ahh - scary! lol)

I should add this is before work and I start work at 7:45am...I am so not a morning person!

So this is me with the translucent powder and I guess because my face isn't that shiny to begin with, it didn't do too much for me.  I did not apply any foundation because it did not come in the box and I wanted to see the look with what we were provided.  Right about now looking at the black circles I was rethinking this decision.

And me with bronzer - already I am looking much better than picture number one :)

With bronzer and blush above.

And with eyeshadow above - I love this color!  It's nice for my skin tone, fun and shiny and it was creamy - it went on really easily.  It also lasted all day!  Typically with powder eye shadows, they are rubbed off by the end of the day.

I absolutely love this eye liner!  It was so easy to put on!  And it looked so good!  I typically use liquid eye liner but I make a mess trying to put it on and it takes me forever...so I dont wear it half the time.  I will definitely be buying this in the future!

And finally with mascara.  I am not picky about mascara - it just needs to not clump, this didn't so I am a fan! 

And finally, with the lip gloss that didn't look half as orange once it was on!  

I really liked the bronzer, eyeshadow and eyeliner and will definitely purchase them in the future!  I was very impressed by the quality of products in this box.  For some reason I had thought that Mary Kay was not going to be as good quality as other name brand makeup companies but this was not true at all.  I will definitely use all of this product again (maybe with some foundation next time!) and I will check out their catalog to see what else they offer.  There is even a Mary Kay store close to where I live in West Palm Beach on Forest Hill Blvd. close to 441.

I wonder if Mary Kay is thinking about doing a monthly subscription box - I hope they do!  I would totally purchase a box!

I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.  All of the opinions in this post are my own. 

I highly recommend checking out the influenster website to learn how you can sample and review products :) 

Infulenster VoxBox Sargento Cheese Box August 2013

In my search for subscription boxes I came across www.influenster.com Influenster is a website that you can join and review items and take surveys - its a lot of fun actually. They also send out boxes for members to review. You can qualify for boxes a few different ways. I qualified for their most recent box - a Sargento Cheese Box. The box arrived on Monday - there was a voucher for a free Sargento Cheese Snack, a coupon for $1 off another snack and the most adorable insulated holder to hold one cheese stick! Heres a look at the inside of the box and the cheese snack holder:

I went to my local grocery store and they didn't have any of the string cheese snack which was a huge bummer because I am a really big fan a string cheese...maybe its the little kid in me. Well anyway, at the store I couldn't decide which one snack to try so I used the voucher and the coupon and bought two kinds: sharp cheddar-jack and pepper jack

Can you see that pepper seed in the pepper jack cheese picture! That cheese has a nice bite! I am a huge fan of pepper jack cheese in general, I like anything spicy and this cheese doesn't fail to deliver. The cheddar-jack cheese was very good as well, the cheddar was really rich. These are long sticks of solid cheese so they are rich, not really something you would want to eat alone. I enjoyed mine with some crackers. After I received my box and bought my cheese I logged onto the Influenster website and the Sargento people suggest pairing the cheese snacks with crackers, fruit and veggies along with several other things to make a balanced snack. I really liked these and have been bringing them to work every day in my new little insulated container...I typically get some hunger pangs around 3pm and these snack sticks and a handful of almonds have been helping me get through the day all week :)