Birchbox Freebies!

Can you believe I got $50 worth of great products for free?! I have been saving up my points for over a year now so needless to say, I had a bunch to spend. If you were unsure about how the Birchbox point system works here's a quick breakdown:

• 10 points = $1
• you can spend your points in $10 increments

           How can you get points?

• For each Birchbox you buy = 10 points (even one's you gift!)
• For each item you get in your box and give feedback on = 10 points

Honestly, it may be my favorite part about Birchbox. You can buy anything on their website with your points. If you have enough points, it will even pay for shipping too! Here's the stuff I purchased was sent! for free! I am sorry, I just love the concept!

Kiehl's Rare Earth Deep Pore Cleanser: I have oily/dry skin. It just all depends. I had a feeling I was going to love it considering they went to the ends of the Amazon River to find White Clay for it. Amazonian clay can actually help with both dry and oily skin so this seemed perfect. It sounds fancy! LOL! It Exfoliates and Detoxifies as well.

My review: I do love exfoliators but I don't want something to be too abrasive on my face considering my skin can also be sensitive at times as well. This cleanser has very tiny exfoliant's in it and was comfortable washing my face. The exfoliant's in it are even tinier than Proactiv's exfolitant's, if you have ever used Proactiv.

Considering this face wash is a clay, I was expecting something less creamy for some reason. It comes out as a clay, then when you start washing your face the clay turns into a milky, soapy face wash. It is really nice! Once I dry off my face I do notice how soft and smooth (& clean!) my skin is and I have really been liking this! Dare I say- It rivals Proactiv any day!

Stila Eyeshadow in Jezebel: If you have seen my Rose Gold post, you would have already seen this eyeshadow. I really love it! I already knew I was going to as Stila eyeshadow's are my favorite to begin with. I have been loving adding this in my crease with a matte cream color on my lid. pretty

Dr. Hauschka's Radiant You Kit: This was the thing that I couldn't decide on when I was ordering everything. The lavender bath isn't for a bath, it's actually to use in conjunction with everything else for a spa like facial. I will be doing a demo or a review at some point because there's something to it. For know if your contemplating trying this out, I say got for it! It's a nice treat!

Are you all signed up for Birchbox?

Have you gotten anything with your points?

Have a fab day!

thanks for reading!

xoxo

Erica

Target Bag

Yay! Another Target bag came in my mail! If your not sure what that is, it is a free makeup bag filled with a bunch of samples that Target sends out to the first X amount of people to sign up. They do this promo it seems 2x a year. This will be my second bag I have gotten! If you want a heads up on the next bag (which will probably be sometime in the fall) I will tweet about it! 

So the trend with these bags seems to be a cute little cosmetic bag which has become my favorite thing about it! They also send out a bunch of shampoo/conditioner samples: This time I got an Aveeno sample and a Garnier sample. The Aveeno looks like it might be a purple shampoo judging by the packaging only. If it is, I will be stoked to try it out!

They sent a deluxe sample of the Tresemme Split End Remedy shampoo that claims to reduce 80% of split ends after 3 uses. I have only used it once so far so I guess I will let you know how it goes if I like it on twitter. I am hoping its a good one because I can use a split end mender!

I also got a little sample of one of the Revlon Lip Butters in Peach Parfait. The lip butters in my opinion weren't pigmented enough but I didn't try out the Peach one yet.

The cool thing about it is that it is all fairly "new to the market" products. So you get to test some stuff out and if you like it, you can head to Target with your handy-dandy coupon book that you get in the bag that has coupons for everything you got try in the bag + more.

**edit: not pictured: Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock : I almost forgot about this one! I have been wearing it on my face before makeup if I am wearing any that day. I actually was never big on sunscreen. Bring on the tanning oil!! Picture on its way! So sorry!

I thought for those of you especially who do not know about the bag, that you may be interested
 

I will be back a couple more times this week for some fun stuff! C U Then (:

Did any of you guys get a Target Bag?

Like I mentioned before, to find out about the next Target bag follow me on twitter! I will let you know over there! So just a quickie today!

Thanx for reading,

Erica

Free Target Beauty Bag in my Mail!

Sweet! While on the target website a couple weeks ago, this ad popped up. "Put in your address and we will send you a target beauty bag!" I totally forgot about it and it showed up the other day!

It came in this really pretty silk makeup bag which I think I will use as a change purse at work - much cuter than a crown royal bag, dont cha think? It's a little small for an actual beauty bag, so I think my use will be very useful.

In the cute silky makeup bag, the first thing I pulled out was these Pond's Wet Cleansing Towelette I got 5 in the packette and they won a "best of beauty" award from Allure so I was exited to try them out. So they take off your makeup and while doing so, are supposed to calm you down from the chamomile.

Quick Review- They smell great and yes, they are very moist and stay that way even after I opened it, but I just dont think they take off my makeup as good as my favorite makeup remover (which is Avon's lotion makeup remover- out of all of the remover's I tried, It is - hands down - the best)

Then I got 3 sample's of from 3 different companies for shampoo & conditioner:

-John Frieda Full Repair Full Body Shampoo & Conditioner- I love John you guys know, so I think this will be a good one.

-Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Shampoo & Conditioner- Yeah no, I have this stuff in full size- I have had it for over a year so I think that says something about it- It's my "back-up" shampoo & conditioner. So it's second best- if even best at all.

-Garnier Fructis Pure Clean (92% biodegradable) Shampoo & Conditioner- Very green of them.

L'Oreal Day Night Cream Youth Code - I am always skeptical of this kind of stuff - and even tho I love L'Oreal products, I dont think there cream's - esp. the anti-aging cream's are great.- I haven;t tried it yet tho.

Last thing is Burt's Bees Radiance Day Lotion with SPF 15. I have never really heard of anybody that uses Burt's Bees lotion's, only chap sticks so I am exited to try this too.

It also came with a coupon book with over $20 worth of savings: $ off Sonia Kashuk, Sally Hansen, Revlon, Maybelline, Aveeno, Pantene, Herbal Essence's & also coupons from the samples I got.

What do you guys think I should use my coupons on? 

Not bad for free!Have a great day!