Violet Voxbox

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Have I got a voxbox to share with you.

 

My latest box full of freebies from Influenster was the Violet Voxbox. It was packed full of all kinds of goodies. It included *a bottle of not your mother's dry shampoo *goody athletic headband *dark chocolate cherry soyjoy bar *Montagne Clay Mask *sally hansen triple shine polish * and a goody quik style brush

 

  

First lets talk about the Montagne Jeunesse Clay Mask. It smells great. It may tingle a bit depending on your skin (for me it did) but it is not unbearable. When I took it off my skin felt smoother. It was a nice mask and since my initial use I have bought many more. This was a weird mask though as well it was bamboo paper soaked in the mask and you put the paper itself on your face instead of rubbing the mask on. This took a little getting used to and was a little big for my face. I made it work though and the results were awesome and the cleanup was much faster.

  

Not your mother's dry shampoo. First off if you haven't read up on this company it's a must the names are so cute that they use. This product really came in handy for me when I have a busy week at med school and have been to tired to shower. This is literally so easy to use a 5 year old can do it (mine did). You just spray and brush that's it. Clean hair in just a few minutes no need to pay the water bill tehe (jk).

  

Oh goody...goodies!! First off is the goody athletic headband, these are amazing. It is my new favorite hair accessory. It is so cute that I not only use it for workouts and school it can be worn anywhere. It comes in 3 bright colors pink, blue, and green. It can however be reversed and used as plain black.

These are super soft and stay on your head really nice.

  

Quik Style brush...this only came in certain peoples boxes...I didn't get it in this box but I had one from the mega voxbox so am able to tell you about it. When using it on straight-from-the-shower wet hair, it does seem to absorb some, but I wasn't all that impressed.... until I used it with my blow dryer. Oh my. I couldn't believe how fast my hair dried, and even better, how smooth and straight it was. I have thick, curly hair and have tried many (many!) styling products to eliminate or reduce the need to flat iron, none of which have come close to being as effective as this little gem was. I am amazed.

     

Sally Hansen's Triple Shine nail polish: I love sally hansen products to begin with so I am always so excited when I get new stuff to try out. I received a lime green color which was awesome since that is my favorite color. I used to coats and yes it is very very shiny.

   

The dark chocolate cherry soyjoy bar. I wasn't to thrilled about this. At first I was like, oh sweet I love chocolate covered cherries. It wasn't until I took that bite that I became disappointed. It was very very dried out it reminded me of a hunk of clay :( not the kind of tasty I was hoping for. 

There you have it that's my voxbox. For more information on these products or to become an influenster yourself and receive awesome products free, go to www.influenster.com

 

 

Montagne Jeunesse Clay Spas

Montagne Jeunesse Clay Spas

  

How many girl's can tell me that they wouldn't enjoy a day at the spa or a day of pampering and relaxation? If you said "No you wouldn't" then pinch yourself because we all no your lying. I myself wish I could go to the spa everyday but sadly I am not a millionaire and I don't have a sugar daddy so that just doesn't fit the budget. What I can do though is my own fun pampering at home.

I recently received a Montagne Jeunesse Clay Mask from Influenster free in my Violet Voxbox. Now I have used this brand before but, I have never before used this type of mask.

  

The mask is made of bamboo infused fabric which is supposed to be quicken and clean your face better.

Now this took a little getting used to as you can see from the mask above how it will go on. It was at first a little difficult to get on at first I guess because I have a smaller face and these are one size masks. I pulled the edges that were hanging off though up and smoothed them flat against the rest of the mask and it worked. The mask I received was a glacial clay mask and man was it a glacier my whole face felt tingly like it was cold.

      

After about 10-15 minutes when you peel the mask off there is hardly any residue so not as much clean up is required. And your face is left soft and feeling clean and fresh with a pleasant scent. 

The awesome thing about these masks is that they are under $3 and can be found at almost anywhere that sells beauty products. The $3 part is great in my opinion because every girl deserves to be pampered rather it be at a high dollar spa or at home in a bubble bath Montagne Jeunesse makes it possible for anyone to enjoy their own me time.

NYM Clean Freak Shampoo

 

Warning!!! The following products are NOT YOUR MOTHER'S!!

That's right I said not your mother's. These are creative cool and ultra-hip hair products designed for ladies just like you.

 

I received a cute little bottle of NYM Clean Freak dry Shampoo from Influenster in my latest voxbox the Violet Vox box free. 

  

 Now what exactly is a dry shampoo you ask? Well for starters it's a reason to no longer pay your water bill haha....I am just kidding you should still probably pay that.

A dry shampoo is though a shampoo that doesn't require you to have to get in the shower and wash your hair then spend the time rinsing. It's great for people who are on the go or in a hurry. You just spray your hair evenly and well then brush through it. You can watch the spray absorb the oil in your hair and leave with a super refreshed feeling.

 As for me I just colored my hair and some of you may know this from experience, but, it's not a good idea to wash your hair a little while after you just got it colored. so lucky me I had this dry shampoo!

As you can see it is nice and shiny and it smells pretty good too :). Sorry no scratch and sniff included in this blog. The smell is very pleasant though and not over bearing like old lady perfume it's a very fresh clean scent.

They're are plenty of other products to try out besides the dry shampoo if that's not your thing. They have 15 total products one for almost everything. Now I absolutely love the packaging they come in and they would be very hard to miss when shopping since they are sooo colorful. The names are super cute to. Now I don't know about you but my mom is always trying to use my clothes, make up, etc....but lucky me this one says it right on the label "Not your mother's" sorry mama" 

 

NYC New York Color Big Bold Gloss

NYC New York Color Big Bold Gloss

 

It's Big, It's Bold, and It's from NewYork? It's the NYC New York Big Bold Gloss. I received it free to try out in my newest voxbox from Influenster the Varsity Voxbox. 

I received a pinkish color but don't let the color in the bottle full you. There wasn't a ton of color to this which I admit I was relieved to discover as I am not much of a pink person. It is more of a nude to peachy color when you get it on but, it is full of shine. I actually started using it over my own lipstick to give it added shine.

 

As you can see in my pic though it doesn't really give you a lot of plumping to your lips AT ALL. It doesn't have that burn your lips huge thing that other brands sometimes cause though either. There's no weird taste to it or gross smell so your lips are safe at staying comfortable. This gloss is extremely smooth as well, I cannot tell you how ofter I find myself sticking to glasses, my husband's lips, of even napkins. I hate when you have lipgloss residue, you will not have that with this.

 

The container is much larger than your average lips sine so you really are getting your money's worth. If you use lips gloss daily like me you know this stuff is like gold in a bottle and the more you have the better.

 

It is available in 12 shades

Big Is Beautiful
(465)

Voluminous Peach
(466)

Pleasantly Plump Pink
(467)

Big City Blush
(468)

Magnified Mauve
(469)

Extra Large Latte
(470)

Supersized Red
(471)

Coral to the Max
(472)

Full on Fuchsia
(473)

Pumped Up Purple
(474)

Plumped Plum
(475)

Colossal Cacao
(476) 

 

 

All can be found at most stores that carry beauty supplies and can be picked up for under $4. So if you're wanting a shine that lasts you should for sure check it out.

Summer Grilling with Kroger

Summer Grilling with Kroger

 

My latest bzzkit has arrived!! This time it was from kroger and was all about summer grilling. I received vouchers to cash in for (1) 2-3 lb bag of slider burgers, 1 bag kroger chips, 1 bag of slider buns, (1) 12 pack of kroger soda, and several coupons for .40cents off chips, soda, or icecream making them a little under $2. 

I ended up using these while we were heading on a road trip to see my mother in law we stopped at the store in Lexington, Ky. I had never seen a Kroger so huge before, they even had a diamond store in it..look out walmart!! It took me a little bit to gather all these items since the store was rather large....I managed to hid a few of my coupons through out the store (3 exactly) to leave for a fellow shopper to find. I choose beef sliders, bbq chips, and big k soda. Silly me when I got up to check out I had left my card at home 5 hours away and could not get the phone number I used to work...lucky for me though a very nice man behind me let me use his card. I didn't get the ice cream this trip since I didn't want it to melt in the car while we were driving so when I gave all the coupons to the cashier making everything free...he then gave me .46 cents back lol. I love going to the store and leaving with them owing me! I added the money into the little charity thing they had though at the front desk.

               

The first thing I tried was the Dr K soda...Now I am a die hard Dr Pepper drinker, so was very very iffy to cheat on my favorite brand with a knock off. I was however surprised it was quite tasty it still had that cherry mix taste that Dr Pepper has with no bad after taste or anything. Considering it is about $3 cheaper then Dr P I would definitely consider purchasing it again.                      

The next thing we did was heat of the george foreman and throw some sliders on to grill. We got the all beef sliders. Even on the foreman I could see these put almost little to no grease at all which was nice. They cooked up really fast. Now they look a little big when you start cooking but burgers always shrink, even these..so yes they will fit the buns good. We barbequed some of the burgers and put cheese on all of them. These were awesome!!! Everyone kept talking about how good they were. There were 5 of us total eating each of us having 2 burgers a piece after all that we still had literally a half a bag left which was even more awesome since that would mean 2 meals out of one bag.

          

                     

I choose the bbq flavored chips since we used other sides to feed everyone at dinner these were more or a snack before hand while everyone waited. These chips were really think like the newer pringles....I hate always getting used to these kind but I did and the flavor was a good one. They didn't have any of that weird after or before taste some chips put off. It proved to be a good sized bag as well I think there are actually still some left in there.

 Dessert time!!! I got the smores ice cream and it was a party in mouth!! There were chunks of everything in each bite making each bite better than the last. I honestly would have eaten the whole thing myself if I hadn't had some many bums hounding me for a bite lol. I gave all my family member their choice of coupons to try their own.

                             

These items were all free from bzzagent and kroger. Everyone really consider trying the Kroger brand yourself. Name brands don't always offer the best of taste and these items definitely proved it.

 

 

Secret Outlast Clear Gel

Secret Outlast Clear Gel

 

Received this full size sample of Secret Outlast Deodorant from Influenster's VoxBox. It is offered in 4 different scent: Completely Clean, Protecting Powder, Sports Scent, and making it technically 3 "scents" unscented. I received the Completely Clean scent which smells very clean and fresh to me kinda like spring time.

 

 

 

The gel is clear which is nice and makes it leave literally no white annoying marks on your clothes. Nothing is more embarrassing then walking out with a deodorant stain all day.

 

 

 

The scent says last 48 hrs but I can't find myself not putting on deodorant every morning without felling gross later on so I didn't get past figuring out if it did last 2 days. It did last a full 24 hours though so I wouldn't put it past it to last the full term. One thing I didn't really like is the feeling I got from the gel. I kept feeling like I was sweating and it was freaking me out a little I kept checking but it wasn't sweat it was the gel.

 

 

 

 

I do prefer the gel though either way since it has no white mark or residue risk. Really looking forward to trying the powder scent hoping it's like the original roll on scent which smells great. :)

 

Go ahead and check out your other options and do your deo dance when you find that great scent for you.

 

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Schwarzkopf Professional OSiS+

Schwarzkopf Professional OSiS+

 

Thanks to Influenster and Schwarzkopf I got to try some of the Osis+ geltastic gel free. It has a wonderful scent to it kinda fruityish without that gross glue scent others have.  It came in a really nice sized bottle with an easy to use to that just pops out and you get just the right amount without any over flow.

 

 

 

I used this on my hair when I was curling it and it worked wonders!! It held my curls all nice and firm all night and day without over frizzing it or falling out later on that evening.

 

Not only did I use it on my hair my husband has been using it like everyday on his. It holds his gelled hair firm and thank goodness doesn't flake any white stuff like I have noticed before with cheaper gels. I hate when it leaves residue yuck!!

 

 

 

It has seemed like it is a bottomless pit of gel since he has been using it way more then myself and it hasn't even put a dent in the bottle yet. My mom being a hairstylist told me that this stuff is really great and she uses it all the time at her job. So glad that it comes recommended by a professional as well.

 

You can get this at most beauty supply stores, salons, and even ulta it runs for about $18 but is well worth it.

 

To check out more products by Schwarzkopf Osis+ brand check out their website.

 

http://www.schwarzkopf-professionalusa.com/

 

 

I didn't receive the dust it powder free from them but use it regularly anyways and it is absolutely my favorite product by them it is amazing. Definitely check it out.