February 2014 Birchbox Review

Birchbox is a monthly subscription box service. For $10 a month, they will send you 4-5 'Beauty and Lifestyle' samples. 

They also have a points system, which is the best I've seen. 100 points = $10 to spend in the Birchbox shop. Earn 1 point for every dollar you spend (monthly boxes don't count, except for the first one) and they offer a lot of promo codes to get extra points. You can also earn 10 points for each review of your monthly samples. That's like getting $4-5 back each month! You also get 50 points for each person who signs up through your referral. If you would like to try Birchbox, please consider using my link: https://www.birchbox.com/invite/pdwbx

This month's theme: Step and Repeat

Birchbox joined up with US Weekly this month and created the theme: Step and Repeat. Here's what I got this month!

 

 

 

Benefit Fakeup: ($24) I was a little sad to see just how tiny this sample was. It's not Birchbox's fault though, only Benefit's for making a fairly good sized tube with maybe a fourth of an inch of product in it. I was very excited to try it though! After one day, I'm not impressed. Lots of moisture when putting it on, but not enough coverage. I have very dark circles and this just didn't cut it. It also creased throughout the day. I re-blended it about 4 times. I'll use up the sample to see if maybe it improves? But I'll stick with my Garnier Eye Roller.

 

OPI Sheer Tints Color - Tinted Top Coat: ($9) The bottle is really cute and little, I should've put something next to it for size comparison. I was so excited to try this, but it was very disappointing. I French-tipped my nails on Friday night, then put this on as the top-coat. It was already chipped the next morning. Plus, while putting it on I noticed that it was very thick, applied really uneven, and needed at least 2 coats to show any sort of color. I realize it's not supposed to have a bright color, but I wanted at least a little bit. On a bare nail, it looks wrong. Nails shouldn't be slightly red like that... It's a tiny bottle so I'll keep trying it.

 

dr. brandt Pores No More: ($42 for Camera Ready Kit, $45 for 1oz tube) I was really excited for this and I didn't even know I wanted it. I keep looking for something that will keep the oil away all day and this claims to smooth pores and mattify. I was a little surprised to see it was tinted in the tube, but goes on very transparent. I was still oily later in the day, but my face didn't FEEL as oily as usual (you know that gross heavy feeling?) I'm a little scared of the price, but I did like how the product felt going on my face... It was very smooth and almost powdery when blending. I still don't think I can pay $45 when it doesn't mattify like it need it to.

 

Agave Healing Oil Treatment: ($40 for 4oz) More hair products. I was a little nervous about using a hair oil since my hair used to get pretty greasy when it was longer, and still can when it's short. I tried it this weekend and didn't notice anything. Hair didn't feel greasy, but I'm not sure what it will do to my hair, since I've said in other posts - my hair is healthy all on it's own. Guess I'll use it up and see.

 

Benefit Big Easy: ($38) I'll have to pick a day to use this sample, because that's all I get. Maybe this weekend...