Coco Rocha x Fancy Box, Glossybox, Fabfitfun, Ipsy, Birchbox March and April

Yes, I haven't been able to post much due to my move and the fact that the mail messed everything up (except for my Sample Society box that I was actually able to hold at the UPS office and pick up myself) so now I have no boxes! My glossybox is in Timbuktu for all I know since it went off the grid after the 28th and there's no estimated delivery time and fabfitfun's VIP box suffered a similar fate thanks to Fedex shitpost. Furthermore, the FFF debacle deserves it's own post due to the extremely disappointing boxes (bloggers got awesome, people that paid got utter shit) and a complaint led to me only giving them another chance because I was offered the next box for free. Hopefully, they'll stop with the giving famous bloggers gold and giving paying consumers the equivalent of  cat shit (and not the fancy coffee kind!) but we'll see. 

The other boxes, well I'm waiting for them to charge tomorrow night and I know KNOW that Popsugar Must Have will charge me at the most inconvenient time but since I'm veritably obsessed with their box, they know that I'll sell a kidney before canceling my sub. Oh and the Coco Rocha x Fancy Box seems to be going the way of Pink's box what with my getting an email saying the boxes would be 'a few days late' (aka I'll probably be paying for next month before I get this box!) and if the items are as lackluster as Pink's crap box (I would never ever sub to that box anyway since I'm very much not a Pink fan) then I'll be very very sad.

For now, I'll just wait for the charges to start coming in and the the cycle of hope, excitement and inevitable disappointment to begin all over again.

Damn these boxes be stressful ;)

My Julep April Selections and why even this box will be late!!!!

Julep  is all about brights for April and I am so onboard. The selection period overlapped with my no internet period and I kid you not, I hauled ass to Starbucks to use their free wifi just to find out what was being offered and what I would order. Suckily enough, (yes, I know that's not a real word!) I was too late to upgrade to the entire collection since that option was already sold out on the 21st. However, I still went for my 'it girl' and added the dry shampoo (an obsession of mine) and the rock candy 'Candy' nail glaze.

The lovely items I now have to wait even longer to get. 

I was a happy camper. I placed my order and was charged on the 27th as per usual. Until! Until I get an email saying that my payment couldn't be processed. I immediately check my transactions and see that there is indeed a charge for my box. Howeverrrr, it seems that I hadn't updated my address (I had tried to do so but then the card wouldn't go through so I assumed the address hadn't been updated and then forgot) and my billing address didn't match what they had on file! So now I get to wait even longer for my box (I would've, no shit, gotten it in 2-3 had everything been fine) since they'll have to charge again (apparently pending charges don't count even though that cash is gone until the bank feels like returning it) in the middle of next week! After a week of screw ups and problems, this has got to be just one more note added to the bs machine. I just want my box!!!


That means that I'll get to suffer a little longer without my beloved boxes. I'm suffering from box withdrawal!

For now, I must wait until I actually get a box because I can't review my frustration!

Lip Factory Update

Well, this months boxes seem to be not wanting to ever get to me. After a huge shipping fiasco after moving, none of my packages are apparently being forwarded. According to USPS, they're being returned so that's awesome. NOT.

Every day I wait for the mailman for some good news but alas, nothing. Nothing!!! At this point, I'll have to review march boxes in late april if I EVER get to do it!! Anyway, there has been one good thing received at my new address and that is my replacement Korres lip color from Lip Factory! After my request for a replacement was quickly addressed and a replacement sent, it apparently got sent back to the company per the USPS' fuckery regarding my mail. So, Lip Factory were gracious enough to send another lip color to my new address and it arrived today! Crazily enough, they didn't only send the one gloss that needed to be replaced but a plastic bag (clearly sealed and direct from the company) that included 3 colors! 3!!!! That means I got not one Korres lip color but 3!! That, I shit you all not, was the highlight of today (well that and buying ice cream, it wasn't a great day tbh)

Please ignore my feeble attempt at nail art! 

omg my fingers look fat!! ;P 

This mini pack included Korres Raspberry Liquid Lipstick (the official name) in Fuchsia 54, Soft Pink 13, and Berry 28. I'd initially only gotten Berry 28 and I cannot say I'm not super excited to have all 3. They may be discontinued in the US but they are awesome and feel awesome on my lips. Definitely a great product. I might have to hop over to Europe to get some more when I run out!

I'm back aka Internet I love you!!!

I was gone for nearly a week thanks to my move and the fact that I had a huge mixup that made it impossible to get an internet connection in my house until today! But now, I have returned! I have returned to finally post about my spring mystery box from julep (which was nearly lost to my old and decidedly ghetto address!) and now I can talk all about the AWESOME t-shirt I purchased at my trusty and beloved target yesterday. It's called the going out t-shirt, I believe and after trying on and wearing the one I did buy, I'll be returning to target to buy another 20 in every color possible. Omg they're so comfy and perfect for spring and long!!! Yes, they're long! If you suffer from tallness or a long torso, you know how hard it is to find a good looking tshirt that doesn't cut you off at an awkward length and this tee is the answer!!! Seriously, I'm in love with it and will definitely buy at least 5 more. No joke. Ok, so as we near the end of the month, there are only a few boxes to review but I do know that fabfitfun has already shipped their box (mine is due tomorrow-ish) as well as my glossybox which is in the snail mail trail. Unfortch, I have no eta as to when I'll get these packages because of the forwarding debacle I'm suffering with right now. Seriously, my packages are getting lost and not delivered and blah blah. Such problems! No more since this is a beauty type blog not a whine about my personal issues because they piss me off so much blog. ;D

Lip Factory March Box Review Update

Last week I  got my first (and for now) only LIP FACTORY monthly subscription box. If you read my original review, you may note that I was pretty sad that many of the products in the box were from unknown brands or discontinued items. This continues to be my main issue but I do have to give Lip Factory some props.

First of all, I immediately emailed them when I noticed that my Korres lip gloss was half empty, unsealed and apparently used. To say this was upsetting, well, it would be an understatement. However, I was pleased to see that I got a quick response from the company and a bit later, a notification that my replacement color had already been sent (I've yet to receive it so I can't comment on the new Korres' state but I'm almost sure that it'll be new... hopefully). Their response was very detailed if not a bit too detailed (passionate about the company or defending themselves from implications? I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and say they just want to do a good job) and I appreciate that. Many companies will either ignore your email entirely or respond long after you stop even caring about what you emailed them about (and I'm guessing they count on this to get out of some sticky situations) but I can confidently tell all that this particular fledgling company did the right thing and responded to my query quickly and said the right things. Plus, they actually took quick action.

Second, I feel like such a bitch because omg all of the colors I got (with the exception of the opened Korres I had to trash) look great on me. I don't know if they gave out universal shades and I was lucky or if they actually pick the colors that look best on certain skin tones but every damn color looked great on me. No joke! They weren't the fanciest products but wow was I happy when I saw that no color would go to waste.

I'll update this post when I get the new Korres but it might take a bit because it'll end up being forwarded to my new address and take like an extra week to get to my hands. Ugh, moving is extra hard when you sub to so many boxes and buy a LOT of things online because I get mail nearly every day. There was no mail at my old address today and my mailman told me he received my address change (sad panda face because he is awesome as far as mailmen go) so I guess all of my incoming mail is being re-routed and I'll see it later on. Since I just realized that this post totally diverged into a mail tangent, I shall attempt to end it here. Lip Factory aren't as bad as I may have made them sound (I was into them about 60% and that has gone up to 73%) and I am considering giving them another chance after things settle down.

For now, I hope to get my new color and that all will be well. Especially since I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to spend my cash and tomorrow, I shall finally FINALLY get my March Beauty Bar Sample Society box. The one I already know has a bunch of recycled samples I hated the first time around and totally bitched to CS about but was unable to get them to send me any other box. Seriously, I would've taken ANY other box. I love this sub but you can be pretty sure that March's review won't be so pretty!

Wait-listed for Ipsy no more!!!

So, I was waitlisted for ipsy from early March and today I finally got the email I'd been waiting for! What email is this, you say? Well, clearly I speak of the fact that I am now a proud ipsy subscriber. I hadn't really considered this sub before because many people spoke about it sending out much lower end brands than other comparable boxes but I've decided to take a leap of faith. Also, I just love getting stuff in the mail. Seriously. I really do love it!

Anyhow, I'm finally a subscriber but for the April bag which means I still have a bit of a wait to go for my box but as of today, it has been added to my official 'roster' of reviewed subs starting with the April box. I always enjoy a new sub and, hopefully, this one will be no exception. Plus, I read they send out little makeup bags. Since I can never ever get enough of makeup bags, this seems like a cool little perk. If only April could come sooner..... :)

Part 3: Guess who got a free Secret Clinical Strength Stress Response Deodorant

So, this is one of the last of these, I promise! But, as I'm totally bored and tired from moving (well, supervising the moving, I don't like to sweat :0 ) I decided to do a mini post on yet another product that I got from the influenster box, the Secret Clinical Stress Response Deodorant. I noticed they were asking for blog posts reviewing said product from peeps that had survived recent #StressSweat moments. Since I did, I decided to post a mini-review just to give them love for giving me free shit. Well, my #StressSweat moment was earlier this week when I was going crazy trying to find a place and was waiting for a decision on the place I'm currently moving to. No joke, they were some of the most stressful moments I've had this year. I'm talking neuroscience finals stressful (lolll my college education seems a waste when I blog about beauty... or is it?). So, I decided to use Secret's stress response deodorant to at least keep me dry and not smelly through such difficult times.

Since, I'm so sensitive to smell, even deodorants with strong or nasty (to me) odors drive me crazy and give me migraines. Fortunately, this one didn't and more importantly, did exactly what it's meant to do. It kept me from stress sweat whilst wearing an unfortunately made of synthetic materials cardigan that made a cool day seem like I was inside a sauna.

lolll it looks like an ad but I didn't have a personal pic because used deodorant is NASTY

Anyway, I'm very happy to have gotten to experience this product especially because deodorant is one of those thing everyone uses (or should!) every day but never thinks about. This one, I had to think about to write this post and have to say that I actually do like it. I'm not obsessed with it either, it is deodorant but I'm pretty satisfied. Plus, it helped me through a stressful moment so that's cool too ;)


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