Beauty Box 5: May 2014

I used to subscribe to Beauty Box 5 back in the day, meaning 2 years ago when I was obsessed with the fad of "boxed subscriptions." Don't get me wrong, I'm still obsessed, but now I have a family to support so subscribing to these services don't usually happen because I usually can not afford it. However, back in April they shared a coupon code for a FREE box, and of course, I jumped on it. Here's what was inside:

Pretty decent box! Wouldn't say it's AMAZING, but definitely not disappointing. 

BH Cosmetics California Collection Eyeshadow Sample - Value: $6

This is a real cool sample. The colors are fun and ones I would wear in life. However, I didn't want to open this one, to take a picture of the colors because I'm probably going to regift it because I already have this exact same sample from BH Cosmetics that I got in Beauty Army, and there is a high chance that I also may have a 3rd one. I have seen this sample palette before, LOL. Nothing wrong with that, but I feel like it would go great in someone's gift pack for some special occasion. 

Just Being Sexy Body Bronzer - Value I HAVE NO CLUE BECAUSE I AM TERRIBLE AT MATH.

I'm not sure I would ever use this. When it comes to bronzer I'm clueless. And the fact that this is a BODY bronzer makes me a little more fearful. What if I sweat? Will it come off? I can't even compute a calculations to this because I never excelled in mathematics, but my guess is that it's less $1.00 considering 6 oz is valued at $49 and we were sent 24 ML. 

Aveeno Positively Nourishing Calming Body Wash - VALUE: $.90

I LOVE this stuff!! The smell of Lavender, Chamomile + Ylang-Yla

ng (what?) is one of my favorite smells ever and the fact that this is a body wash and not a lotion doubles my excitement! I love itty bitty things you can take on trips with you and this will definitely make my bag for NYC. 

LA Fresh Travel Lite-Facial Cleansing Wipes - Value: $3.50

I am a huge fan of LA Fresh. I've never actually ordered them on my own or seen them in stores, but have received them as samples before and LOVE LOVE LOVE them. Not to mention I love cleansing face wipes alot in general. They are perfect for making you feel a bit more fresh in the facial area on some days! I'm pretty excited to get this product and it will also be traveling with me to NYC in June. 

Montagne Jeunesse Glacial Cooling Face Mask - Value: $2.50

I've only used one mask by Montagne Jeunesse but enjoyed it. So, I'm pretty excited to try this and I actually received 4 masks from the company to provide my thoughts on them in another blog post! I am really looking forward to that! 

So, based on my (i'm sure poor) calculations the value of this FREE box was: $13.90? NOT bad. They could probably have sent me 5 foil packets and I probably would not have complained since it was entirely free, so because this box had stuff I enjoyed it was a good experience for me. HOWEVER, I don't think a good enough one to continue to my journey with them. I currently subscribe to IPSY (amazing!) and Love with Food (it's true, I love Food!) and that's really all I can afford right now. Now, I hope canceling goes smoothly. I have heard some things... 

Mailbox Freebies: December 9 - 14th

Monday & Tuesday:

Glytone was from an Allure win, Free RAVE Hairspray, Braun Thermometer and Violet Vox Box was from Influenster, Pepsi Iphone Cover case is from their rewards program, and the Baby Colic Drops & Rattle were from 2 giveaways from an Online Baby Shower Extravaganza!

Wednesday:

2 Amlactin samples, and half of a Grand Prize win from a Twitter party hosted by Huggies. I got a pair of slippers, a diaper bag from Skip Hop, $25 AMEX Gift Card and on it's way is a 3 month supply of diapers!

Mailbox Freebies: December 2 - 7th!

Holidays throw me off. I'm a twitter party win spree though. I'm obsessed.

Monday:

A great Smiley360 mission for 2 free packages of Quilted Northern Toilet Paper and some $2 off coupons. Click: http://smiley360.com/2604610.cfm and 2 3M Sandpapers!

Tuesday:

2 Fashion Tapes, Equate pad samples from Walmart.com, and 2 Starbucks K-Cups.

Thursday:

2 baby wipe product tests, Hersheys Spread from Klout, 2 Coffee Samples, 2 Lip Primers & 2 Lipsticks from Project Runway promotion, 1 free box of Rice Crackers from Walmart.com, US Weekly Magazine, Purina One Dog Food from Sam's Club, and Pine Sol from their Facebook page.

Friday:

I was so surprised to have received FOUR bags from Harvest Peas. I won their instant win game and it said only one bag of the Salted Caramel was coming. I'm definitely not complaining. I hate the Lightly Salted ones in an hour. SO good. The Equitance Dark Spot Corrector Skin Care Product is supposedly a $125 value.

Saturday:

Got 2 of my 3 Pinch Me boxes, The Berenstain Bear book is from Pinecone Research, the other 2 books are from October's Scholastic Mini Mission, and the little Santa hat is from Maker's Mark to put on my bottle of Makers Mark, ha.

Mailbox Freebies: November 12th - November 16th + FIRST TWITTER PARTY WIN!

Nothing makes someone's day by winning their very first Twitter party! And a real GOOD one at that. Couldn't have come at a better time because I was stressing about Christmas shopping, but who knows I may go crazy and just have one huge shopping spree. I've been needing new clothes. ;) But, $250 seems like so much money! ha ha. And for the record, Twitter parties are pretty hard to win, unless you're having a party with like 20 people.

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday & Saturday:

Mailbox Freebies: November 4th-November 9th

Monday:

Tuesday:

Smiley 360 campaigns for the Orajel: http://smiley360.com/2358788.cfm
2nd one: http://smiley360.com/2368025.cfm

Wednesday & Thursday:

Friday:

The only mailbox freebie I received was the Physicans Formula eyeshadow. The rest were from the Mall - The sephora eyeliner pots were only $1.36 thanks to the Wrapp App, the Victoria Secret was from the coupon in the mail and the Bareminerals eyeshadow was free just because they were giving them away if you stopped in! 

Saturday:

Mailbox Freebies: October 28-November 2nd

Monday:

Tuesday:

Wednesday:

Friday & Saturday:

Mailbox Freebies: October 14th - 26th

Almost too many freebies to keep track, might be missing a few, especially since I was sidetracked by another funeral. Blah. Anyways..

The Mucinex is a Smiley360 mission. It's been a while since I got one from them, but now I have a few from them coming! ;)  http://smiley360.com/2223970.cfm

My House Party package:

Birthday freebies from the mall:

First Lunchable instant win game prize (1 of 3 so far):

Mailbox Freebies: October 7-October12th

VERY slow week, one of my worst ones, but who can really complain? I love the Mary Kay goodies and I got 2 samplings this week. ;)

The Friskies cat treats were actually free product coupons from their Purina instant win! Speaking of instant wins, I also received a coupon for free Snicker/Milky Way bites, not pictured! 

Samplings: 

Mailbox Freebies - September 14-September 21st

I've been slacking with the freebie posting, I was out of a town due to a death in the family for a whole week, which throws you off your Freebie game, but I have been getting some pretty amazing ones these past couple weeks, so this post is just reflecting last weeks! ;)

I will say that this was just TWO days of one week! It was just a fun day opening freebie gifts in the mail that I needed to snap a pic! My YEARS supply of BB Cream finally came! My amazing Lash Bash party pack which you got to see in more depth in the last post, a Purex Insider goodie. The Loreal moisturizer was a gift from them just because I allowed them to stalk my Pinterest, and the Berry keeper was from Reddi-Whip, and then there is sunscreen lotion, and a product test!

Speaking of product test, I have been getting some great ones! Just this past week I have done a face primer, I received a whole package of a Pampers diapers, a foundation from Maybelline, and now some perfume from Escada. It's so fun and I actually got my very first money compensation from a diaper product test of $50!

Anyways, on to the most recent freebies:

And it's been pretty exciting with freebie hunting this past week, so can't wait to get everything! ;)

Ipsy & Benefit Cosmetic Lash Bash Party!

I was one of the lucky 1,020 selected to host this fun party and was so excited! I don't know how they selected me over everyone else, but I made it a point to be very active on Twitter - sharing my excitement and all that! Almost daily! I don't know if that was a factor but I like to think it was! ;)

Anyways, I was soooooooooooo excited to get the package today and although I had did a little peek from somewhere on the internet there was still excitement and surprise when it actually got to me!

Up first are all the goodies that I got for being selected as the host! ;)

As you can see this value was AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING! 

$193!!! COMPLETELY FREE!! Thank you to Ipsy & Benefit Cosmetics! 

What my guests get will be posted soon...

Mailbox Freebies: August 11-25th

Won the FRS goodie pack from a Twitter Party they were throwing - I don't think many people were in the party, because I won right away! No complaints here! ;) I dig the energy chews!

The stickers randomly came from Highlights Magazine!

The Hello Toothbrush was from a Facebook giveaway!

The cute packaging of the Finish detergent pacs are still available!

The Berenstain Bear book came from Pinecone research - just took a few surveys!

The Dentek samples were from their website.

I won another BIC pen from their giveaway last month.

Slender sticks in the flavor Acai Lemonade.

The bottle opener was from Grizzly cigarette company.

The NJoy cigarette was from their website.

Another Zippo lighter from Marlboro.

The amazing bra came from Bali bras and has to be one of my favorite freebies! It has a $36 value and is SOOOOOO comfortable, and I literally was thinking about how I needed a new bra and this came in the mail!

The pens came from Pilot pens just simply because I complimented them on their awesome pens - they emailed back and said they would send me a "sample" and was surprised to find these as their samples. ;)

The first lipstick is from Stylehunters in the the color Mystic Plum.

The second lipstick is from a giveaway I entered from Jafra Cosmetics.

The ear phones were also from Marlboro.

The Venus Olay razor was for the first 1,000 on Facebook - I love Venus! ;) They always give away goodies and you have to be fast! I just won another one last week!