Desperately Seeking Bookworm

Yay free makeup to try! Woo woo! So excited for this post. I love trying new things and I especially love trying new makeup (I'm kind of a makeup hoarder), and even more excited to be trying a brand that I never have before. As I've said before Influenster is a program where you can take surveys, write reviews on products, and participate in giveaways in order to earn badges. Once you reach a certain level you qualify for Voxboxes. They are absolutely free boxes that you receive from Influenster and various companies, in turn you review the box and its contents. Now that being said my box was entitled 'The Glamour Look by Mary Kay' and I it was filled with some of Mary Kay's top selling products. In my box: eye shadow mascara lash primer brush lipstick Five solid products that I'm sure will have no problem fitting into my already overcrowded train case and varied makeup routine. Product Run Down & First Impressions: Lash Love Lengthening Mas...

I participate in Influenster and like BzzAgent it is a site that allows you to review products, participate in surveys, and connect with social media in order to gain perks. The perk part of Influenster is called Voxbox, which is a free box courtesy of them and the particular sponsor which contains one or more new products to try. In turn for trying, you are supposed to spread the word and be a positive "influence" on the product. Its a very good system, but in order to qualify for the box you have to pass the "test" which is a survey; if you pass you are then invited to participate or sometimes just selected to participate. I was invited to sample a new household product which was going to "change the way I completed my daily routine". Now I was very excited to be chosen and to be able to try anything new (i.e. free), but I must say I was rather disappointed when I read the tagline on the email and it said "pots & pans". My smile droppe...

A Month of so ago I signed up for BzzAgent, which is an online perks site. You take surveys to build up a "bzz score" in good standing, and in return are asked to participate in product tests. After filling out every survey on their site, I was selected to participate in their newest campaign with Covergirl. Covergirl is my absolute favorite (besides NYX) drugstore brand! I eagerly anticipated my redemption coupon in the mail and at long last I received. I hurried off to CVS to try it out and here I am. Covergirl's latest venture into foundation is Outlast Stay Fabulous. Billed as a 3 in 1 product to cut out some pesky extra steps. The steps you are supposed to take out is the act of putting on primer (which helps your foundation stay on longer) and any touch-ups with a concealer. To really test it out I did not use any extra concealer, nor did I use a primer. I have to say that it reminded me a bit of Revlon Colorstay, but it did not dry as fast. Which is great becau...

So I got my Birchbox about a week ago for this month and I thought I'd review it for everyone. Usually I just use things and then say I hate them, I never give them a fair chance. With this box, and this post however, I will be doing full reviews. As always I'm excited about the thought of getting my Birchbox every month, but they very rarely deliver. This month though, wasn't too bad since I actually got things I've wanted to try. For those of you who don't know Birchbox is a monthly subscription service that delivers 5-6 deluxe size samples to your doorstep for $10 a month. It is a recurring charge, or you can chose to purchase gift subscriptions. They also have a points system, for every 100 points you earn you get $10 in the shop. The points can be earned by purchasing boxes, items in the shop, writing reviews on the item, and inviting friends. The contents of my box were: Juice Beauty Stem Cellular Repair CC Cream Beauty Protector Protect & Detangle...

Whenever I’m scoping out makeup on YouTube or on other blogs, people are always raving about Wet and Wild. I too have been intrigued by the brand, because I know that it has come a long way from the cheap makeup you used to get when you were in middle and high school. The formulas have changed, but the prices have generally stayed the same. So when Walgreens was having a bogo sale I thought how could I resist? I didn't pick up much, just some things I've heard good reviews about and the rest was just things that appealed to me. I picked up two bronzers, one eight-shadow palette, one eye trio, one lipstick, and one lip gloss. In all I believe my total came to about $10 before tax, (I bought a couple other things), so not too sure on my final total. For Six items that isn't bad and I was super excited to try out my new purchases! The first thing I picked up was the Coloricon Bronzer with SPF 15 in “Reserve Your Cabana” . This is the lightest b...

So this post is going to be my first "negative" review, and I say negative in quotes because it is, but it isn't. I read Penelope by Rebecca Harrington, and I can only describe it as a bad movie that you cannot tear your eyes away from. I tried very hard to stay positive while I read it, thinking that it was about to get better with the turn of the next page, but it didn't. Was it easy to read? Absolutely. Did it have a standard rise and fall in plot or action? No. This book had absolutely nothing happening in it. And the characters were so utterly weird that you couldn't like them or even want to read about them. Even the "heroine"/title character wasn't great. She wasn't overly unlikable or an underdog, she was just a plain boring girl from Connecticut. I'm going to copy paste the description from Goodreads, so you can pre-judge this baby for yourself. Here we go... "When Penelope O'Shaunessy steps into Harvard Yard for the...

During the blizzard in February, I knew that we would lose power. So to avoid udder 18th century induced boredom, I stocked up on some good books from the libby and made sure I had plenty of batteries for my flashlight. When we did lose power (right in the middle of TMZ) I whipped out my trusty flashlight and picked up my first suitor, Jaycee Dugard's haunting memoir A Stolen Life . The 2011 memoir tells the horrifying and somewhat inspiring story of the kidnapping and life of Jaycee Dugard. Dugard was kidnapped at the age of 11, by Phillip & Nancy Garrido and was held hostage by them for 18 years. Victims in these circumstances very rarely come forward and talk about their experience, let alone do it so eloquently and with a perspective like Jaycee's.  She takes you into the hell that became her life for years, and you feel every moment of it. I believe her intention was not only to get her story out there and told, but to also help other people who may have been in simi...