That’s More Like It

Heya Aspiring Gurus!

Here is my April Birchbox unboxing! I hope you enjoy it. The ending got cut off a tiny bit, but it was only a few seconds so I forgive Youtube. I got my box late this month. Did anyone else get it later than usual? I also wanted to let you guys know that on Tuesday I will be donating 14 inches of my hair to Panteene Beautiful Lengths, which makes wigs and donates them to cancer patients. I really wanted to get an asymmetrical angled lob for a long time and it seems like the right time to get something I’ve really wanted and to give something back to someone having a rough time in their life. I will miss my butt kissing length, but I know someone else will love it dearly. It’s time to embrace change and give a hand. That’s my motto this year.

With Love,

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Birchbox Unboxing: March

Heya Aspiring Gurus!

I have another unboxing for you today. I am also working on a December First Impressions of Birchbox to go up this upcoming week. I have about four to five first impressions to do. So, in the next coming weeks, I’m going to try to push one out every week. The one I’m working on will most likely upload on Tuesday, but if I am behind, something else will upload that day. Enjoy! Also, for some reason the thumbnail is not uploading. As soon as it does, I will edit this. Thanks for understanding!

With Love,

Birchbox Unboxing: February

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So, this video was not the best. It was really steady and I thought I was organized. The end of the video got cut off, because my kindle decided that that was a good time to tell me that I was almost out of space. I still had 10%, but it decided that that wasn’t enough. There wasn’t much left to the video anyways, so I just decided to upload it. If you saw my previous post my impression of the November Ipsy bag was uploaded. I plan on uploading the December Ipsy impressions next week. Let me know if you like this style of videos and posts. I don’t have any more to say, except to have a Happy Sunday before the hectic work week ahead!

With Love,

Birchbox Unboxing: January

Heya Aspiring Gurus!

I have another unboxing here for you and I am really proud of this video. I think that it is the best one that I have done yet. I am also working on my thoughts on my November Ipsy bag and that by the latest, will be published by the end of the week. I’m working on getting really good quality pictures and modeling off different looks with my new makeup from that bag. What else am I doing this week? Well, I have a review for tomorrow and an update on my beauty ban for Thursday. I have an Empties and Favorites post in the works. If I get tomorrow off from work, which I surely hope so, I got over two feet of snow already and it’s still coming strong. I cannot even SEE my car anymore. No work = that Ipsy review getting finished and possibly uploaded. That’s my little update so far. Stay safe everyone!

With Love,

Birchbox Unboxing: December

Heya Aspiring Gurus!

I just used my camera to take a video for my unboxing. I uploaded it on to Youtube and there is NO SOUND! I’m so sorry guys! I will use my Kindle Fire from now on fr my videos. At least, you guys can still enjoy watching it, but I had cute commentary….BOO! Anyways, here is that video and you can look forward to two more videos with some sound tomorrow. Again, I am really sorry! I hope you guys still like it at least.

With Love,

Fresh Picks: May Ipsy

Heya Aspiring Gurus!

I have been subscribed to Ipsy for 5 months now and I can absolutely say that the bag just gets better and better with my feedback on the things I liked and the things I didn’t care for. I love that the bag comes predictably on the same day every month. When it gets close to the Saturday it gets delivered, I get super excited and hope that it gets to my apartment a day earlier than expected. Last month, I got my bag super late, because it got lost in shipping. Has this happened to anyone else? So, I got May’s bag just two weeks after I received April’s bag. I didn’t mind, though. It was like getting two presents! I do wish that Ipsy had added something special in my April bag to “makeup” for the incident.

Now, onto my May Fresh Picks:

The Bag:

A beautiful burlap canvas bag with greenery accents. The bag was spot on for a fresh face for May. It fits with their Fresh Picks theme. I really love the bag. I cannot wait to use it at the beach to hold the few essential items that I do take with me. (ooh! That should be an upcoming blog post: Beach essentials! I love inspiring ideas from Ipsy.) Anyways, this really is a quality little bag to stash my goodies in.

The Contents:

Pacifica Natural Beauty Eyeshadow Duo in #2, 0.07 oz:


Based on other products on the Pacifica, I would guess that the value of this eyeshadow is $10, since it is as full sized item. So, counting only this, I did get my bag’s worth of product on this eyeshadow alone. This compact has the prettiest highlight color in white gold and a nice semi-matte smoky purple for a crease color. I will definitely get some good use out of these colors, but I will doubt I would purchase it. I rarely buy makeup and when I do, it is hardly ever eye shadow. I just can never use them up and Ipsy allows me to stock up on them without breaking the bank.

Boo-Boo Cover-Up Concealer in Medium, 0.34 oz:

Based on the Boo-Boo site, this concealer is full-sized and it cost 19.99. So, this is worth 20 dollars basically. I am super excited to try such a high end concealer! I am not sure that I would purchase this even if I really liked it….who am I kidding? If it is a miracle worker, I will be repurchasing. This is the perfect medium color for my skin tone. It blends nicely and seems to cover well. We will see in time just how well this performs for me. I cannot judge it by wearing it once for like ten minutes.

Eau Thermale Avene Eau Thermale Thermal Spring Water, 1.76 oz:

I looked this up online and the sample that I have is worth around 2 dollars. The full-sized is worth 18 dollars at 10.58 oz. I will be purchasing the full-size version of this as soon as I am out of my current facial toner and the new Lush one that I recently purchased. Maybe, I will buy with in June or July by the earliest. I am in love with this! This super cooling water is a great alternative morning/night toner for when my skin is irritated. I am really excited about this one. Is anyone else excited that they got this in their bag?

Hang Ten Classic Sport 50, 1 fl oz:

This sample is around 2.50 USD based on the full-sized product. This stuff smells good, not great, but good. It smells like my childhood at the lake with my family, chasing the family german shepherd. It dries to a glowy (not greasy) finish and leaves skin feeling moisturized as well as protected. I would not purchase this, because I really love Hawaii Tropics so much and this does not hold a candle to how I feel about that sunscreen.

Balanced Guru No Frizz Oil, 0.5 fl oz:


This size retails for 13 dollars on the Guru Balanced website. I love how this stuff is USDA organic and cruelty free. It also smells like candy, (with a bit of lemon grass after scent) the lemon starbursts kind. I haven’t tried this on my hair yet, but even if I did, a single use is not enough to make a proper judgment for a hair or skincare product. I will definitely review this when I finish it though.

I give this bag a strong 4 and a half stars. The half star is for the sunscreen, because I wish it was either bigger or could have been used on the face, instead of body. The overall price of this Ipsy bag was 47.50 USD for the subscription price of 10 USD. I have to say that it was really worth it.

With Love,

Selena Hannah xoxoxo