First Impressions: Yuko Anti-Frizz Shampoo and Conditioner

I received this sample in one of my many beauty boxes that I was subscribed to at one point. I really never tried any of the products so they have been just sitting since I received them. I spent all the money, so I have to try them out right? The Yuko Anti-Frizz shampoo and conditioner was the lucky first product that I have to try out. I used them this morning right after I finished my workout. I have extremely curly hair that tends to be very dry and frizzy so naturally this would be a great product for me to try.

May Favorites

 It's that time again! End of the month and that means it's favorites time! As you may or may not know May--ha, get it?-- was a very exciting month for me. My husband came home from Deployment and we had our second anniversary. I was very busy had in-laws that came in and had to get back into the swing of things. I have 6 things this month as my favorites, not too many because I wasn't really dipping into the collection much. The first two are:

Beauty Army!

Why hello there Adventurers! Today's post is another one of my beauty boxes, today's is Beauty Army. This box will run you about $12 to pick 6 beauty samples to be sent to you every month. This month I picked out:

Macadamia Healing oil treatment- So excited about this because of all the hype these products have gotten in the past, and well my naturally curly hair needs some healing.
Kellett Moisturizing gel- I basically picked this because I only wanted to try 3 things in my box and who can have enough moisturizers? hah.
Apothederm stretch mark cream- I don't have too many stretch marks but I do have some on my legs and well, they ain't cute so I want to try this is try to get rid of them. The only problem is, this bottle is pretty much empty. There's not much product in this at all. I don't know if I just got a bad one or what.
LA Fresh Oil free face cleanser- As much as I like my Benefit skincare a new cleanser every now and then can be good so I decided to try this one out.
Fiafini Skincare Divine hydration moisturizer- As good as the name sounds I had to pick it out. And I like trying new moisturizers. I'm currently shopping my stash of mini moisturizers right now to get rid of the little sample sizes that I have and it's been treating me well so far.
Atzen Protective day cream- Also says it's the perfect base for makeup, well I'ma be trying that one out tomorrow.

Those are the six things that I chose to receive this month. For my three months using beauty army I am very happy with it. The choice of samples that I like is lacking for example last month I didn't really like my box because I didn't have too many samples that I liked. But when that happens just skip the month. I get too excited about receiving things in the mail and go overboard and then I'm disappointed. BUT this month I truly love my box and am excited for 5 out of the 6 things!


Do you have a beauty army? Tell me about your samples below!

xoxoAlaina

New Beauty Test Tube!

Hey guys!,
        I received my first Test tube and needless to say I am/was super excited about it, not only is this only around 40 dollars every season, it's totally worth it in my opinion! The picture above is everything that came inside my test tube. They even were nice enough to give three coupon codes so that if you buy from Spalook.com you can get money back (I don't think this is a gift card even though it says gift card on it, it's more of a coupon) This is one of those subscription services where you don't know what you're going to get every season, so you're putting the money in and then getting surprised. It came in a pink box with a New Beauty magazine and a booklet with all the products in it.

 A close up of the cards, it included a 10 off of 60, 25 off of 125 and 50 off of 200! Good for me I believe, I still have not gone to the website to see if I will use them, but they don't expire until 7/31/12 so I have some time to look and see.

Included in this test tube were: 

Mally Evercolor shadow stick in the color Platinum- Full size $25 Included worth: $25 

Neostrata Skin active Cellular Restoration- Full size $79 Included worth:  $2.26

Moroccan Oil Frizz control- Full size- $32 Included worth: $32

Olay Regenerist Wrinkle Revolution Complex- Full size- $28 Included worth $3.78

YBF Eye liner in Plum Noir- Full size $14.50 Included worth: $14.50

Memoire Liquide Lotion and two perfume samples- Full size perfumes- $95 Full size Lotion- $48 Included Perfumes worth- $2.76 x2 Lotion worth- $48

Skin Ceuticals SPF collection- Full size dropper- $146 Full size Cream- $32 

dr. brandt flexitone BB cream- Full size- $39 Included worth: $9.75

Perlier & Elariia Body cream- Full size-$24.50 Included worth: $24.50

I'm completely blown away that 5 of these items were full size, how generous is that?! I only paid I believe something like $38 dollars for a tube worth, are you ready?! $159.79 NOT including what the SPF Collection is worth because I didn't want to figure it out. THAT is completely worth it. As far as what the little magazine told me there are 5 full size items, I'm not completely sure if they are, BUT regardless, I find this tube VERY worth the money I paid for it. So I, am VERY happy with this season's Test tube! 

***The test tube itself is only $29.95, shipping was what brought it up to $38.90, but I live in Hawaii, so it costs more! ***

Interested in trying it out? http://testtube.newbeauty.com/

xoxoAlaina

April Wishlist!

#1 The Victoria's secret lipgloss set, basically I really want the lipgloss in color Innocent, but I can't find it on the website so I cannot find a picture of just it. I guess it's supposed to be a dupe for Turkish Delight and I love that lip gloss so If I can get 5 for less than the price of Turkish delight, I'd be all over it.

#2 NYX Jumbo Eye Pencil in the color Milk. I think this would be the perfect thing to stick on the waterline for keeping eyeshadow's to stay. I've also heard so much hype I'd love to try it out and see what its like and if I'd like it.

#3 MAC Lipstick in "Vegas Volt" I saw this in someone's video, and I absolutely fell in love with the color, it's bright but not too bright that it'll be weird to see on someone, and I think that this would be a perfect color for spring.

#4 Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara, I loved this mascara, but I thought that the non-hypoallergenic mascara's were making my eyelashes fall out and I want to see if it was actually the 24/7 Urban decay Eyeliner Pencils. This mascara made my lashes full and long and that was back when I didn't have many. I just can't be bothered to go pick it up, but I really wish I would. Hah.

#5 Macadamia Deep Repair Mask- I bought a little sample of this to try it out that I haven't used yet, but if that works I'm gonna want to get the full size. Probably off of amazon since it's only 17 dollars on there. I've heard so much hype about this also I want to try it. and I use a lot of products on my hair already, might as well add one that odds are it's gonna work.