We’re already into the middle of July, but it’s never too late in the Summer to get the scoop on a good deal like the POPSUGAR Must Have Subscription Box. Since the June package that I’m about to share with you is sold out already, you’ll want to sign up asap for the July installment.
POPSUGAR sent me this Must Have Box to try and it’s “Beach Bag” theme is very appropriate and useful for my upcoming beach vacations.
Inside we have an ALOHA Collection Mid-Size Ocean Coco Palms Pouch that I’ll use as a swimsuit travel bag and a Billabong Aloha Forever Trucker Hat that’ll protect my face from the sun. The Captain Blankenship Mermaid Sea Salt Hair Spray is a beach beauty bag must-have and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo will be a fun beach read. NCLA So Rich — Mermaid Tears will keep my cuticles nice even if the sun strips my mani and the Belgian Boys Mini Cookie Stash will be a fun beach snack. I’m looking forward to drinking aperol spritzes with the Meri Meri Blue and White Party Straws or maybe I’ll stick one in a Starbucks Frappuccino Chilled Coffee Drink.
Get $5 off your first POPSUGAR Must Have Box with code SHOP5 and let me know in the comments what your experience with the POPSUGAR box is like!
I feel like I haven’t done a favorites post in awhile! Just wanted to share some new products that I’ve been loving and what I got in my latest Popsugar Must Have box!
MARC JACOBS LIPSTICK SET MARC JACOBS MASCARA
I adore Marc Jacobs Beauty! Not only are the products great, the packaging is so pretty! Marc Jacobs sent over these gorgeous colored mascaras and I’ll admit I’m not one to be too creative with my makeup so I’ve never tried colored mascara before but I have been having fun with these and honestly they are so subtle that you really only see it in certain lights but it really enhances your eyes.
How cute are these mini lipsticks? I love the pink case that they come in and it makes for such a good gift! Oh and it’s on sale now which makes it such a good deal! I love all the colors that come in the set and I think it would work for any skin tones. Also check out the Face and Eye palette that’s on sale too!
This month’s PopSugar Must Have box was full of pretty things! I’m obsessed with this pretty trinket tray and ring dish. I don’t know about you but I always manage to take my rings and earrings off in the most random places and then I forget where I left them! Now that I have these trays I just keep everything in there and I haven’t lost anything yet 🙂 If you want to get your first box, make sure to use code SHOP5 to get $5 off!
I got the most amazing package from Maybelline to try out quite a few of their products. I’ve been going crazy trying them all (crazy good, I love trying out new makeup!)
My favorites: Dream Cushion Foundation – this foundation has such good coverage and I love the “cushion” to get the product out. So easy to use and it last all day. Big Shot Mascara – I’ve always been a fan of Maybelline mascara, they make the best mascara, hands down. This new mascara gives me such full lashes! I absolutely love and recommend it. I have the worst luck with mascara when it comes to flaking or leaving racoon eyes. I think it’s just the way my eyes are shaped and my under eyes can be a little oily so makeup tends to smear but this mascara has been holding up all day. I’m so impressed with it! Brow Highlighter – In case you missed it, I recently posted my microblading experience on my youtube channel. If you don’t know what microblading is, it’s basically permanent eyebrows! It’s pretty amazing as they tattoo on strokes of ‘hair’ so that it looks like the real thing. I’m super happy I did it and love waking up to perfect brows every day 🙂 Anyway, I don’t add any additional make up to my eyebrows anymore but I love using this highlighter to apply right underneath the brow bone to enhance them even more. Eyeshadows – I haven’t been able to use all the colors but I have to say that the ones that I’ve been using I’m very impressed by the color payoff and the range of colors. It promises 14 hour wear and I do agree that it has super long lasting powers! Best of all these are only $3.99 each!
And let’s just talk about these Matte lipsticks as they are one of the best lipsticks I’ve ever used. I’ve been really into matte lips lately and so am always on the hunt for matte lipsticks that are not too drying. These are so creamy and look so pretty on. The color is very true to what is in the tube. I love all of these nude tones too.
This last thing was something that I’ve been wanting to try for awhile. Have you heard of bubble masks? Basically you put on the masks and then it starts to bubble up as it removes dirt and cleans your pores! I love it! One warning, it totally tickles as it bubbles up but so worth it as my skin feels so good afterwards. I use the bubble mask once a week to really clean my face. When I want an extra bit of moisture I use the Hydrating Gel Mask. It’s very cooling and feels great when it’s on and definitely give my skin the much needed moisture during these cold winter months. Oh and the pore refining mask and brush tool is the tool that you didn’t know you needed! I love using it to apply my masks and not worry about any extra dirt or oil from my finger tips. It’s only $5 and much needed in your skincare bag!
Mason Jar Cookie Company (retail $12) – I love to bake from
scratch. The measuring of the ingredients and figuring out if I want to
add this or that is fun to me, but sometimes it’s so much
easier to use mixes so will definitely be trying this out. All you need
to do is to add butter (which I don’t eat so I will sub for coconut
oil) and egg.
Kendra Scott Elisa Necklace (retail $50) – a simple and classic
necklace that goes with anything. I like the dainty-ness of the piece
as most piece with stones like this tend to be pendants on the larger
side.
Lollia Shower Gel (Retail $22) – I’m not one for perfumed
shower gel, I tend to stay towards very lightly scented to no scented so
was a bit wary of this one but it passed the sniff test as it wasn’t
too strong and the scent was not bad at all. Just a light floral
scent.
Bite Beauty Lip Gloss (Retail $22) – I
just love the color! I’m a fan of anything this pink but I like that
when it goes on it’s more sheer with a hint of color so great for
layering over your lipsticks or wearing when you are going for a more
natural look. It’s a tad sticky but not drying at all.
Goodbyn Meal and Dipper set (retail $8) – I have no use for this but will be great to add to my diaper bag for snacks for my daughter. I actually like the little dipper container as this is the perfect size to hand to Layla and she can eat out of. When we eat out, she just eats what we eat but it’s nice to have snacks on hand when she suddenly decides she’s hungry and we’re not currently eating at the moment.
Paddywax mini jar candle (retail $10) – this smells
delightful! I am one for clean smelling scents. I don’t like anything
too spicy or fruity so I am loving the Ocean Tide + Sea Salt scent
Think Thin Bar – I don’t eat dairy so I didn’t try this out, but before when I did eat dairy I used to eat Think Thin bars all the time so I’m sure it’s good! Although I do have to admit, kind of a random thing to include in the box.
For a total retail of $124, it’s a pretty good value considering the box is $39.95! I used to get Popsugar Must Have boxes all the time (you can read my previous reviews here) and I stopped before I moved houses because I wanted to stop accumulating so much stuff. I did always love the Popsugar box and it still ranks as one of my favorite subscription boxes. I try not to subscribe to too many of these but I kind of like the anticipation of getting my boxes and seeing what’s inside. I still use a lot of the items that I got from my first few Popsugar boxes!
If you’d like to subscribe, just click here and you can choose one month for $39.95 or if you subscribe to more months, you’ll save on your total. And just for you I have a $10 off code with a 3 month subscription! Use the code AUG14SELECT. The code ends on 9/10/14.
Disclosure: POPSUGAR provided me with a complimentary POPSUGAR Must Have box. The opinions I have shared about the box are my own and POPSUGAR did not tell me what to say or how to say it.
Got my Pop Sugar Must Have box and compared to last month it was quite different so wanted to share a quick review with you guys.
Here’s most of the contents. My inital reaction was that it was packed! The box it came in was huge and filled to the brim.
The most notable item that I liked was the govino Wine Glasses. They look just like real wine glasses but they are shatterproof, reusable and recyclable! I need the shatterproof as you do not even know how many wine glasses I’ve broken. Sometimes I just look at them and they break! I’ve never seen these before so am glad that I was introduced to them. Will be great to use them for when we have guests over and you don’t have to worry about anyone shattering a glass.
Read more for the rest of my review (it’s kinda long)
The thing that I was most meh about was the food (a bag of granola and pretzel chips) I mean, I know it’s just filler to make it seem like there’s more in the box but I’d still prefer not to get food items. I don’t know, I’m picky about food and don’t really need a box like this to be sending me snacks. Also, the PopPhysique DVD is potentially good but considering I have absolutely no space to do any kind of working out, I’ll never use it until we move somewhere bigger. I prefer to get my workout on at the gym anyhow. Maybe I can convince my gym to install a TV and DVD player for me? LOL.
Moving on, here’s the stuff I did like. First, the Baggu Reusable Bag. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a reusuable bag hoarder. I love those things so am always happy to get another one. I like these ones better where they fold up into something small so they are easy to keep in my purse. I always have at least one with me.
The Tatcha Blotting Papers are pretty amazing. They do an awesome job of soaking up all the oil on my face. I’ll for sure be keeping this in my bag. I’ve seen these before but have never bought them. I’m totally sold though.
The Sprout Skincare Exfoliator and Cleanser is really neat because the ingredients are truly all natural. Like the exfoliator is made with just almonds, oats and sea salt. It’s definitely not as harsh on your skin but I don’t think it works any better than my favorite exfoliator only because I love the consistent exfoliating beads and this one just doesn’t get that. The Cleanser, is also a little mild for me. I like to really cleanse my face to get rid of makeup and anything else at the end of the day but with this cleanser your supposed to put on a cotton pad and clean your face with it that way which I just don’t feel like that will do a whole lot of cleaning. (I prefer a cleanser used with my clarisonic to get my make up off). I’ve been using it more as a toner instead which I think it works great in that sense. I love the natural aspect of this line and although these two didn’t impress me a whole lot (but I’ll still use them) I did see that they make a makeup remover which I may try.
And not pictured above is the Alora Diffuser
which I had already put on our shelf (next to our very cute Rocking Bird!) and I have to say, I’m impressed with this diffuser. We live in a loft with very high ceilings so fragrances usually get lost in this space but this diffuser does a great job of getting the fragrance out. I’ve used several diffusers and this one is definitely the best one for our space so I’ll be checking out the other fragrances once this one is done.
So overall, a pretty good box! There were a few other things in there that I didn’t think were worth mentioning but you can see the entire box over at the Popsugar website. For the price, you definitely get a lot more than what you paid for. For me, these boxes are just fun to get because I feel like I’m getting a surprise every month. If you want to subscribe to the box, click here! (my referral link is attached) I just got a coupon code for you guys too! Use code REFER5 and get $5 off your first box!
Popsugar is not sponsoring me to do any of these reviews, I just want to share them since I’m always curious as to what is in these subscription boxes and thought it might be helpful if there are readers that are thinking about subscribing.
So I mentioned last month that I subscribed to the Popsugar Must Have box. I received it last week and wanted to do a quick review for those of you that were curious about it. They were pretty vague about what was going to be in it, unlike the other boxes that are popular now that just focus on cosmetics, nail polish, etc… they were pretty general about what they were going to include so I was intrigued.
First, the fun packaging! I’m a sucker for anything pink and white so I was excited to see the box 🙂
The contents minus two KIND bars that I gave to my husband (I’m not a fan of nuts)
Body Scrub and Body Lotion by Body Drench | nail polishes by RGB | Lip Products by Ilia | Reusable Bag
Read more for the rest of my review…
My inital reaction was just “oh”. Slightly unimpressed but still happy by the contents. The cost of the box is $35 so I did expect for the products to be nicer (and not samples) so I was happy about that. I had never heard of two brands (Body Drench & Ilia) so I just didn’t know if they were good or not.
I’m impartial to the body lotion and scrub. The body lotion does smell good but it’s not anything that I would’ve picked out. I have yet to use the body scrub as I already have a brand that I love but will test it out after mine is done. I have a huge stack of reusuable bags (Seattle has a ban on plastic/paper bags) but I can always use another one because you need them even when you shop at Nordstrom! This one is pretty roomy and sturdy so great for the grocery store. And I know my husband is excited to carry a Popsugar bag out of the grocery store. hahaha 😉
So at this point, I was feeling a bit ‘meh’ about the box. What changed my mind was after I used the Ilia lip conditioner and lipstick. The lip conditioner looks bright red but when it goes on your lips it’s a very sheer and pretty color. The nude lipstick is also really great on. Both go on smoothly, the lip conditioner definitely moisturizes my lips and the lipstick doesn’t dry out my lips. They work great layered together too! I’ve worn them consistently through the past week and they both get a thumbs up from me. They retail for $24 each so that in itself already pays for the bag.
I’m a total nail polish addict so I of course didn’t mind adding more polish to my collection. I’ve heard of RGB but have never bought it before. Mostly because I’ve never seen it at a store around here so I’ve never been able to test it out. I have been wanting a good mint color and so happy that I got this one. This color is perfection. I love love it and the polish itself is fabulous. It goes on smoothly, not too drippy or thick. I have yet to try the nude but come fall, I’m sure I’ll be wearing it a lot paired with other colors. These retail for $16 each so definitely well worth the price of the box.
Here’s my instagrammed picture of the color on my nails. It’s more closer to the green than the blue (you gotta love instagram filters but it definitely changes the colors). **Follow me on Instagram: TiffanyIsh**
So in the end, after using the products I do think that the cost of the box is great for what you get inside. Obviously the downside is that you don’t get to pick your colors or anything like that and you get brands that you’ve never heard of but the good thing about that, is trying out the brands that you many never have tried before. I’m signed up for this month’s box too so I’ll do a review on that once I get it! If you want to try out the box, sign up here (my referral link is attached) Did anybody else get the box? What are your thoughts?
. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a reusuable bag hoarder. I love those things so am always happy to get another one. I like these ones better where they fold up into something small so they are easy to keep in my purse. I always have at least one with me. 
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