January 2012 Birch Box!!!

YAY! I got my birch box this month! I got it on the 9th or so but, I didn't want to write this until I had tried out my products. It was a terrific month <3 I am SUPER pleased about what I got. The box was definitely worth more than the 10 dollar monthly fee. So, let's get started on this!

The first thing I pulled out, which was the most exciting thing in my box, was my Stilla full size Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner <3 OMG I WAS SO EXCITED!! I was worried I was going to get it in one of the colors that wouldn't work with my eyes. I got Lionfish, which was exactly perfect. It's kind of a bronze dark brown with some gold in it. It is super pretty. It glides on very smooth. It's also one that you don't need a sharpener for, it twists up. The waterproof part I actually tested lol. I put a swatch of it on my hand and carried on as normal throughout the day. This involves a LOT of washing my hands. It stayed very well in the same place, which pleased me quite a bit. Overall, I am SUPER happy about this. It costs twenty dollars for this product, so right there I paid half and got some samples in this box. <3

The next thing I got was a Juicy Couture perfume. I actually ended up giving it to my mother. Perfumes to me are extremely personal. It's not a bad scent. It's very floral and you can detect a hint of spicy cinnamon type scent in it as well. It's like a spicy floral scent haha. It's pleasant... but it's just not for me. I'm more of a clean smell kind of girl.

Origins Checks and Balances Froth Face Wash was the next thing I got. Now for myself, face wash is a hard thing for me to use. My face never breaks out unless I use a face wash. I have tried literally all of them under the sun and none of them work. I tried this one even still, and I like it more than any I've used. I haven't used it enough to see if it makes my face break out, but I did like the immediate after results. When it comes out of the tube it kind of smells and feel like toothpaste, not joking. But then when you put some warm water on it and put it on your face man does it lather! And the lather is a super soft, silky smooth kind of lather. It rinses easily and your face is left feeling super refreshed, soft, and clean.

I tried out the Archipalago Pomegranate Body Soap the same time I tried the face wash. I am not a huge bar soap fan. It always leaves that filmy, weird, dry feeling on my skin. This one did a little bit but not too noticeably. So that was nice, the smell is really good if you like fruity body washes or soaps, which I do. I probably won't use it unless I run out of body wash and have forgotten to buy more as that does tend to happen haha. But it's nice.

I got a "lifestyle extra" which was a Larabar. It was carrot cake flavored. Personally, I can't stand carrot cake so I gave it to my boyfriend to try. He hated it. He said it tasted like really bad carrot cake with fibrous and grainy pieces of raw carrot in it. He just said it was terrible. SO there's that.

My "treat" of the month was a pink magnet of their logo. A lot of people were not impressed by this but I for one love it! I am always needing more magnets.. I'm one of those people that likes to put pictures of my friends and their kids on my fridge haha.

Well that's my birch box blog!! Here's a photo of the card that has all the products and details on it for you to look at if you want to see what they said about each product <3 hope you enjoyed!

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