April 2014 Volupties Review

                             

I'm so excited for this subscription box! It's called Volupties, and it is an underwear subscription box for voluptuous women. It is $17 a month but I got mine for $12 since it was my first box! They offer free shipping and they ship out a week after you subscribe for the first time and the end of the month every time after. In every box you get 3 pairs of underwear, whether it be boy shorts, briefs, or thongs so for $17. It's an awesome deal!

                                

The shipping bag is nice and discrete so the whole world doesn't know what you ordered! 

                                

All wrapped up in pretty pink paper but not for long!

                            

Look how cute!!! This is looking promising! This pair is from Spreegirl which conveniently I couldn't find any information on. I love this pair, the hearts are my favorite, so cute! 

                           

Next is from Icollection, these are black with adorable red bows on the sides. I wish I could give you guys a price but the website doesn't list prices. Again, very cute!

                           

Last but definitely not least is my favorite pair, this hot pink pair of boy shorts by Carrie Amber. I didn't think it would be so hard to find information about underwear but I guess it's harder than it sounds! So no price for this pair either. 

So what do you guys think of my new subscription box? I was hesitant about posting my underwear for the world to see but I decided to get over it because reading reviews about Volupties helped me decide whether or not to buy them! Let us know! 

-F.M.

April 2014 Glossybox Review

                                 

Hello again! I'm determined to get caught up on these reviews! So let's dive into the April Glossybox! 

                               

Of course here's the shipping box. 

Here's the classic pink box that they always use. 

And the big reveal! I was excited to open this box because I LOVE Ciaté nail polish and in this month's Glossybox you got a spring Ciaté Paint Pot color and I couldn't wait to see what my mom got! So naturally that was the first thing I snatched!

                                  

Look how pretty!!!! I love the adorable little bow! This color is called Kaftan, and it is a beautiful golden yellow! I can't wait to steal it from her! The Paint Pot is specially designed to fit easier in your hands and make it easier to hold on to.  This bottle retails for about $15. 

                               

This is Caldrea body wash. I couldn't find too much information on this body wash so I'm just gonna say it's body wash and it smells good! An 11.5 ounce bottle retails for $18. 

                                

Next is Bellápierre Vanilla Pink Super Gloss. This lipgloss is made with a natural plumper so it makes your lips look plump and full! This lip gloss retails for $25 a tube. 

                                 

This is L.A. Splash Eyeshadow Sealer/Base. I was very jealous of this! You use this on your eyelid to help prevent creasing when you apply your eyeshadow. It also helps prevent smudges and helps keep makeup on for 12 hours. I would love to have this and will definitely be making a trip to the store to by this! It retails for $9 a bottle. 

                                 

The last product is Aqua Spa Body Crème in relax. This smell wonderful, it's lavender and chamomile which helps relax your body. A 9 ounce bottle retails for $8.

So what did you guys think about this month Glossybox? My favorite product is the nail polish! Let us know what you guys think! 

-F.M.

2014 KLUTCHclub Best of Women's Box Review

Yeah, that's right, I got another KLUTCHclub box, you wanna make something of it? Just kidding, but man, I got this box ages ago, I'm really behind. I've been slowing down on boxes for a couple of reasons: 1) I might be moving soon and 2) I've been nonstop playing the South Park: The Stick of Truth game since Felicia (F.M.) loaned it to me. But anyway, I'm finally back from that (the latter at least).

First Look

So every Best of Women's box I've gotten has been pretty different, and pretty worthwhile. I paid around $10 for this box and I feel like I got a great deal.

I can always use some new razors, and although I did have a negative experience with BIC razors when I was twelve, maybe I'm mature enough to not just rip it up my leg now (wouldn't count on it though). This one has moisturizing strips though, so it should be much easier to not injure myself.

These weren't the best potato chips I've ever had, although they weren't terrible. I'd rather stick to Pop chips.

These are a repeat, and a gelatin one at that, so I'm going to try to find them another home.

I've never had sweet soybeans, so this was a little weird. The chocolate on them was pretty good, but the soybean flavor met my expectations in not really fitting with the chocolate.

More lovely Taylors teas. I still haven't tried the last couple I got, but they look expensive, so I'm sure they're good.

I've tried the peach so far, and it was good as pouch foods go, but dang, why does everyone love what is essentially baby food so much?

Another play-dough bar! This will not be eaten by me by any stretch of the imagination.

I learned that I can't do energy drinks, so this too will be passed along to someone.

I'd just purchased some black cherry Zevia the night before this box came. The cola flavor is even better I think! I like this stuff. It's sweetened with Stevia, so it tastes sweet, but with no calories.

And finally, this is my first box of Energems. They're good. Much less painful than the energy drink I had, and they taste delicious. There's a hint of the Mexican chocolate taste in there, but also the mint and just a little bit of the "energy drink" bitterness.

I think this box is a lot of fun! I would probably subscribe if I had the money to.

What do you think? Have you gotten this box? Let us know!

-E.S.

April 2014 Conscious Box Review

Phew! Finally a Conscious Box that isn't terrible. This still isn't super great for the $19.95 price tag, but supposedly they are changing to "Conscious Box Plus" next month, which will include more full-sized products. I'll still have a box coming for the next couple of months, so we'll see how that turns out.

Still the traditional look for this month, although that's changing too!

I could already tell from the first look that this month was better than the last one.

At first I thought they must have really been listening to my reviews, because this was the flavor I selected that I wanted to try. And it was much better than the plain sea salt ones from last month. Turns out everyone got this flavor, but nonetheless...

I've never really consumed energy drinks in my life, but I thought I'd give this a try. Let me share with you a log of my thoughts:

• First sip: Mm, not bad! Kind of tastes like Nerds.
• Second gulp: Okay, this isn't that great after all. Tastes kind of like leaves. I can still taste the Nerds but they're icky now.
• Halfway through the can: Ugh, I am not energetic and this stuff is gross. Why do people drink energy drinks? I guess I'm awake, but I probably would have been any way. I don't seem to be working any faster.
• An hour after drink: Ow. Why is my side hurting so badly? Also my chest. My groin. OW! Is this from the drink?
• Three hours after drink: The stabbings are over, except the constant one in my chest. 
• Four hours after drink: All better! Not even going to try the drink that came in my KLUTCHclub box. I'm not meant for these things.

So yeah, this is not the time or activity level in my life to start drinking energy drinks, or so I seem to have learned.

This is a baby food. I am not a baby. But I do have some child-like tendencies. I ate most of this stuff out of the bag and pretended it was freeze-dried apple. It was pretty good, although I could feel it turning into baby food in my mouth.

My mother always stressed to me the importance of iron in a vegetarian diet. Iodized salt and that. I guess I'll try this at some point, but it's not something I've ever thought to need (never been anaemic or anything).

Tea! I will almost certainly love this.

Another of these sets to try. I promise I will.

I bought a different flavor of these a day or two before I got the box. Pressed fruit strips are pretty interchangeable, but usually appreciated.

Only one this month, but dang! Conscious Box must own stock in Via Nature, I swear...

Coupons in the coupon envelope! Hooray!

Conscious Box is improving, that's for sure. This has been my favorite box so far out of three. I'm excited to see what the new "plus" boxes will be like! Or for the lesser price, I might end up trying the "taster" box.

What do you think? Have you tried this box? Do you think the plus box will be better?

-E.S.

April 2014 Birchbox Review

Felicia (F.M.) already reviewed her mom's Birchbox, but luckily mine is almost completely different! So I can still share with you a review of my box this month!  Birchbox is $10 a month, and features a variety of beauty items.

I debated about whether or not to get a box, and I think that's why it ended up being so late in the month that I got mine. The last two have appeared a lot sooner!

Every box came with "bright ideas for a rainy day," and of course mine was to create a playlist! Totally, Birchbox, it's like you know me.

You know the drill. Breakfast.

The next thing I got was this Cynthia Rowley eyeliner, and it is niiiiice. My eyeliner that I've had for a few years is Rimmel, and although it's dark enough, it wears off pretty quickly (my eyes water for no reason). So I drew a line of this on my hand and not only is it dark, but it didn't wash off completely in the bath. Maybe that says something about my bathing standards, but I'm gonna hope it says more about the product.

The other thing that was in the little envelope was this cc cream by Supergoup! I'm really not an expert in face-type stuffs, but it seems to normalize my skin tone and add a faint color. Also, and my favorite part is, it's very lightweight and you can't really tell you're wearing it. The way foundation feels sticky and gross is what's been driving me away from foundations all my life. Well, that and the fact that I have relatively even skin and don't want to ruin it with cloggers (of pores, not the dancers).

This stuff was great. I was running bath water when I got my box because my hair looked too greasy, and after spraying this stuff on, I really could have pretended to be clean already. Baths are a good idea too though. I guess.

Haven't tried this yet. It's supposed to conquer blackheads and redness, but I'm not feeling poorly enough about myself to say which part of my face deserves this treatment.

I really liked this month's box! It's pretty much all stuff that will work for me in one way or the other. I really feel like this box was custom-tailored to me! So far, Birchbox is 2 for 3, and I've signed up for another month, so I'm curious to see how the score continues.

How did you like this month's Birchbox? Did you get anything cool in yours?

-E.S.

April 2014 Q Box Mystery Box Review

                                 

I was so excited about the Q Box mystery box!!! With shipping this box was about $30. Q box is a Japanese/Korean lifestyle box, I've been watching the reviews for this box for awhile thinking and thinking if $40 a month is worth it to subscribe and I'm still not sure. 

                                

Here's the shipping box. 

Here's the first look!

                                       

First things first, a snack! I like Welch's fruit snacks, I mean who doesn't like fruit snacks, but I didn't expect it to be in this box. 

                                      

Here's the thank you card. We couldn't figure out what the two small chains were, but we found out late that they are rings! Well my fingers are too fat for these so they will go back in the bag! 

                                     

These are doodle's by Emi Jay, which are hair ties. I have a couple of packages of these type of hair ties and my hair is too thick to put it all up in these small ties, but they are so pretty!

                                    

I had a real hard time getting a good picture of this tape! It's pretty cute but I'm not sure what I'd use it for, it has a British theme to it.

                                    

This is pomegranate raspberry green tea one of my favorites! Again I didn't expect tea in the box but I'm happy with it, and if I'm lucky mom will share with me!

                                   

Theses are beautiful flower note cards. Again I'm not sure exactly what these will get used for but they are cute!!

                                   

I was excited to find out what these are! Look how cute they are!! They are actually molds to make adorable bento boxes!! You put sticky rice in the molds so that it takes the shape and then you decorate it and make it adorable!! 

                                    

Of course all the instructions are in Japanese!!

                                    

Last is a Laundry net for your bras, my mom and I are thinking that this is to fold your bras in and wash them so that they don't tangle up or get damaged. It's so cute!! It did take us awhile to figure out what this was sadly, my mom said she's going to use it for packing as well as washing!

Did you guys get a mystery Q Box? What did you get?? I'm still trying to decide if I want to subscribe to this box, they have such beautiful products. I'm sure one day I'll get one!!!

-F.M.