Actually getting to one of my boxes in the month it came in! Boxycharm this month has been a bit of an emotional rollercoaster. ColourPop! So exciting! Wait, tarte? Ug. I want that palette! Not the one I got? Um...okay? In this regard, I'm finding Boxycharm much like any other sub box: it will have its hits (ColourPop palette) and misses (last month's Bellapierre mascara). Also, like other boxes, it seems to have its go to brands (Cover FX, Dr. Brandt, Pru, Pretty Vulgar), if next month's spoilers are any indication.
So in this month's box: ColourPop Semi-Precious Palette ($26), The Browgal Insta-Tint Brow Gel ($22), Adesse Hi Definition Liquid Lipstick ($24), Dr. Brandt pores no more Vacuum Cleaner pore purifying mask ($42), and tarte tartiest pro glow liquid highlighter ($29). Total Value: $143. But let's get one of them out of the way now: I won't be reviewing the tarte for a couple reasons: 1. It's tarte and I'm still not supporting tarte (you know the foundation that caused such an uproar? They still haven't expanded beyond 20 shades for each line. Yea, they were soooo apologetic over all that...not); and 2. It's a liquid highlighter, which I won't use. I am very much a powder girl where I can be. So the tarte's future is in a giveaway for the YT channel.
The rest, however, is ready for review, so let's get to it!
ColourPop Semi-Precious Palette :: So, I wanted the My Little Pony palette, but after trying this, I'm not mad at it. The shadows are creamy with no kickback and very little, if any, fallout. They are blendable, play well with others, and are amazingly pigmented. I am in love and very happy with it.
The BrowGal Instatint Brow Gel :: I like the brush on this, but the color is almost non-existent. The gel is stiffer than either the Nyx Control Freak or tarte, but it's not a stiff, plastering gel, so it works. I'm using this mostly to clean up my brows after I apply foundation, and to get gel in the brows. After that, I need to use a pencil to fill in and define. I like it, but not sure I'd purchase it at the price it's listed at, especially since the Nyx and a pencil gives me the same look for less. I am glad that I didn't get the blonde color though.
Adesse Hi Definition Liquid Lipstick :: The color I received is way too nude on me. I mean, my lips literally disappear on my face. It does play well with other lip formulas, is smooth and creamy and pigmented, but I really don't like the doe foot—it's too big and too loos, both which make it harder to control the application. Still haven't decided if I'm keeping this or giving it to one of my girls. Probably the latter.
Dr. Brandt pores no more Vacuum Cleaner pore purifying mask :: This thick cream with blue specks spreads easily, and cools and tingles as it dries down. That cooling sensation continues after it's rinsed off too. Radiance pad came up slightly discolored, but I'm wondering if that's from the clean up the mask did: my pores did not look smaller, but they did look cleaned out. My skin felt amazing in the morning, and everything from moisturizer to foundation applied easier, and my skin just felt better. I really wish this wasn't so expensive because it's an amazing mask.
Overall, domy tried this and is VERY pleased. I'm really enjoying Boxy so far.
There's another shuffle of boxes coming up. I've dropped Lola—over the long haul, half or more was being given away. For any box, I should be keeping more than half or it's not the right fit for me. Besides, there was that whole incident of a "possible" spoiler that ended up not being in the box. That kind of tease doesn't sit well for me. I've also dropped Sephora Play for the time being. There's another box I've wanted, the CurlBox, and my boxes are already too expensive, and we started picking up a Loot Crate and a Loot Wear sub for the hubs, so the $10 for Play is now going into CurlBox (because, yes, I got it! So excited!). And, no, I won't be reviewing the Loots here; that's not something hubs will be into (but we will put his Crate unboxings on the channel). If I did take up another box, I'd consider going back to Glossybox. Or maybe trying something new. Yea, I don't think I'd mind something new some time in the future.
