Welcome to my first ever blog sale – it’s a BIG one!! Included are tons of makeup, nail polishes, bath products, accessories and much more!!! Please read everything below before asking questions or considering making a purchase. Thanks!!
Because there are soooo many items involved in this blog sale, I have posted photos of all the items I am selling in an album on my Facebook page. You can check it out here!
Almost everything is brand new (labelled “BN”) with the exception of the three necklaces and one pair of hairclips (which are all only gently used and are still in good condition) and the Quo palette, which has been swatched on one of the blushes and a few of the eyeshadows. Usage is noted on every photo.
I do believe that the prices listed are fair, but if you feel that they are not please feel free to contact me and make a reasonable offer. All prices listed are in Canadian dollars (CAD).
Shipping rates will vary depending on the size/weight/amount of the items that you buy, so please let me know what you are interested in and I will do my best to estimate a shipping cost for you. I am willing to ship internationally but please be aware that shipping times may take awhile from Canada to wherever you are! I will be shipping via Canada Post, so please note that your package may take a few weeks to arrive.
I will pack all items as carefully as possible, especially breakable items such as nail polish (in bubble wrap) or things that may leak (in plastic bags), etc. but I cannot be held responsible for anything that arrives damaged or for packages that go missing. Once Canada Post takes over, there isn’t really anything I can do! If you would like to purchase insurance that option is available, and I will let you know how much extra it costs to do so if you like.
I am not sure how many people will be interested in purchasing from this blog sale, but assuming I am not completely overwhelmed by requests, I will do my best to get all purchases packed and shipped out within a week (likely less). I will keep in contact with you about your purchase and let you know when it has been packed and shipped. However, please remember that I am not at my computer 24/7 (even though it certainly feels like it, at times!) so allow a reasonable amount of response time after sending messages.
I will edit the photo album as items are purchased and will mark items as “pending” or “sold” as their status changes. I will try to keep everything on a first come, first served basis but please note that I do prefer to ship multiple items together, if possible.
Please e-mail me at yoppish@hotmail.com and/or send me a FB message about any items you are interested in purchasing. I will only be accepting money through PayPal. Please note that there will be no refunds! All sales are final and non-returnable.
Hope you are all having a wonderful day! I received my weekly e-mail from Shoppers Drug Mart today, and it announced what looks like a really fun contest by Essence. They are inviting any Canadian residents, ages 16 and over, to “share your essence cosmetics experience” in the form of a video makeup tutorial. The prize for winning includes both a trip for two to Toronto and $2000!
To enter, you have to create your best summer look using Essence products, and upload a video to the website. (Only one look allowed per person!) Next, you are supposed to share your video with friends and family, and have people vote on your entry. Any video that reaches 25 votes or more will be judged by the official judging panel, made up of Shoppers Drug Mart representatives and someone they are calling a “Canadian Beauty Expert”.
I have only recently discovered Essence, but I have several of their products because I have heard such good things about them, and because they are so affordable. I think it would be really fun to do a look and submit it into this contest! Who knows if I’ll have a real shot at winning, but I want to give it a try anyway!
I”m just not sure what kind of a look to do, and I am a bit nervous to film a tutorial since I have never done one before! That’s why I am asking for your advice. What would you like to see?
Please keep in mind that they are looking for a “summer look”, and that it must be something that is quick and easy to do. 50% of your score will be based on “creativity, uniqueness and broad appeal of the summer look”, 25% on “how quickly the look can be created” and 25% on “how easy the look is to achieve and apply”.
The other challenging part of this contest is that they prefer videos which run under 3 minutes… Must learn to stop rambling!!
The contest runs from July 7 – August 18, so there is still lots of time, but I would like to upload my look fairly soon in order to make sure I am able to get to 25 votes and qualify for judging. Please leave me a comment below and/or fill out the poll questions I have posted if you’d like to help me decide what approach to take. I’d love any feedback I can get!
Today I have a review for you of an absolutely gorgeous indie nail polish called Bluebelle, by Jody of SoFlaJo. Fair warning, this post is quite picture heavy!
I first became aware of SoFlaJo through a nail polish swapping group on Facebook, around the time her Year of the Dragon Collection (a stunning set of 8 colour changing topcoats) was released. Since then I have been lusting after many of her creations, though it is only recently that I have begun to dive into the indie polish world myself. And what an exciting place it is!
As I’m sure most of you already know, indie polishes have been exploding in popularity lately, and for good reason. There are so many talented indie polish makers out there, creating lovely and unique polishes that are highly sought after by lacquer heads everywhere. Jody’s polishes are no exception, and I am so excited to share my first (but certainly not last!) indie polish review with you.
If you have been hesitating to get into indie polishes, you may be interested to know that “All SoFlaJo polishes are made from natural pigments and glitters with bases free of the chemicals Toluene, Formaldehyde and Dibutyl Phthalate and Formaldehyde Resin. SoFlaJo Polishes use stainless steel mixing balls (and always have).” (quoted directly from the SoFlaJo website)
***In the interest of full disclosure, I must mention that this polish was sent to me for review, but all opinions are 100% honest and completely my own.***
The first thing I have to comment on is the adorable packaging that Jody uses, which is unlike any other indie in my (rapidly growing!) collection. When I received my polish, it was in this sheer black pouch filled with glitter!
Also included was a cute butterfly hair clip, for a fun added touch of colour.
I received a mini (5mL) bottle of Bluebelle to review, which retails for $5.00, but it is also available in full size (15mL) for $10.00.
This polish is part of SoFlaJo‘s 6 piece Spring Flowers Collection, which Jody describes on her website as “6 Lovely Shimmers, Glitters, and Frosts to Mix & Match Any Way You Want!”
Close up bottle shot of SoFlaJo Bluebelle
I think they are all beautiful, and am especially pleased with the choice Jody made for me, because it is my personal favourite of the bunch!
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle alone
Jody’s description of Bluebelle from SoFlaJo: “Bluebelle is an iridescent blue base with micro-glitter in pinks, purples and blues. Wear this one over black and you’ll see the shift as blue turns to pink!” You certainly can see the shift from blue to pink, especially over darker colours, and there is purple in there as well!
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine in Black Creme – slightly blurred to show the colour shift
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine in Black Creme – slightly blurred to show the colour shift
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine in Black Creme – slightly blurred to show the colour shift
I wanted to try Bluebelle over a variety of shades, to see how it wears over different colours. Read on for some pretty polish pictures spam!
SoFlaJo Bluebelle – two coats each alone, over Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine Black Creme, and over Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine French White Creme
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine French White Creme
SoFlaJo Bluebelle – two coats each over Sally Hansen Hard as Nails No Hard Feelings, Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!, Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine Lavender Creme, Rimmel London 60 Seconds Grey Matter, and Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over two coats of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails No Hard Feelings
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away!
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over one coat of Wet ‘n’ Wild Wild Shine Lavender Creme
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over two coats of Rimmel London 60 Seconds Grey Matter
Two coats of SoFlaJo Bluebelle over two coats of Sally Hansen Hard as Nails Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow
I think that layering Bluebelle over black, as Jody suggests, is my favourite way to wear it because you get to see the colour shift more dramatically. However, I do think it looks very pretty over lighter/brighter colours as well, in a subtler way. Application is smooth and easy, and overall, I really like this polish.
I will continue experimenting with layering combinations in the future, which is part of the fun of topcoats like this – they are so versatile! I bet Bluebelle would look amazing over top of a really deep purple or a dark royal or navy blue. The possibilities really are endless!
I highly recommend trying out some of Jody’s polishes, which are available both on her website or in her Etsy shop. If you would like to stay up to date on her latest collections, you can follow her on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or Pinterest as well. She has just released a new collection called Life’s a Beach, the fourth in the SoFlaJo line.
Thanks again to Jody for letting me try out Bluebelle, and to everyone else, stay tuned for lots more indie polish reviews in the near future!
I know it has been absolutely ages since I’ve posted here or on my YouTube channel! For that, I truly do apologize. If you have been wondering where I’ve been, everything is just fine. The truth is, I have just been a) busy (a very lame and vague excuse, I know!) and 2) fulfilling my role as The Master Procrastinator that I am!
Actually, I have been out of town a few times lately, I didn’t have my camera or card reader for awhile because I lent them to my father, some of the video footage that I had filmed turned out to be absolutely useless, and I was briefly abducted by aliens. Okay, I’ll admit that one of those things isn’t true… But instead of making more excuses for why I haven’t been posting, I’d rather talk about what is coming up in the near future, because I am pretty excited about a lot of cool posts and videos that I have planned!
Here is a sneak peek at some of the things you can expect to see coming up…
I have more ideas than I can possibly keep up with at the moment, but the wheels are definitely in motion! In fact, you can check out not one, not two, but THREE new videos (all part of my fabulous Beach Bunny swap!) that I have finally been able to upload! I have an upcoming blog post on this swap as well, with close up photos of all the awesome loot I received. (Thanks again, Bunny!)
I’ve also been doing a lot of swatching and am about to post some (long overdue…) reviews of a couple of fabulous indie polishes that you should definitely have a look at asap! Here’s another little preview of the awesomeness that are SoFlaJo and 365 Days of Color.
You can also look forward to more product reviews, an absolute TON of hauls, lots of subscription box videos and comparisons, some favourites of mine, a tag or two, product hits and misses, and more!!
I hope you’ll join me as I jump back into blogging and vlogging with both feet and hit the ground running!
Just a quick post to update you on what’s been going on in my life, and to apologize for the lack of blog posts and videos lately! I realize it has been a long time since I’ve posted, and I have been promising a lot of new and exciting things here on my blog and on my YouTube channel. They are still coming, I swear!!
In fact, I have a lot in the works right now – several haul posts/videos, some new unboxings, a comparison of the various Canadian subscription services, some product reviews, a couple of giveaways (yay!) and more!!
As many of you probably already know, we went away on vacation to Las Vegas for 8 days and just got back home a couple of days ago. That is part of the reason for my absence, though it means I was able to do some shopping and pick up some really cool stuff from the States, so I will be doing a couple of Vegas hauls very soon too!
It has also been a really busy day today, May 4, which just happens to be my birthday. (For those wondering, I am 28 today! Holy cow!) My little Frankie weenie dog has been having some problems the past few days and I had to take her to the vet again this afternoon. It has been a pretty stressful day for me (and for her!) but it looks like she is going to be just fine.
The vet was worried that she might have kidney stones, which could possibly lead to her needing surgery to remove them, so I took her in to get some x-rays done. After looking at those results, it seems more likely that she just has a bladder infection, which we have dealt with before. She used to get them a lot when she was a puppy.
So, she’ll be on antibiotics for the next two weeks and we are going to try changing her food for awhile, and hopefully that will help! I don’t have to take her back to be retested for another month, so we’ll see what happens in that time. As a result of all of that, I have decided to cancel my birthday plans so we can stay home with Frankie instead, which I think will make us both feel better.
I do hope to get into a regular filming, editing and posting rhythm asap, and I am planning to have a lot of new, fun things to share with you all starting next week! I hope everyone understands and I wish a very happy Luke Skywalker Day to you all.
I know that this post is quite late, as we are over halfway through April now, and for that I apologize. I did receive my March Luxebox box late, which is part of the reason it has taken me so long to get to this post, but as some of you may already know I have also been dealing with some personal family issues. Regardless of the date, I wanted to share this with you anyway so let’s get on with it!
I did a video unboxing as well, though this time I tried something a bit different. Unlike my March Glymm Box Unboxing video and My First Topbox Unboxing video, which were “true unboxings” (that is, I opened them on camera so you could see my initial reactions and impressions) which ended up running quite long, for my March Luxebox Unboxing video I decided to open the box ahead of time in an effort to make the video a little bit shorter. I still didn’t make it to the ideal under 10 minute mark like I was hoping, but it is significantly shorter than my last video! I am planning to do my March Glossybox Unboxing the same way.
Anyway, moving right along… (Does anybody else get Muppet flashbacks from that phrase? No, just me? Okay, I’ll stop and get to the point! )
Opening up my Luxebox you can see that it has the typical “Made for Katie” sticker – a personal touch unique to Loose Button that I really like.
Inside the box was an assortment of items…
This month, I received a product in my Luxebox from their First In Line reservation program. To be honest, it was so long ago that I cannot remember exactly what the other products offered were though I believe there was an eyeshadow and a hair product. I do really like the concept of the First in Line program, which allows you to log on and pick one product from a selection of three that is guaranteed to be in your box for the month, while the rest are still left as surprises. That way, you know you will be happy with at least one item in your Luxebox.
However, if I have one complaint about the program it would be the way it is implemented – products sell out so quickly that unless you log on to reserve something immediately after receiving the First in Line e-mail, you are very unlikely to receive your first choice. Of course, you do not have to reserve anything if you don’t want to (or aren’t able to) and it is possible that you may still end up with one of the First in Line products in your box anyway, but I am not sure how often this happens. I suppose it all depends on how many of each product Loose Button has available.
The product that I chose, for the simple reason that I had already missed out on the eyeshadow and that I didn’t really want another hair product sample, was the Cargo Glitter Top Coat Eyeliner. I have received Cargo products in my subscription boxes before (a pink cream eyeshadow as well as a lip gloss), but I have never tried their eyeliner. And as I’m sure many of you know, I do love glitter!
The idea behind this Glitter Top Coat is that it acts as a transitioning product, taking your eye look from daytime to evening. It can be worn alone or you can use it to top any waterproof eyeshadow or eyeliner. The full size of this product retails for $18, though the information card in my box does not say how much the full size contains. The sample I received is 2.8 mL.
The next product I received was also from Cargo, and likely pairs well with the Glitter Top Coat. I got a Triple Action Mascara, which purportedly coats, extends and curls lashes and makes them look more defined and visible. The full size retails for $20, but again, my information card does not say how much product the full size contains. Mine seems fairly big, and holds 4.5 mL, so I believe that both Cargo products are full sized. If anyone knows for sure, please let me know in the comments below!
I also received a J.R. Watkins Hand and Body Lotion in my box, which is a brand I am unfamiliar with, though the lotion does smell nice. The full size is 325 mL and retails for $10, and the sample I received is 29 mL (which is just under 9% of the full size).
There was also a $1.00 off coupon to purchase any J.R. Watkins Hand & Body Lotion from Shoppers Drug Mart. (*By the way, I said in my unboxing video that I thought the lotion smelled like lavender but that the card didn’t say – but as you can see here, it does clearly say Lavender on the bottle! I just missed it, but I guess I was right! )
Finally, I received more perfume samples this month from what Loose Button refers to as their MyScent Program. In the past I have really enjoyed getting these, though I know reviews on such small samples are quite mixed among the blogging community.
Personally, I like getting a variety of perfume samples but I must admit that I enjoy receiving cute mini bottles more than the typical vials you can request for free in department stores. The last time I got a package of perfume samples, it contained five different ones, which I thought was awesome! This time, my MyScent samples included three different perfumes: Marc Jacobs OH, LOLA!, Vera Wang Lovestruck, and CK one Shock for Her.
The Marc Jacobs is described as a “sparkling, fruity floral” with opening notes of raspberry and pink peony followed by vanilla.
I do like this one a lot, and as I mentioned in my unboxing video, I also have the imitation scent of OH, LOLA! by ParfumsBelcam, called si… bella. I purchased the 50 mL replica for only $4.00 on clearance at Wal-Mart, but it is nice to try to real thing as well. The full size Marc Jacobs version (also 50 mL) retails for $79.
Vera Wang Lovestruck does not have a description of its notes on any of the cards included in the box, though it is described as a “sparkling addictive floral”. The full size (50 mL) retails for $79 as well.
Finally, CK one Shock for Her is described as an “addictive scent” (hmm, interesting how it is also addictive – and the Marc Jacobs is apparently “irresistible”!) containing blackberry and amber. The full size (50 mL) retails for $45.
Overall, the dollar value of this box is not as high as some I have received lately. Assuming that the Cargo products are both full size (though they may not be!), they are worth $38, though in my opinion that seems awfully expensive for what you get. Had I not received them in my box, I would not be willing to pay that much to get these items. The body lotion is worth less than $1 and the perfume samples can be picked up for free almost anywhere, so the total value is under $40. Still, when you consider the fact that the entire box only cost me $12, that is not too bad.
However, compared to my March Topbox (which I absolutely loved!), or even my March Glymm box (which was my most disappointing box to date, though it still was not too bad overall), that isn’t really great. Both Topbox and Glymm are only $10 too, which does occasionally make me wonder why I am paying extra for Luxebox when it is often my least favourite of all the subscription services.
Additionally, I think it is important to weigh other factors when determining how good the box is, such as how often you will use the products inside or (obviously) if you even like them or not! I would have to say that my March Luxebox is not the best one I have ever received, but I don’t have any major complaints about it either. I am not wowed, but I do like all of the products and I think I will use them all, which is really all you can ask for, I suppose.
What did you receive in your March Luxebox? Did you get something different? What are your thoughts on perfume samples like these in subscription service boxes? Leave me a comment below! I would love to hear from you!
I just wanted to post a quick update, to let you know that I am still alive! I know it has been awhile since my last post and my last YouTube video, and for that I sincerely apologize. It has been a stressful week around here, and I have been busy dealing with some family issues in my “real” life. As much as I enjoy all of my beauty related endeavors, sometimes they must take a back seat, which I hope you all understand.
To those that voted in my Orly vs. Funky Fingers poll, thank you so much! I appreciate your feedback, and the winner this time was Orly Androgynie! I haven’t had a chance to do my nails yet but I am hoping to get them done and post a photo before we leave for Vegas.
That’s right, on Monday my boyfriend and I, and some friends are off to fabulous Las Vegas for 8 days of buffets, shows, shopping and other fun things! I can’t wait! So, as you probably anticipated I will not be posting very much over the next week either…
But I promise I will make it up to you! I have tons of great ideas for new blog posts, I have taken a lot of photos lately, and I’ve filmed a couple of new videos as well, including one which I hope to have posted before we go away. I also have a few other surprises planned, so stay tuned! I’ll be online when I can, since our hotel has free wi-fi, so feel free to leave comments here or send me a message on Facebook or Twitter. Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Just a short post, and a bit of a sneak preview of an upcoming nail polish haul… I recently did a swap/blog sale purchase of a bunch of gorgeous, glittery polishes from a friend in one of my Facebook groups. Thanks so much to Brittany aka The Nail Polish Guru!
These two are my absolute favourites of the bunch! I just can’t decide which one to wear first… What do you think?
Today I’ve got my March Glymm Box unboxing to share with you. I know I am a bit behind on my subscription box posts since we are already into April now, but I still would like to to show you what I received. Most of my boxes came extremely late in the month, as is typical for me here in Alberta (and I didn’t actually receive my Glossybox until April!) so that helps account for the delay as well. I will try to get them up as soon as I receive them this month, though!
I have been subscribed to Glymm since December 2011, so I have already received a few boxes from them, and compared to Luxebox (which I’ve also been getting since December 2011) I usually prefer my Glymm boxes. I have received great samples from both, but the products I have gotten from Glymm in the past were generally more suited to my tastes.
This month, as you may know from my Topbox unboxing video and blog post, I received boxes from all four Canadian subscription services for the first time. I really enjoyed my first Topbox, so keep reading to see if Glymm lived up to my expectations as well. And if you’d like to see my reactions as I open my March Glymm Box for the first time, check out my YouTube video!
Inside the box, as always, was a card describing all of the products and listing the prices for all of the full sized versions. I always save the card until the end, because I want to be surprised!
Underneath the card was a variety of items and another card…
On this card was an offer for a free Anastasia Hydrafull Lip Gloss (a value of $27 + free shipping) with the purchase of any 2 Anastasia products from the Glymm.com website.
The first item I pulled out of the box was something quite unique and unusual, especially since I am used to receiving cosmetics or skin care products in my subscription boxes. I was very surprised to see a package containing three bright pink feather hair extensions by NuMe! This product is full sized (obviously) and retails for $25.
Because my hair is naturally red, I don’t really think that hot pink and brunette feathers are exactly the most flattering accessory to add – and they certainly are NOT my usual style! However, I can see how someone who enjoys experimenting with different kinds of hair accessories might be excited to receive something new and different like this.
This definitely is not something that appeals to me though, so I will be giving away this product to someone who will appreciate it more. I might save it for a giveaway, so if you like wearing pink feathers in your hair, stay tuned!
As I expected from the card on top, there was also a sample of the Anastasia Hydrafull Gloss in my box, which I was more interested in than the hair extensions…
The sample, however, came in a tiny tube which immediately made me wonder how difficult it would be to apply. I received 1.0mL of product, but the full size is only 2.2mL and retails for $27, which seems expensive to me for such a small amount.
The gloss is in the shade Sorbet, a pretty bright pink colour in the tube. Unfortunately, when I swatched it, I found it to be incredibly sticky. I know that is a deal breaker for some people, but I can usually put up with a slightly sticky gloss if it has other redeeming qualities such as a nice scent or colour.
This gloss has a pleasant, almost vanilla type scent but it was not as vibrant on the lips as it was when I swatched it on my hand.
Some people might like that, but I was hoping it would be a bit brighter. On my pale skin this is a very light pink, so I imagine that it might look even lighter on darker skin tones.
Next there was a sample from Lise Watier, a brand I happen to enjoy a lot. The Flash Life Radiance Vial was not included on the card, so I assume this is just a little extra, which is nice. However, I have received this sample before (though I can’t remember if it was in another Glymm Box or in a Luxebox), which made receiving it a little less exciting.
I know that duplicates of products may occasionally happen, especially when you are subscribed to more than one service, but I generally like to receive products I have not already had before. I do not blame Glymm for this though, of course, especially since it is possible my previous sample did not even come from them, and this item was really just an added bonus.
I also received a full sized nail polish from Ocean, a brand that is new to me.
Some of you may know that I am a total nail polish addict, so I was very happy to receive a full sized polish! This one retails for $12, which is on the pricey side for a nail polish, so that was really nice to get and certainly added to the value of the box. The only downside is that it is in a shade called French Natural Shimmer, and intended for doing French manicures which I do not wear very often.
However, I do really love layering glitter polishes over white bases, so if this is not too sheer then I will likely use it for that purpose. If I happen to find it really does not suit me, I can always trade it in one of my polish exchange groups on Facebook.
Finally, I received a small tub of Magic Fini by M.Asam. It contained 5mL of product, and the full size holds 30mL and retails for $38.
I had no idea what this product was at first, but the jar says that it “Evens Complexion and Controls Shine”. It appeared white from looking at the bottom, but once I opened it, I discovered that it is actually quite a deep brown colour.
Given my incredibly fair skin, I was disappointed to see such a dark product included in my box, since I would likely be unable to use it. However, I must note that after seeing similar reactions from other Glymm subscribers online, I found many of them report that the product is not actually as dark as it appears in the jar when blended into the skin.
Here is a swatch, unblended:
(As you can see, this appears far too dark for my pale skin!) After blending, it did seem to work a little better, but as you can tell, even blended it is still on the dark side for me. The left side is the Magic Fini blended into my skin and the right side, with the Hydrafull Gloss swatch is my natural skin tone.
I am pretty disappointed that this product is still so dark on me, as I will likely not be able to use it. I do plan to attempt sunless tanner (for the very first time!) this summer, so I may wait and try it out when my skin is slightly darker to see if it blends more naturally with my skin, but most likely, this product will be left unused.
The Magic Fini, added to the feather hair extensions which I will also never wear, make two out of four items that are misses for me in my March Glymm Box. The nail polish may turn out to be a miss as well, even though it was nice to receive a full sized polish, since I would have preferred almost any other colour!
Finally, the Anastasia Hydrafull Gloss was not one of my favourite products either. I did find that the stickiness faded over time as I wore it, but my lips did not really feel hydrated as the information card boasted. The colour was okay, but not very unique, and I definitely do not expect to find myself reaching for this product over most of the other glosses I already own. At $27 for the full sized version I also think it is way overpriced, though it was nice of Glymm to include an offer to get one for free (albeit with the purchase of two other products).
I realize that not every box will be a winner, and I know that some people probably loved their March Glymm boxes, but I am sorry to say that overall, I was really disappointed with mine. If you add up the value of the box, the products inside come to approximately $55, not including the Lise Watier extra, which is actually pretty good considering I only paid $10 to receive it. The nail polish alone costs more than that, and the box did include two full sized products, so looking at it from that perspective I do still think it was a good deal. Regardless, that doesn’t change the fact that I probably won’t use most of these products after posting this, which I think is important to consider as well when looking at the overall value, instead of looking solely at the dollar amount.
Adding to my disappointment was the fact that once again, there was no candy (or item to replace it) in this box. If you are familiar with Glymm, you will know that they used to send jelly beans in a cute little glass jar inside every box, as an extra gift to their subscribers. Apparently the glass jars would occasionally break during transport (though I never had this problem with mine) and so they stopped including them a couple of months ago, but promised on their Facebook page that something even better was coming soon to replace them.
(One of the adorable little jars I saved from a previous Glymm box!)
I did not receive anything in place of the jelly beans last month, so I was really hoping that by now they would have that all sorted out, especially since they posted that they were working on a replacement. I know this is just an extra, so it isn’t really fair to expect it, but the fact that they have not lived up to their promise is what really upsets me. Had they just stated that the jelly beans would no longer be included because of issues with glass breaking, and left it at that, I would have understood, but to say they were planning to replace them and repeatedly not following through is what I find disappointing.
All that said I will be keeping my Glymm subscription for April because as I mentioned at the start, I have always really liked my Glymm boxes in the past. I am hoping that this month will be better, but if not, this could be the service I end up unsubscribing from in the future.
What were your thoughts on the March Glymm box? Did you receive something different? Leave me a comment below! I’d love to hear from you!
Just a quick post to show you a very pretty coral nail polish that I’m really liking right now!
But first, a warning. If you couldn’t tell from the title, I put this polish on my toes… So if you don’t want to see photos of polish on my feet, for whatever reason, stop reading now!
I very rarely (if ever…) see posts with photos of feet on nail blogs, and I’m guessing the reasons for that are primarily a) that a lot of people have a problem with feet, don’t like looking at feet or are grossed out by feet! and 2) that people feel uncomfortable posting photos of their own feet because they think that they might look weird or unpleasant to readers.
I don’t particularly love looking at them or anything, but I don’t have an issue either! And I happen to really like the way this colour looks on my toes, so I’m fine posting photos of my feet. Now on to the polish!
I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Wet ‘n’ Wild Megalast polishes lately, and own several from the line myself. This one, in 212C Heatwave, is the first I have tried and I really love it!
The colour is perfect for spring (and for toes, I think!) and it applies very nicely. This is three coats, for the simple reason that I usually do three coats out of habit, but it is pretty much fully opaque in two coats.
I have been wearing it for about 2 1/2 weeks now, and there are still no chips at all! (Though I rarely get chips on my toes, to be honest…)
The brushes in the Megalast polishes are called ManiCurve Pro Brushes and are nice and wide, as you can see. I have seen mixed feedback about them, as some seem to really love the brushes and others really hate them with no middle ground. Personally, I am a fan and I think that application with these brushes on the fingers would be even easier than on the toes because it requires fewer strokes than a thinner brush.
Overall, I think this is a great product and for under $3, it is definitely worth buying! I am excited to try some of the other colours in my stash and see how they compare with Heatwave.
What are your thoughts on the Wet ‘n’ Wild Megalasts? Which ones have you tried, and did you like the brushes? Leave me a comment below!
For that, I truly do apologize. If you have been wondering where I’ve been, everything is just fine. The truth is, I have just been a) busy (a very lame and vague excuse, I know!) and 2) fulfilling my role as The Master Procrastinator that I am!
I know that this post is quite late, as we are over halfway through April now, and for that I apologize. I did receive my March 
What did you receive in your March 
Underneath the card was a variety of items and another card…
Zedley
