I just received my January Birchbox and I have to say this is my favorite one so far.

Check it out below….

1. Cherry Pie LaraBar

I love Larabars so I was more than happy to get this sample. No artificial fillers in these natural bars: just dried fruits, nuts, and other wholesome ingredients. Healthy and Tasty.

2. Clark’s Botanicals Smoothing Marine Cream

Dull skin no more, thanks to the glycolic acid in this exfoliating moisturizer. The gentle tingle means its working.

3. Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eye Liner in Blue Ribbon

This waterproof eye liner makes eyes stand out and stays put for hours.

4. Archipelago Pomegranate Body Soap

Laced with good for you pomegranate extracts, this triple milled soap smells divine and leaves skin feeling clean, not stripped.

5. Juicy Couture Juicy Couture

Juicy’s signature fragrance is a blend of sweet floral notes. Sophisticated and feminine, it’s perfect for day or night. Love it!

This box was perfect for me. Like I mentioned above it’s my favorite box to date.

I love the Stila liner, the Clarks Botanicals product sounds promising, the Pomegranate soap and Juicy Couture fragrance both smell amazing and the Lara Bar was delicious!

If you’re a BB subscriber, what did you receive in your birchbox this month?

Not a BB subscriber? Have you tried any of these products before?

What did you think?

As always I’d love to hear your thoughts!

I went to the mailbox yesterday and to my surprise my Birchbox had arrived.

I was so excited because I usually don’t receive mine until the 15 at least.

So what did I get this month?

1. LaROCCA Skincare Champagne & Shimmer Supreme Creme

Shea Butter and olive oil join forces to leave skin firm, supple, and ready to set off your favorite party dress.

2. Mineralogie Ultimate Cream Concealer

Made with finely ground minerals, this spot concealer hides under-eye circles and blemishes with zero cake-age.

3. Zoya Nail Polish in Holly

Here’s one type of jewel we can all afford: this emerald polish from Zoya’s Holiday 2011 collection glams up nails in a metallic finish.

4. Avene Cleanance Soap-Free Facial Gel Cleanser

A European skincare star that uses thermal spring water to soothe and soften skin.

5. Too Paper Dolls Ampersand Coasters

Playful, hip coasters from one of Birchbox’s favorite letterpress studios.

What do you think of my box this month?

I was the most excited about the Zoya polish and Avene skincare.

What did you receive if you subscribe?

Have a great weekend lovelies,

Guess what finally showed up?

It’s the free Target Beauty Bag I posted about way back in August.

How cute is the bag? It’s actually more pinkish than the picture is showing.

Look at all the samples!

Included in the Beauty Bag this year:

• Pond’s Wet Cleansing Towelettes 5 pack in Evening Soothe
• Loreal Youth Code Serum Day/ Night Cream .03 FL OZ
• TreSemme Naturals Shampoo and Conditioner 0.33 FL OZ each
• Garnier Fructis Pure Clean Shampoo and Conditioner 0.34 FL OZ each
• John Frieda Full Repair Shampoo and Conditioner 0.28 FL OZ each
• Burt’s Bees Radiance Day Lotion 0.10 OZ
• Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Lotion 1 FL OZ

And on top of that you get a packet of coupons for Beauty Products.

A great freebie!

Did you sign up for the beauty bag?

Have you received yours yet?

I’d love to hear your opinions!

Best,

I’ve been hearing about the CVS Beauty Sale for the past few weeks, but mine never had anything. So during a trip there this weekend I was excited to see 75% off stickers on a lot of stuff.

I didn’t really “need” anything, but did pick up three things just to try out.

I got:

Almay One Coat Dial Up Mascara in Black.

Loreal Brow Stylist in Blonde.

Glam Eyes Lash Flirt Mascara from Rimmel in Kohl Black.

The total for all three was around $6.00 which is a steal in my opinion.

Then I headed over to Bath and Body Works to stock up on plugins while they’re having their semi annual sale and I also got this 2 oz Peach Citrus Body Lotion for free thanks to a coupon.

It smells amazing!! Perfect size for my purse.

Have you tried any of these products before?

Please share your thoughts!

It’s official: Kate Hudson has reached ultimate Hollywood Golden Girl status. Just this morning, Revlon Inc. named the beautiful actress Almay’s new Global Brand Ambassador.

Kate will start appearing in ads worldwide with her first campaign for the brand scheduled to debut later this year.

“Almay is known for its fresh, effortless approach to beauty,” Kate says in the official release. “At the end of the day we all want to have fun and feel beautiful– that’s what Almay is all about.”

Source: People StyleWatch

British beauty, Leona Lewis, swears by Aveda Dry Remedy products and MorroccanOil to keep her hair in top shape.

She says:

“I use a lot of Aveda Dry Remedy products, which put a lot of moisture back in my hair.”

“I put MoroccanOil on my hair, and I do deep conditioning treatments every week.”

I keep hearing so much about MoroccanOil. Have you tried it before? What were your thoughts?

Hi Girls. Happy Friday! I hope you all have something fun planned for the weekend. I have plans to go birthday shopping ( I’m turning the big 31 soon….eek) with my sister which should be a lot of fun. We plan on hitting up Lush, Sephora, Mac and the CCO for sure so look for a haul post in the next week or two.

Anyway, about the Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser. Do you remember back in September when I mentioned The Skin Type Solution book and how everyone should pick it up? If not you can find the post here.

Well, the book recommends Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser for someone with my oily, acne prone skin type. And since I recently ran out of my much loved Philosophy Purity Made Simple, I decided to give the Aveeno product a try.

What do I think of it? Keep reading….

What they say:

Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser

* Brings out skin’s natural radiance
* Helps even out skin tone and texture
* Lifts away dirt, oil and makeup without over-drying for naturally radiant skin
* Oil free, hypoallergenic, soap free, noncomedogenic

Our thoughts:

If you’re a long time reader of this site then you know I love used to love Nars Sheer Glow foundation. Well, my love affair with sheer glow is over. It was causing me to have terrible breakouts so I stopped using it and went back to Bare Minerals. I quit breaking out soon after, but my skin was left with those dreaded red spots that won’t go away for nothing. So after rereading the Skin Type Solution I picked up the Aveeno cleanser and I love it! This product took away the red spots and left me with healthy, glowing skin. I love this product and can’t wait to try out some of the other Positively Radiant products in the future. I give this cleanser two thumbs up. And you can’t beat the price….I think I paid around $6.00 for this at Target. Can’t beat that now can you?

Have you tried any of the Aveeno Positively Radiant products? What were your thoughts?

If you follow me on Twitter (beautyfitness) you know I mentioned CVS is having a huge beauty sale. Tons of stuff is 50% and 75% off. I picked up everything above for around $23.00!

Two Loreal Voluminous Mascara’s which ended up being around $1.80 or so each. Great drugstore mascara!

Loreal Volume Shocking Mascara never tried this one, but couldn’t pass it up for $3.50.

I picked up the Revlon Beyond Natural Concealer for $2.62. Anyone tried this? Is it any good?

Milani Sunset Bronzer / Blush Duo in Sunset City for $1.72.

The three Loreal Colour Riche Lipsticks were $2.25 each. I got Pink Tranquilo, Cashmere and Taffeta. Love these lippies.

I also picked up a Almay Pure Blends Gloss in Petal and two Rimmel glosses in Rhythm and Candy Floss. They were all around $1.50 – $2.00 each.

There was seriously so much stuff on sale it was crazy. I think I may go back tomorrow and pick up a few more things. If you haven’t checked it out yet head on over to your CVS before the deals over.

Have you picked up anything from the sale yet? Please let me know.

What keeps Posh looking so posh? Her favorite products include:

Anastasia Beverly Hills brow definer

Chanel Vitalumiere Satin Smoothing Fluid makeup

Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour cream

Disposable Colgate Toothbrushes

Allure editors spent months testing thousands of items to find the 189 true stars. What were the true stars you ask? The Allure Best of Beauty Award Winners for 2009 are….

Best Makeup Remover

Almay Eye Makeup Remover Pads (Love!)

Best Black Eyeliner

Urban Decay 24/7 Glide-On Eye Pencil in Zero (My fave as well)

Best Mascara

For Day: Cover Girl LashBlast Volume Blasting Mascara
For Night: Maybelline New York The Colossal Volum’ Express Mascara (Two great mascaras!)

Best Lipstain:

Cover Girl Outlast Lipstain

Best Loose Powder:

Make Up For Ever HD Microfinish High Definition Powder (Love it!)

Best Medium Coverage Foundation:

Chanel Pro Lumiere Professional Finish Makeup

Best Home Hair Color:

Clairol Nice ‘n Easy Perfect 10

Best Facial Cleanser for Normal Skin:

Aveeno Positively Radiant Makeup Removing Cleanser

To see the full list click here.