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!

Stila fans here’s an awesome new palette for you!

This palette is inspired by the color wheel, so it offers you a nice collection of versatile shades with easy-to-follow instructions.

It contains everything you need to create countless looks for day and night. The palette includes 37 eyeshadow shades, a mirror, two double-ended eyeshadow brushes, and a 16-page lookbook with tips and tricks from Stila’s Pro Artists and step-by-step instructions. Each eyeshadow is also numbered for simple application.

This kit looks awesome and it would be great for both makeup beginners and those who are more advanced.

Does anyone own this palette yet? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

Retails for: $38.00 at Sephora.

Happy Hump Day Ladies. How’s your week been so far? Mine’s great I’m just trying to stay warm….brrrr…. *Hates winter/cold weather*

What better thing to do on a cold day than go shopping? I mean you’re indoors where it’s warm and toasty right? So while standing in the checkout line at Sephora recently I spotted the Good to Glow set near the registers. I love Stila products and anything that promises a glow, so when I saw the $10.00 price tag I knew I had to pick it up.

Photo credit: pierre tourigny

This is such an amazing set. These remind me of MAC MSFs which I adore!! They go on silky smooth and are incredibly pigmented. I love using the Bronze shade as a bronzer and the Rose Gold one as a highlight on my cheekbones. They’ll have you glowing like Miss Monroe in no time.

This is such an amazing value when you consider you’re paying around $5.00 a piece for these and they’re huge. These are limited edition so run to Sephora and pick them up before they’re gone.

Have you tried the Stila Good to Glow Set? Please share your thoughts!

Any Whitney Port fans out there? I have to admit I’m a fan and while checking out her blog recently I noticed she mentioned her everyday 5 minute makeup routine. Here it is:

I start by mixing Fresh High Noon tinted moisturizer with the Fresh Soy Face Cream to get a nice base with a little sunkissed glow. Then I dust Bare Minerals Powder with SPF 15 to even out my skin. Next I bronze with Guerlain Number One for Blondes on my cheeks, hairline and jawline. Then I brush a little bit of NARS Orgasm Blush on my cheekbones, a little on my forehead, nose, and chin to keep it constant. I use Anastasia brow gel to give my eyebrows a nice shape (this is especially helpful if I haven’t had time to go in to get them done.) I highlight under my eyebrows with Benefit Eye Bright and then curl my lashes with a Sephora eyelash curler. Sometimes if I’m really feeling like going all out for the day I put on Maybelline mascara.

Seems like a lot of steps but it really only takes 5 minutes!

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I’m obsessed with mascara and just adore testing new ones out, so if you’re like myself then the new Lash Stash kit from Sephora may be for you.

Sephora gathered their best sellers in various beauty categories and packed them into one-of-a-kind kits. The Lash Stash kit is a limited-edition set which features deluxe samples of handpicked mascara favorites from Sephora. This kit lets you mix and match until you get the fabulous lashes you crave.

This set contains:
- 0.1 oz Anastasia Lash Lifting Mascara
- 0.1 oz Tarte Lights Camera Lashes
- 0.1 oz Sephora Atomic Volume Mascara
- 0.24 oz Stila Multi Effect Mascara
- 0.14 oz Benefit Bad Gal Mini
- 0.2 oz Bare Escentuals Buxom Lash
- 0.13 oz Too Faced Mini Lash Injection Pin Point
- 0.12 oz Smashbox Bionic
- 0.07 oz Lancome Cils Booster
- 0.085 oz DuWop Lash Venom
- 0.14 oz Korres Provitamin B5 and Rice Bran Mascara

Retails for : $39.00 at Sephora

Have you tried any of these products before? What were your thoughts?

Naomi Watt’s recently shared her makeup must haves with In Style magazine. Her must haves include:

1. Thierry Mugler Angel Eau De Parfum

2. Coppertone Water Babies Sunscreen

3. Benefit Erase Paste

4. Environ Ionzyme C-Quence 1 Moisturizer

5. Stila Cherry Crush Lip & Cheek Stain

6. Lucas Papaw Ointment

7. Thierry Mugler Flash on Lashes Mascara

High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens shared her makeup and beauty essentials with InStyle magazine recently. What are they you ask?

• Clarins Instant Light Perfecting Touch in No. 03
• Stila Glaze Lip Liner in Melon
• Maybelline Lash Discovery mascara is very black
• Shu Uemura eye shadow in ME Blue 600
• Kevin Aucoin eyelash curler
• Rodial Glam Balm
• Three Custom Color Specialists Watercolours for Cheeks in Pink Hyacinth
• OPI Nail Lacquer in You Don’t Know Jacques
• Jouer gloss in Starfish
• Kevin Aucoin Precision Brow Pencil in Brunette
• Dior 5 Colour Eyeshadow palette in Stylish Move
• Prescriptives Softlining pencil in Jet
• By Terry Laque de Rose glossin No. 3

Have you been looking for a new mascara, but didn’t know where to start? Then Sephora’s Lash Stash kit may be your answer. This kit allows you to test drive seven travel sized mascaras.

The brands that are included in the kit are:

• Benefit A little bit Badgal Lash in black
• Blinc Kiss Me mascara in black
• Lorac Publicity Stunt Lashes in black
• Smashbox Bionic Mascara in black
• Stila Multi Effect Macara in black
• Sephora Brand lash plumper in black
• Too Faced Lash Injection in black

I may have to pick up this kit over the weekend because it seems like a great deal. Have you tried any of these mascaras? What were your thoughts?

You can purchase the kit at Sephora for $28.00.

If you’ve ever wondered what makeup Kim Kardashian uses then you’ll love this post. Kim recently posted her makeup routine on her official site. What items does she love?

1.Intuit Photo Shoot Makeup Primer which retails for $38.00 here.

2.Cle De Peau concealer stick in Ocre which retails for $68.00.

3.Make Up Forever liquid foundation which retails for $38.00 at Sephora.

4.Several Mac products make the list including:

• Mac 180 foundation brush
• Mac Select Sheer Pressed Powder NC 30 or M.A.C. Powder NW 45 for a more tan appearance
• Mac Paint Pot in Painterly
• Mac Shadows Carbon, Knight Divine,Print and Embark
• Mac Pigment in Tan (which I love also!)
• Mac Zoom Mascara
• Mac Lipliners in Stripdown and Subculture

She also wears products by Stila, Lancome, and Nars. For the full list along with her makeup tips visit her official site located here.

The beautiful Becki Newton who plays Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty shared her makeup contents with InStyle magazine. Here’s what you’ll find inside her Ricky’s NYC clear bag.

1. Benefit Her Glossiness Lip Gloss in Life on The A List

2. Stila Perfecting Concealer in Shade C

3. Face Stockholm Pearl Eye Shadow in No.38

4. Benefit Cream Shadow/ Liner in Carte Blance

5. Guerlain Terracotta Tan Booster in Light

6. Napoleon Perdis China Doll Eyeliner in Equinox

7. Chanel Extracils Mascara in Brun

8. Stila Illuminating Liquid Foundation in 30 Watts

9. Face Stockholm Blush on in worship

10. Chanel Precision Eye Definer in Coffee Bean

11. Tarte Glam on the go brush with case