My Frosty Vox Box from Influenster!
Influenster is like 10,000 times better than Consumer Reports. First, they are not boring. Secondly, they are an online resource of product reviews from all facets of life, but the reviews are written by normal everyday people like you and me! (Ok maybe I’m not so normal, but you know what I mean! :) ) Influenster recently sent me an awesome Frosty Vox Box, where in exchange for some incredibly awesome free products, I promised to let them, and you, know what I think of them! What a deal! So here's what was inside!
So what’s a Frosty Vox Box? It’s a box full of goodies, some with a winter theme (like Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea… we’ll get to that in a minute), and in this case, it was wrapped in red! Perfect for me, TheLadyinRed, right?
So what’s a Frosty Vox Box? It’s a box full of goodies, some with a winter theme (like Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea… we’ll get to that in a minute), and in this case, it was wrapped in red! Perfect for me, TheLadyinRed, right?
I’m a make-up junkie, so I got really excited about Rimmel SCANDALEYES kohl eye liner. (I can never have too many black eyeliners.)
Rimmel SCANDALEYES kohl eye liner is inky black lining luxury at its best.
| 
|
I wear it 99.9% of the time lining my lower eye lid (I usually wear a black liquid or gel liner on top, to bring out my charcoal-colored eyes). I’ve always heard good things about Rimmel, but somehow never got around to trying their cosmetic line until now. I must say, pretty cool! Their SCANDALEYES waterproof eye liner goes on smoothly like butter (read no tugging on the delicate skin around your eye), and it’s deeply pigmented. So you will get a true inky black line, and not some sort-of-kind-of almost black version of one. And it truly is waterproof! There was no smudging even when I became teary-eyed in cold winds or watery-eyed when I caught a cold. The waterproof-ness is actually almost too waterproof, as it took two applications of eye makeup remover to get it all off.
Of course, when you put on make-up, you have to take it off.
Rimmel eye makeup remover gets a thumbs up from me, too. I have sensitive eyes and have to be careful about the eye makeup remover I use. It has to be effective, but not burn and sting. At the same time, I want it to do its job and not make me scrub my lashes or wake up looking like a raccoon the next morning from leftover liner and mascara.
The Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea is probably the best green tea I’ve ever had. Why? Well, green tea is kind of bland…actually boring. I know it’s good for you, but alone, it’s not very exciting.
Candy Cane Lane tea has slight overtones of sweet peppermint candy. You don’t need to add sugar after brewing, which really amazes me, because green tea can be bitter if you steep it too long. My only hope is that they sell it in stores year-round!
Brewing Candy Cane Lane tea
| I tried Fruit Vines Bites by Red Vines candy. To me, this is like a chopped up version of a thick licorice rope. The strawberry flavor is good, but I wasn’t completely thrilled with the taste or texture. Maybe it’s because I’m not a candy person so much? | 
|
NYC Expert Last Sugarplum lip color in action on me. I love it!
One of the total thumbs-up goodies brings me back to my make-up junkie self – an NYC Expert Last Sugarplum lip color. I loved this. It is the prettiest shade of mauve-berry and very complimentary to my complexion. There really is no taste or smell to it, so you can layer on your favorite flavored lip gloss on top and not have a scented conflict. It’s also fairly moisturizing so it glides on easily and you don’t have to rub it on like a crayon.
Speaking of flavors, in the box was also a bottle of McCormick thyme. I love my spices. Usually I grow and dry my own, but in a pinch I will substitute a quality store-bought version in my recipes. Most recently I added a pinch to my Divine Dijon Chicken recipe to give it a slightly different flair, and I really liked how it rounded out the medley of Italian spices in the glaze. If you can’t use fresh herbs, or dry your own, McCormick is the top brand I would choose for preserved flavor. You won’t have to dump a half a bottle into a recipe to make sure that you can taste it. A little will go a long way.
Then there was this No7 Protect and Perfect Intense Advanced Serum sample from Boots Beauty USA. With one application’s worth, I really didn’t find it to be very different from other anti-aging serums that I have tried; meaning – it wasn’t spectacular. My skin absorbed it quickly, but with just one time to try it, it wasn’t like I bathed in the fountain of youth. With samples like these – it would definitely take several weeks of use to come up with a qualified opinion as to if it works or not.
Finally, there was this very earth-friendly EcoTools Hairbrush in the box. I received the Sleek and Shine Finisher. I have to be honest – I let my daughter try this one out. We both have curly hair which means “DO NOT BRUSH” (unless we want to become major frizz heads).
| 
|
However, she had her hair straightened a few weeks ago for a few days’ worth of fun, and she gave the brush a whirl. She said it felt good on her scalp, but did it really make her hair sleeker and shinier than an average hairbrush? Not really. It could be that brushes are just not curly hair friendly, even when you straighten your hair temporarily. The upside to this brush though, is the eco-friendly packaging and feels-good-to-grip wooden handle. So if you’ve got straight hair, maybe this brush is for you.
A brewed cup of Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea So far I’ve repurchased more of the Celestial Seasonings Candy Cane Lane tea…. I hope it’s not seasonal! It’s that good – and I’m a tea drinker! I really enjoyed the whole VoxBox experience, though. It was chock full of useable and fun beauty products and I’d be happy to review more VoxBoxes in the future. They’re fun!
Follow @InfluensterVox on Twitter for VoxBox updates and opinions
Follow @Influenster on Twitter for educated consumer opinions on products
Follow Influenster on Instagram for visuals of the latest and greatest products
Like Infuenster on Facebook for more interaction
Join Influenster on their website to become part of the people who try and tell
RSS Feed
