Victoria's Secret Haul!

Yesterday morning I got my butt out of bed super early to hit the first day of the Victoria's Secret Semi-Annual Sale aka the semi-annual spend my money real quick sale! Usually I end up walking out of there with about 80 pairs of panties that I don't need, but I controlled myself yesterday and actually got some different items than I would normally choose. I've never tried VS makeup before, but I've had my eye on the limited edition 'Wild Tropics' collection for a few months and at 75% off who can beat it?

Sorry the photos are mostly just the promo ones, I can't connect my camera to my sister's computer and taking photos with the Macbook is pretty awkward.

VS Baked Mineral Shadow Quad in Exotic Escape orig. $15 sale $3.75

I can't wait to try the light gold shade, second from the right!

VS Baked Mineral Shadow Quad in Secluded Lagoon orig. $15 sale $3.75

I had to try this quad yesterday and I'm loving it so far! I think my favorite is the middle gold color and I used the teal on my water line and it stayed all day!

VS Baked Mineral Bronzing Powder in Sun Goddess orig. $16 sale $4

The bronzer seems pretty shimmery which I usually don't like, but I think it will be nice as a highlighter!

VS Luminous Cheek & Face Highlighter in Bronze Rays and Sea Shells orig. $14 each sale $3.50 each

I've never owned a NARS Multiple, but I'm assuming this is going to be similar. I thought the bronze was going to be my favorite, but the pink one, Sea Shells is really pretty!

Beauty Rush Lip Gloss with SPF 15 in Kiwiberry, Mega Melon, and Tropicool orig. $7 each sale $1.75 each

These aren't anything special, but I do think that this photo is all of the ones I bought in the order I named them. The only one I'm not sure about is the middle one. There were two colors that were pretty similar and the middle one could be the other one! I only buy these at the sales though, I can't justify paying $7 for one! The sheer color they give is perfect and the SPF will be great for summer!

Aloha Pink Body Mist in Tropical & Juicy orig. $15 sale $3.75

This is my first ever square Pink body splash! I do have the Live Pink body splash and perfume that was in the collection around the holidays last year, but that wasn't in these rectangle bottles so it doesn't count! I'm thinking about going back and getting the blue one, Wild & Breezy, but I'll see how I feel about it in a few days. I just love summery, tropical, fruity scents!

Let me know if you would like me to do a review on any of the items I got! Did any of you ladies go to the sale yesterday? I would love to know what treasures you found!

Little box of love

What girl wouldn't want to go to her mailbox and find a treasure trove of beauty samples each month? I know I would! I heard about Birchbox a few months ago and am completely obsessed! The company was founded by 2 young women to essentially sort through all the unnecessary and useless and really find great products that not everyone knows about or products that you may not want to shell out the steep prices for without ever having tried them. They've had tons of press lately and I haven't really heard anything bad about the company!

What they do it seems is usually pick some sort of theme and pick 4-5 deluxe samples of high end beauty products to send out to their subscribers each month. Subscriptions are only $10 a month which seems completely reasonable to me considering that sample Bad Gal Lash in the picture is already $10 by itself. You fill out a beauty profile when you register and the company tailors (to some extent) your box for you! I've watched a few Youtube videos on girls opening their boxes and it does seem that different people do get different products in the same month. 

I really want to subscribe, the only thing I'm scared of is that I'll get a dud month and get nothing I like. But I guess in that case it was only $10 and I can cancel at any time. I have seen lots of full size products also like eye shadows and lip balms. But it usually seems to be a nice mix of makeup, hair, skin, and fragrance. Do any of you girls subscribe? Anything amazing or bad you've heard about it? If you would like to check it out or subscribe their website is http://www.birchbox.com

I'm ordering, but my first box won't arrive until the middle of July. If you're interested in trying Birchbox but are still a little scared like me, let me know if you would like me to post the contents of my first box when I get it in July! I figure summer has to be a pretty good time to order. . .I feel like there are less products I will dislike in the summertime. We'll see. . .