May Birchbox

First off, I have no pictures. Deal. It was a brown box with some pink paper. Same shit, different products.

I love Birchbox, seriously. I've ordered hundreds of dollars of stuff from them because I got to sample it and fell in love but this month I am seriously PISSED OFF. I saw on some Facebook posts that people were commenting about a Nuance Salma Hayek box they had received. I was immediately curious and googled it. Yep, some people got a free bonus box of products from Salma Hayek's beauty line for CVS.

I mean, WHATEVER. In the past we've had the option of getting a special theme box or the regular box but I've never been offered a free box in ADDITION to my regular box.

Naturally, BB has been mum about it on Facebook and has only blogged about the new line but not that they gave out boxes to some. We don't even have CVS in Colorado so maybe that influenced them not picking me.

ON TO THE SHIT I ACTUALLY GOT:

1. COOLA Classic SPF 30 Cucumber Moisturizer for Face - I'm in love with this stuff. I hesitate to pull the trigger on buying it because $32.00 seems like an obnoxious amount for face lotion. I do love the smell and feel but....it's under consideration.

2. Beauty Protector Protect & Detangle - This bills itself as a leave-in conditioner but it's super light and I wouldn't go so far as to call it a conditioner. It does a very nice job detangling which I need and I will definitely be purchasing this.

3. Sumita Color Contrast Eyeliner  - I'm pretty sure this wasn't full-size but it's large enough. I like it. It's very smooth and the color stays true all day. I'm considering buying the lime green color. Thoughts? Seriously tell me.

4. Isaac Mizrahi FABULOUS Eau de parfum - Lovely scent but I'm maxed out on fragrances right now. Recently, Birchbox has added an option to your beauty profile to decline perfume samples. I don't mind getting them but I'm thinking of checking it anyway just to get more makeup/skincare samples instead.

My fifth item was the pen that everyone was bitching about on Facebook but I thought it was fun and it's cute. I'm super happy with this month!

Did you get anything different?

Sign up for Birchbox here if you haven't already and seriously what are you waiting for???

I'll be reviewing my May Ipsy bag too. It was SO GOOD this month! I also signed up for the POPSUGAR Must Have box and am eagerly anticipating my first box. Do you subscribe to Popsugar? Tell me if you love/hate it!

ERMAHGERD.

This was actually a pretty big week when I wasn't busy wallowing in self-pity.

I joined Weight Watchers. I just picked the online dealy and opted out of the in-person meetings because I really can't imagine anything less enjoyable. I'm sure it's a supportive environment and all that but...um...I'm skeptical.

When we first moved to Colorado I started logging all my food on MyFitnessPal and ended up losing about 20 pounds and a pants size! I would say 90% of that was switching to diet soda, completely quitting fast food and not eating a piece of pizza every day for lunch at work.

The good thing (sometimes annoying) about my job now is that the cafeteria isn't even open for a single minute during my shift. I've never spent a dime there and I always bring my lunch. Sometimes I still have trouble convincing myself to eat in the middle of the night and I end up starving and wanting to shove eight McMuffins in my mouth when I get off but I've gotten a lot better.

So far, it doesn't really FEEL like a diet in the sense that I can (almost) eat anything I want and still be within my points. It's pretty easy to follow and I like the iPad app (except that I wish the scanner was an integrated part of the app and/or that it was available on the iPad). I guess we'll see if I lose anything doing this combined with walking at least an hour three to four times a week.

Gaze upon my fat face and my less fat face.



So, there's that. Left was last May/June and the right was April of this year. Also, someone talk me out of it next time I think I want to go brunette again. I'm so much happier/better as a blond, you know? Blond fo lyfe.

GERD!!!

Have you done Weight Watchers (or something similar) and had good results and/or have any tips or advice?