Birchbox

You have probably heard of the hit subscription box by now- Birchbox. But, if you haven't, it is a personalized subscription box full of beauty samples that arrives at your house for $10 every month.  The catch is that you are paying $10 for much more expensive products that really add up to be about $40 worth of products.

My Birchbox recently arrived on my doorsteps and I'm sharing with you this months samples.  If you are interested in subscribing to Birchbox (which I highly recommend- it's like Christmas every month!) click the link here.

1. Pixi Lip Shea Butter- This is my favorite sample in the box, not only because it is full sized, but I love all lip products.  This one smells delicious and soothes chapped lips.

2.  Suki Exfoliating Cleanser- I really like this cleanser, I have only used it once so I'm not sure who well it will work but it smelled great!

3. Curl Keeper- In the Birchbox I only got a foil packet sample which was highly disappointing, but I do have to say it worked well and kept my hair relatively curly, I may have to buy a bigger bottle.

4.  Dr. Jart Pores No More- Have not had the chance to try this out yet, looks great and hopefully it works.  Decent sample size.

5. Yu-Be-  I am slightly disappointed with this product because it is a tiny sample size.  I like samples that I can use more than two times like the Pixi Shea Butter and Suki Exfoliator.  But, it was a pretty good moisturizer for dry skin.

Overall I would give this Birchbox a 6/10.  I enjoyed the bigger samples that I mentioned earlier, and wasn't loving the foil packet and tiny Yu-Be sample.  Can't wait for next months Birch box, and remember to heck out the link above (in the intro) to get a birch box for yourself!

xoxo emma

How to get free beauty samples and more!

Hey guys! What is up?  Today for my lifestyle post I thought I would share with you how to get free stuff, particularly beauty samples.  A few months ago I saw some Youtube videos showing how to receive free things and I was like...No way.  But it's possible!  I've received several free things in the mail since then...and I've had a couple of glitches too. So I am here to share with you all what is real and what is fake.

1.) PinchMe
PinchMe is a really awesome method of getting free samples.  Every Tuesday they post the weekly free samples at midnight and have many choices- but you have to be quick to pick your samples because they go quickly.  A box arrives at your house in about a week with your free samples.  I've gotten a PinchMe box two times and each time I received two products.  After you get the products, if you want to continue with PinchMe, you must go to the website and review the items.  Then you qualify for the next week.

I originally received the Suave smoothing with coco and shea butter and a clean and clear shampoo (not pictured above).  The lotion was fine and worked like all other creams I have.  I do have to say, I liked the shampoo -but I LOVED the conditioner- it worked really well and I bought it after the sample was gone.  The Sally Hansen Airbrush Legs sample was super cool and I really liked receiving that in my next box.  And finally, the Puffs tissues that came in my box came in handy too.

Overall it was really fun receiving my PinchMe box since it was free and if I didn't like the products it didn't matter since I spent no money on it.  It was totally worth it and I recommend to check it out.

2.) Websites designed for free products
 There are many websites where you just fill out a form and get free beauty samples.  Try out some of these websites listed below.  One warning: these take over a month to ship and are usually small and are sometimes foil packets- which to me isn't worth it but you can try it out with these websites:
http://www.freesamplesofbeautyproducts.com/?id=10
http://www.freemania.net/samples/cosmetic.htm
http://www.myfreeproductsamples.com/beauty-samples/

{know many freebie sites are scams that just want your information and do not use just any website- the websites listed above DO WORK and are not scams}

3.) Influenster VoxBox
 Finally, Influenster is the way to receive full size, high quality beauty products.  But, for Influenster it is not as easy because you have to qualify to receive an Influenster voxbox either through a social media platform such as youtube, twitter, Facebook, etc...  Influenster sends boxes full of samples called VOXBOX's.  The voxboxes are awesome and probably the best free product boxes.  What you do to receive one is review products on the website that you have used before and if you get enough points, and are willing to share the box on social media, you receive a voxbox.  Check out more of the rules and requirements on the website: https://www.influenster.com

This is the beauty box that was sent out to bloggers on youtube and people with blogs.  This box included everything seen above.  And I know what you're thinking- you have to have thousands of followers to qualify.  Wrong! Just as few as 50 followers can make you qualify for this awesome box as long as you are willing to participate in online reviews and surveys.

I hope you all found this post helpful and now you can treat yourself to a free package in the mail!  {I am in no way sponsored by any of these brands/websites and I am just posting this from my personal experience and information from friends}.

xoxo emma