My April 2012 Birchbox

Every time I received my birchbox I get an e-mail 3 days before telling me what is inside of it, and I always have to remember to delete the e-mail before I get nosy and ruin my surprise.

The unwrapping is always so exciting!

Oh hello there, what wonderful gifts will you give me today!?

I will be honest, I usually toss this aside, but today I decided to read it

My samples:

dropps Laundry Detergent

amika Nourishing Hair Mask

Zoya Nail Polish in Lotus
Juice Beauty Oil-Free Moisturizer

Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift

Close up of Lotus

Wonderstruck and Lotus with a peeking amika!

 

 I am a bit of a nail polish hoarder so this has already been used. I love the grayish tone to it, and it has just enough sparkle and shine. I am a huge fan of Zoya Products as it is so anytime I get one of this I am ecstatic!

While I still love my birchbox, I think they need to up the ante and get more beauty products to try, as in MAKEUP. I have so many soaps, oils and lotions and countless mini samples of perfume but I have my little survey set to "I like to try new makeup trends" and I have yet receive ANY new makeup trends. Face makeup or Eye makeup... Odd. What I will say for birchbox as a company is that when I recieved my last birchbox and the glass perfume sample had shattered they shipped another box to me without any additional costs. It was very nice, a WHOLE new box and not just the sample. Which in fact I loved because I got a different color of the nail polish and I LOVE the Shine perfume. Great work birchbox!

lovelovelove

Maya



-- Cider and Spice

I have tried a few different Apple Spice recipes and unfortunately they have been a little pricey! 

I spend close to $20 for ingredients that may or may not have been natural and packed with sugar.

Yesterday, while my boyfriend and my brother in law watched the Alabama/Auburn game... or should I say the Alabama domination!! Roll Tide Roll!!!!

My sister and I sat, ate pizza, pinned on pinterest and thoroughly enjoyed our time watching the game. and pinning til our fingers hurt. I decided we needed a little something since the boys were drinking their favorite winter lager.

So I picked up this little glass jar, my sister heated it up in a pan and we sipped the perfect blend of cider and spice!

I got mine in the fruits and veggies section of Ralphs, 

which is a Kroger company for any mid-west, southern or east coast readers, 

for $1.99, it made about 3 full coffee mugs. The best part about this blend is that it is 100% juice! Yes it is extra calories but knowing that they are natural calories makes me think it isn't the worst thing for my body, right?

Cider and Spice Knudsen Website

lovelovelove

M