Biore Baking Soda Voxbox

Hey guys,

Today I have something different for you.

This month I received the Biore Baking Soda voxbox from Influenster.

This is only my second Influenster box so it was super exciting.

This box included two products - The Baking Soda Pore Cleanser, and the Baking Soda Cleansing Scrub

Basically the idea behind this is that baking soda is a good gentle exfoliator.

So lets start out with my thoughts on the Baking Soda Pore Cleanser

When you pump this out you do notice it has a bit of a gentle-gritty texture (if that makes sense) then you add some water and lather it and apply it to your face.  It was easy to apply, but I found it to have a real soapy feel to it (I'm a die hard Rodan + Fields fan so I know the soapy lather of most cleaners just dries out your skin so I really disliked the soapy feel). And I did notice throughout the day it seemed to have dried out my skin. I think I would have preferred it if it had come with a toner, and a moisturizer with it to combat the dryness - maybe thats just me. I'm not going to continue using this one, but I've found it a home with someone who will love it.

Next up is the Baking Soda Cleansing Scrub

 

This is a powder that you add water to and it "activates" and then you use it as a scrub, but the baking soda dissolves as you scrub so you don't over exfoliate. I found this one a bit hard to apply since when you add the water it just gets a bit runny. I think this will just take some trial and error.

However I did quite like the way this made my skin feel, clean and soft.

It did make my skin feel a bit tight but not uncomfortably so.

I'm going to continue to use this one.

  

I received these products complimentary from Influenster for testing purposes.

Kiss Nail Dress - Double Lutz

Hey guys,

So a while back Influenster sent me some press on nails to review, basically the way influenster works is they send you something then you have to review it and then complete "challenges" then if you complete all the challenges they send you a thank you gift. Well my thank you gift finally arrived.  It included another set of the press on nails and then a set of these Kiss Nail Dress nail strips.

So I thought I would try out these nail strips.
The only other nail strips I have tried are the Sally Hansen real polish ones. It doesn't really say but these aren't real polish, they're basically stickers. They come in a bunch of different sizes and this one has two different options for looks.
As far as instructions go there wasn't really anything too helpful about application or removal.
They didn't want to lay flat, and because they aren't made of polish you couldn't really stretch them to fit and lay flat.
So on my cinderella hand (eep yes there is a picture of it in it's misshapen glory) I tried to use a coat of SV to seal the edges, well THAT was a mistake, the top coat basically ATE the strip. Whoops.
Then there aren't any instructions on removal, I'm always leery of just peeling things off of my nails. But Apparently that is what you're supposed to do.

Anyways long story short I hated these, and for the price (I think about $7-$10 a pack) I will just buy the  Sally Hansen nail strips. Oh and my boyfriend said that my nails looked like they were wearing underwear. So that happened.

So my advice - Save your money.
 

Kiss Nail Dress - Double Lutz

imPRESS Influenster Vox Box

Hey guys,

Today I have something a little bit different for you guys, so like a year and a half ago I signed up for Influenster, which is a program that sends people free samples to review. Honestly I hadn't thought of them much until a few weeks ago when I received a survey in my email. So I filled out the questionnaire and went about my daily life, well about a week later I got a email saying I had been chosen for an imPRESS vox box. So I went onto the influenster website and started playing around and now I am obsessed with them.

I have never tried press on nails before or even fake nails, I have seen these around in stores and used by grav3yardgirl but since I paint my nails daily they seemed like a waste of money. Anyways, I was super excited when I saw I got a set of the Disney Villain ones (it's like they know me!) so those are the ones I decided to test drive. My cinderella hand is super short right now so it seemed like a good time to test them.

Please forgive the awkward pictures I had a hard time taking pictures of my right hand.

In my box I got two sets of nails, the pink patterny ones and the villain ones.

I dig the packaging on these, I am currently thinking of what I am going to use the bottle case for... I'm thinking as a pill case. We'll see.

So the instructions are pretty simple, find the nails that fit each of your fingers and lay them out. Then on clean (they give you a cleaning wipe) bare nails starting with the pinky remove the plastic backing and press down onto your nail, starting in the middle of the nail then sort of smoothing it out. Do the thumb last. Then stay away from water for 30 minutes.

Honestly the longest part of this was finding the right sizes, other than that super easy.

I had to file my nails down a bit because these are way shorter than I normally wear my nails.

The nails all have this sort of plastic square nub on the free edge that you have to file off (they give you a rough file to do this with)  At first they feel a bit weird but it was easy to get used to. The weirdest part for me was having square nails on one hand and stilettos on the other.

So they claim they will last a week if applied correctly, I definitely believe this. I left them on for 6 days then finally had to get rid of them because I couldn't stop nawing on them. After 6 days the edges were getting pretty worn and starting to lift a bit, but you wouldn't have noticed from a far. I had to soak them in acetone for a couple seconds (about ten seconds each) then use my cuticle pusher to pry them up. There didn't appear to be any damage done to my natural nail.
Verdict: if you need a lasting manicure and don't have nice and strong nails and would like to try these I definitely would say they are worth the $10 (give or take a bit) they are so easy to use and come in a bunch of different patterns. If you change your polish often like me, or have long nails like me - then probably not. I wish they would make a longer stiletto shape so I could have nails that match if I decided to try them again.

**Please note this product was provided to me for an honest and unbiased review from Influenster and Broadway Nails**