College VoxBox by Influenster!

Have you all heard about Influenster? If not, it's time you did! Influenster is a free-to-join website where people like you and me are rewarded for giving our opinion on new and exciting products! Once you join the website, you begin to unlock "badges" by writing reviews for products, sharing products on your social networking sites, and filling out surveys. The COOLEST thing about Influenster is that they frequently provide their users with something called a VoxBox. A VoxBox is filled with new and exciting products and is sent to you completely FREE OF CHARGE! How awesome, right? They have a variety of VoxBox's-- there has been a Beauty Vox Box, there are Dog & Cat VoxBox's, and so much more! You don't have to be a blogger to qualify for one of these boxes, all you need to do is get on their website and start filling out surveys that tell them more about YOU so they can pair you up with the perfect VoxBox! Remember, you are not garaunteed to qualify for a box, but the more active you are on the site, the better chance you have of receiving one!

I started becoming active on Influenster about a month ago and I've just received my first ever VoxBox!! It is SO easy to get a box of goodies sent straight to your doorstep for FREE I just had to share this with you all!!

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Here's a peek at my first VoxBox the College 2012 Box!!

VoxBox Overview

 

NYC Show Time Glitter Eyeliner

 

This eyeliner is GREAT! It goes on smoothly and is very pigmented. The glitter is fine enough to where you don't feel it on your skin, but the look it gives is great! Perfect if you need a little pick-me-up with your makeup and don't have time to do an entire eye look.

 

imPRESS Press-On Manicure

 

I absolutely LOVE these imPRESS press-on manicure nails!! They are SO easy to use-- they literally take just a few minutes to put on and you're good to go. They fit my finger nails perfectly and they don't look "fake"-- it really does look like you spent hours doing your nails. These come in a variety of colors and designs and I definitely recommend these when you're in a pinch for time. They lasted about four days on me!

 

Energy Sheets

 

This is a GREAT pick-me-up during the day! It has a nice minty flavor and gives you that extra boost of energy you need during the middle of the day. These to me are really like a breath mint with a little extra "go" in them. They don't make me jittery but definitely give a boost in energy.

 

Pentel EnerGel Pen

 

I'm such a pen fanatic-- and this has become my new FAVORITE pen! It's nice mix between a gel pen and your classic ink pen. It writes smoothly, doesn't smudge, and is over all a great pen. I'll definitely be keeping this in my purse at all times!

 

Tropical Necco Wafers

 

I had actually never tried a Necco Wafer before so I can't really compare them to their "original" flavor, but I quite liked these! If you like fruity candies, these are definitely worth a try!

 

 

This VoxBox was sent to me for reviewing purposes.

 

 

Wet n Wild Color Icon: Swatches & Review

First of all, let me say that I have a new found respect for all of those beauty bloggers out there! It took a good hour and a half to swatch all of these bad boys, phew!

I've been hearing a lot of hype about these Wet n Wild Color Icon shadows so I had to do some investigating myself. Do they live up to the hype? I have to say: YES! Wet n Wild has come a LONG way from the company I remember in high school. I remember trying to get ANY color pay-off out of their eye shadows and I remember even their lip glosses being pretty crap. I don't know what they did, but they have completely redeemed themselves for me and turned their business around. If you don't have the extra money to spend on high end makeup, or simply don't want to, I think these palettes are an amazing alternative! I'll even be using some of these colors in place of some of my MAC & Urban Decay colors. Yes, they're THAT good!

The formulation on most of these is spot on-- the matte shades generally aren't powdery and as you can see from the pictures, when placed on top of an eye shadow base, show up extremely well. The metallic colors are definitely my favorite, they have a really creamy texture and go on much like MAC Veluxe Pearl shadows. My least favorite of the formulas would have to be the glitter-- although the glitter itself doesn't seem to create too much fall-out the shadow definitely does. I find this formulation to be the most powdery and "hit and miss" throughout the palettes.

Now, it's not all good. As you'll see by the swatches below, you definitely need to use an eye shadow base to get the full color pay-off with these guys. I used MAC's Painterly Paint Pot and it worked wonders! There were also a few "dud" colors in each of the palettes that you will be able to see from the pictures.

All in all, is it worth the money? Heck yeah! Is it worth more than what they're charging? Probably so! I say, go out and pick one of these bad boys up for the make up lover in your life, they'll be thanking you later!

Now, on to the good stuff...

Spoiled Brat Trio

No Primer 

With Primer

Blue Had Me At Hello 8-Pan 

No Primer 

Primer

 Petal Pusher 8-Pan

No Primer

Primer

Drinking A Glass Of Shine

No Primer

Primer 

Comfort Zone 

No Primer

Primer

THE WINNER OF THE GIVEAWAY IS LYDIA ROBINSON!!!

FTC: All opinions are my own I am not affiliated with Wet n Wild.