Birchbox & Ipsy box November review and hello again!

Hello peeps,

~Haha I'm just kidding! I missed you guys soooo much! I'm sorry for not being able to blog frequently. However,I am now officially a college student (yeah!!!). Well the first day of school in college was nerv breaking but I found a good part time job to give me some extra money each month (paying the bills is so not fun though!)

~There are so much stress invested in you once you became an adult. There are irritated people you have to face, pile of homework that become solely your responsibility (no parents to tell you to do your homework!) and MOST IMPORTANTLY! you have to figure out what you want to do in life from now on =_=. What do you want to do? How are you going to do it? Where and who do you want to invest your time in? How did you cope to stress? Millions and gazillions of questions popping in my head everyday!

~Anyway, in the past month I subscribed to Birchbox and Ipsy (formerly myglam) makeup boxes. These are services that provide you with beauty samples every month with the charge of $10/month. I love surprises so I was so excited to subscribe!!!

 



November Ipsy Box

~ There is a total of 5 beauty samples all of which packaged in a cute and convenient black bag. The bag contained the following samples: The theme is "Party Perfect"
1.nailtini Lacquer (in this golden sparkly color)

 

2. Matt(e) eyeshadow in black
3.Bareminerals Marvelous Moxie Lipgloss
4. Startlet Intense Eyeliner in black
5. Benefit "They're Real Beyond mascara"
Overall I LOVE this box because all the samples are very useful and very good products!
Ratings: ❤❤❤❤❤ :)

November Birchbox

 This is the November Birchbox. The them is GIVE.
It included the following 5 samples:
1. Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy La Fleur perfume sample
2. ModeCo Fibre Lashxtend Lengthening Mascara
3.Once Love Organics Aromatic Body Serum
4. Oscar Blandi Pronto texture and Volume Spray
5. Soyjoy Cranberry Snack Pack
~Compare to the ipsy box, the birchbox was a big dissapointment. The Body Serum is super sticky and smell kind of strong, The Oscar Blandi Volume Spray smell super upder bad and the Soyjoi snack pack is kind of irrelevant (I signed up for beauty products not food lolz). The two things I was excited about was the mascara and the perfume sample.
~Overall ratings ❤❤❤
~I feel like what I paid is more than what they actually give me! :(
~So I cancelled their subscription. However, maybe when I'm bore then I will sign up again! Hopefully they will improve their box by then :)

~So Nikky and I was being kind of distant lately. For you new subscribers, Nikky is my best friend :). However, We just started to talk again and have a sleepover the other day! Here some silly pictures of us haha

~How did you guys cope with college life (and college weight lolz). Let me know in the comment below!
~I will see you guys soon!

XOXO Charlotte

XOXOXO A very strange blog tittle....XOXOXO

~Hello, everyone. How is the festive holidays for you? I'm so sorry for not blogging for a long time. But work and homework really killing me free time nowaday T_T. How was your Christmas? Even if you are not Christian (like me). The festive holidays tend to grab you with its flow right?

The infamous tree this year. A big taller and skinnier than usual lolz. I took this after Christmas hence no more presents under the tree lolz

~The sign is rather lovely hm?^^

~Some gifts from friends. They really know how to spoil me lolz. I have candies filling my drawer but let me tell you something. IT"S really hard to not pig out ^^


~So mother got me a red sweater (which I currently wearing). Some littlet things and of course the infamous $100 Macy bed sheets. Thanks mom! All those complainning about my old hello kitty bed sheets really work lolz.

~Ta da! New bed!

~And best of all! Guess what sis get me?Nikon Coolpix 5700 5MP Digital Camera w/ 8x Optical Zoom

~Well, I need to buy the memory card adaptor for my labtop and then ta da! I will be taken all my pictures for this blog with this camera. *kiss it*. Did you know once you get the camera out of the box and leave it on your desk. It seems like attracted dust like crazy?Need to go clean my new baby lolz
~I got a bunch of other clothings items. But I'm too lazy to screen it all out here. Will do next time eh?

~Pick up E.l.f mini eyelash curler on the way

~The package include the curler and a pad replacement. That's nice ^^


~Here my comparison with the new curler and my old E.L.F studio line curler.


~The studio line have that spring once you squeeze your eyelash with it while the mini doesn't. However, the mini sure get all the bottom lash ^^

~Overall, if you want to get to all those lashes. The mini is a very good and very reasonable price. I like E.l.F more than Shu umeru ^^

~We went with my dear bff Nikky and my sister to the movie The tourist on Christmas. A very good action movie. Or love

Me: "The fireplace behind is real!"

Nikky:" I know! shut up and look at the camera"

Me: "It looks like we in Australia"

Nikky: " Uh huh!"

Sister: " Take the perfect pic for me. Or else!"

Sis and Nikky " It's so warm. I don't want to get up"

Me:" Hurry up guys! It's freezing"

~So far we saw The tourist, My sister keeper and of course Alice in Wonderland. We catching up on our movies outdated lolz.

So since it's almost the new year.

I decide to blog about what I learn about 2010

1. Always stand up for yourself. Respect yourself and people will respect you

2. Always try hard in school. Social life come later!

3. Don't start believe that all rumors are true. Even if they come from a good friend

4. Maintain your fear. Even though it's the worst thing you face! It will pass (I hope lolz)

5. You are yourself best friend. Believe your words and don't let others hurt you!

~Yup that what I learn for 2010. As for my goals for the new year? I'm not really sure. That's for the next blog post lolz ^^

5 things I need to buy once getting the paycheck:

1. New swimming suit for swimming class

2. Biore nose strip + new burt bee cleanser

3. New skinny jean

4. Lab top fan

5. A reasonable price cellphone or a cellphone case

5 things I do to relieve stress:

1. Excercise

2. Facial time

3. Manicure

4. Read a book

5. Go for a walk

~lolz, sorry if it seems like a list. I really need to set goals for myself or I really will forget about it. What about you guys?What your goals for the new year?

~Talk to me. I miss you guys^^

~XOXO Charlotte

~Thanksgiving & Makeup blog sale~

~The tiny crack of opening on the far side of my heart unlock itself to welcome you. You enter without permision and with your empty promises you tore it to pieces. And yet, I still love you
~Charlotte

~Hello bloggers ^^,
~Sorry for not blogging for so long. I had a job over thanksgiving week and so I was super busy. met a lot of nice people at work though and it take away some stress but still it was a really long 7 or 8 hours of work a day T_T.

~Cookie kun sleeping ^^. Kawaii eh?

~Got my hair curl for the dinner but then I give up half way because it goes straight again! ARg!
~I got a haircut too. My hairstylist cut like 2 inches off so now my hair feel really light and well...short lolz ^_^

~Thanksgiving dinner table. That's my cousin lili ^^.

~Me and my bff Nikky. We are drinking sparkling cider so don't worry it's non alcohol lolz

~Having fun waiting for the turkey to cook lolz

~Cousin lili and Nikky

~Some sneaky pictures. It's so dark for some reason

~So...this is my healthy dinner for last week. Salad baby!

And...banh khot (Vietnamese food)

~Hehe...How is everyone thanksgiving dinner?^^

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~Well that's it for now. I wish everyone a happier day. My is somewhat up and down but I hang in there hoping for a bright future. So I hope everyone is the same ^^. fighting!

~XOXO Charlotte

ⓛⓞⓥⓔLife Update ⓛⓞⓥⓔ

~Yoo hoo! everyone, I missed you guys ^^. So for this weekend I went over to Nikky's house for a sleepover.

~Denny is Nikky's cat. Cute eh?

~Eek Adorable ^^

~Then we went to a restaurant called Asian Cafe and the food wasn't as great as we thought it would be T_T

~Sorry I didn't take any picture with Nikky this time. We were very busy with homework and such T_T

~Do you guys like night gown?I rarely wear them unless I really feel like it.

~Do you have a favorite night gown ^^?

~So my sister and I finally bought our fav shiseido skin care full size. My is the Shiseido Pureness Matifying Moisturizer. I love this thing ^^. I will do a review later ^^

~If you buy two products full size you got a free makeup bag and a sample set which we gave to my mom ^^

~Did you receive your special offer from V.S yet ladies?^^

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Giveaway Corner

Karen from cfbeauty.blogspot.com is holding a Mac free animal cruelty cosmetic giveaway here. It will end on November 17th so hurry ^^

~That is it for now. I still have a bunch of homework left which I will do during my off periods and lunch. I also have to learn about vector in trigonometry which I'm suck at. I'm so scare for the test on that unit. I'm planning to ask my math teacher again for help. Hope she's not mad or anything like that lolz.

~Well love you guys and comment ^^

~XOXO Charlotte