Sixteen92 Winter Collection Review

**Disclaimer that I get these at a discount because I am a part of The Circle subscription and that perfume is deeply personal and vary from nose to nose and skin to skin**

This season's collection is inspired by 20th century poetry, each perfume is going to be linked to its corresponding poem, in case you're interested in reading them. I found that my interpretation of the scent and its relationship to its name changed when I went and read the poem where the name came from.

I am always unexpectedly surprised by Sixteen92's ability to wow me with the perfumes that I would never imagine liking. However, their perfumes that incorporate a lot of sweet notes without being a true gourmand never smell very good to me.

Candy Cane Mocha ★★★☆☆

This is technically from their holiday sample set, but it made a guest appearance in the box, and is therefore getting reviewed for you. The scent is amazing, but the quality of the perfume itself is a little disappointing. Good news though, I think it will make great bath and body products. 

In the Bottle: Peppermint hot cocoa

On the skin: It really does smell like a peppermint mocha, but then it fades to only being candy cane, and then it fades off into a sort of marshmallow scent. 

Sillage: ✦✦✧✧✧

Lasting Time: 1 hour

And The Days Are Not Full Enough ★★★☆☆

This smells warm. I don't even know how to explain it. It is feminine leaning unisex and earthy and warm, this would be a four star perfume if I liked these sorts of scents more. 

Company Description: sweet sandalwood, texas cedar heartwood, patchouli coeur, black vanilla, grey musk

In the Bottle: florals, and patchouli, and the warmth of liquor as is pours down your throat

On the skin: The florals become more distant, as does the patchouli. There is wood and sweetness, and mostly I get menthol and warmth. It fades into sweet wood and warmth. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 3-4 hours

Domination of Black ★★★☆☆

This is a unisex, masculine leaning sort of scent, I like it, but I don't think I personally want to smell like it. I think Domination of Black and And The Days Are Not Full Enough would be a great His and Hers perfume set, actually. 

Company Description: orris root, soft suede, white santal, nutmeg, oakwood, lichen, chilled soil

In the Bottle: liquor and sandalwoody esque scent. 

On the skin: alcohol, herby spices,  that same warmth as And The Days Are Not Full Enough, pine trees, its a warm earthy scent. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 3-4 hours

Her Kind ★★★☆☆

I can really see this scent being loved by a lot of people, it is well done despite seeming like an entirely different perfume in the bottle vs. on the skin. If you like fruity scents, I think this would be awesome in bath and body products,and if you like floral scents I would see if you can snatch up a sample to try this out for yourself.

Company Description: tart cherry, sweet almond, bergamot, sandalwood, ambrette, camellia blossom, tonka, sweet myrrh

In the Bottle: sweet almonds (not marzipan like usual, but actual sweet almonds), maraschino cherries, and a little bit of lemon? 

On the skin: Mostly a floral, and vaguely sweet almond, but mostly a floral. Just a hint of spice once its dried down

Sillage: ✦✦✧✧✧

Lasting Time: 3 hours

This is Just to Say ★☆☆☆☆

This is one of the only Sixteen92 perfumes that disappointed me almost completely in every way. It was artificial and abrasive and the notes didn't seem to belong together at all. 

Company Description: cake flour, cocoa powder, osmanthus, plum and apricot jam, tonka bean, dried fruits, tangled vines. 

In the Bottle: Dark fruity unisex scent. Thinking like plums and artificial "mixed berry" sort of scent. 

On the skin: Cough syrup. Like, if I decided to mix cherry and grape cough syrup together this would be it. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 3-4 hours

Waking In Winter ★★☆☆☆

Honestly, I was looking forward to this scent, and mostly ended up being disappointed. 

Company Description: fir needle, hemlock, soft snow, pale woods, delicate mint, frost-blanketed leaves, cold metal, distant hearthsmoke

In the Bottle: Pine trees and mouth wash

On the skin: Sweet foresty mouth wash. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 3 hours

Sixteen92 Fall/Halloween Collection Review

Just so everyone is aware, I get these collections for a steep discount as part of the Circle subscription. Registration doesn't re-open until next year but the collections are still available on the Sixteen92 website. Also, as usual, perfumes can vary a lot in throw and scent from nose to nose and person to person.

Fall 2015

Bella Lugosi's Dead ★★★☆☆

I thought I was going to hate this one. It goes against everything I know about my taste in perfumes, but I actually kind of like it. 

Company Description: Night-black clove bud, tobacco absolute, smoked benzoin resin, flame. 

In the Bottle: cologne and smoke

On the skin: Like if you were ten feet away from campfire where they were roasting cloves. Also, there is a faint antiseptic note, which I don't mind but that might bother people who are afraid of doctors. After about 2 and a half hours, the clove scent fades away, and then its just really smokey. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 4 hours

(Everyday is) Halloween ★★★☆☆

This is such a well blended perfume, the notes are unique and special but paired together is perfect proportions which make it smell like a woman's perfume, but a non-traditional one. It has three stars for personal taste reasons, but if you think this is the scent for you I would go for it. 

Company Description: An overflowing candy pail, the crunch of leather boots on fallen leaves, cold stones, damp air and a wisp of bonfire smoke. 

In the Bottle:  Imagine the smell of a dark and leafy fall evening with a background note of the bottom of a Halloween candy bag. You know, after you've eaten most of the candy and your bag smells like old chocolate and fruity candy (or, for you Australians, the smell of a Cadbury Marvelous Creations bar).

On the skin: Bottom of your candy pail as the background note of a dark perfume. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: Safely 4 hours, more like 6 hours. The perfume fades gracefully.

Last Exit For the Lost ★★☆☆☆

I wanted to love this one more than I actually did. I think Sixteen92 just prefers crisper, more masculine smokey scents than I do. Personally, I wanted a lot more of the orchard apples, and a lot less of everything else, but I still like it.

Company Description: Orchard apples, woven wood baskets, dried hay, distant chimney smoke on cool air.

In the Bottle: Really intense Old Spice deodorant with a background note of apple.

On The Skin: Soft smoke, like when you have walked away from a campfire to go to the bathroom so its not old but it is still subtle. I also get wiffs of the orchard apple which is incredibly real on the skin. There are other aspects to the scent, though none of those throw as far as the two previously described notes and I cannot distinguish them.

Sillage: ✦✦✧✧✧

Lasting Time: 3-4 hours

Lucretia, My Reflection ★★☆☆☆

Company Description: Orris root, immortelle, white sandalwood, blackened vanilla, star anise. 

In the Bottle: Mentholated cologne 

On the skin: same as in bottle

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 3 hours? By the end of this is fades into fruity incense, which reminds me a lot of Hecate from the Halloween collection. 

Spellbound ★★☆☆☆

Company Description: Creamed pumpkin, spiced bourbon and Tahitian vanillas, sticky marshmallow fluff. 

In the Bottle: Butterscotch.

On the skin: A little candley, like if Yankee Candle tried to make a pumpkin spice candle. After several hours it fades into a very very faint toasted marshamallow jelly bean. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: 5ish hours

 Halloween 2015 (the ones I had time to review so you can still order them)

Baby Yaga ★★★☆☆

I really wanted to like this because the notes and the name and everything about it is just so perfectly witchy, and as it turns out I do quite like it. If you have ever tried Sixteen92's scents and thought they were too dark or too heavy as I often do you might really like this one. 

Company Description: Fiery dragon's blood incense, sweet woodsmoke, dried herbs, dripping candle wax, forest dirt

In the Bottle: fruit and herbs, surprisingly light. Think of like strawberry basil, but much more ambiguous. 

On the skin: Up close it is a little bit like fruity incense, but it's well balanced, and from a distance (as in not pushing my wrist up to my face) I kind of like it. 

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: Safely 4 hours but lasts for more like 6 hours before it fades away completely 

Hecate ★★☆☆☆

Company Description: Tart cranberry, benzoin, fir needle, dark chocolate, smoldering incense, dry leaves. 

In the Bottle: faint old penny, something vaguely reminiscent of those Brookside candies, and some incense 

On the skin: Weird, fruity incense

Sillage: ✦✦✦✧✧

Lasting Time: Safely 4 hours. 

Innocent And Twisted Alchemy October 2015

The contents of this month's sub, including a baggie
of super delicious Haribo gummies- which are my favorite.

Long time no see! I've been off moving and having a wonderful time settling into college. However, I recently had some time over fall break to get back into blogging, and I'm hoping to have a set up for the rest of year.  Since it has been a while, I thought I would open with a run down of the subscription as a whole, how it works, and my experiences with it:



Innocent and Twisted Alchemy is an indie makeup company run by a woman named Linda. She has a monthly subscription where you pay automatically each month in exchange for a box of makeup. The subscription is quite affordable at 12$ a month for a domestic sample subscription and 18$ a month for a full-size subscription (shipping included in cost, or free, depending on how you want to view it). I happen to purchase and review the deluxe sample subscription.

The box is guaranteed to include:
- 3 deluxe sized samples that are exclusive ONLY to the subscriptions. 

- 30% off coupon code

- BONUS! Surprise items 

(Pulled from the i+ta website)

To elaborate on that I find that the box usually includes three completely filled three gram jars of eyeshadow with special hand drawn label art often done by Linda herself, a 30% coupon code, and usually around 3 samples from other indie brands. When I say usually I mean that often times the box includes more than that, I have rarely ever seen anything less than this and the value is always compensated for in some way. I do a value breakdown at the end of each review for this subscription and almost always find that this box is usually worth significantly more than its price and that is not including shipping cost, special label art, or coupons.

ALSO, I finally had a need to communicate with "customer service" (in quotations because the entire company is just Linda) because I needed to change my address and can now officially say that Linda was super nice and helpful. She forgot to change my address, but found out about it on her own pretty quickly (a little over a week later which seems incredibly diligent to me because I had never contacted her to ask about it) and emailed me to ask if I got my subscription or if I needed a new one sent out. Luckily, I had my mail forwarded so I actually got my package the day she sent the email but I appreciated the effort and care that was demonstrated on her part.

Review and Swatches

You should be able to double click on this image and actually read the main portion of October's information card. This month's theme is based off a collection of stories from /r/letsnotmeet  which is a subreddit that narrates the creepy true encounters of its user base.






The packaging this month is super cute, packed inside of the goody-bag style packaging that happens to be my favorite packaging in this subscription. Also, ALL OF THE PRETTY TAPE. Usually, its just one kind of tape, and this month there happen to be five because of Halloween. Halloween also happens to be my favorite holiday though, so I may be a bit biased.

 Dear, Linda, if you happen to read this, the skeleton tape malfunctioned a bit. Maybe avoid this brand in the future?





This month, all swatches are done using an eyeshadow brush over the Fergie Take on The Day eyeshadow primer.

 "3am+6am"

This is a super pretty mermaid blue with a green shift to it.

 "IM"

A deep chocolate brown base with both red and green shifts.

 "Movie Fun"
A warm toffee brown base with a very strong pink shift. I totally thought it was a pink shadow until I swatched it and ended up with this toffee color instead of the expected pink.









"Photobomb"

A bright orange red color with a greenish gold shift.










Now, for the samples. Despite the fact that the information card only shows three of the four samples, there is a fourth sample from Mad Lab Cosmetics.

 "Not That Tiffany" from Baroque Cosmetics


Brownish pink base with a strong pink shift.








"Sanguine" from Mad Lab Cosmetics

 Brown with deep red shift. Very sparkly, like dried unicorn blood that just happens to apply pretty patchily.

 "Superbowl Sunday XLVI" from Tick Tock Cosmetics

Glittery bronze color. It is one of the prettiest colors I have seen, but I wish it wasn't football themed because that just happens to be very much not my thing.

"The Shadder" from Notoriously Morbid

Super, super similar to IM from earlier, black-brown base with a red and green shift, I'd say it has a little more sparkle and less sheen though.

Value Breakdown

While not included in calculations, it should be noted that this month we received a 35% off coupon, and the Notoriously Morbid shadow was made exclusively for the sub which you can get a free full size of with any ten dollar purchase and the coupon code 

(4) i+ta deluxe shadow samples- 12$

(1) Notoriously Morbid shadow sample- 1.25$

(1) Baroque Cosmetics shadow sample- 1.50$

(1) Tick Tock Cosmetics shadow sample- 1$

(1) Mad Lab Cosmetics shadow sample- 1$

Total= 15.75$

Innocent and Twisted Alchemy July 2015 Unboxing

Innocent and Twisted Alchemy is an indie makeup company run by a woman named Linda. The company also offers a monthly subscription service called the alchemists box. The payment is recurring and done through Paypal.

The box is 12$ shipped for the deluxe sample option, and 21$ shipped for the full-size option. This includes 3 custom made deluxe-sample/full-size eyeshadows with handmade labels exclusive to the box, at least two bonus samples from different indie companies, a card explaining this month's theme and providing information on the products in the box, and a 30% of coupon code for the store.




I'm going to be honest, the past few months have felt a little lacking for me with this subscription, but this month and the sneak peak for next month might have just changed my mind.

I was pretty excited for this month when I saw the sneak peak of the label art and it instantly stole my heart. The packaging and samples are also once again in line with what made me fall in love with this subscription in the first place.

This month's art was done by Betsy

 My apologies for the sad quality photograph here. This month's theme was tea party, and we ended up with two lip product bonus items, one of them actually being full size.

I have never tried products from any of these brands, though I hear a lot about Kae Q's besos and have been pondering ordering from Kiss My Sass for quite some time.

Shortcake Fantasy, Steeping Petals, Tea and Scones

 Did I tell you guys the label art was adorable? Because it is so cute!

The colors are really neutral this month, which fits with the theme but is a little bit of a bummer when you are trying to massively pare down your makeup collection.


Swatches are done with an elf eye shadow brush. Left to right: wet application, over elf eyelid primer, on bare skin.

All of this month's shadows really benefit from a primer.


 Shortcake Fantasy is a metallic baby pink.

I love metallic baby pinks, I own too many of them though, and so this one is going to have to go. However, this shadow definitely did the best without primer.

 Steeping Petals is a blackened brown base with glitter.

Finally, Tea and Scones is a taupe base with a blue looking glitter.










This is Rainbow Bit from Chirp Cosmetics. It is a little bit opalescent, but mostly it is just a metallic white shadow.

Apparently, it was custom made for this month's box according to the information card.


This is Sugar Pop from Wonderland Beauty Cosmetics 

It is a lavender base with a blue shift, and it is getting passed on to a friend of mine who will love it more than I can. Also, another color made specifically for this months alchemists box.

 Kiss My Sass Lip Tint in Circus Treat.





This feels like a tinted balm and goes on super sheer. The scent is absolutely heavenly, it reminds me of those super fake smelling creamsicles my school used to sell on popcorn and icecream day every Friday. It is even colored like an orange creamsicle. Ultimately, I'm passing this on, but only because I'm moving and need to keep my makeup collection to a minimum.

This is a besito from Kae Q cosmetics. The formula is super creamy with the coverage of a quality tinted lip balm, but it feels like a lipstick when you wear it. Personally, I'm not a fan of this product, but I know a lot of people love Kae Q's besos.






 The camera was not agreeing with me today, but here is both a lip and hand swatch of the beso sample in Mamey from Kae Q.

Value

As usual the cost for this box (and what I paid for it) is 12$ with shipping. The value of this box is calculated using only the cost of the products, not including shipping from any of the stores themselves, the additional packaging, the colors made specifically for i+ta 

Kiss My Sass Lip Tint- 2$

Kae Q Besito- 2$

Deluxe Sample i+ta Shadows- 3$ (x3= 9$)

Chirp Cosmetics Shadow Sample- 1$

Wonderland Beauty Cosmetics Shadow Sample- 1.30$

Total Value= 15.30$, which is still more than what I paid for the box, not including all the other aforementioned considerations about the value which probably should be taken into consideration but is difficult to quantify into a dollar amount. 

Whish Hair Inhibiting Gel Review

So, I saw this product at Ulta the other day and was immediately fascinated by it. I couldn't find a lot of reviews of it, but it looked interesting so I went ahead and bought it.


Long story short, Whish is a natural organic good-for-you type of brand, and this product is supposed to replace your moisturizer and naturally inhibit hair growth. It's geared toward people who own a mountain of Bath and Body Works type products and actually use them in a reasonable amount of time (a.k.a. not me).

















I have provided images of the ingredients of the product, and the side of the box that explains which ingredients are intended for what purpose. If you can't read them you can double click on the image for a higher resolution view. I take most of my pictures with my DSLR camera now, so you can effectively do that with most of the pictures on my blog.












A bottle of the stuff costs 26$, which is pricey, but it is a pretty large bottle. It took only one pump do my lower leg (where I always test my hair removal products for safety reasons). If this actually does its job of inhibiting hair growth this will last you a while. You can also get this on the Birchbox shop using your points if you have any and they have all the scents BUT I highly recommend going to an Ulta and smelling them all first. The base of this product is really strong, so you want to make sure you are okay with the scent first. I liked almond the best. Coconut was okay too if you are into tropical scents, more like a pina colada sort of smell.














**I did these tests in April because I am a terrible blogger. Hence the references to spring. 


My left leg is using some VIVO lotion I have around, and my right leg is using the inhibiting gel. I couldn't leave my other leg without any lotion at all, so I chose a thin lotion that I've been trying to use up.

I epilated my legs on Saturday, and tomorrow or Monday I will be shaving them. Basically my current spring routine involves me epilating my legs on Saturday or Sunday, shaving them later to get off the surface hair, and then basically not shaving for a week unless I have an event or a date because I usually get to the point of wanting to shave again by Thursday.

First Impressions

After epilating I applied my products, inhibiting gel on the right leg and lotion on the left. The gel sank in really fast but did feel moisturizing. After I epilate anything I put on my legs for the next 30 minutes or so stings (which is probably why they tell you not to apply product to your legs for at least 30 minutes after), but both products stung equally. The lotion definitely feels more moisturizing at first, but the gel does moisturize and also sinks in super quickly. A few minutes later my left leg was itchy while my right leg still feels fine

Test #1

Day 1-  I applied the inhibiting gel and VIVO lotion after shaving as I would normally. I have to say that my right leg currently does feel a little smoother than my left leg. However, it is possible that this is due to other factors and not the hair inhibiting gel.

Day 2- Both legs are feeling pretty good still but, while I might be biased because I want this to work, I think my right leg is still actually smoother. I applied sunscreen today, but no lotions.

Day 3- No products were put on my legs today, both legs are still okay. They feel smooth enough that I would wear shorts, and they still look smooth.

Day 4-  My legs are looking a little scaley, but I do genuinely think the hairs on my right leg are shorter and fewer than the ones on my left, but they are still there. I am reapplying the moisturizers, but I will be ending the test tomorrow evening because I'm going out on Saturday.

Day 5- I got really excited because I have a date on Saturday and epilated my legs this morning.Now its time for test two!

Test #2

So in an effort to keep these tests accurate I decided to switch legs just to make sure that one of my legs isn't  just magically smoother than the other. I epilated my legs today and applied the Whish gel to my left leg, and the VIVO lotion to my right leg. Having used this product for a little over a week now I am impressed by the moisturizing ability of it, but the scent it SO STRONG. I don't know if I will be able to take this college.

Day 1- Shaved and applied my moisturizers. Both legs feel equally smooth.

Day 2- Still my legs are equally smooth, and I'm wondering if my left leg is just hairier than my right leg. In which case, the last test would be completely invalid.

Day 3- I'm noticing that there are little hairs cropping up on my left leg, my right leg still has no visible hairs. I reapplied the moisturizers to their respective legs.

Day 4- Both have visible hairs on them, I can't tell a difference between them so I'm ending the test now.

Verdict

It's an okay moisturizer, it works much better than most lightweight lotions I've used. If it does work for slowing the growth of hair, the function is minimal. I'm not willing to do more tests because of how strong the scent is. This won't be coming with me to college, but I will pass it on to my mom because she said she wanted to try it. It might work better for people who apply body lotion daily or multiple times per day, but if you're like me in either your aversion to strong fragrances or your lack of routine when it comes to self care don't bother with this. 

Getting my Eyebrows Shaped

Before

I got my eyebrows waxed on Friday.

I had never really liked my brows but didn't know what to do or how to go about getting them how I liked them before I got into makeup. Even after I knew about shaping I was way too afraid to ruin them to go about trying to pluck or wax them myself. So, I took the plunge and got them professionally done.













My brows have always been thick caterpillars chilling out above my eyes. When I was a child I  actually had a bit of a unibrow (it runs in the family). Thankfully, after 8 years of plucking and shaving the unibrow doesn't grow back in very much anymore, but my brows were still really thick and messy.  This is an especially bad photo of them, because I was avoiding tweezing anything in preparation for waxing.

After

I chose to go to the Lunch Box because it was a weird name for a waxing salon and they promised me well trained people who would work with me on my eyebrow shape. Also, I was able to book an appointment online.

I was late to that appointment because it took forever to find parking and park properly. However, other than the fact that I realized I was never taught how to parallel park and people walking by gave me judgy looks, the ladies there were very friendly and didn't seem to mind at all. My waxologist was super nice about everything and worked with me to get the shape I wanted while taking into consideration my natural brow. It was a clean, nice looking place and I'd recommend it.

As for the actual waxing I have a pretty decent pain tolerance. I wax my own bikini line and armpits and I already tweezed around my eyebrow's natural shape anyway so it didn't hurt very much. My left eye did close up and water, but that's because I had a swollen tear duct in seventh grade and that eye has never fully cleared up. Sometimes when its windy I look like a crying Disney princess because my one eye just leaks.





I guess the only downside is that getting my brows done wasn't as impactful as I had expected. People talk about eyebrows like they're everything but I don't really see much of a difference. I plan on maintaining this anyway though because I like how clean and purposeful they look without me having to do anything to them.

Birchbox July 2015 Unboxing

Overall, the box this month was pretty good for me. It was worth my ten dollars even if my overall opinion of this box was "okay".

We'll start with the actual box. I didn't love it, and I didn't hate it.

 The theme of this month was Go Bold which makes sense with the packaging and neon yellow-green tissue paper. I'd say the beachy wave spray and the brightly colored lipstick samples lived up to the theme, while the other products were seasonally appropriate.

Another okay.


Benefit has a deal in the Birchbox shop where if you purchase a Benefit product you can get a deluxe sample of the black They're Real mascara or the black Push-Up liner for free using the code REALLASHES or REALLINER. The inside of the card is an advertisement for Benefit's new colored version of these products, available in the Birchbox shop.




There was no pillow box this month. Which is fine by me, but an odd change since I'm used to getting one even though I never really saw it as a necessary or even logical thing. I'm expecting to get 5 samples. Putting some of the 5 samples into a pillow box doesn't make them a bonus gift.


Birchbox has a way of giving me lots of things that I need and am too lazy to buy. Take for example the winter and spring months where they loaded me up on hair masks, I was almost out of my current hair mask and didn't need to buy a new one for months because of Birchbox. Now, they've given me two different face sunscreen samples, as if they magically know that I am out of face sunscreen and have been using CC creams every day because they are the only face sunscreen I currently own.

 This product is Daisy Approved. ❁

   I'm going to be honest here and tell you that I was most excited about this box because they promised me a Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick sample.  I'm working on a Liquid-to-Matte lipstick post similar to my Two Step Liquid Lipstick post and as such need to collect a wider variety of brands. Stila was one of the ones I didn't have. 

It is a super bright pin-up red color from a brand of lipstick I didn't have and was getting ready to shell out 20$ to buy, and as exciting as that is I find it even more exciting because I already own an exact dupe for this product in my collection (Sephora Cream Lipstain in Always Red) so I know that I don't need to buy more of these unless they have a shade I really want.


Daisy Approved ❁

 Birchbox has a love affair with Dr.Brandt that I just don't understand and can't approve of. Because of them I have tried a lot of Dr.Brandt products and I haven't liked a single one of them. Honestly, I don't need a new exfoliant and I'm just going to pass it on to someone who will actually use it.



Coola Setting Spray. This will be my third setting spray and I'm excited to test it out because I have yet to find one I really love. Even Skindinavia's setting spray hasn't stolen my heart.

Coola is known for being an organic all natural brand, and this product has SPF 30 in it. As a super pale child I am hopeful for this product because SPF is my life in the summer.



Daisy Approved ❁

Finally, this super adorably sized Oribe beachy wave spray. I've only tried out one of these before and I didn't really like it but this is a high end product, so it might work out. I'm going to try it.

Value and Personal Value

Value is determined using the price per ounce of the full sized product multiplied by the amount of product in the sample unless otherwise stated. 

MD Solar Sciences- 4.42$

Stila Lipstick- Going by the 20$ for the set of three on the Birchbox shop the value is 6.67$

Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion- 9.75$

Coola Setting Spray- 7.20$

Oribe Beachy Wave Spray- 4.59$

Total Value= 32.63$ which works out to be more than three times the cost of the Birchbox itself. 

Personal Value is determined by how much I would be willing to pay for each of these samples. 

MD Solar Sciences-  2$

Stila Lipstick- 5$

Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion- 0$

Coola Setting Spray- 5$

Oribe Beachy Wave Spray- 5$

Personal Value= 17$ which is still almost twice the cost of the box, so I'll take it. I ended up with two products I am excited about, one I'm going to try, and one that I needed and was lacking in.