NEW WEBSITE, NEW BLOG

Hello my darlings, if you are still waiting patiently for me to tell you that I've moved my blog over to my website, well today is that day. I will still be maintaining this as an archive (it's just too hard to try and integrate everything over) but you can now find me at www.glamazongirlsglow.com (click the picture it will take you there!)

Thank you guys so much for sticking with me and supporting me!! I can't wait to show you all the new stuff I have going on over at the new platform!!

A Little Review on the #JadoreVoxBox & A Check-In Too!

Hellooooo wonderful glammies! I know, I know, you wanna know the dirt on where I've been, well let me tell ya, on top of skirting around dealing with some family things, I've also been charged with the task (basically I just forced myself to do it) of integrating all my social media and blog and stuff into one central location. Yup, that's right, I'm actually making the move to a very very sleek website. So, my time has been spent setting that all up! And while the site won't go live until next week, I've literally been up nights brainstorming and moving things over. What does that mean for you and for this little ditty of a blog? Well...it means, that at some point I will be keeping this blog so all the archived posts you can still access (from a link on my new website! SAY WHAT?! LOL) but that all new posts from the launch on will be on the new platform.

Yes, yes I know what you're saying...man, I've got to change all my bookmarks and stuff now, but hey, it will be worth it, I swear! Plus!! The new site will be mobile optimized and well, it's just going to be pretty and I'm geeked! So look forward to that next week! But seriously, I can't even contain myself.

Okay, but keeping with me actually telling you stuff about products...haha..I thought I would do a little review on the Influenster Box that I got sent a couple weeks ago, all of these products were sent free for review, so just FYI on that. But like always, I give you my honest opinion and yada yada. Also! You can find all the products at your local Target or Drugstore, so BONUS!

So the box showed up like this a couple days after Valentine's Day and had some fun products! It came with Hershey Kisses, RedRose Simply Indulgence Tea, Boots Botanics Clay Mask, John Freida 3-day Straight Hair Serum, and Kiss Oh So Natural Lashes. Basically, a girls dream in one bright pink box! Lol

So, we all know about Hersey Kisses, so I'm just going to gloss over that, but will say the bag was huge, the chocolate was needed, and well...it's a classic. 

On to the tea, I made the Creme Caramel Tea that RedRose sent, and it was interesting. Of course it has a black tea base, and then caramel notes. But, I will say you can over-steep it easily. For those of you who like traditional black teas, you are going to like this. Me personally, because I have so many other options for black tea, I will most likely skip it and continue to drink the ones I got from Adagio.

Okay, okay let's talk beauty, I know you guys are all here for that lol

The first thing are the Kiss Looks So Natural Lashes. I didn't actually take a picture of them in the box, WHY I have no idea...but I did find a picture to insert, so let's all just pretend I did. 

Unboxing these lashes was a bit hard, the glue they used and how fragile the lashes are in general proved to be a bit of a situation. SO TAKE PRECAUTION. You don't want to jack up your lashes, like I almost did. The type I was sent were the "Shy" ones, which for being "natural" were incredible long. They still touched my eyebrows at points, which is a little intense if you are going to wear them during the day. I will say that I got a lot of compliments on these eyelashes and actually enjoyed wearing them. They have a clear band and are very malleable which is good when you are trying to get them to adhere to your eyes. If you take care of them you could definitely wear these multiple times. 

Lashes in Action

Not going to lie, out of all the eyelashes I've worn lately these have been my ultimate favorite to have as an accent to a dramatic eye and I will definitely be repurchasing them. 

I also really love/am loving the John Freida 3 Day Straight Flat Iron Spray. The premise of this spray is to make your blow-outs/straightening's last at least 3 days without Frizz or curling, yada yada. Although they claim it's a flat iron spray, the instructions actually tell you to use it in your damp hair before you blow dry...so just be forewarned there. This product isn't something that is actually going to help protect your hair, it's just going to help you get it there. 

Yup, that's my natural hair on the left, didn't know THAT did ya?! Lol

If you can tell by my before and after, it really does the trick. It does leave a bit of a waxy feeling on the hair, so if that weirds you out, maybe do less pumps of the product, and definitely keep this away from your roots! But if you have frizz and don't wash your hair that much like me, the waxiness won't bother you and honestly...I'm so impressed with how long I can keep my hair straight that it's sort of boggling my brain at this point. 

So I saved this last product till last, because I'm very torn about it.  It's the Boots Botanic's Ionic Clay Mask. Basically it's an all natural mud mask with willow bark (which is just a natural salicylic acid).

Here's why I'm torn, just check out the pictures below

Is it making sense yet? This mask I've used one time before I took these pictures, and it dried my skin out and kind of irritated it, and then the second time THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED!! Irritation city!! This is not for sensitive skin or highly dry skin. While after the irritation went down my skin did have a nice smoothness to it and the pimple on my face was smaller, I just don't feel like it's worth using again. If you have really oily skin with clogged pores I think this mask would work beautifully on you. But again, be careful. 

The other thing I wasn't too keen on was that it had to be continually shaken up to keep the product in tact to put on my face...and it was really really thin in consistency.

So yea, that's all the products I got from Influenster. Everything can be found at your local drugstore/megastore and everything was under $15. The two wins for me from the box were the 3 Day Straight John Freida Product and the Kiss Lashes. 

I hope this helps you when considering trying new products! Have you tried any of the products I reviewed? Let me know down below...and YEA come next week we will be moving over to the new site, but don't worry I will post all about the move over here for y'all!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

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