Birchbox Product Update

Yesterday I posted all about the products in my first Birchbox. Well today I would like to update on the last product and change my original review of one other sample.

Kerastase Elixir. This is an oil for your hair. It is supposed to leave your hair silky and shiny. I used this product this morning in place of my usual smoothing serum. My hair is definitely shinier and softer than usual. One minor problem, my hair gets static very easily. Boy oh boy does my hair have static with this product. I think this Elixir would be better off in supper curly hair or hair that is extremely damaged. OR maybe to use after hair is already dried and styled to add a little shine. I give this hair product a B because I will not be using it again but it might work better {as I previously mentioned} for other hair types.

DDF Wrinkle Resist Plus Pore Minimizer. I would like to change my original grade because at the end of the day my face was very oily. This may be better for very dry skin in my opinion. My face is not normally oily at the end of the day and I feel like I had sprayed Pam all over my face. Gross. Changing grade to a C.

Hope some of this may have helped! Have a wonderful weekend.

Birchbox

Let me tell you how excited I was to finally get my Birchbox in the mail yesterday!! My husband even knew to bring it home when he got the mail :-) 

After reading up on all these products as I pulled them out of the box, I decided I was going to try everything, as anyone should if they get a Birchbox. 

Viva La Juicy parfum spray. I received a Juicy parfum a while ago for Christmas and I was not really a fan. Love their clothes but was never really impressed with their scents. This one on the other hand, LOVE! I will definitely be buying the full size bottle of this amazingly sweet scent. A++

DDF Wrinkle Resist Plus Pore Minimizer Moisturizing Serum. I added this to my morning routine today and after I put it on, I adored it. It made my skin matte and soft. I also did notice that my pores appeared smaller. I am not normally oily or anything at the end of the day, so I do not know {yet} on how my skin will look at the end of the day. But for now, I give this an A. 

Kerastase Nectar Thermique. This hair product is for dry to very dry hair and it says it will give you nourishing care with a heat-styling protective agent. My normal after shower routine for my hair is usually some smoothing serum and volumizing spray at the crown. So I replaced my smoothing serum with this product and I really like it, more than the product I have been using. I feel like my hair has more volume and shine, and it smells pretty good too. This may sound odd, but it smells professional. Like when you go get your hair done at the salon. B+ {Not an A because I do not feel it really "nourished" my hair as much as it said it would}

Kerastase Elixir Ultime. Will be trying tomorrow as I wanted to try these hair products separately. Stay tuned... 

Hot Mama the Balm. I would have never ever picked this color for myself in the store, but I have to say that I absolutely love this!!! It is a little orangey-pink in the package, but looks completely natural on. I usually use a very pink blush so this is very nice for a change. A.

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As I already said, I will be buying the Viva La Juicy parfum. I might give the hair products a couple tries as the full size bottles are rather expensive! I do not think I will be buying the blush {Hot Mama the Balm} as of yet because the sample size will most likely last me about 2 months. 

I have heard mixed reviews on Birchboxes. I am also thinking of signing up for Ipsy because I have heard you get more full size bottles of products instead of rather small sample sizes. My husband questioned if this months Birchbox was really worth $10 since the samples were tiny, I honestly do believe it is because if I were to buy every product full size, it totals up to $275. 

If you are thinking about signing up for Birchbox or Ipsy, I would recommend looking on Instagram under #Birchbox and #Ipsy so that you can see what other people have gotten and their reviews. I spent a little time doing this yesterday and really want to sign up for Ipsy... but gotta go over this with the Hubbs. 

Cannot wait till next months Birchbox... and hopefully I will be off the wait list for Ipsy and get that one too!! Keep ya'll posted :-)