August Birchbox - Beauty School

sorry this is so late, i have been super busy trying to get things ready to go back to school! i just now was able to take some pictures of the august birchbox. this months theme was beauty school! it seemed fitting seeing everyone is going back to school. birchbox also teamed up up with pencils of promise, they have a goal of making $25,000 to help build a school. the whole month of august they are donating 15% of the proceeds they make from the birchbox shop will go to pencils of promise. i know my post is really late and there are only a few weeks left in the month but if there is anything you need beauty wise it would be really awesome if you got it from the birchbox shop! when i heard this month was beauty school related i thought it was a total clever idea and that this months birchbox had to be good! i mean when you stop up for beauty school you usually get all the necessities! i was thinking maybe 4 or 5 essentials foundation, eyeshadow, mascara, lipgloss and maybe a dinky little brush or something! i got box 1 and the shipping says it weighed .6325 lbs. and that i got is not what i expected! the package the box came in was cute, it was yellow and i’m guessing was supposed to look like a ruler!

in this box was:

• beauty fixation makeup remover
• juicy couture viva la juicy la fleur
• miss jessie’s original quick curls
• pixi beauty lid last shadow pen
• “birchbox find” schick hydro silk razor

i didn’t hate my box but i didn’t love it! the beauty fixation makeup remover is kinda a joke… its like 3 q-tips with make up remover in it. i guess i can just stick it in my purse or backpack for those days where my makeup is running down my face? which is usually never. i can see how a makeup remover can be a beauty school essential so they were on the right track here. you all know how i feel about perfume samples… i hate them. every single birchbox i have had has come with a perfume sample and i’m sick of it! luckily this one is actually in a little spray bottle so i might actually use this one. but other than that perfume samples are free things i can ask for at sephora if i really want one! i was watching the eleventh gorgeous unboxing of their birchbox and i think it was tracy who said to only have perfume in a box when the season is changing which i think would be a brilliant idea! i don’t see why a perfume is a beauty school essential? the miss jessie’s original quick curls is something i can actually see myself using! it was a pretty decent sample size too! i have very curly hair and its supposed to help tame frizz.  i see how this can be a beauty school essential too because beauty school isnt all makeup you do learn about hair as well, so a hair product was a good choice! i actually really like the pixi beauty lid last shadow pen. its somewhat like the NYX jumbo eyeshadow pencil. my shadow pen came in the color shell sheen, its a champagne pink color that could be used as an inner corner or lid color/base. i’m glad they put and actual beauty product in the box. i guess the “birchbox find” is new and this month was a razor… don’t really see how thats a beauty essential… i was kinda hoping for an eyeshadow brush or something but you know what? you can never have enough razors! i like the schick brand, its the razor brand i use, so i didn’t really hate getting this. one the back it also came with a coupon for money off the next purchase of new razor heads for that razor! which can usually be really expensive so in the end i didnt hate getting the razor.  

overall i liked 3 out of the 5 things in my box, which isn’t bad! i really hope i don’t get another perfume sample in my next box or else i’m going to go insane! every perfume sample they have sent me i have hated because they are all floral sense which i hate! if you guys want to know more about some of the products in my box let me know i can do a review on them! did you guys like your box?

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