I know some of you have already heard of influenster.com, but for those of you who haven't I'll give a short explanation before diving into my VoxBox. The goal of Influenster in short is to connect brands with as they put it, trendsetters. You register to join influenster, fill out information about yourself and your interests to unlock badges, and wait for your badges to be approved (a couple of mine were approved really fast but I remember my beauty badge took FOREVER for some reason. Once you unlock badges you get access to products and offers. The big thing that has made Influenster a hit with some of my friends are the VoxBoxes. VoxBoxes are boxes of products for you to try out and they are completely free, you don't pay a penny. Then you are supposed to review the products and share your thoughts on them. The more you review and actively participate the more likely you are to get VoxBoxes in the future. There are other parts to Influenster but for the point of this particular blog that is what you need to know (and about all I knew when I signed up).
I originally signed up for Influenster in June (signing up is free by the way). I was selected for a Voxbox a few months ago but I had to reply that day and did not see the email in time to reply so I missed out on that one sadly. When I received an offer for the Holiday Voxbox I jumped on it immediately. About a week and a half after I expected to receive it (based on when they told me they shipped it and where they shipped it from) and an unanswered email to their customer service inquiring about my box I now have my Voxbox in hand. Everybody had the same 6 main items in their box (though some may be in different colors, etc.) and some were selected, based on the information they filled out and their badges, to receive one of three additional items.
The items in my box were:
- imPress Press-On Manicure by Broadway Nails
- Softsoap Coconut Scrub Bar Soap (2 full size bars!)
- Montagne Jeunesse Juiced Cucumber Peel Off Masque (trial size)
- New York Color Liquid Lip Shine in Nude York City (appears to be full size)
- Mentos Pure Fresh Gum in Fresh Mint (container with 15 pieces)
- Lärabar Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Food Bar (mini size)
- X Out Wash-In Treatment (2.5 oz, this was one of the three possible extra items)
WARNING: prepare to be spammed with pictures lol
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| Dundundun THE VOXBOX |
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| *sings* Out of the box, out of the box |
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| The box included a card with info on each item |
I will be doing reviews on the beauty related items in the box but for now here are some pics and my first impressions.
Thoughts: mine arrived in a broken box and apparently I'm not the only one who had this issues, so that was a bit of a bummer but nothing was damaged. The design is interesting, it reminds me of what one can do using a water marbling technique. They aren't colors I would normally select for myself but hey, doesn't hurt to try new things. In the past I've had bad luck with press on nails so I'm skeptical but I will definitely give them a try.
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| broken box :/ |
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| I love how the nails are in a little case that looks like a bottle of nail polish! |
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| coupon! |
Softsoap Coconut Scrub Bar Soap
Thoughts: The "sample" size of two bars is very generous and I'm excited to try it. My skin gets dry in the winter so exfoliation is a plus.
Montagne Jeunesse Juiced Cucumber Peel Off Masque
Thoughts: I've tried one other Montagne Jeunesse mask and I liked it so I'm looking forward to trying it. It is supposed to lift away impurities. In the past peel off things have not worked very well but we'll see.
New York Color Liquid Lip Shine
Thoughts: Lip glosssssss <3 Any form of makeup is exciting in my book. It might be a little too brown for me but we'll see.
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| 582 Nude York City |
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| size reference |
Mentos Pure Fresh Gum
Thoughts: Omnomnom gum. I may have had these before but it would have been quite a while ago so I'm pumped to try them again.
Lärabar
Thoughts: It says cookie dough which instantly makes me want to devour it, however, cookie dough things usually fall into two categories; delicious and nasty. We shall see. :P
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| info booklet |
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| sticker and coupon inside the info booklet |
X Out Wash-In Treatment
Thoughts: This is a product by the maker of Proactiv and it is a one-step wash-in treatment. My skin is very acne prone. I used Proactiv for a while and it worked alright but my skin essentially got used to it and it stopped working very well. I'll give it a shot though.
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| letter providing info about X Out |
While going through the pictures I noticed that some of the products were a little dirty... all of it was sealed aside from the nails which seemed to be clean so its not a big deal just not very professional.
While Influenster could use some improvement in the customer service area considering the items are free I really can't complain much. I'm looking forward to trying out these products!
If you have gotten a VoxBox what did you think? For those who haven't do you think you will sign up to receive them?
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