Makeup Haul and Giveaway!

How I got $110 worth of products for $22!

I've been waiting along time to do this review and I'm so excited to finally post it! Here in the last few months I've been watching makeup and mall haul reviews and I honestly don't understand how some of these women aren't at least 10k in debt just from hauls alone.. I get that it's nice to own all that stuff, I'll be the first to admit that I'm jealous. But I'm also not 10k in debt with bill collectors calling my house all times a day.. 

During the last few months I've been going to my local Dollar Tree store (where everything is $1) and I've been scoping the aisles in search of those name brand makeup products some of us pay good money for. Now granted some of them are discontinued but it is my opinion that that doesn't make them bad. My favorite perfume is discontinued and it still smells just as good every time I wear it.. That just means that I have to buy it from Amazon instead of Walmart now xD Anyway, over the last few months I made 3 different trips weeks apart from each other so my store had a chance to stock back up on different items.. Most of these products don't last long as most are overstocks or discontinued. Sometimes they only get 3 or 4 of a certain item (like the Garnier Color Breaks pictured) and one person will buy all there is of that item. So like I said, I made a few different trips over a period of a couple months so I could have a chance at some really good items and then I sat down and looked up all of the products I bought and priced them retail. Some products are discontinued so I had to get prices from Amazon and Overstock but I always used the average price. When all was said and done I had well over $100 worth of products for a little over $20. I'll admit I wasn't all that surprised.. I've been shopping at the Dollar Tree for years so I knew deals like this were possible :)

 One Lucky Winner Will Win All Of These Awesome Products!

Here's your chance to win some of the awesome products I reviewed! Simply go to my Youtube page and subscribe to my channel. Then leave a comment below the video saying which product you thought got the biggest bang for my buck! You'll be entered to win all of the products you see above! Giveaway ends June 15th.

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8U1ag6X6mk

Yummylicious Ripoff Rant

I almost didn't review this because I was so disgusted with what I received but I wanted to let you know what a crap ripoff this box is in hopes of saving you some money in the distant future.. This is what was in the 'Sampler Village' April -Mom's Sweet Escape Yummylicious Sampler Box. It cost a staggering $34.00 if you can believe it. There were 14 samples in my box, that's about $2.29 a sample. Ridiculous. I'd never pay that amount of money for a few pieces of hard tack candy and some cinnamon butter spread out here in the real world. Not only that but when I received the box 2 of the cookies were broken and the chocolate Crunch bar was melted. Of course I looked at the sneak peak pictures on the Facebook site before I bought the box but pictures can be deceiving. Very deceiving in this case.. Below is the picture posted on Facebook.

As you can see the person that takes the pictures is very good at creating a 'full' look. Making it seem like you're getting more for your money. After a good look at some of the other pictures I have seen the error of my ways. Anyway, I'm over it. Consider it a lesson learned. Sampler Village will not be seeing another dime of my money, I don't care if they're having the sample box deal of a century. As the saying goes. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me...

OOTBS April Review :D

 I bought my first sample box back in November. It was stuffed full of awesome products that included jewelry, candles, lotions, make-up, melts, scrubs, soaps, and soooo much more! These aren't your typical ripoff sample sizes either.. Mostly all of the products in the box are full sized. Since then I've discovered there are a vast amount of companies out there selling these sample/goodie boxes. Some are direct sales companies and some are home based businesses. Some offer beauty boxes filled with all of the latest cosmetics and some offer a variety of products as described above!

Everything in the package!

 This box is from Out Of The Box Sampler and it's the April Bunny Hop Easter Theme Box! I ordered it on April 2nd and it's here on the 5th so that was pretty fast! This is only my second box from OOTBS but I'm hooked! Michelle's sponsors are friggin awesome and soooo generous! Something else that's awesome about OOTBS is that she also has an edibles bag that she includes in your order! This month mine was stuffed full of cookies and a cake pop! I'm pretty excited about trying that cake pop :) I bought the regular sized box this month, it was $25 shipping included. Michelle offers a variety of sizes for different prices but the box to buy is the Bodaciously Bigger box. It has every single sample from all of the sponsors that sent in for that month. It's a bit pricey ($54.95 this month!) but if you have the extra cash you wont be disappointed! I bought one last month and even gave some away and I still have lots of products to use! Not to mention the edibles bag I got! It was filled with cookies, caramels, brownies, muffins, and fudge! She's already sold out of the boxes for this month (that's how awesome they are!) but she's got a couple mini bags available if you hurry! They're $10.95 (shipping included) and contain 8 samples.. If you'd like to snag one before they're gone you can get at www.outoftheboxsampler.com

My First Diaper Cake!

My best friend's mom made me a diaper cake for my son's baby shower. I thought it was so awesome I decide to make one for my sister-in-law for her daughter's shower! I wish I would have taken pictures as I was making it but this is all I have. It took 2 packs of hot glue, lots of rubber bands, and almost 10 hours to complete but it turned out very cute and she was soooo happy with it! In total it cost around $50 to make but you can cut corners and save money by buying a base to stack the diapers around instead of using all diapers on the inside as seen here. Lots and lots of steps to do before you can even assemble it but it was so much fun to make and my sister appreciated it so much!

Getting my feet wet....

Okay so what if I'm an amateur.. I'm gonna give this a whirl :) I've recently discovered that I like video blogging. Mostly reviews so far but we'll see..