For over a year now I've had a subscription to Ipsy cosmetics, a makeup/beauty monthly subscription service founded by Michelle Phan. But it came to my attention that Birchbox, which some say is the original beauty subscription service, had bigger and better products than Ipsy did for the same price of 10$/month. My original response to that was that I was supporting the start up of a company I had a connection to and that Birchbox didn't have free makeup bags.

Well, years have passed and while the company is doing well, I realised that I wasn't entirely happy with the products I was getting and the makeup bags were kind of getting old. -glances over at multicolored pile of makeup bags-

SO I made a change! Hello Birchbox! Birchbox actually also offers MEN'S BOXES with a whole bunch of manly stuff like shaving accessories, skin care, flasks, and idk... other manly stuff. Turns out their manly stuff is super fancy though, so it's pricier than the women's subscription. But if you're a guy who has no idea what to buy but wants to up his game a little, you should check Birchbox out.

Check out their subscriptions here!

I just received my February and March boxes on Sunday and I'll be trying out all of the products and reviewing them this month, with updates along the way.
But for this post I'll just give my first impressions about the February box, so without further ado, this is what's in my Feb box!


The thing about Birchbox is that they customize the box to you by letting you take a profile quiz when you subscribe. I think I put skin and hair care as one of my most important things so I received a lot of products to that end.


Products and First Impressions
(Going clockwise from the box)

¤ Fuji Green Tea Body Butter* | The Body Shop
Haven't it tried yet but I know TBS body butters, this can't go wrong

¤ Original Crema Conditioner* | Terax Hair Care
Seems just like a normal conditioner to me but since it's supposed to be good for frizzy, color damaged hair, I used it as sort of a leave in conditioner. I rub a tiny bit into my wet hair after I shower.

¤ Take it Off! Exfoliating Honey Peel Off Mask | Hey Honey
Might do a short post later on using it and how it went.

¤ BOOST Color Enhancing Lip Balm* | ARROW
I LOVE THIS. It's a vegan mango seed oil lip balm, that changes color when it hits your lips. It uses the pH of your skin to change to a color that enhances your lip color. How COOL is that?! Mine changes to a reddish hot pinky color that I quite like. All while moisturizing your lips like a really good lip balm. Lazy girl approved!

¤ Eau de Parfum, Emelia | TOCCA
It's a scent I surprisingly like it's definitely floral which I don't normally like but I think it has a tropical, fruity, citrus-y  hint that makes it smell really fresh to me. Definitely a more sophisticated scent than I'm used to but maybe it's time to graduate.

¤ Evercolor Shadow Stick* | Mally Beauty
This is a pretty nice color and really easy to use. Honestly, today I was running late for work so I just swiped it on and added mascara and I really quite liked it (picture post later). It can also be used as a primer, eyeshadow base, and eye liner, which I know to be true having used similar products for the same uses. It's also supposed to have great staying power despite how creamy the formula is, which I will test out and let you know later.

*Full sized