Pampered and Glammed by Influenster and Mary Kay

One of the most exciting campaigns that I've gotten to participate in lately has been from Influenster.com, a fabulously fun program that is a word of mouth/social network base which sends boxes of happiness, also known as VoxBoxes, full of goodies that are themed items/products that members get to try (for free) and submit (via social networks) their honest opinions/reviews and associated media (such as photos/videos) based on their experience with the items. The latest campaign that I've done with Influenster was with Mary Kay products, the MKGlam VoxBox. This was my first Influenster campaign, so I nearly fell out when I opened up this package and found all of these (full-sized) luxurious items tucked away inside:

As you can see in the photo above, this was an amazing opportunity to try a wonderful, wide variety of Mary Kay cosmetics...

 It's not listed on the card above, but I had also received a luxuriously lush powder brush. Other than that, everything else sent in this most decadent box is listed on the above Mary Kay card...

 Mary Kay Mineral Cheek Color, "Shy Blush" gives my cheeks a natural, soft yet finely pigmented color, and blends so well into my skin tone...

 

 Mary Kay Bronzing Powder works wonderfully for even my fair skin, my face looks gently sun kissed, never orange or fake. I never knew a bronzer could look so natural!

 

 Mary Kay Powder Brush and Cream Eye Color/Concealer Brush are my new favorite brushes, so butter-soft!

 

 Mary Kay Cream Eye Color, "Apricot Twist" was my first experience with cream shadow, the color is so pretty and I love the way it glides on and stays on!

 

 Mary Kay Gel Eyeliner with expandable brush applicator, "Jet Black" has a lovely, rich pigment and draws as thin or thick a line as I want along my lash line, lasts like a dream!

 

 Mary Kay Translucent Loose Powder, oh, the luxury! I use this daily, it is finely milled and not only sets my makeup beautifully, but gives me a subtle, soft sheen that gives me a finished, flawless look and leaves me feeling pampered...

  

 Mary Kay Lash Love Mascara, "I Love Black" is deeply pigmented and rich. The color glides on my lashes and has never clumped or caked, fabulous!

 

 Mary Kay Nourishine Plus Lip Gloss, "Mango Tango" is amazing! I've tried LOTS of different lip glosses, but none have ever worked for me as well as this one. The gloss makes my lips feel incredibly smooth and supple, and so very pampered. It stays on without feeling gloppy, gooey or sticky, and I'm able to control just how much of this pretty color as I wish by applying only a little, or a couple of coats. I've put several of the colors on my wish list, I want them all!

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I was BLOWN AWAY by the MKGLAM VoxBox that I received, each and every product has been and continues to be an absolute pleasure to use. I now have a better understanding why some people love Mary Kay so much. I've learned that Mary Kay's products are of excellent quality, finely milled and highly pigmented, therefore they last much longer and thus are a better value than many cosmetics available at the local drugstore. I indeed feel "glam" and pampered applying and wearing these Mary Kay products, they have really given me such a lift in my daily makeup routine. I have a running list of items to order from Mary Kay now, I've gone from MKGlam to MKFan!

~~I received all of the above products complimentary (free, of no charge) in exchange for trying/testing and using these items and sharing my experiences and honest impressions opinions of these products. A special thank you to Influenster.com and Mary Kay for allowing me to participate in this program, this was such a treat for me and I have thoroughly been enjoying these products since the day I received them, what a treat!~~

Interested in becoming an Influenster and trying out great products for yourself? It's easy and painless, click here to find out more!

You Win This Time, Slick

Being a BzzAgent is Fun!"

Frankly, upon opening the package of the new Schick Hydro Silk Sensitive Care razor, I was a bit overwhelmed by the sheer number of blades, FIVE in all. I wondered what I had signed up for, and wasn't sure if I'd survive the testing of this product. However, after reading (through my fearful tears) the accompanying literature printed on the outside and inside the box, I told my family I loved them, and with my newly acquired instrument of mass (hair only, I hoped) destruction, took the long walk to the shower, being the brave BzzAgent soldier that I am.
 

The BEST Shave I've Ever Had!"



One of the first things that I noticed, (other than the five glaringly shiny blades), was the handle. The handle has an almost squishy gel-like covering that gives me the most excellent grip in water, with a hole at the top of it before the blade-head, which I found is the perfect place to rest my forefinger for even more control. I found that to be a very nice touch and rather comforting given my present trepidation. After lathering up, I took my shaver down from the handy-dandy suction cupped shower razor holder, (which was included with the razor, also a fantastic feature), held my breath, and began shaving my leg. I was absolutely amazed (and relieved) at how smoothly this glided along, there was no drag or tugging sensation, no prickling or scraping, and best of all, no blood or pain! I thought maybe I had missed something, maybe there was a fine clear sheath of some sort covering the blades, and I had to touch my leg where i had shaved to see if it was actually shaving. I felt nothing but very smooth, slick, hairless, fully-intact skin, softer than it had felt in a long while, although I always shaved daily (but that other razor is only a mere 2 wimpy blades, reserved only for the scaredy-cats, beginners, or uninformed). I scoff at that razorling, bah!

Being neither a beginner or uninformed, and most certainly not a scaredy-cat (anymore), I don't see how I can possibly go back to a substandard, plain old skin-scraping two-bladed tired razor again. Shaving my legs (and underarms) was uneventful as far as nicks, scrapes or cuts, but hugely eventful in that it took less swipes with the razor (it got all the hair at each first stroke, no going back over a second time), gliding effortlessly leaving only silky, hairless skin pampered with the shaver's built-in hypoallergenic shea butter-infused serum strips at the top and bottom of the blade head. Elated to find my shaving experience to be the best I've had in (let's just say, a lot of) years, determined to never settle for anything less ever again, I realized the clever, clever way that Schick works. You see, they are out to rule the world, (shaving world, that is), by offering the best razor to be found, and once you try it -(it only takes one little time)- you will refuse to waste another precious minute using anything other than this wonderfully clean and close shaving little doozie. You win this time, Slick, this time...

~Um, call me, Schick Hydro Silk Razor Sensitive Care people-- I love you.~

Thank you to BzzAgent.com for providing (free of charge to me in exchange for using this product for myself and giving an honest evaluation and review of) this super-duper-fantastic Schick Hydro Silk Sensitive Care razor kit, including a voucher for a free bottle of Skintimate Shave Gel (which I have not yet gotten to go to the store to redeem) as well as coupons for $4 off the future purchase price of this most fabulous razor. The plan worked, I'm hooked.

I Love You, "Out of Milk Shopping List"--You Just Made My Life a WholeLot Easier

Oh, WOW! Making lists and shopping just got tons easier (and therefore simplified a portion of my life) since I found this app, Out of Milk Shopping List, which is available for Android and iPhone. It has so many features, I won't list them all, just the ones that I'm grooving on most right now:

First, the speech-to-text feature for shopping and to do lists is very quick and accurate, and such a time-saver for slow-as-molasses, texting-challenged people such as me. If you don't mind texting, you can do that too, (you strange little bird) ;-P

Next, is the built-in bar code scanner. Let me begin by saying I've tried at least three separate scanners for my smartphone, and none of them came close to working, no matter how still I held them, how focused I had the codes in view, or how long I held my breath. So, you can imagine my surprise when ~jaded me~ tapped the app's scanner on a bottle of Lipton Diet Green Citrus Tea. Before I could even line it up properly or focus it, the scanner had already scanned it and integrated it into my list! I proceeded to scan a ridiculous amount of items (like a crazed child with a new toy) from my kitchen, laundry area and even some a barcode on a My Little Pony box, and it was able to accurately record it all for me amazingly fast. Then, realizing I had just added so many items to my current shopping list, I had to move a BUNCH of stuff to the archived list section after playing with this new toy later--but, that was insanely easy, too!

Finally, I checked out the local grocery deals portion of this app after typing in the zip code I'd be shopping in, and got several different stores with loads of sale items listed alphabetically. There's just a plethora of helpful things this does that really helps me do my list-making and shopping stuff so much easier and more efficient...

Best of all, it's FREE!

If this app was a person, we'd so hang out together...

There are other features that this app offers that I haven't even delved into yet, so be sure to check it out. I would, but I NEED TO GO SCAN STUFF, because I CAN!!!!

You can find it on the Google Play store site, or just go to their website, here : http://www.outofmilk.com/ and have a deliriously fun time speaking and scanning random (oh, and useful) items into your own lists!!! :D