Beauty & her Budget

Hi friends! If you’ve had a chance to look at my previous blog posts you may have noticed a pretty large gap in the time between my last post and this one. A little over 3 years of a gap actually. So when I say welcome back, truth is I am actually saying it to myself (how egotistical, gosh😋). Anyways, I’m gonna let you in on a personal detail, which is that my last blog post was actually written when I was one month into grad school 😳 Truth is I had no idea how time consuming grad school would be & I totally believed I could juggle school, work, family, friends, AND a blog. But that was definitely not the case, so here I am restarting my blog to create a space to share the little things in life that get me excited!  When I first started college as an undergrad student I really learned to figure out the best ways to stretch my small, and sometimes nonexistent,  income. Hence, Beauty met her Budget. And we have been inseparable since. I plan to share a little bit of ev...

Hello Bloggers! Well, Fall 2015 officially started this last week which means we have said goodbye to Summer 2015! But since I live in the scorching hot south, just because we said goodbye to "summer", doesn't mean we need to say goodbye to our shorts and dresses! (It's one of the upsides of not having any real seasons.) *** As you may know if you have read any of my previous posts, I am a member of the Influenster community! Which means I get sent some really awesome products, FOR FREE, in order to test and review them! But don't worry, my opinions are completely my own!*** So let's get back to the subject of today's post. So down here, it's going to stay in the 80's to 90's until around mid to late October. Which means I sill need to keep my shorts and dresses at the front of my closet. It also means, that I'll be showing some leg for a little while longer. Which is why my newest Influenster product will still be pretty useful! What...

Montagne Jeunesse Masque- Manuka Honey Peel Off * Just a reminder that I received this product for FREE from @Influenster and Montagne Jeunesse * Okay so this was my first time ever using a face mask and after this experience, I will probably be using it regularly! I absolutely loved this mask and how it made my face feel afterwards. The masque felt like honey as I applied it to my face and smelled so good I was almost tempted to taste it! As I mentioned in my first blog post, I am a Miami native. If you have ever visited Miami then you know how unbearably hot it can get, especially now that summer is starting. Well thanks to this Montagne Jeunesse Masque it was like a 20 minute break of consistent coolness . It was relaxing, refreshing, and so easy to use. When the time was up I peeled it off with no hassle whatsoever! My face felt clean and fresh and I would recommend this product to all of my friends! Next on my list: Black Seaweed Peel Off Masque ! ...

Hello bloggers! Hope you're having a beautiful Easter weekend!  "   9  For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead,  he cannot die again; death no longer has mastery over him.   10  The death he died, he died to sin  once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God." Romans 6:9-10  Well my new @Influenster voxbox arrived afew weeks ago! It's called the #Refreshvoxbox, and it was chock-full of goodies!  The total value of this box was around $40 !! But I received all of these items FREE for testing purposes! Influenster really is an awesome program and if you don't mind posting on social media every now and then about some GREAT products,that you test for free, than I would encourage you to join! You can follow my link below to sign up now! www.influenster.com/r/389467 Now, let's get back to the Refresh VoxBox....  Item 1: Beanitos Chips  These awesome chips are made from all natural ...

       One of the products I received in my Dean's List VoxBox from Inlfuenster, was the Sinful Colors Nail Color "No Text Red" . This brand new nail color by Sinful Colors represents the #NoTextRed movement, where Sinful Colors is challenging their customers, as well as anyone else who is willing to accept, to paint their thumbnails #NoTextRed as a reminder for while you are driving to STOP texting, and put the phone down until you are parked or out of the car.    This movement is so important and I definitely wanted to participate! Too many people (both teens and older adults) think themselves invincible as they are driving with one hand and looking down at their phone screens. This is SO DANGEROUS & I promise you that you are not multitasking as well as you think you are! So now I challenge you, go buy some #NoTextRed polish & give yourself a mani! So the next time you are about to text while driving the red thumb will scream out a remind...

Hello Lovelies! So it's been a busy few months for me since my last post. I started up the fall semester, took some midterms, and even made the cut for the Dean's List...VoxBox! My #DLvoxbox contained 7 free products perfectly suited for a college student. I was really excited for this box and it arrived just in time to pull me through midterm week. Thank you Influenster for another awesome box of goodies! First up, Airheads Bites . I don't know about you but I love candy and Airheads have always been one of my favorites. I'll be honest, I usually try to roll up the airheads into a small little ball and attempt to stick the whole thing in my mouth. It is truly as messy as it sounds! But now with Airheads bites I don't need to do any crazy folding and stuffing, instead I just pop these yummy bites in my mouth and enjoy the awesomeness of airheads in bite sized pieces! Next, the Pilot FriXion Clicker pen. This was probably my favorite item from t...

A little over a week ago I wrote about the Kiss Gel Fantasy Nails that I received in a new Influenster voxbox. For those of you new to my blog, Influenster is a website which measures your social influence and sends boxes of free products for you to test out. All that is required is a post-campaign survey. Along with your box you are given a list of tasks (on your online profile) that with completion help improve your Influenster score. Completing certain tasks will earn you badges which in turn will give you more opportunities to score free products directly from the participating brands or more voxboxes from Influenster. Now back to the main purpose of my post, my most recent voxbox, the #CalienteVoxBox . This voxbox was a summer themed box that contained 5 amazing products. The first one, Kiss Gel Fantasy Nails, I won't describe in too much detail on this blog post. Instead, click here for the link to my previous post which talks all about my experie...