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Enabled here too. I'm a sucker for a promo code! I got a smashbox foundation brush, benefit eyebrow duo and of course the mystery gift. Hope we all get something awesome. It will be interesting to see if we all get the same things or something different since we ordered on the same day.

 
Originally Posted by magicalmom /img/forum/go_quote.gif

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I looove Shea Terra's black soap! I am all out and need some, my face has been giving me fits.

I really liked my July BB, so I'm hoping August follows suit! I for one would be fine with more Coola, I really like it!
Shea Terra would actually be a great brand for this month, if they're doing the foodie thing!  Maybe not so much the black soap, but the whipped shea butters!

From the BB website:

"dessert-worthy scents like Bananas & Baobabs, Gingered Pumpkin, White Chocolate, and Rooibos & Berries"






I've never tried anything from Shea Terra and would love to try the whipped shea butter! I think I need to just go ahead and place an order anyway because they sound wonderful :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />
 
Birchbox sent me a 20% off code for my gift sub account so of course I had to use it. I got Beauty Protector, InStain blush in Argyle, & the LAQA lip duo plus a mystery pick two and the awesome TIBI bag. Yesterday I ordered Suki scrub, a pack of brush guards, and mystery pick two using the code I posted above. I can't wait to see what mystery samples I get! 
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Originally Posted by msbelle /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Quote: Originally Posted by magicalmom /img/forum/go_quote.gif

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I looove Shea Terra's black soap! I am all out and need some, my face has been giving me fits.

I really liked my July BB, so I'm hoping August follows suit! I for one would be fine with more Coola, I really like it!
Shea Terra would actually be a great brand for this month, if they're doing the foodie thing!  Maybe not so much the black soap, but the whipped shea butters!

From the BB website:

"dessert-worthy scents like Bananas & Baobabs, Gingered Pumpkin, White Chocolate, and Rooibos & Berries"






I've never tried anything from Shea Terra and would love to try the whipped shea butter! I think I need to just go ahead and place an order anyway because they sound wonderful :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />


They have mini jars on their own website for $6 each in 11 different flavors scents, if you want to sample them before getting a big jar. 

http://www.sheaterraorganics.com/MINI-SHEA-WHIPPERS_p_426.html
 
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I wish they would send out rollerballs like ipsy as fragrance samples. Then I'd have no problems with them!
I am glad they don't, personally!  I got a rollerball from ipsy and I can't stand the scent- what a waste.


Also, the rollerballs that Ipsy has sent out have a retail value of $10 - 12. The perfumes that Birchbox typically sends out are much more expensive. That is not to say they are necessarily any better but rather that it may be a cost prohibitive issue.

I am fine with the tiny perfume samples. It only takes one whiff to rule a scent out completely and I know within a couple of applications if I am interested in trying a scent out further. So far, none of the fragrance samples that Birchbox has sent me have made it past the whiff test. I have no idea what I would do with 4 - 5 Juicy Couture rollerballs. LOL


Oh boy, I'll be so glad when I've received all the JC scents so I'll be done with them. They've sent three so I guess there's one more to go. Looks like they have four listed. I'm so ready to try something different. The tiny samples are fine with me, too. Plenty in there to test out and know if I want it or not.
 
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Quote: Originally Posted by yousoldtheworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I looove Shea Terra's black soap! I am all out and need some, my face has been giving me fits.

I really liked my July BB, so I'm hoping August follows suit! I for one would be fine with more Coola, I really like it!
Shea Terra would actually be a great brand for this month, if they're doing the foodie thing!  Maybe not so much the black soap, but the whipped shea butters!

From the BB website:

"dessert-worthy scents like Bananas & Baobabs, Gingered Pumpkin, White Chocolate, and Rooibos & Berries"


I've never tried anything from Shea Terra and would love to try the whipped shea butter! I think I need to just go ahead and place an order anyway because they sound wonderful :D /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />


They have mini jars on their own website for $6 each in 11 different flavors scents, if you want to sample them before getting a big jar. 

http://www.sheaterraorganics.com/MINI-SHEA-WHIPPERS_p_426.html
Thank you! I signed up for emails and right now they have a 30% off code - july2013. I want to try the Gingered Pumpkin, Bananas & Baobabs, and Bourbon Vanilla shea butters. And all those oils and face masks and bath stuffs, oh my. There's so many things, glad they have small sizes in some of them!    

 
Oh boy, I'll be so glad when I've received all the JC scents so I'll be done with them. They've sent three so I guess there's one more to go. Looks like they have four listed. I'm so ready to try something different. The tiny samples are fine with me, too. Plenty in there to test out and know if I want it or not.  
It seems like every single time we think we have received the last Juicy scent, they roll another one out.
 
Originally Posted by msbelle /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Thank you! I signed up for emails and right now they have a 30% off code - july2013. I want to try the Gingered Pumpkin, Bananas & Baobabs, and Bourbon Vanilla shea butters. And all those oils and face masks and bath stuffs, oh my. There's so many things, glad they have small sizes in some of them!    
I have all three of those scents and they are amaaaaazing!

 
Originally Posted by meaganola /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Quote: Originally Posted by msbelle /img/forum/go_quote.gif

Oh boy, I'll be so glad when I've received all the JC scents so I'll be done with them. They've sent three so I guess there's one more to go. Looks like they have four listed. I'm so ready to try something different. The tiny samples are fine with me, too. Plenty in there to test out and know if I want it or not.
It seems like every single time we think we have received the last Juicy scent, they roll another one out.


They're like little perfume zombies... they just keep coming back!  
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(to be fair, I've only gotten one JC, Couture La La, and I did kinda like it)
 
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They're like little perfume zombies... they just keep coming back!  
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(to be fair, I've only gotten one JC, Couture La La, and I did kinda like it)
i sampled juicy couture noir at belk and i love it! i'm waiting for it to come to the bbx store so i can use my points and a discount.

 
If anyone plans on placing an order, you can use code 7TEEN15 to get 15% off a $35+ order. I decided to save some money rather than get the ChaChaTint or SunBeam sample. 
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Yay!! Thank you! Using that code and $10 worth of points, I just got $66 worth of stuff for $36.70. I got: 2 bottles of Curl Keeper 1 pair of mini tweezers Instain in Swiss Dot (hope I like this - needed a new blush after my Pur Minerals shade was discontinued) A pick two sample pack with Supergoop eye cream and number 4 firm hold gel
 
Yay!! Thank you! Using that code and $10 worth of points, I just got $66 worth of stuff for $36.70. I got: 2 bottles of Curl Keeper 1 pair of mini tweezers Instain in Swiss Dot (hope I like this - needed a new blush after my Pur Minerals shade was discontinued) A pick two sample pack with Supergoop eye cream and number 4 firm hold gel
How is the curl keeper? I wish they'd send me some. I have tried the Miss Jessie products but I can't get over the fabric softener smell. I've been looking for something for something to define my curls.
 
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How is the curl keeper? I wish they'd send me some. I have tried the Miss Jessie products but I can't get over the fabric softener smell. I've been looking for something for something to define my curls.
I love the curl keeper.   It smells nice, keeps my hair from frizzing and the consistency is really thin and slippery.  I only wish that it had more hold, I have to use gel after it.  I used to use Kinky Curly Curling Custard which works really well also. 

 
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Yay!! Thank you! Using that code and $10 worth of points, I just got $66 worth of stuff for $36.70. I got:

2 bottles of Curl Keeper

1 pair of mini tweezers

Instain in Swiss Dot (hope I like this - needed a new blush after my Pur Minerals shade was discontinued)

A pick two sample pack with Supergoop eye cream and number 4 firm hold gel
How is the curl keeper? I wish they'd send me some. I have tried the Miss Jessie products but I can't get over the fabric softener smell. I've been looking for something for something to define my curls. I like the Curl Keeper, but I prefer the Miss Jessie's Jelly Soft Curls.  That's mainly because I really don't like the scent of the Curl Keeper.
 
How is the curl keeper? I wish they'd send me some. I have tried the Miss Jessie products but I can't get over the fabric softener smell. I've been looking for something for something to define my curls.
I love it. I have fine textured corkscrew hair (like baby soft), and the curl keeper is great! It controls my curls without weighing them down. I do use a pea size amount of paul Mitchell gel on the very ends of my hair when it's going to be super humid. But that's true of any product...I always layer my hair products.
 
I just bought a few products for the bf just to get the mystery pack. Fingers crossed that I'll get something good!

 
I bought some more Embryolisse (LOVE this stuff!), Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy (been wanting this for awhile), the bobby pins they sent out in July boxes, and the mystery pic two. Total was $62. I used my points and my 20% 9 month code. Had to pay a wopping $1.60. I adore the BB point system.
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I just bought a few products for the bf just to get the mystery pack. Fingers crossed that I'll get something good!
Good Luck!   My mystery pack, while fun to get, was a strike out.  I received a small jar of Vichy night cream and a luminizing Jouer foil pack in the darkest shade.

 
Originally Posted by Ashitude /img/forum/go_quote.gif

I bought some more Embryolisse (LOVE this stuff!), Deborah Lippmann Let's Go Crazy (been wanting this for awhile), the bobby pins they sent out in July boxes, and the mystery pic two. Total was $62. I used my points and my 20% 9 month code. Had to pay a wopping $1.60. I adore the BB point system.
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Embryolisse is my favorite moisturizer. One of the best - if not the best - thing that BB has introduced me to.

 
My birthday is August 9, so this is a birthday box for me. I think there should be a requisite crappy sanctioned birthday box. One birthday candle (melts during shipping and has no wick), paper crown/hat that says "Birchbox Birthday Babe!" (or some equally lame slogan), a "pin the 'OMG LOVING THIS PRODUCT RITE NOW'" products from the spoiler video on Katia and Hayley game, birthday cake flavored lip gloss with a "frosting" frost finish that comes in a birthday cake shaped version of the Perfekt Lip Gel flower sample, and a Luna Bar that has sugar-free pieces of various pinata candies in it. You ladies can thank me when they actually adopt this idea.

Seriously, I go on vacation to the Central Coast of California every Labor Day weekend, so I hope I get some nice travel goodies for August's box.

 

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