Etude house March 2015 Pink bird (feat.Color in liquid lips collection + lip care goodies)

 Long time no blog.  I know I have been away for literally a month.  I've just been tired from work, and wanted some offline time to myself and just rest and relax.  But I am back with another pink bird un-boxing for you guys featuring the color in liquid lips collection.  This box also came with corresponding lip care products that goes perfectly with the lip colors.  I saw these lip colors all over instagram, youtube and blogs with amazing swatches which definitely sparked my interest.

 If this is your first time at my blog, welcome!  Check out my other pink bird box un-boxings and product reviews I have done.  I especially love the play 101 pencils and will be doing a review on them soon. The dark brown shade have been my go to color and it seriously stays on my waterline all day! Its amazing and costs only $6. :)  Here is the link to all the other awesomeness from Etude house:

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Let's get started with this month's box shall we?

Etude House play 101 review and swatches

The one thing that gets me in trouble is Youtube.  Youtube always makes me want to buy things, but usually the beauty products famous youtubers show are always products from Sephora which also means tons of $$$.  Dollar bills flying hurts my soul, so when I saw these featured in Pony's Beauty Diary videos, I knew I had to have it.  These are from Etude House and they launched these a couple months back (about five months or more) and they were a definite hit.  Sadly we don't have an Etude house in North America but no worries because there is Testerkorea :D.  No I am not sponsored by them (I wouldn't mind to be though...hint hint nudge nudge).  These were also featured in a past pink bird box but sadly I was not picked to be a pink bird box back then so I just jumped the bullet and got me a ton.

I know I know, no one needs so many beauty products, especially this many liners.  But  these are different!  I SWEAR! *These are words that come from a beauty hoarder*.  You can use this all over your face, not limited to just your eyes.  You can use these as a lip color, cheek color or eye liner/ eye shadow.

I'll elaborate more!  Just click read more~

Etude house Chocolate collection

 One week ago, I saw this collection on instagram and freaked the F out LOL.  I have been eyeing the Too faced chocolate bar palette for the longest time even though I really don't need it since it is just another neutral palette, but the packaging just gets to me.  So when Etude house came out with this collection, it is the perfect dose for my craving!  Just look at it!

I saw an update on Etude house's page saying these will be coming out on Febuary 2, so in just four days these will be available.  I'm in love with the eye shadows, they're little dipped chocolate bars :D.  They also shared another facebook page that swatched all the eye shadows and nail polishes.  I'll be posting this in this post and add the link to the facebook page if you are interested. :)

Seriously even if I don't need anymore make up, etude house somehow has this magic mixture of enough girly and princess that won't make me puke.  I'm not the girlish girl, and I don't prefer pink over any colors, but everything etude house comes out with is perfect!!!! Makes me scream like a fan girl.

Swatch pictures (not mine) is below!  Click read more~

Unboxing: Memebox global #18

 I haven't even noticed, but it has been a week since I last posted.  I've been taking care of the house since my parents are gone to vacation.  Doing all different kinds of house work, and since I got nothing to do, cooking has been something really fun for me again.  It's been a while since I got that spark of passion back for cooking as I do that for a living, it gets boring.  Check my instagram, christinahello, if you are curious to see what I am cooking up.  Currently I have made beef Pho from scratch, butter chicken and sushi.  That butter chicken was goooood haha.  Anyways I am continuing with my unboxings as I have a huge stack waiting for me to post, so let's get started with the Global 18 which was December 2014's box.

Global 18

$23.00 + shipping

 Coupons and a full list of my past unboxing will be included at the end of the post.

Unboxing: Memebox superbox #71 my cute wishlist 4

 My cute wishlist 4, was one of the two restock boxes I bought recently.  There wasn't much choices, as the Vagabond box I wanted for the longest time still has not come back yet or I think it did, but I missed it :(.  So this one and volume up will have to do.  When this box first came out, it didn't really look that great but I think the Memebox drought got to me and suddenly this box didn't look so bad since you do get 8 products.

$23.00 + shipping

 As always, coupons will be included at the end, along with my thoughts on this box :). Enjoy!

Unboxing: Memebox special #37 Wake up make up

This unboxing has definitely been long awaited.  I got this box two weeks ago, but got caught up in the holiday madness.  Two days ago, I finally got to do my surgery to get the lump in my breast removed, and no it isn't cancer (I say that in the most hopeful matter).  Right now I have two pillows under my chest so I can stand up right and type this haha.

When this box first came out, I really wanted to get it but I don't know why, I didn't get up getting. So I'm really grateful Memebox sent me this to review :).  Thank you!!

Wake up make up

$23.00 + shipping

Updated coupons will be included at the end of this blog post.  Enjoy!

Unboxing: Memebox special #70 cleanse and tone

 I am finally back with another unboxing.  I have been lacking in the unboxing department lately since the throbbing in my head got pretty bad making my head hurt all the time.  That and I am working a ton so when I come home, I'm crazy tired and just want to sleep.  So I apologize for the latest, but better late then never right ;D.

I have come to you with the cleanse and tone box.  I remember a lot of people were wishing for a box full of just toners, so when they came out with this box, I was like YES PLEASE and bought it right away.  I had super high hopes for this box since the first skincare box was amazing, the second edition one was great too.  When I saw the spoilers for this one, I was slightly underwhelmed but let's just see what products we got in this box!

 Also when I was taking pictures with my camera, I didn't notice that my white balance was off, so the pictures are leaning towards a blue tone.  I'm not happy about it but I don't have the time to take the pictures again. I promise that it will be fixed in the future ;).

Coupons are included at the end of the post along with my full list of unboxings I have tone in the past which you can use as reference!

Unboxing: Memebox Global 17

 When I missed the awesome Memebox global 14 box, I was so bummed it wasn't funny.  The boxed looked amazing, I'd even rate it at least a top #2 out of all the boxes I saw.  So when they came out with the global bundle set, I jumped on it so fast.  I got a good deal too I believe :D.  Anyways, I know you are curious to see what is inside, so let's get started.

Global 17

$23.00 + shipping

 Sneak peek to tickle your pickle (HAHA Why does that sound dirty...or is it just me.  It's just me isn't it).

Coupons will be included in the bottom like always.

Unboxing: Memebox special #57 For dry and sensitive skin

 Surprise surprise.  What is this?  Another unboxing? LOL  Yes it is time for another unboxing, this time it is for dry and sensitive skin box.  When this box came out, it was screaming my name.  I just had to get it and was actually super excited for it since I love my some skincare products.  I finally got the box after tension with my mail man. 

 My usual mail lady is across the country doing something super cool, so I have this a**hole sub that doesn't do his job.  Where I live right now, it is snowing and there is ice. When I checked my phone app, it again said attempted delivery but he never rang the doorbell, for the fifth time.  So I went to my mail box to get my slip (which is SUPPOSE to be hanging on my front door) and I was like sigh I'll just get my mom to get it since the post office is next to where she works.  Then suddenly, I had a light bulb above my head that went ding!  Maybe he is still working on the mail box down the street, so I went to the corner of my street to peek and sure enough he was there.  I ran as fast as I could, while trying not to slip on the ice and I caught up to him.  I let him finish sorting the letters into the mail box and then asked him personally "Can I please get my parcel."  I don't think he expected me to come and hunt him down and I could tell he was slightly embarrassed.  I don't think he understands that we can track our parcels down, so he didn't think he would get caught being lazy.  

So today when I knew another parcel was going to come, I purposely woke up early to wait at the window to see when the truck was going to come. I waited for a good hour and a half and it never came so I was like, hmm guess he isn't delivering it today since the tracking says it is just processed and not on its way.  I go to my mail box, and there was a key to open the magical compartment at the mail box to get parcels, and my box was there (this one I'm talking about is the Lucky box 11).  I was super happy he at least just left it there :).  Thanks mail man, I'm glad your days are numbered since you don't want to do your job.  My usual mail lady is coming back in 5 days. YEY!

Anyways, enough of my long story.  Let's get to the unboxing shall we?

Dry and sensitive skin

$29.00 + shipping

New coupon codes are out!  Feel free to use them :).  They are included at the bottom of the blog post.

Unboxing: Memebox special OMG 4

 When memebox first released the statement for this box after the disappointment to deliver real OMG products in the past OMG boxes, they said they would ensure use that they would give us the weirdest, quirkest products in the OMG 4.  So i gave memebox my trust and hoped for the best.  I'd have to say this will me my last omg box after getting three out of the four OMG editions.  No more for me.  Maybe because I'm already immuned to all the weird things such as bee venom, snake venom, spider venom, placenta, snail mucus, all of those I'm already immuned to and like.  But I do think this is a good box nonetheless.  Anyways, let's get into it and see what are the contents of the box ;).

OMG 4

$29.00 + shipping

 Sneak peek of what is inside the box ;).  You can't really see much eh? BUAHAHAH

I apologize in advance for the dis-function of my nose.  I'm still sick and have a runny nose, therefore I can't really smell anything so I can't really do the smell-o-scale for you guys.  I'm sorry :(.

Coupons for December has been updated and will be included at the end of this post!  There is also a list of my old unboxings if you would like to check it it!

Unboxing: Memebox superbox #65 korea's most wanted 2

 This box totally came to me at surprised, and was delivered to my house without my knowledge. When I got the notice slip, i was like huh?  No box to my knowledge, was scheduled to arrive to my house so I thought it could be a Etude House box.  An hour after I found the notice, I saw the Memebox email and they said they have sent me the Korea's Most wanted 2 box for me to review.  Honestly I was surprised when they terminated the Memebox influencer program since I only got accepted recently and then was sent the Sally's box products to review for them and then the program was ended.  I was quite sad, but they they came out with a new program and I was invited.  Of course I was gladly accepted but I didn't think anything would come out of it.  So I'm super excited to do this unboxing for you, because well... you already know I'm a huge fan of Memebox already.  Hehe!  No surprised there.

So here it is, I'm babbling again keke.  Sorry~~~

Korea's most wanted 2

$32.00 + shipping

I know this is an old box, but I do like to document the boxes so i could look back at it for fun and hopefully it is helpful for you guys too ;). Enjoy!

Etude House x Save the children Christmas collection released and update

If you haven't checked out my pink bird November 2014 post, click here!  I recently got picked to be one of their pink birds to spread the Etude House love.  My post has first impressions on the lip balms, any cushion and the nail polishes ;).  I didn't get the hand cream or the collagen cream sadly since they did not send it to me, but I'm sure it is good!   I just checked their website and the collection is out :D.  So here is my follow up on the pricing just in case you guys are interested.  I will also have the links for the items so hopefully you guys will find it helpful ;).

Unboxing: Memebox special #50 Step by step skincare

 When this box came out, I was super duper excited because the first skincare box, click here to check it out, was really awesome and anything skincare, I'm down for.  So when the second edition under a different name, but the same theme, I bounced on that so fast, it wasn't even funny.  Buying this box was a complete blur LOL.

I got this box two days ago with my Etude House pink bird box, but got crazy excited with the Etude House box. So the unboxing for this was slightly delayed but I have brought it to you now :).

Step by step skincare

$29.00 + shipping

 Sneak peek ;), just to tease you.

Make sure to check out the coupon codes at the end and comment down below to tell me what you think about this box!

Offically Etude House's newest Pink bird member

I'm very pleased to announce that I am the new pink bird for Etude house!  What does this mean?  This means Etude House will be sending me a box full of their upcoming products for me to review every month to review, swatch and to show my lovely readers what will be their newest collections.  This collection, I believe, has not been released since I cannot find any information on the Christmas collection.

What is a Etude house pink bird?

I'd like to call myself a secret agent (CIA, FIB, all that jazz!) for Etude House, but I'm not that cool haha.  Pink bird is a exclusive program where Etude House hand pick beauty bloggers all around the world to showcase their products for all their Etude House's fan worldwide.

Can I buy the pink bird boxes?

I do not believe you can buy these boxes since these are pretty much like press boxes.  I do hope they come out with a beauty box just with Etude house products.  That would be amazing!

I myself don't have much information about this program so I can't really answer questions, and there isn't information on the web either.  But I hope you do enjoy yourself here on my blog now that you can get the sneak peek of the upcoming Etude house collection!  I'm super excited :DD.

Cool pink bird badge! :DD IT'S OFFICIAL~

My future goal is to go to South Korea and experience the culture, food and of course their amazing beauty products, but for now, Korean cosmetics will have to do.  A dream is only a dream until it becomes reality, sigh...

You interested to see the details?  Clink "read more"!  I know you want to ;).

Unboxing: superbox #84 skinfood

 

Here is the second unboxing for the day, and this box got me super excited.  I didn't even think twice on buying this box, it just went into the checkout and was paid for LOL.  I have heard about skinfood's black sugar mask scrub, but I never bought it.  I don't know why, but I was super excited to see the spoilers for this box and the product was in there!  That just made the whole box worth it :).  The only skinfood product I have ever tried was their aloe vera BB cream, but that didn't really work out too well for me, so my impression of skinfood was so so. The reason why I love memebox is that you pay a fraction of the price, but you get way more then the value you paid for.  The black sugar scrub itself is about $8-10, so why not spend $29+ shipping (you can use points and shipping to make it cheaper), and get four more products for the price of two!  This box was a win win for me since I wanted to try more of the brand out.  So exciteeeeddd~~~

The skinfood box seems to be missing on the website, but I will link it again when i find it.  Hopefully its not because I'm blind.

$29.00 + shipping

 Sneak peek of the box ;).  Coupons will be at the end of the post!

Unboxing: Superbox #63 Blackheads no more

 Guess who is super duper late again on unboxing? MEEEEE.  In my defence though, my boyfriend was in t he hospital, my little doggie had some body problems, i got into a car accident and now on top of everything, my boyfriend's family member pasted away.  I am not lying.  I swear....  This seriously is the worst month ever.  Please becareful out there, my lovely friends.

But as always, here is the usual unboxing.  But now with better lighting :D.  YEY.  I'm still working on getting better with my photos, so hopefully I can learn faster.  Tell me if you like the change!  Or you like the organic, crappy lighting ones from before XDDD.

Blackheads no more!
$39.00 + shipping

 Here is the sneek peak, just in case you guys didn't want to get it spoiled.  Maybe I should even do those cube blur, just like the magazines xDD.  What do you guys think?

Coupons will always be included at the end of the post, so make sure to use those~

First impression: Sally's box Gold snail hydrogel mask and friendly argan hair mask, my very first video too!

 Just recently, Memebox accepted me as one of their influencers.  What that means is that they kind of sponsor me from time to time and send me products to review for them.  This is super excited because this is my first sponsorship, and it really feels good that companies want to work with a mere human like me :3.

So I am doing a first impression on these two Sally's box products, the gold snail hydrogel mask and friendly argan hair mask which was featured in the Rapenzel memebox.  I had to do videos for these two products because it would be kind of hard for me to 

*Disclaimer: They did send this to me for free for reviewing purposes, but please do not confused this and think they send me all the boxes I have unboxed in the past.  I'm not that popular LOL.  Again, mere human....*

P.S.  Coupons will be linked below of this post for Memebox, and links to where you can buy these products.

Favorites and staples:Skincare products

 As a girl that is literally on Youtube watching beauty guru and random weird videos, I always see these well known beauty gurus doing their monthly favorites.  Honestly I really can not relate because there is no way I can like a product that fast in a span of a month.  And every month is usually different.  That tells me a couple of things, they are either getting paid to say it or they just want to keep it fresh and use new products for their viewers. 

I wouldn't say that these are my holy grail products just yet, but I would say they are definitely a staple product in my collection I tend to grab and rely on on a daily basis.  When I do have a holy grail product, they I will do a I FOUND MY HOLY GRAIL GUYS!  But for now, this will be called the favorites and staples.

Quality is not depended on the price tag attached to it.  Most, if not all of these products are very affordable, but two products are not readily accessible to all of us sadly :(.

P.S.  Do you notice the pictures are looking a bit different?  I recently learned to use my DSLR camera and my father gifted me a light box as an early Christmas present!  Seriously, I have the most awesome parents.  I'm glad I invested in a DSLR hehe.  I love you Canon!!

Also for reference, my skin type is...
-dry to normal
-get the rare occasion of pimples
-flakey skin from dry, not severe, just when I use foundation, you can see it clearly

Memebox x pony eyeshadow palette

Recently, about a two months ago, i found out about this korean girl that does beauty videos on youtube under the channel called InsiteTV and her segment is called "Pony's beauty diary".  I instantly fell in love with her videos since she gives out great tips, the quality of the video is crips and clear and her instructions are very useful.  And of course she is talented for sure and very pretty! If you guys use instagram and stalk the #memebox, there are sometimes a crossover of the korean girls korean memebox hashtags, and a lot of use memelovers were getting super jelous that they got to buy this awesome palette.

So now that it is finally here, you might want to look into it because it is a great everyday palette for sure!  There is...

Make sure to check out the coupon codes at the end of the post ;).

New: Samantha Schuerman x Memebox

This new collaboration box just dropped (well couple of hours ago, but I was still sleeping and being lazy in my bed) and it looks pretty good :D.  I'd buy it actually, but still contemplating because I do have tons of make up as is.  O_O

I have seen couple of Samantha's videos because she was in a couple of itsjudytime videos, and I have watched her Memebox unboxings before she did this collaboration box.  So this collaboration to me makes sense :).  I just went to check the vagabonb collaboration box and it was gone :'(.  I was just about to buy it.  Sigh... guess it wasn't meant to be.

You do get 9 products, yes that is no mistake, in this box and I'd say this is a make up heavy box, so it will be great for the holidays!  And its ready to be ship!

Anyways, back to this box, coupons will be included at the end!

P.S.  Memebox, if you want me to make a box too, I would gladly accept ;).  Wink Wink... just saying LOL.