Frosty VoxBox Reviews! Part 1

Here is the start of my Frosty VoxBox Reviews!

My EcoTool's Hairbrush is now a daily part of my hair routine!  (If you can call waking up and brushing my hair a routine....)  I really like it a lot.  

The Brush I received is the Styler and Smoother.  It gets the tangles out, without pulling.  It's also supposed to dry hair 20% faster.  Not sure how true that is, but I still like it!

Next up is the Rimmel ScandalEyes eyeliner.  Holy love story Batman!  This is my new favorite thing.  I'm a total eyeliner junkie, so this is totally my jam.  It lasts FOREVER.  It also goes on in a nice smooth line.  There is some bleeding throughout the day, but it really isn't bad, and it wears pretty naturally.

After a full day of wear.  Inner lids (upper and lower) lined only.

After a full day of wear.  Inner lids (upper and lower) lined only.

VERY happy with this product.  It will probably be the only eyeliner I buy from now on.  

And to go along with the eyeliner, I also received the Rimmel Makeup Remover.  I also love this!  I'm TERRIBLE at removing my makeup.  Like, I never do it.  BUT, in an effort to be a better person, I've been trying to do that.  And with this super awesome eyeliner that doesn't come off, the makeup remover is perfect!  It's also very gentle and doesn't bother my sensitive skin.  

So overall so far, 3 products from the FrostyVoxBox are a WIN.  Love them all!

- Jen

**I received these products free from Influenster to try and review**

Frosty VoxBox

I love mail!  I especially love mail when it contains free products to try and review!

Have you heard of Influenster?  If not, you should check it out- Influenster

Influenster is a site that allows you to see real reviews, questions and answers from REAL people.  A great way to check out products before investing in them.

I've received a few VoxBoxes from them, and I love them.  It's a fun way to try new things and get to share them with the world!

I was recently chosen to receive the Frosty VoxBox!

Check out all of that awesome stuff!

Inside the FrostyVoxBox I found the following things!

An EcoTools Hairbrush
FruitVines Bites in Cherry
Celestial Seasonings Tea in Candy Cane Lane
McCormick Gourmet Thyme
NYC Expert Last Lip Color in Sugar Plum
Rimmel London Scandaleyes Eyeliner
Rimmel London Gentle Makeup Remover
Boots No 7 Protect and Perfect

I'll be reviewing each throughout the next week!

Oh, and check out my YouTube unboxing video!
(Please excuse the fact that it's my first youtube video ever!)



- Jen

Wait....What? I still have a blog?!

Goodness gracious!  Long time no see.  I guess it's about time I dust off this keyboard and get back to blogging!

Guess I shouldn't try to update everything all at once, otherwise this will start to sound/look like one of those Christmas update letters.  Which I apparently only rated a sentence in this year....Guess thats what happens when you live 1,300 miles from your mother.  (Love ya Momma!)

In the interest of brevity today is a puppy post!

 Sandor The Hound came to live with us in June of this year....He's the cutest pup ever!

Sandor, 8 weeks old, June 2014

He's a White German Shepherd.  No, he isn't albino. He's white.  Yes, he is a full german shepherd.

He came to us from Rolling Oaks Shepherds.  He's adorable and amazing and the best puppy ever.  

Spent my summer break hanging out with him and doing the typical puppy thing.  Which I have to admit, I never realized was so dang hard!  That first week we were up every 2 hours through the night and he had trouble sleeping in his crate without someone sleeping on the floor beside him.  

Most of my afternoons looked like this.

Once school started back up lounging at the park was reserved for weekends.  We also began hiking much more to wear the little guy out.  

And then he grew....

August 2014,  4 months

 And grew....

September 2014, 5 months

 And grew.....

October 2014, 6 months

 And grew a bit more.....

November 2014, 7 months

 And is now a 60lb monster.

Comparison to the coming home shot...December 2014, 8 months

Happy Holidays!

Maybe I'll be back again soon!  At least I hope so.  :)

- Jen

It's Been a While!!

Holy Cow!  I've been MIA for MONTHS!  And boy do I have some updates!

I should be updating a bit more this next couple of weeks, so look for posts about the following!

I got a Spring Fling VoxBox!  Woohoo!  I'll tell you all about it and about the AMAZING products inside!

I started (and am finishing this week) my first Grad School class!  Woah!  (thus the busyness!)

I've read a gazillion new books!  I'll have a BUNCH of book reviews to post in the upcoming weeks.

I also had a really cool book club experience, thanks to a local author!

I've done some cooking and baking lately, so I'll update with a few of those recipes as well!

I went on a Spring Break Vacation to Tucson!  It was fantastic and I'll have a bajillion pictures to share!

I got a Fitbit!  I'll tell you all about it and how it's helping me be more accountable for my activeness each day!

That's all for the moment, look for the Voxbox update later today, and the rest are still to come!!

Silence for Sandy Hook

New Influenster!

The awesome website influenster has had a makeover!

I'm loving their new layout.  It is much more intuitive and it much easier to navigate.

I'm especially loving the happenings tab, which fills you in on all of the current VoxBoxes and other awesome updates!

If you aren't already an influenster member definitely head over and check it out, it's a whole new world over there and I'm loving it!

http://www.influenster.com/

Book Review- Death Benefit

I just finished reading Death Benefit by Robin Cook.

Robin Cook is one of my very favorite authors.  He inspired my love of reading as a young adult, I remember getting my first book written by him in middle school and feeling so cool because it was one of the "adult" books at the book fair!  I've read almost every book he's written.  Several more than once.  I haven't read one of his books in probably 5 years, so this was a good change!

Here is the on-line description:

Pia Grazdani is an exceptional yet aloof medical student working closely with Columbia University Medical Center's premier scientist on cutting edge research that could revolutionize health care by creating replacement organs for critically ill patients. Through her work with the brilliant molecular geneticist Dr. Tobias Rothman, Pia knows she will be given the chance to fulfill her ambition to participate in medical discoveries that can help millions while bringing her a measure of personal peace that might once and for all push aside memories of her difficult and abusive childhood. But when tragedy strikes in the lab, Pia, with the help of infatuated classmate George Wilson, must investigate an unforeseen calamity in the hospital's supposedly secure biosafety lab.

Meanwhile, two ex-Wall Street whiz-kids think they have found another loadstone in the nation?s multitrillion-dollar life insurance industry. They race to find ways to control actuarial data and securitize the policies of the aged and infirm to make another killing. As Pia and George dig deeper into the events at the lab, one question remains unanswered: Is someone attempting to manipulate private insurance information to allow investors to benefit from the deaths of others?

The book had a slow start, but once I got into it, I read it pretty quickly.  It didn't get as into the medical side as many of his books do, but it still had some good snippets.  It also had a small cameo by Jack Stapleton and Laurie Montgomery, two of Cooks best repeat characters.  

I give the book an 8/10.  It didn't have as much of the medical drama as his usual books, but it was still sucks you in and you have to keep reading to find out where it goes.  I also felt that it ended a bit abruptly, I could have used a couple more chapters to fill out the conclusion.