Unboxing – Walmart Favorites The Eyes Have It Box (February 2019)

The Walmart Favorites boxes aren’t subscription boxes (or even mystery boxes) but they do contain a variety of curated boxes and I thought they would be fun to unbox. There appear to be about six boxes and I purchased four of them. I’ll cover each of the four in separate blog posts. I didn’t buy the “Extras” box as it contained a lot of nail products, which I don’t need. There is also a hair care box but I couldn’t find it at either of my local Walmarts. Each box costs $10 (at least where I live).

Time to stop yacking and start unboxing! Let’s dig into the with “The Eyes Have It” box.

Overall Box Impressions: For $10 this is isn’t a bad box. There is a WIDE variety of items and brands you can receive, which is a great way to sample products. As compared to the last two boxes I covered, there are more full size products in this box. The front of the box says its “valued over $32” and I feel like that is a stretch. The four full-size products are worth $24 (based on Walmart prices) and there are two small samples. So, the samples would have to be worth $4 a piece (when the full size is likely $8 each). So, I think $10 is reasonable to pay for the box, just know that the items in total are not worth the $32 plus stated on the box.

  • L’Oreal Voluminous Primer Base – super small sample (there’s a mascara wand in there) but I think this would be a good product to put on my lashes under some of my colored mascaras.
  • Maybelline Lashsensational – slightly curved but fine wand.
  • Rimmel Lash Accelerator Serum – kinda cool product but no idea if its actually effective. I will need to set a finite period of time to use this regularly to see if it results in stronger/longer lashes. The wand part just has little ridges and there’s a brush tip on the end to apply along lash lines.
  • Covergirl Flourish by Lash Blast – I used to use Lash Blast all the time but it got to be clumpy once applied. I might try this one a couple times to see if that formula as changed. The wand is straight and thin, which isn’t my favorite style.
  • CoverGirl Lid Lock Up – This is a nude colored lid primer. I really like my NYX lid primer but might give this one a try. The CoverGirl one will have to outperform my NYX one though as the CoverGirl on is more expensive.
  • e.l.f. Brow Pencil – traditional brow pencil with a pointed tip on one end and spoolie on the other. I believe this pencil runs a couple dollars. The pencil in the box is brown so I will give this one a try.
  • Masqueology Under Eye Gold Gel Mask – it’s nice that this is more than a one time use mask and I do love eye masks!

Unboxing – Walmart Favorites Glow Like a Pro Box (February 2019)

The Walmart Favorites boxes aren’t subscription boxes (or even mystery boxes) but they do contain a variety of curated boxes and I thought they would be fun to unbox. There appear to be about six boxes and I purchased four of them. I’ll cover each of the four in separate blog posts. I didn’t buy the “Extras” box as it contained a lot of nail products, which I don’t need. There is also a hair care box but I couldn’t find it at either of my local Walmarts. Each box costs $10 (at least where I live).

Time to stop yacking and start unboxing! Let’s dig into the with the “Glow Like a Pro” box.

Overall Box Impressions: For $10 this is isn’t a bad box. There is a WIDE variety of items and brands you can receive, which is a great way to sample products. However, these are all sample size products. And that’s where I take an issue with the box. The front of the box says its “valued over $36” and I feel like that is a stretch given these are sample sizes. There are 7 items, which works out to $5.14 per sample. Now, given that the full sizes of several of the products only cost $6-$9, I don’t see how the value of the items in the box is more than $36. So, I think $10 is reasonable to pay for the box, just know that the items in total are not worth the $36 plus stated on the box.

  • e.l.f. Poreless Face Primer – in the past I tried the elf blemish control primer and it gummed up on my skin almost immediately. I’ll give this a try since large pores are an issue for me.
  • Maybelline Master Prime – hydrating and smoothing primer might do well for my areas of dry skin.
  • found Illuminating Makeup Setting Spray – I’ve never seen this before and I don’t have very many dewy sprays so I’m excited to try this.
  • Hard Candy Matte Setting Spray – I also haven’t tried any of the setting sprays from Hard Candy (our Walmart only got hard candy within the last few months) so I’ll add this to my try pile.
  • Hard Candy Body Luminizer – This looks a bit dark and sparkly for my pale skin but maybe by summer I’ll be dark enough to give it a try. Typically not a product I use but that’s why I like these sample boxes – to try new things.

These are the two items I was most excited about as one of my favorite beauty YouTubers raves about the blushes and highlighters from Milani. On the left is a blush in the color Romantic Rose (which is really lighter than the picture) and on the right is a Strobelight highlighter in the color Afterglow. Both are just beautiful!

Haul – Ulta (January 2019)

Ulta – home to the things I can’t find at Sephora. Generally, the folks at my local Ulta aren’t very friendly so I usually choose to shop at Sephora (and the prices on most items are the same). I found most of these items at the Ulta we visited in Chicago but a couple were at my local Ulta.

Morphe 9G Palette – Oh My Gorg

I love these $12 palettes from Morphe although I’m really selective about which ones I buy. In this case I loved the two purple/burgundy/wine shades and the two greens. So, over half the palette was shades I knew for certain I’d use. Just not brave enough yet for the yellow.

Setting Spray and Face Mist

If you saw my Sephora Makeover post you know about my love affair with the cherry setting spray from Urban Decay. I found another one, also on sale for $10.50 and snatched it up. I also found some face mist from The Body Shop in the clearance bin in the scent Mandarin Energising. It smells amazing! I love to use the face mists (I also have the lavender Mario Badescu one) in the morning and evening when I’m not wearing make up.

Dry Shampoo and Makeup Sponges

If you saw my last post on my TJMaxx haul you saw I also have a love affair with dry shampoo. There used to be a styling product from Aquage that I loved (and was discontinued) but since I know I like the brand I decided to give their dry shampoo a shot. Now, I have (or did have) a fair number of the mini makeup sponges but they keep going missing. While I’ve accused the cat I haven’t found her stash so I was forced to buy more.

Tarte Shape Tape

After finding the Tarte foundation at Sephora I wanted to pick up a slightly lighter shape tape from Ulta to use on my under-eyes. Fun fact: the numbering and shade system on the Amazonian clay foundation does not match up to shape tape. So I just had to guess, unfortunately.