My Sample Haul and skin care advice/routine Pt.1

Okay so I decided to use red ink on favor of the holiday will also throw in green lol. I have been busy lately with a lot of free samples and product testing many of which I was required to complete various activities in exchange for an honest review. I have already reviewed these products and shared with my social media communities: Instagram which I have only just recently joined, Twitter, Facebook of course probably the most popular next to Instagram, Google plus I had Snapchat briefly still don't understand it but it was required for the list of tasks.

I'm still  trying to find the purpose of my blog bear with my folks but I like to talk and share my new discoveries especially as it pertains to saving money and cutting budgets and being able to afford your beauty items and not bust your family's budget or sacrifice quality beauty items. That's it I found the purpose of my blog thank you lol I think the struggle came with trying to blog on just one thing when there is such a huge variety of things that I do, discover and take part in.

Okay so now that we have gotten that out of the way I want to share with you my latest samples and Product Tester Boxes:

So this one came today from PinchMe, I was totally excited as I have been a part of the PinchMe community for quite some time and wasn't one of the lucky participants until today. This box contained a full size container of Pond's Cold Cream Cleanser, a deluxe sample size of Oil of Olay Shea Butter body wash, a studded dish cloth and coupons.

 This  was an awesome freebie I snagged from one of the many freebie sites I get email notifications from it's a week supply of Lancôme's latest Facial treatment. Loved this cuz I am a frugalista but still enjoy luxury items when I can.

 This came about a week ago and I was taken away this is one of the most coveted beauty subscription boxes out there, but guess what I got it free. A little back drop I belonged to a few Beauty Subscription services Ipsy, Birchbox, BeautyBox5, Lip Monthly, Cocotique (which is a mixture of hair and beauty items for African American women) SephoraPlay, Allure and quite a few others but these were my favorite things started to slow down for me on my personal business side so I had to suspend my subscriptions which left me heartbroken because I had found this eclectic and exciting community of women who like me loved makeup items and beauty supplies but were also on a budget.

So as an alternative I signed up to be an Allure Enthusiast to do what I do now answer surveys, make posts and read articles and was pleasantly surprised when this arrived as a free gift for being apart of their community and I was ecstatic taking to social media to share in my delight.

And pictured below is my CozyVoxBox from Influenster which I keep raving about because their campaigns are fun and a breeze to complete, also the coupons for free items full size at that is delish. Not pictured afre the free items I have received so far A tub of butter from Country Crock, sour cream from Daisy, French Fries from Alexia, and Hair color from Clairol and other travel sized toiletry items such as toothpaste and razors.

As part of the agreement for being a participant in the programs I always say when in conversation face to face or writing on my social media platforms that I received items for my free as a sample for an honest review. 


Coming next perfecting my skin routine hmm I don't really like that word here,  ok it stays until I find a better way to express it. But getting ,my skin care routine down for the winter what I have tried so far is it working? Natural DIY remedies for my acne scar/marks