UPDATED REVIEW: AUGUST 2013 BIRCHBOX

In which I tell you exactly how well this stuff actually works...

So it's been about a week since I received my first ever Birchbox. In my previous post about the magical, montly makeup box of goodies I hadn't yet gotten the chance to use any of my new stuff (my bad for jumping the gun there), but now I've tested it all and I'm ready to tell you all about it!

Remember ^this^ bad boy?

Let's go in order shall we?

HELLO, BIRCHBOX!: AUGUST 2013

New makeup every month in the mail - am I an adult or what?

So I jumped onto the bandwagon; I joined Birchbox.

For those of you out there who aren't familiar with Birchbox, you can Google it... just kidding, I know you won't do that - it's a monthly subscription service. $10 a month gets you a box in the mail filled with high-end makeup samples. It's fun, because you get to try new stuff that you normally wouldn't buy in full size. It's exciting, because you never know what you're going to get until you open your box. It's awesome, because it tailors your samples to your Birchbox profile, so each box is fairly unique and specific to you. 

I know this sounds silly coming from someone who just wrote a rant about Shoemint and their sneaky, deceptive, subscription ways, but Birchbox makes it extremely clear that they are a subscription service, and - to be honest - 10 bucks is a whole hell of a lot easier to let go of every month than 80.

But I digress...

I signed up for Birchbox a few weeks ago, and finally got my box in the mail! I haven't tried any of the products just yet, but I wanted to share with the Interwebz what came in my pretty little box this month.