Bless Box Review ~ August 2017

Bless Box is a women's monthly subscription box curated by Sazan Hendrix; a beauty/lifestyle/fashion guru.

Cost: $29.00/month + $7.50 ($38.50 total)
Shipping: U.S. and Worldwide
Product Focus: Fashion, beauty, and health

The box provided a card introducing this months theme: endless summer.  the card has a link to the website which lists all the products.

The box also included this card to get 2 months free from the Simple Habit website (valued at $19.99):

Foodstirs Review- June 2017

Foodstirs is a monthly baking subscription box that ships baking mix kits straight to your door!  The kits contain only organic and non-GMO ingredients, and best of all, the company was founded by Sarah Michelle Geller :)  Each kit costs $19.99/ month with free shipping.  You may still be able to use the code MSA30 (from mysubscriptionaddiction.com) to get a 3-month subscription for $29.00 which is basically half off (normally 3 months would cost ~60.00).

This months recipe is for Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes!  Each kit comes with a recipe card and nutrition info.  Read more after the jump!

Green Nail Polish Comparisons

I wasn't a fan of green nail polish until recently.. I never thought that I would end up with six different green shades! See below:


Indoors without the flash:

L to R: Essie- Turquoise and Caicos, Essie- First Timer, Essie- Mojito Madness, Pomegranate- Enchanted Lagoon, Pomegranate- Royal Brat, China Glaze- Kiwi Cool-Ada

Essie- First Timer

I could not wait to purchase this color.  This is really the only Essie color that I have been interested in purchasing since their winter collection.  It definitely didn't disappoint, it was just different than expected.  This color was exactly what I was hoping Mojito Madness would be.  A medium Kelly green.  Not exactly light.  Always remember to take into account that the nail polish will be 2-3 shades darker than it looks in the bottle.  Anyway, the formula was phenomenal! Very smooth and creamy.  Definitely a one coater.  I wish that Essie would make all of their formulas this way.  Anyway.. onto the pictures! All pictures show two coats of First Timer + 1 coat of seche vite.  My cuticles are a mess, you have been warned!

Essie- First Timer, indoors, without the flash.

Pink Nail Polish Comparisons

I've been meaning to do this forever... Posting nail polish comparisons is much harder than it seems! The lighting has to be just perfect to capture the exact shade.  I did my best, and here they are!

1.       Essie-  Ballet Slippers

2.       OPI-  Bubble Bath

3.       NOPI-  Kim-pletely In Love

4.       Essie- Muchi Muchi

5.       Zoya-  Barbie

6.       Essie-  French Affair

7.       OPI- Pedal Faster Suzi!

8.       Essie- Mod Squad

9.       NOPI- All Kendall-ed Up

10.   OPI- Strawberry Margarita

11.   China Glaze- Pool Party

12.   China Glaze- Shocking Pink

13.   Essie-  Peach Daiquiri

Tomato Basil Mozzarella Caprese, 3 ways!

Tomato basil mozzarella caprese!

My Nail Polish Collection, Part 7: Misc.

L to R: Wet N Wild- The Star of the Show, JENsations- Stars in Space, NYX- Precious Jems, Revlon- Radiant, Chanel- Black Satin, Nails Inc.- Baker Street, Sation- Miss Emo Shun All, American Apparel- Neon Yellow, Julep- Meryl, Julep- Hayden, Julep- Barbara, NYC- Mulberry Street, NYC- Lexington Yellow, NYC- Sidewalkers, Sally Hanson- Tenacious Ruby, Sally Hanson- Barracuda