Big Goals and Beauty Boxes

It has been a long time since my last blog post and I am sorry for it. A lot has happened in the last few months, many changes and many realizations. I want to share these with all of you.

Recently, my partner and I have been able to get our troubles in order and relax because of it. It feels good, I feel refreshed and inspired. I don't want to talk about my woes because I left them behind, no need to give them credit here. What I choose to share are my goals.

I have a variety of goals that I am determined to accomplish, the first of which involves this blog. I plan to make at least one blog post a week. I want to share the things I love, learn, and discover.

I have discovered a lot this month.

I discovered beauty boxes, forgotten herbal facts, and hidden treasures. I intend on discovering new music, beautiful quotes, fantastic teas, new photography ideas, and anything else my mind and heart can conjure. I want to share it all. I am passionate about the arts and music; I am an aspiring photographer and graphic artist, as such I want to share my art and talk about my dreams and inspirations.

Above is an early birthday gift I received from my boyfriend. Yes it is real. I love butterflies (Even though this is called a sunset moth, a day flying moth) I see it as a butterfly. Butterflies are symbols of change, transformation, and beauty. They are special to me in very personal ways, I can never get enough of them.

Now, speaking of beauty...

Have you heard of Beauty bags/Boxes? I discovered them yesterday. My boyfriend told me about something called a loot crate (lootcrate.com) which is a box of geeky/nerdy treats that you subscribe to monthly and every month a box of geeky goodies gets shipped to you, a mystery until you open your box. I LOVE SURPRISES. As interested as I was in a loot crate, I must admit that the goodies in former boxes werent ones I would often use. So, I ordered for my boyfriend because because, well, he is a nerd. Now I wanted my own version of a loot chest, and I love makeup. After requesting help from my friend Google, I found two well used sites that send out monthly beauty samples.

The first site is Ipsy. You can subscribe to Ipsy and for 10 dollars a month (with free shipping) they send you samples (and full sizes) of beauty products from a number of different brand names. I signed up, no hesitation. If you are interested here is my link: http://www.ipsy.com/r/6m4e. Ipsy has an awesome reward system, if you use my link I get points and with those I can get extra goodies in my Ipsy bag each month!

The second site is Birchbox, which is very similar to Ipsy. Birchbox also sends beauty samples each month, is costs 10 dollars and has free shipping. I also signed up with Birchbox. They also have a similar reward system, and here is my link: https://www.birchbox.com/invite/kwh7l.

I invite you all to check these sites out if you are interested in beauty surprises like me. I am not affiliated with either site, I just want to share my excitement with what I consider fun finds. There are plenty of youtube vlogs with many women sharing their beauty bags/boxes. They come with some great stuff!

I have been really into etsy the last few months as well, I am waiting for a couple of treats to come in the mail, when they arrive I will share them along with some beautiful art that I found.

Razzle me, Dazzle me

~Stevi