Etude House Pink Bird Pink Box Review // Give Me Chocolate

Hey guys! I'm back with another Pink Box review from Etude House. This one was actually a Valentine's Day themed box. I apologize for not posting it sooner. It's been hard juggling everything, my two jobs, my music and blogging, especially after my surgery. 

Anyways onto this lovely review.

I love the themes that Etude House comes up with. This box's theme is Give Me Chocolate. Everything is chocolate themed. (Obviously, LOL!) There are three eye shadows and I was sent two out of the three shadows. There are six nail polishes in the set and I was sent three nail polishes. 

The first eye shadow is called Cherry Truffle. The case that it comes in is so cute! It looks like a little chocolate bar with pink candy coating in a case. The brown shadow is a mixture of a matte and shimmery color. I would say it's a milk chocolate color. It's not too light and yet not too dark. It's a perfect neutral color to blend with colors that pop. The pink shadow is a subtle coral pink and has a creamy matte texture. It pairs perfectly with the milk chocolate brown shadow. 

The second eye shadow is called Cacao Fudge. The brown shadow (just like the other one) has a shimmery matte texture. The big difference between this one and the other one is that this brown is much darker. It's more like a dark chocolate color. It's a great color to fill in the crease of your eyes or the outer corner of your eyes. The gold color is a shimmery glittery color. It's a great shadow to put over your lid or to use as a highlighting shadow to go right underneath your brow. 

There were nail polishes from this chocolate theme that were sent to me as well. 

Mint Chocolate Chip is this awesome mint green color with flecks of brown specks and glitter in it. It seriously looks like mint chocolate chip ice cream! 

Cherry Ganache looks like a German Chocolate color. It's this gorgeous maroon red color. 

Milk Cocoa looks the way that it sounds, it's a milk chocolate brown color.

You know what's cool about all of these polishes? They SMELL like CHOCOLATE! Seriously! They smell so good! It's amazing! I love them!

I was also sent Precious Mineral Any Cushion Foundation as well in the shade of Natural Beige W13. If you already don't know about this, it's a foundation in a cushion. It's very build able. You can get medium to almost full coverage with this makeup. I would recommend moisturizing your skin before hand though because this formula is somewhat thick and if your skin is dry it won't take to the foundation very well. It might cake up on your skin. I also will be wearing this now and not in the summer because for me, at least, it will be too heavy for the summer time. 

I was also sent a sample package of Face Blur which a primer that is meant to blur your imperfections whether it's pores or lines. 

So there you have it guys. This box was pretty great! It was so adorable! I was really excited when I saw what was in this box. 

Don't forget to check out Etude House at etudehouse.com They always have some awesome special going on so make sure to make an account with them so that you can find out about their offers first. Don't forget to follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Their Youtube page is pretty awesome too. 

Until next time guys,

XOXO Iquo

Etude House Pink Bird Pink Box Review // Arctic Aurora Colors Shadows

Hey guys. I'm back with another Pink Bird Review. This box was actually sent to me a little bit ago. I recently had sinus surgery and I'm finally starting to feel better. Thank goodness! 

This Pink Box was kind of like a Christmas/New Years Gift with a Thank You note in it. 

The first thing I noticed was the thank you note. It looks like the carriage from Cinderella and it's got 2015 Happy New Year  on it. It's a pop up card. It's so cute. 

Of course Etude House always sends pamphlets with info about the products that were sent. This pamphlet has info about calendar and the cute card.

After seeing the card, the next thing I noticed was the Etti Block Calendar. Etti is the official mascot (if you will) of Etude House. She's this cute little kitty cat. She's so cute perched on the top of the calendar.

The calendar is like Lego blocks. You can stack them according to what days fall where during each month. You can also place a block on the date where your birthday should be, a day you might want to go shopping and so forth.

It's super cute. I love little things like this. 

 The other items that were sent to me in this box were the Arctic Aurora Colors Shadows. 

The next pamphlet has info about the lovely eye shadows.

I was sent 5 shades. They all remind me of something Elsa from Frozen would wear. Most of the shades are shimmery. Only one has more of a matte finish. (Disclaimer: I should have put primer on my skin before putting these shadows on. I apologize. I will update this post with new pics with the shadow WITH primer. Each picture of my hand has the shadows on it starting with the first color, then the first & second color, first, second & third color and so on)

This first shade is called Igloo of Siberia (WH902) It is a very light shadow. It's a shimmery white color with a hint of pink in it. It's very light so I will most likely be using this shadow on my brow bone to highlight it and in the inner corners of my eyes. 

This next shade is called White Night of Arctic (BK801) It is a grey colored shadow. It looks a lot darker in the compact than it does on your skin. I was surprised. It's a light grey color. I would probably use this as a primary color on my eyelids. It's a pretty color. 

This next color is called Fruit Sorbets (OR205) This color is really pretty. This is the shadow that is matte (in my opinion) It has a nice creamy texture. It glides on so smooth! I love it. I think this is one of my favorite ones!

The next one is called Tip of an Iceberg (GR705) This is a light blue/green shadow. I feel like if Elsa from Frozen was to choose one of these eye shadows she would choose this one. This one is shimmery like the majority of the shadows. I would probably use this in the inner corners of my eyes.

The last shadow is named Dancing Aurora (PK006) Makes me think of Princess Aurora from Sleeping Beauty ^.^ This shadow, like the grey one, is darker in it's compact as opposed to on your skin. Even though it looks like a maroon color it's a actually a lighter pink shade.

I'm so happy I get to add these eye shadows to my makeup collection. These five colors are some of the many colors  Etude House has to offer from their Look at my Eye Shadow Collection. You can find colors WH902, OR205 & BK801 here and the colors PKoo6 & GR705 here. 

Thank you again to Etude House for sending me these lovely products to try and review. Make sure to check out all of the cute new products at www.etudehouse.com Right now if you sign up for a membership you'll get a 10% coupon for your first purchase and then a 15% coupon for your second purchase. Who doesn't love a coupon right?

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What do you think of the shadows and the adorable Etti Calendar? Do you think the calendar is just as cute as I do? Have you tried any of these shadows yet? If so what do you think of them? Let me know in the comments below. Until next time

xoxo Iquo

Items of the Week

If you guys don't already know by now, I love to shop. I don't always have money to buy things but you better believe I'll bookmark something, save up for it and buy it later. 

Lately I've been trying to be good, I've been trying to save and not buy as much. That doesn't mean I can't look though right? 

These are the items that I am loving the most this week and they're all at a reasonable price.

1. Clear Peach Blossom Case from Rifle Paper Co

I was beyond excited when I saw this new case available with Rifle Paper Co. I bought a different case from her about a month and a half ago and I love it. But you know me, I love cases. I can't have one for too long. So I can't wait to buy this. It's clear so it shows off the phone's color (In my case it shows off the gold...) but at the same time it has a lovely pattern on it! I love her illustrations. You have to check out her site. Her cards are beautiful! 

2.  Han & Leia Towels from Think Geek

I don't know about y'all but I grew up loving Star Wars. As a child I was in love with Han Solo. In LOVE! And I loved Han and Leia's love story. Han was never really one to express his feelings. But he did love Leia. I love the fact that he didn't realize Luke was Leia's brother so he got super jealous! He showed his feelings then! Lol! But it took a lot for him to say I love you. Even to Leia. She knew he loved him though. They're my faves and these towels pretty much sums them up! Lol!

3. Deer Mom Artwork from Oana Bedfort

I have been following Oana on her website for awhile now. She has the most gorgeous artwork. Her family is gorgeous! She has two beautiful children. I love seeing all of the new pieces she comes up with.  

4. Modern Wall Clock Kit from Brit + Co.

I was looking at these with my coworker and work yesterday and we were just ooh-ing and ahh-ing at how gorgeous these clocks were. They posted a step by step tutorial on how you could make you own clock. I was really excited to see that you can buy the kit at their online shop too!  

5. Happy Mail from A Beautiful Mess

This is something I actually already have. I asked for it for Christmas and I'm so happy I got it! You know I love Emma and Elsie from A Beautiful Mess. Everything they come up with is just so amazing. They now have a subscription service where you get about 10 greeting cards and other stationary goodies for $15 a month. $15 a month is a steal for all the products you get! They are so cute and so fun! I made a promise to myself that I was going to start sending out more snail mail to my friends and loved ones. You have to check out Happy Mail. I look forward to getting it every month. 

Well those are my items of the week! What do you think? Will you be purchasing them any time soon? Let me know in the comments below. Have a great weekend! 

xoxo Iquo