Boxycharm: March 2017

March was great, as far as my makeup subscriptions go. I received some amazing products, including five items from Boxycharm. The March box theme was "Creepy Cute," even though they probably should have used that in October for Halloween. The artwork on their Instagram and the card in the box included ghosts, skeletons, spider webs, you name it! It was cute. But it just didn't seem to make sense for the first month of Spring. 

See what I mean?? The colors and the theme itself are so adorable, but this just doesn't add up for a March box. But anyway, on to what really matters: the products.

Left to right: Naked Cosmetics eyeshadow trio, RealHer Makeup lip liner and liquid lipstick, Smashbox Cosmetics Photo Finish Primer, Crown Brushes Kabuki Fan brush

 

 

I was overall impressed with the products in the box. The Urban Rustic eyeshadow trio from Naked Cosmetics is stunning. The shadows swatch and apply so easily with generous amounts of pigmentation. Again, I feel like this trio would have been perfect for a fall box, because these colors just scream "autumn" to me. However, I can't complain about quality, and I can always wait a few months before I use this. The lip liner and lipstick are also very beautiful. I'm all about those plum shades! The lipstick is nice, but I was most impressed with the liner, gliding on the lips as smoothly as one from Kylie Cosmetics or Urban Decay. My liner matched with the lipstick, but I read in some Instagram comments that this was not consistent with all of the boxes. I must have gotten lucky. 

Surprisingly, my favorite thing in the box was the item I was looking forward to the least! I LOVE the Jumbo Kabuki Fan brush from Crown Brushes so much! This is perfect for achieving an all-over glow with your favorite highlight. Sometimes those precision highlights look a little too fake for me, and the kabuki fan applies product to a larger area of the cheek bone. I think it's beautiful. I haven't tried this, but it would also be perfect for a softer contour around the cheekbones. And if you don't like to highlight or contour, it can also be used to sweep setting powder from the face.

I have one big no-no for the box. I have burned through a few bottles of the Smashbox Photo Finish Primer, and I love it like just about everyone else. So of course, I was thrilled when Boxycharm announced it would be featuring the OG of Smashbox primers. I was quickly turned off when a watery fluid came out of the bottle upon removing the cap. Maybe Smashbox had a bunch of extra, nearing expiration samples of this primer that they needed to get rid of, because after reading some other comments, I was not the only one who witnessed the gross fluid. Whether to heat, age, or manufacturer error, some of the primers had denatured in the bottle. Luckily after the initial drippage (eww), the formula came out correctly. Still, three or four faces worth of primer went down my bathroom sink. 

So there you have it, my thoughts on the March Boxycharm. Despite the issue with the primer, I highly recommend this subscription to all of my readers and followers. It really is a goodie.

Thanks for reading 💕