Starbox: April 2014

 My Starbox arrived today.

Starbox is the subscription box service from Starlooks. It's on the cheaper side, compared to some of the other boxes, at about $15.00 per month, and it consists entirely out of Starlooks makeup products, which are all full-size products. You will never receive any sample sizes from them, all products will be full-size.

I would like to state that, for now, this will be my last Starbox. I actually really liked their April box, but I'm currently on FMLA, due to needing surgery to remove uterine cancer [aka a hysterectomy, full on, ovaries included] and am not making money from work. I'm not quite sure how FMLA works, I mean, I get the general gist of it, but as a teacher, I am unsure if I will be unpaid till my FMLA ends or until the end of this school year, which is July 2014 since they balance our paychecks out for an entire year.

But the point is, I really had to cut down my spending on subscription boxes because I need to afford to pay for stuff like surgery, food, etc. The only two boxes/bags I am keeping is Ipsy and Julep, the rest will be on hiatus until I can afford them again after going back to work, or if I win the lottery.

This was the inside look at the box.

Starbox  is also my kitty's favorite subscription box because they love to play with the string that holds the box closed. Sorin grabbed it, at the first chance, he had.

Another look at the contents of the box.

Starlooks Wildflower Mix, worth $1.00. This was sort of an add-on for all subscribers. I attempted to plant wildflowers this spring, and they're sitting on my balcony in a pot. They've sprouted and look like green weeds. So if my wildflowers fail, I'm very happy to have a back up packet of seeds

Starlooks lip gloss in Climax, worth $12.00

I'm not really a lip sort of girl, but if I chose to wear lip makeup, it would be lip gloss.I really do like this color too. It's the right pinch of color with the right amount of pink sparkle. I would wear this color.

Starlooks 5 Shade Palette in Tokyo, worth $41.00. I did not do swatches of all the colors. I am so happy to finally receive a Starlooks eye shadow palette. I've heard such good things about their eye shadow and I'm excited I have some of my own now. 

The colors don't have names. From l to r:

The first color is a pretty shimmery light gold color. The second color is a grayish gold color. The next color is a bright spring green. Then a reddish orange. Then a brownish red color. They're not normally colors I wear, but I think they're a good mixture of experimental colors that I may be able to have some fun with.

Overall Value: $54.00, more than double what I paid for this box. 

I will miss my Starbox, but I need to do what I have to do, and hopefully once things are better for me, both health-wise and financially, I can add it back onto my subscription list :)

They are a great value subscription for their money, and they're especially good if you have a thing for lip color, seeing as every single box that I've gotten from them has had some sort of lip product ;)

Starbox, one day we shall meet again.