Legally Wandering Jen

Happy  Birchbox  reveal day!   If you're like me, you love the 10th of every month because it means you get to take a sneak peek to see what will be in your Birchbox for that month.  Some subscribers are lucky enough to receive their box before this day, but the rest of us have to wait.  I'm too impatient to ever wait until I get my actual box so I always ruin the surprise.  If you have no idea what I'm talking about, please use my referral link and sign up for Birchbox to receive 4-5 deluxe sample size beauty products each month. Here's a screenshot of the products I'm receiving for October.  I didn't think that Birchbox would be able to compete with last month, but I'm thrilled to see that they didn't let me down!  I'm excited to be receiving 6 products because that means I'll get 60 Birchbox points for my review, which is $6 for the Birchbox shop! For this month's sample choice, I picked the  ModelCo Party Proof Lipstick  in Kitty

I'll go ahead and admit that I've been a horrible blogger recently.  Starting a new job has been really stressful, but I'm happy to say that I love my job.  I think its a really great fit for me and its such a great change from law school.  Plus its really helped me to get out of my comfort zone by having to answer the phones and deal with people who aren't always the nicest.  For the first time in my life, I finally feel like I've started a new path doing something I like rather than doing something that is just teaching me what I don't want to spend my life doing :) Anyway, now that I'm getting used to my new routine, I should be back to blogging more.  I figured the best way to celebrate my return to the blogging world would be to do a much belated review of September's Birchbox! For those of you who are unfamiliar with  Birchbox , it is a monthly subscription service that typically sends you 4-5 samples of beauty products for only $10 a month.  I

I'm so excited to have had such a great first day of work that I can't help but feel like I need to keep doing things so I thought this evening would be a perfect time to blog!  I love being a productive member of society again plus it kind of helped that the building I work in had a customer appreciation day today so I got a free ice cream bar :)  There was also a moment where I had gotten so into filling out today's date with paper work that it was my birthday today!  Free ice cream + fake birthdays = a perfect tuesday. Anyway, yesterday morning I got a mysterious FedEx package with no note and just two packages of ChapStick in it!  I was extremely confused until I remembered that last week,  Birchbox  sent out an email with a contest for 100 Birchbloggers to win a set of Hydration Lock lip balms.  You had to tweet which one you were interested in trying and Birchbox was supposed to notify winners by email.  I never received an email saying I had won, but that was al

Happy Monday!  This is my first month receiving an  Ipsy Glam Bag  so I'm excited to share with you guys my first thoughts!  I've seen thousands of pictures of those pink packages everyone gets so ecstatic about in the mail so I couldn't wait to open my first one!  Ipsy is just $10 a month and you receive 4-5 deluxe beauty samples.  Also, once you receive your bag, you can log into your account and each product that Ipsy features that month has links to coupons, which I think is great.  Ipsy also tries to customize bags to your preferences with a beauty quiz you take before signing up.  If you like my review, please use my  referral link  to sign up for next month! So here it is...the famous Ipsy mailer bag.  I know this is going to be a shock because its pink, but I hate this bag.  Maybe I'm just not a fan of metallics, but I think its a bit tacky and it kind of made me feel like I had just walked into Party City.  Thankfully I wasn't one of the few people wh

In honor of their 4th Anniversary,  Birchbox  created a special edition Anniversary Bonus Box with 4 deluxe sample favorites from over the years.  You can receive this box by purchasing $50 or more worth of full-size products from the Birchbox Shop and using the code BONUSBOX at checkout.  I kindly received this box due to my concern from my last post about having received the same samples in the Ace Exclusive Bonus Pack.  I can't say it enough how amazing the customer service is at Birchbox. I always love the outer-packaging that every Birchbox comes in!  It's so cute and I get sad to throw it away :( I was really surprised to see that Birchbox's 4th ANNIVERSARY box was simply packed in the usual Birchbox packaging.  I was expecting some cool, special box that looked like it had a celebration inside!  This is one of the few times I'll ever say that Birchbox definitely failed here. Here's an overview of the 4 products I received.  This is the 3rd  Coa

Lip Monthly  is a monthly subscription box that sends you a variety of 2-3 full size products and a variety of 2-3 sample products.  The box typically includes lip balms, lipsticks, lip glosses, lip stains, and usually a random make-up item to spice things up.  It's only $10 a month, but you can use the coupon code FALL5 (today is unfortunately the last day to use it) to get your first box for $5.  You can also use the code 1ST299 to get your first box for $2.99 if you choose a 4 month plan.  If you're interested in signing up, please use my  referral link . Lip Monthly is relatively new and so the first few months, they had some issues with late orders and confusion as to how to login to your account.  However, they seem to have fixed all of these problems and I was excited to see that this month came with a cute little cosmetics bag that I will definitely reuse.  I saw variations in colors, but I love the bright blue that I received. Here is an overview of what I rec

Beauty Box 5  is a monthly subscription box that gives you 5 deluxe beauty samples for $12 a month.  Up until I finally read the information card, I completely thought this was the September box, but then realized I had a promo code to receive a free August Box so now I fully understand why I received Summer products when I was expecting Fall products.  Now I'm not so disappointed because who can really argue with free things and I do live in San Diego so it is kind of an endless summer right?  Anyway, if you'd like to sign up for Beauty Box 5 please sign up here using my  referral link .  Be sure to use the code HALFOFF to receive your first box for only $6! Here is an overview of my box.  Am I the only person in the world who hates these little squiggly paper things subscription boxes put in them?  They just make a mess.  I swear there are probably some still hidden in the nooks of my old apartment.  However, I do love the turquoise color of the box- definitely one of my

Hey everyone!  Just wanted to let you guys know about this great sale for TOMS on Zulily Today .  There are great options for women, men, and kids!  I highly suggest taking advantage of this because TOMS are so comfortable and great for Fall plus for every pair you buy, they send a pair to a child in need!  If you're new to Zulily and haven't signed up, please use my  referral link  for a free membership and every day access to awesome sales! If you happened to see my Oregon blog post, you can notice that I wore my newest TOMS that I purchased from a similar sale and love them!  In fact, I'm pretty sure these are available during the sale! Ignore that they're a little bit dirty (I've put these shoes through a lot), but I still love them, and yes as usual...they're pink.  I swear in the next few months I'll explore different colors. Also some advice if you do choose to purchase a pair of TOMS: I always order a size down because they tend to stretch.

Wantable Intimates has easily become my favorite subscription box.  Wantable has 3 different types of subscriptions: Makeup, Accessories, and Intimates.  In order to subscribe, you take a short quiz to pick out what you like and dislike then receive 4-5 handpicked items according to your preferences for $36 a month.  So far, I haven't been disappointed with any Wantable box...I've received all 3 of the types of boxes and Wantable has great customer service!  If you dislike your box, you can send it back for a full refund and I've had experiences where an item was broken or I disliked something and they sent me a replacement :)  If you're interested in signing up for any of the three boxes, please use my  referral link .  Also, in the next month or two, Wantable is adding an athletic wear collection which I can't wait for! Here is an overview of the 5 pieces I received in my box...I think my preferences were set to love Fun and Flirty so this gives you an idea o

Happy Saturday everyone!  It's been a long week for me so nothing made me happier than to get my  Birchbox  package in the mail yesterday!  I had missed the UPS man by about 2 minutes on Thursday and was DEVASTATED that I didn't get the package then...my boyfriend probably thought I was insane for being so upset over a package.  To ensure that I didn't miss it today, I literally sat outside and waited for UPS for a solid two hours for this.  I guess the first step is always admitting you have an addiction so I'll go ahead and admit that I'm addicted to Birchbox. I had about 80 points saved up so I used them all to get this for free :)  I also added the Mystery Sample Pack which gives you two samples for orders over $35 for free and I also added the Ace Exclusive Bonus Pack again since my order was over $75. To be honest, I'm extremely disappointed that the Ace Bag contained the exact same samples as the last one I received.  I'm guessing that the