Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette ~ May-June FINALE and July picks 2016 | Reviewer's Diary

Thanks for joining me for my Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette where I randomly pick 10 samples every month and give you first impression reviews with what I think of each product. I had a tremendous amount of stuff going on so last month’s picks span two months, and July picks span the last week of June and the month of July. Since the time period was extended I did pick one more item.

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Here are the samples I picked out of the barrel for the June-July roulette:

Skin Medica TNS Eye Repair – I pulled two tubes

Exo Pure Remover – nail polish remover wipe

Lancome Energie de Vie sleeping mask

Sara McNamara Miracle Skin Transformer

Lumene Finland Vitamin C BB Illuminating Anti-Age BB cream

Japonesque Pro Performance Lip Wipe

Guelain Lingerie de Peau BB Invisible Skil Fusion Mult-Perfecting Makeup

Dermalogica Active Moist

Dr. Brandt Pores No More  vacuum cleaner mask

Redken Frizz Dismiss Sulfate Free shampoo and condition (two foil packs)

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to:

Ipsy - the perfect starter bag at $10 a month
Boxycharm - my all time favorite at $21 a month for 4-5 full size items
Lip Monthly - 3 lip products and 1 luxury thing for $12 a month
GoodBeing Box – love this box!  4-5 items, some full size for $21 a month

Squix cleaning product box - you can get your favorites and/or cruelty free, natural, non-toxic cleaning products (my favorite)

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Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette ~ April FINALE and May picks 2016 | Reviewer's Diary

Welcome back to my channel for yet another Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette. I held over a few things from last month and also have a couple larger items which will have to go with me to Florida in order for them to be finished.

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Here are the products – I’ve marked non-cruelty free items with *

Palmers Coconut Body Lotion

Manuka Secrets Cleanse

Cotz Sensitive sunscreen

Bliss Body Butter*

Lumiere eye cream (2 packs)

Benefit Pore fessional (2 packs)*

Pantene Moisture Renewal shampoo and conditioner packs*

Giovanni 2 Chic shampoo and conditioner packs

Dr. Brandt Microdermabrasion Skin Exfoliat*

Gold Bond Ultimate Healing cream w aloe

Lather Ultra Light Face Lotion

Held over from last month:

Ahava Deadsea Water Mineral Hand Cream (it turns out that Ahava IS cruelty free)

Ahava Time to Clear Purifying Mud Mask

Origins High Potency Night-A-Mins Skin Refining Oil*

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to – purchased a full year membership to Good Being & Lip Monthly (had deeply discounted prices). I’ll still be getting the other three boxes every month in addition to yearly subscriptions:

Ipsy - the perfect starter bag at $10 a month
Boxycharm - my all time favorite at $21 a month for 4-5 full size items
Lip Monthly - 3 lip products and 1 luxury thing for $12 a month
GoodBeing Box – love this box!  4-5 items, some full size for $21 a month
Sephora Play Beautifully – Just made it off the wait list, not sure how long I’ll get this box

Recently cancelled:
Kloverbox
Allure Beauty Box
Birchbox - excellent starter box, really missing this one, $10 a month

Freebie sites I belong to:

Influenster
BzzAgent
PinchMe
Smiley 360

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

Marketing: I’m PR friendly and would be delighted to try your products. Contact me if there is something you would like to send for me to try and review. Please be aware, however, that if I don’t like your product, I will be honest with my viewers. Also, I cannot promise you that your item will appear on my videos, and I don’t follow a time table with reviews.

Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette ~ March FINALE and April picks 2016 | Reviewer's Diary

Thank you for joining me for my sample roulette March finale and April picks. My March finale is all Mario Badescu products, some I really like and some not at all. Now the picks for April are a wide variety of products from the following brands: Ahava, Lumene, HempZ, Murad, Strivectin, Origins, Devacurl, Ojon, Osmotics, Kate Somerville. I’m really looking forward to trying these!

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Watch the series – see all the stuff I’ve tried so far and the fewpurchases I’ve made since I started this challenge back in December

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to – purchased a full year membership to Goodbeing & Lip Monthly (had deeply discounted prices). I’ll still be getting the other three boxes every month in addition to yearly subscriptions:

Ipsy - generous sample size and sometimes full size items, great box
Boxycharm - my favorite box, all full size items worth over $100

Lip Monthly - 4-5 full size items with 1 item that is not for lips, great bag but customer service is not great

GoodBeing Box - this is one of my new favorite boxes

Recently cancelled:

Kloverbox

Allure Beauty Box

Birchbox - a great starter box where you can discover great products and occasionally get a full size item

Freebie sites I belong to:

Influenster – when you first join you are more likely to get a box than later on; I almost never

BzzAgent – they politely ask you if you want to join a campaign, I get more from this site than Influentster

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

Marketing: I’m PR friendly and would be delighted to try your products. Contact me if there is something you would like to send for me to try and review. Please be aware, however, that if I don’t like your product, I will be honest with my viewers. Also, I cannot promise you that your item will appear on my videos, and I don’t follow a time table with reviews.

Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette ~ February FINALE and Mario Badescu Special Edition March 2016 @MarioBadescu

Welcome to my channel and the finale for my February sample roulette and the INTRO to my March Special Edition: Mario Badescu sample roulette. I’ll be back again at the end of the month to show my progress and do mini reviews on all these items. Most of these are foil packs. When I finish all the Mario Badescu packets, I’ll add other samples from my sample barrel. I’ve already purchased one of the items thanks to a great sample extra I got on an Ulta haul. I will likely love some of these products, but won’t be shelling out big bucks for some of the more expensive items.

One lovely thing is that all these Mario Badescu products are cruelty free.

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Here are the samples I’m using this month (in no particular order) – prices are from Ulta:

Strawberry face scrub – 4 oz jar is $15

Super Collagen Mask – 2 oz jar is $18

Protein Night Cream – 1 oz jar is $22

Cellufirm Drops – 1 oz bottle is $25

Orange Cleansing Soap – 8 oz bottle is $12

Aloe Lotion – 8 oz bottle is $15

Drying Cream – 1 oz bottle is $17

Botanical Exfoliating Scrub – 3.4 oz tube is $26

Gycolic Eye Cream – 0.5 oz jar - $20

Hyaluronic Moisturize (had to go to Mario Badescu web site for this one) – 2 oz bottle $24

Some of these are fairly affordable, so I may buy after trying  J

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to – purchased a full year membership to Goodbeing & Lip Monthly (had deeply discounted prices). I’ll still be getting the other three boxes every month in addition to yearly subscriptions:

Boxycharm - my favorite box

Allure Beauty Box - a good starter box

Ipsy - generous sample size and sometimes full size items, great box

Lip Monthly - this is a new one for me - $12 for 4 full size lip and beauty products

GoodBeing Box – just joined, will have link soon

Pending cancellation (still getting March box):

Kloverbox

Freebie sites I belong to:

Influenster – when you first join you are more likely to get a box than later on; I almost never

BzzAgent – they politely ask you if you want to join a campaign, I get more from this site than Influentster

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

Marketing: I’m PR friendly and would be delighted to try your products. Contact me if there is something you would like to send for me to try and review. Please be aware, however, that if I don’t like your product, I will be honest with my viewers. Also, I cannot promise you that your item will appear on my videos, and I don’t follow a time table with reviews.

Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette ~ January FINALE and February picks 2016

Welcome to my channel and the finale for my January sample roulette and the INTRO to February. I’ll be back again at the end of the month to show my progress and do mini reviews on all these items. I do have a couple foil packs in here, as I finish things I’ll add more just like I did last month.

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Here are my initial 10 products for January. Only a few of the items below are not cruelty free - they are marked with *:

1. SkinMedica Dermal Repair Cream 0.25 oz

2. Ahava serum – 0.17 oz

3. Eucerin* Daily Protection moisturizing face cream w SPF 30 – foil pack w maybe 2 uses

4. Exuviance Performance Peel (2 foil packs)

5. Jack Black Double Duty Face Moisturizer SPF 20 – 0.07 oz

6. Dr. Bandt* Microdermabraxion skin exfoliant – 0.25 oz 

7. Oribe Masque For Beautiful Color – 0.5 oz (probably 1 use for me)

8. Kardashian Beauty Black Seed Dry Oil – 0.5 oz

9. MDSolarScience Mineral Beauty Balm SPF 50 – 0.17 oz

10. Suntegrity 5 in 1 Natural Moisturizing Sunscreen – 0.25 oz

Carried over from January:

11. Dr. Brandt Pores No More Vacuum Cleaner Mask* - 0.25 oz – may be 1 or 2 uses*

12. Dermalogica Total Eye SPF 15 – 0.1 oz – with eye cream that’s a lot

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to - I unsubscribed from a several which leaves me with the three I decided to keep - plus I gave Ipsy one more month:

Boxycharm - my favorite box

Kloverbox - eco friendly and cruelty free, a bit expensive

Allure Beauty Box - a good starter box

Ipsy - generous sample size and sometimes full size items

Freebie sites I belong to:

Influenster

BzzAgent

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

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Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette INTRO ~ January 2016

Welcome to my channel and my January sample roulette intro. I’ll be back at the end of the month to show you my progress and do mini reviews on all these items.

Please join this fun project pan project – Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette. In this challenge, you gather all the samples you have, then every month we will pick 10 samples without looking as you choose, and finish them over the course of one month, adding more products as you finish them. By the end of the month we do a finale with empties and reviews. Samples can be as small as a foil pack, or as large as a deluxe/travel size. I didn’t see anything on YouTube like this when I created it.

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Here are my initial 10 products for January. 6 of the items below are not cruelty free they are marked with *:

1. SkinCeuticals Advanced Pigment Corrector* – so small there is no measurement on it – prob 1 use*

2. Dermalogica Total Eye SPF 15 – 0.1 oz – with eye cream that’s a lot

3. SkinMedica TNS Eye Repair – 0.07 oz – still nice size by one of my new favorite companies

4. Dr. Brandt Pores No More Vacuum Cleaner Mask* - 0.25 oz – may be 1 or 2 uses*

5. Replenix Neckletage* - 0.35 oz - will probably get a few uses out of this*

6. Neutrogena Clean Shampoo* – 27 ml – maybe two uses*

7. John Frieda Sea Waves Sea Salt Spray – 1 oz – will get many uses

8.  Pantene Touchable Volume Hair Spray* - 1 oz – may not be done in one month*

9. Ahava Water Dead Sea Mineral Body Lotion – 1.3 oz – might be able to finish

10. StriVectin Advanced Retinol Night Treatment* - 0.25 oz – looks like it may be 4-5 uses*

Carried over from December:

11. Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream – 0.2 ounces – didn’t finish, carrying over to next month

I really enjoyed the December challenge and am looking forward to succeeding with the sample roulette for January!

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to - I unsubscribed from a several which leaves me with the three I decided to keep - plus I gave Ipsy one more month:

Boxycharm - my favorite box

Kloverbox - eco friendly and cruelty free, a bit expensive

Allure Beauty Box - a good starter box

Ipsy - generous sample size and sometimes full size items

Here are subscription boxes that I unsubscribed from:

BeautyFix - mostly skin care and hair care

Birchbox - a great starter box with mostly travel size products

PopSugar Must Have - random lifestyle things, very expensive box

Starlooks - cruelty free, great cosmetics

E.L.F. Play Beautifully Box - cruelty free and ships every other month

Walmart Beauty Box - seasonal (4 times a year), mostly samples with an occassional full size item

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

Marketing: I’m PR friendly. Contact me if there is something you would like to send for me to try and review. Please be aware, however, that if I don’t like your product, I will be honest with my viewers.

Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette FINALE ~ December 2015 ~ mini reviews & two purchases

Welcome to my channel and my December sample roulette finale. Please join this fun no project pan project – Project 10 Pan Sample Roulette. In this challenge, you gather all the samples you have, then every month we will pick 10 samples without looking as you choose, and finish them over the course of one month, adding more products as you finish them. By the end of the month we do a finale with empties and reviews. Samples can be as small as a foil pack, or as large as a deluxe/travel size. I didn’t see anything on YouTube like this.

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Here are my initial 10 products. All are cruelty free except the two marked with *:

1. Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream – 0.2 ounces – didn’t finish, carrying over to next month

2. Skin Medica Replenish Hydrating Cream – 0.25 ounces - bought full size

3. Whish Body Butter in Almond – 0.75 ounces

4. Traditions by Nick Chavez Prickly Pear Restoring Mist – REMOVED, made my hair feel dirty

5. Bain de Terre Passion Flower Color Preserving Conditioner – 1.7 ounces

6. It’s a 10 Silk Express Miracle Leave-In conditioning spray – 2 ounces

7. Mario Badescu Botanical Exfoliating Scrub – foil pack – got 3 uses out of it – bought full size

8. Dr. Jart+ Black Label Detox BB cream – 0.2 ounces*

9. Skin Ceuticals Phloretin CF Oil – tiny vial of oil got about 10 uses out of it *

10. Wild Honey Apothacary Buttermilk Sandlewood Honey Mask – 1 to 2 uses

11. Nuance by Salma Hayek anti-aging super cream – small sample jar

I enjoyed this challenge and am looking forward to the sample roulette for January!

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Beauty boxes I subscribe to - I unsubscribed from a several which leaves me with the three I decided to keep - plus I gave Ipsy one more month:

Boxycharm - my favorite box

Kloverbox - eco friendly and cruelty free, a bit expensive

Allure Beauty Box - a good starter box

Ipsy - generous sample size and sometimes full size items

Here are subscription boxes that I unsubscribed from:

BeautyFix - mostly skin care and hair care

Birchbox - a great starter box with mostly travel size products

PopSugar Must Have - random lifestyle things, very expensive box

Starlooks - cruelty free, great cosmetics

E.L.F. Play Beautifully Box - cruelty free and ships every other month

Walmart Beauty Box - seasonal (4 times a year), mostly samples with an occassional full size item

Unless otherwise stated in my video or description above, this product was purchased by me. I am not affiliated with manufacturers or any subscription service and am not compensated for the review.  I promise you that you will always get my full and honest opinion.

Marketing: I’m PR friendly. Contact me if there is something you would like to send for me to try and review. Please be aware, however, that if I don’t like your product, I will be honest with my viewers.