Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color

A product review for the Sally Hansen Magnetic Nail Color that I received in the Influenster Summer Beauty VoxBox.

As I said in my past post on Sally Hansen, Sally Hansen is my absolute favorite brand of nail products. I literally do not buy anything else. In the spring I received the Sally Hansen Salon Effects and I loved them. So I was very excited to try out this product, expecting the usual greatness that is Sally Hansen nail products. 

I received this product in the shade Ionic Indigo. It is a really pretty navy color. But, since it is a little too dark for my usual summer manicure, I used it on my toes. It came out beautiful! The magnet effect is really cool looking. I think it would look even better on finger nails because finger nails are longer, and my toes are a little too wide for the magnet to work on the whole nail.  I used it on my ten year old sisters toes too, and it looked great! She loved it!

You have to paint a coat of polish, wait for that to dry, then paint another one. Quickly, before the second coat dries, you hover the provided magnet over your nail for ten seconds without touching it. This creates the really cool magnet effect. To make your nail color last longer, you should follow up with some kind of top coat.

That is the nail polish I received, as well as the pedicure I did myself with it. Excuse my ugly toes. I am really glad that I got this product, because I had been thinking about trying it out for awhile now, I just didn't have the money. Now I'm glad I know how it works, so I can decide if I want to buy another color. And I think I do! The reddish one looks very pretty! I received this complimentary through Influenster’s VoxBox program.
The product's suggested retail price is $9.99. Find it, and more, at SallyHansen.com!
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Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen

A product review for the Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion Sunscreen that I received in the Influenster Summer Beauty VoxBox.

When I received this product, I was very excited. I am currently in the process of finding a sunscreen I like since I have now begun buying my own. I live in a house full of children so I have always used spray on kids stuff, but since I started college I have needed to buy my own sunscreen. So I was very excited to try this out to see if I like it.

The above picture is the exact product I received in my Summer Beauty Box. SPF 30, 12-hour long lasting Lotion Sunscreen. I usually use SPF 30 or SPF 15 when I want a tan, so I was happy to receive something that I could and would make use of. First off, this sunscreen smells delicious. It's almost a coconut or vanilla smell, it does not smell gross like normal sunscreen. There is a faint sunscreen smell, but it is so faint it doesn't even matter!
Applying this product is a breeze. It smooths in very nicely over skin. When they say Lotion Sunscreen, they mean it. It feels silky like lotion and it protects my skin like sunscreen. It apparently has hydrating silk ribbons that nourish your skin. It provides broad spectrum UVA and UVB protection and 12-hour moisturization. I put this on when I first go out in the sun and it lasts for hours. It is not very oily, despite being so silky. I even apply it to my face!

That's a picture of my Hawaiian Tropic Sunscreen with my beach things! It even looks like a summer product! I am out of my sample, unfortunately, so I'm going to have to run out and buy some more so I can continue to use it to protect and hydrate my skin. It comes in 12, 30, and 50 SPF, so whatever protection you want, you can get! I was lucky to receive this complimentary product through Influenster’s VoxBox program because now I know what sunscreen to use!
According to Influenster's website, you can buy this product at most major retailers at $8.99 for a 6oz bottle. Look for this product and more at HawaiianTropic.com!
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Missing People

Hey All,
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about all of the people I miss. The people who have, for some reason, drifted out of my life. We all have these people, it is virtually impossible to keep in touch with everyone through out our lives, even with Facebook. But it still really stinks when you realize that you no longer have the relationship that you used to have with someone.
I went to a private high school, so when I changed schools, I left behind a lot of middle school friends. I have managed to keep in touch with two of them. Then, when I graduated high school, I have kept in touch with about two people from there. Now, even though I am still in school with these people, I find myself drifting off during the summer. It is just so hard to make that effort. It's not like writing the message or picking up the phone is hard, it's knowing what to say and how to say it.
You don't know what you mean to this person anymore. You don't want to seem too comfortable, or too awkward. Sometimes you don't even have anything to say but "Hi!" but you feel that saying only that is not enough. I don't know if all of this is just me, or if others feel this way. But all I do know is that it stinks.
Not only do I have these former school friends, but I have friends I have met online or at camps or during programs. People from camps you know you are leaving, and you all tell each other "Keep in touch!" But few do. These people, you may have only known for a week, so it feels even weirder to reach out after a long time.
Then you have the people you were super close to. The people you feel guilty about not keeping in touch with. So you don't contact them because you feel bad, and then you put more time between you, and it just becomes a viscous cycle. These are the people I have specifically been thinking off lately. I see them post on Tumblr or on Facebook and I just want to scream "Come back to me!" but I don't know how. I hate losing friends. Well, in a way I haven't lost them, I'm sure these people would be here for me if I needed them. I know I would be there for them.
I guess what I'm saying is that I don't know how to reach out to people I miss or want to contact again. Maybe I'm just socially awkward, maybe they don't like me anymore, or maybe they are having the same problem. So I'm going to try and reach out more, because I want to. And I think you guys should to.
Much Love,
Jenna
P.S. Friends I miss, or friends who miss me. Hint. Hint.