Hey guys! Today I have another Avon A Box unboxiung for you guys. This time around, it's called The Best Of Beauty* and it features both makeup and skin care products in full and sample sizes. The thing that I really like about the A Box is that there's no surprises. You know exactly what you're getting when you order one, so you can decide whether or not it's really worth it for you. Know what I mean? 

In the last several months, I feel like I've seen LipSense by SeneGence absolutely everywhere and I'll admit that I was definitely curious, but a little bit unsure of what to think. Recently, I was contacted by an independent SeneGence distributor and offered the opportunity to try the product out for myself. Of course I had to take her up on it, especially after all of the hype around the product. I decided that I want to try more viral beauty trends, so if you're interested in this being a series, keep reading. 

For more on my thoughts and experiences with LipSense, keep reading!

More and more as I get older, I'm finding that I'm not so much a signature scent kind of a girl and I prefer to have options in my collection that suit my taste. That being said, when fall hits and the weather starts to get cooler and everyone is going crazy for pumpkin spice everything (yuck!), I go straight for the deeper, richer spicy scents that always seem a little bit wrong the rest of the year. Recently, I've been testing out the Maison Jacynthe Vignt Deux Eau De Parfum* and I have to say... It's fitting in pretty perfectly for this time of year. 

Keep reading for more!

My September Favorites are a little bit late this month and I'll admit that's because I didn't want to take pictures of them. I'm finding that my motivation seems to be going down further the earlier the sun sets lately, so I'm hoping that the cooler months will perhaps perk me up a little bit. I've also been a little bit slack on my makeup recently, lacking in creativity overall. Or maybe just shifting my creativity to my nail art - which I've been going hard with. Anyway, my favorites for September were pretty damn clear to me as soon as I thought about it, and there are some REALLY good ones. 

Keep reading to see what I was loving in September - and am really still loving now. 

Confession time... I'm a bit of a mascara junkie. I swear, at any given time I have at least 5 or 6 mascaras that I'm actively using and then inevitably a bunch more that I have on hand but am not really reaching for. It's an obsession - a constant search for the perfect mascara. Mascara is one of those things in makeup that I think can be really subjective, with different people looking for different things in their products. I personally need a mascara that's going to build some serious volume, hold a curl, and stay put even though my eyes, particularly my left one, water like mad. Recently, I've been testing out the Mirenesse Secret Weapon Supreme 24 Hr Mascara* and I had high hopes for it. 

Keep reading to find out how this worked for me!

I'm such a cleanser junkie that it's kind of ridiculous. Cleansers and pack masks are the only skin care products that I keep in my bathroom and I still manage to have an entire shelf of skin care. I know, I know, I'm excessive. As soon as I saw that the L'Oreal Skin Expert Pure-Clay Cleansers were being released, I was intrigued... so clearly I had to pick up two. Right? Right? Anyway, I've been using these for a few weeks now and I'm honestly surprised at how different the two are.

For more on these cleansers, keep reading!

When I pulled out the little bag that I toss my empties into each month to prepare for this post, I had a moment of blinking when I realized just how many little things were in that bag. I did a couple of cleanouts this past month, going through the stuff in my collection that I wanted to give away and that I needed to throw away, so there are some non-empties in here that are just old or unusable now, which I've included in this post. This is really a mixed bag of things that really worked for me and others that really, really didn't.

Keep reading to see what's on its way out on my collection this month!

Years ago now, after hearing much hype online, the very first dry shampoo I ever tried was from Dove. Now, after years of trying out a great many dry shampoos and with strong preferences for what I look for in one, I got the chance to try out some new additions to the Dove Refresh + Care Druy Shampoo* range. For me, dry shampoo is a must because, to be perfectly honestly, I really hate washing my hair - if only because blow drying is annoying and wet hair makes my skin crawl. Anyway, in order to keep my hair looking and feeling like something other than a greasy rat's nest between washes, I reach for dry shampoo. 

Anyway, to read about my experience with these new dry shampoos, keep reading!

I think I've becoming a little bit more disenchanted with holiday sets than I used to be. I used to go ham and put every single one on my wishlist, but that's not really the case anymore. In order to get me to want to spend my money, a holiday release either has to be a really great value set or it needs to be an incredibly interesting and unique product. The first one that really grabbed me this year and had me setting an in stock alert over on Sephora was the Smashbox Drawn In. Decked Out. Shadow + Highlight Palette Set. As soon as it was in stock, it was in my cart and ordered.

Keep reading for more!

You guys might remember that recently I posted about the new Avon A Box, which is a curated box of products that Avon will be releasing with each of their campaigns. As far as I know, each box will cost $10 with any $40 purchase from Avon and will contain 5 themed and curated products. For Campaign 19, Avon released The Pro Picks Collection*, which featured a selection of beauty favorites curated by their makeup and skincare experts.

Keep reading to see what was inside!