Category Archives: Looking Good

Sunday Odds & Ends

On Sunday, I woke up with the worst throat ever. It was so bad that I didn’t talk for atleast half the day. For those of you who are wondering how I survived, don’t worry. I was still able to jabber on- only this time through SMS.

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I stayed in bed for most of the day. Gavin brought me tea and food. In addition to sleeping a lot, I also checked out some more articles on apartment organization on Apartment Therapy and spent some time on Pinterest.

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Some very exciting news for today: my plants are growing! The herban garden I planted last week has finally started to show. I can’t wait until it is large enough to start using the cilantro, basil and chives in recipes.

By the end of the day, I had recovered enough to do some things around the house. Nothing too crazy though. I just reorganized our medicine cabinet. (Inspiration article here and how-to here.) I don’t know why I’ve been reorganizing so many things lately. I’m definitely on a roll, though.

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Gavin and I watched the Golden Globe awards. I painted my nails to match Anne Hathaway’s manicure. It was a last minute call but I’m really happy with the polka dots.

My Birchbox has Arrived

After hearing my sister-in-law, Katie, talk several months ago about her experience with Birchbox, I really wanted to try it out. Also, I am kind of fascinated by subscription-based start-ups. It also doesn’t hurt that this particular company was launched by two Harvard MBAs.

So I signed up. Being commitment-phobic person that I am, I went for the month-to-month option (so I could cancel any time, of course.) After over several weeks of waiting patiently, I finally got my Birchbox package the mail.

Here were the products I received this month:
Mox Botanicals Lip Butter
theBalm® cosmetics Mary-Lou Manizer
twistband™ Hair Tie
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Juicy Couture Viva la Juicy La Fleur
Lulu Organics® Lavender + Clary Sage Hair Powder

Overall, I’d say this was a great experience. Being a user experience designer, I tend to be hyper-aware of these types of things. From the moment I signed up to the day I received the box in the mail, the people at Birchbox really thought through every part of the user journey. Even the customer service is good, which some companies tend to put together as an afterthought.

Will I continue subscribing? Maybe for another month of two. You know, just to beef up my beauty collection since I never seem to get myself over to real brick & mortar stores to try anything out.