Birchbox is the coolest. I started purchasing a box from them three years ago. Birchbox is a company that, once a month, sends you a box normally with five or six samples of beauty products, ranging from nail polish, shampoo/conditioner, to even samples of snacks! While I may not love everything I get from them, it is still so much fun to get a box full of surprises in the mail each month :)

You can purchase the full-sized products right from their website; and with each $10 purchase, you earn 10 points. 10 points = $10 that you can use on any product. Due to some late shipments and whatnot, I ended up having a total of 300 points, so I decided to do some shopping. I wanted something kinda quirky and something that smelled good. Here's what I got:

Those cute tins are tea bag tins :) They're made by Ahmad, and they come with 60 black tea bags. I don't necessarily like black tea (I'm a decaf green tea drinker), so I haven't tried the tea yet, but I sure do love the containers :) Tim and I would love to visit London some day; but for now, we at least have a bit of London in our home :). You can get it here.

The Votivo candle scent is Pink Mimosa. I had seen this about a year ago at one of our downtown shops and loved the smell because, honestly and weirdly enough, it smelled like me! They say it smells like strawberries, mimosa, and rum…I don't know what that says about me haha, but it sure smells good! Actually, I normally smell like that because of my favorite perfume, SJP NYC (Sara Jessica Parker). The perfume's website says:

• Top notes- Italian bergamot, white osmanthus, wild red strawberries
• Mid notes- Honeysuckle, red rose demascenia, mimosa
• Base notes- Sandalwood, vanilla, rum, creamy musks

How the heck can you smell like that many things?! All I know is I smell good when I wear it. And my house smells good when I burn this candle. You can get the candle here. Check out their other candles too-I might have to purchase some other ones in the future! Doesn't their "Speakeasy" sound great? It has a spicy blend of chai, clove, and cinnamon layered over a woodsy base. That just sounds like the perfect fall candle to me. For now though, seeing as it's almost summer, I should probably get in a summery mood and use my Pink Mimosa candle :).

P.S. All these thoughts are my own, I wasn't paid to advertise for them. I just think they're an awesome company. Although, Birchbox, I will purchase more of your products and talk about them on here if you do pay me to advertise for you :)