Popsugar Must Have Review – May 2015

Popsugar (https://musthave.popsugar.com/ )is a subscription that is in the lifestyle category. Items in the box usually have something home related, beauty, and the like. It is actually one of my favorite subs and one of my very first boxes ever. It is $39.95 a month and usually there are coupons floating around to save $5 or $10. Sometimes even 50%! Coupons do seem to be less plentiful as of late but it is always smart to search around.

Like most boxes the theme is usually a grouping of words with little meaning upon even a second of thought. This month? “Glowing skin, Mother’s Day, Fresh Flowers, Beach Bum, Colorful and California Sun.”

 

Popsugar
Popsugar

 

Yay! I am always excited to see this box waiting for me!

 

Sisters of Los Angeles - Surf Sun Love Beach Towel
Sisters of Los Angeles – Surf Sun Love Beach Towel

 

Sisters of Los Angeles – Surf Sun Love Beach Towel: I love towels! I love to look at my big stack of them and feel like the Sultan of Towels. My own Kingdom has its own treasure dear friends: Towels! I think this towel is cute and I dig that it is blue and yellow. Blue and Gold are my undergrad school colors so it feels ‘right.’ It is a wee bit over valued at $40. I did not build my treasure trove of towels spending that kind of money!

If I see someone else with this towel I can creepy style start a conversation about subscription boxes with the owner. Maybe I’ll beg her to read my blog?

 

Middle Kingdom - Mini Plum Vase in Coral Red
Middle Kingdom – Mini Plum Vase in Coral Red

 

Middle Kingdom – Mini Plum Vase in Coral Red: This is so cute! I really want to make a little picnic outside and use this to decorate it. It adds a cute pop of color. Another good idea I have is to set my cats food out with a little flower and make it nice for her. She asks for so little after all. It seems sturdy and I am surprised to get something like this.

Another though I have is to put this in my car to add some festive panache to my guilty drive thru visits! Well yeah it is fast food… or is it? Next I need linen car napkins… hmmm

 

Kitsch - Tri'd & True Y-Shaped Necklace
Kitsch – Tri’d & True Y-Shaped Necklace

 

Kitsch – Tri’d & True Y-Shaped Necklace: I have said it a lot, you can’t let this season pass you buy without wearing a triangle. I have a lot of theories on it, and why the triangle has found itself into so many boxes. I don’t know if it has anything to do with all the eyebrow products popping up. This was also the spoiler for the box. I actually really like this necklace and I hope to wear it this weekend when I go eat a ton of paella and wine.

I think I can use this to divine the gender of unborn children. 

 

Sage & Row - Bare Shave Cream
Sage & Row – Bare Shave Cream

 

Sage & Row – Bare Shave Cream: I really need to shave my legs everyone. I have been skipping the task because it is cold and also I want to see how much hair my legs grow after all those laser treatments I have had. Thank you for reading that, we are now what I would call ‘close friends.’ I had such a time trying to get this out of the bottle until I realized that it has a seal on it. Wow. Anyway I dig the scent and I think the bottle looks fancy. This is something I can personally use!

Am I still a whore if I shave above the knee?

 

Batiste - Dry Shampoo
Batiste – Dry Shampoo

 

Batiste – Dry Shampoo: When a friend told me about dry shampoo many years ago it changed my life! No longer a slave to my limp locks I was finally able to freshen up my hair without washing my hair. Also how great is this stuff on a trip to Vegas?!? Batiste is by far the best brand I have ever tried. I try out other brands hoping that I will not be dependent on Batiste but others do not come close.

The wild cherry smell will make me smell like cherry chapstick hair!

 

Hammond's Candies - McCraw's Flat Taffy
Hammond’s Candies – McCraw’s Flat Taffy

 

Hammond’s Candies – McCraw’s Flat Taffy: The flavor I got was banana which is not my favorite flavor. The actual taste of banana was light. I liked the consistency of it because it was so thin and easy to break off. I would be open to trying another flavor if I ever get the chance.

I had a fun time letting this hang out of my mouth like a giant reptile tongue and looking at myself in the mirror.

 

The inside!
The inside!

 

Verdict: This was great box especially for the season. The items were all things I could use and I loved everything but the candy. The candy was a luck of the flavor draw so it could easily have been on the love list. I can find a place for each item which is super rare. Popsugar does not make every single person happy but they usually have me feeling good about the money I spent!

 

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  12 comments for “Popsugar Must Have Review – May 2015

  1. PA Anna
    May 31, 2015 at 4:44 am

    I was laughing so hard that my English Shepherd ran over to see what’s wrong. She does not approve. Maybe she is part of the goat conspiracy since she is a herding dog.

    I’m glad that we are all friends 🙂 I learn new things all the time such as hair grows back after treatments. You got me looking at my upper legs wondering if I should be shaving them. I’m guilty of the seal problem too.

    I’m starting to feel guilty for not owning anything with a triangle shape. Enjoy your decadent drive-thru meals! So much guilt. It’s 12:30 in the morning. Maybe this is why I can’t sleep because of all the guilt I feel about now owning a triangle necklace.

    • Subscriptionista
      May 31, 2015 at 5:30 am

      Never fear. Something triangle shaped Has made it into your package because friends don’t let friends go without the triangle of goat aka herding pyramid. Your dog is likely an informant. What box addicts don’t know is that THEY walk among us in secret … And inform.

      So, I was in high school dating this total tool and he made some comment about my upper legs needing a shave. I looked down at my legs and sure enough the very blonde fur on my upper legs was gleaming in the sun. For the first time I can remember I felt totally comfortable in myself and told him to go kick rocks. I felt like he had talked crap about a beloved pet, and in a way my furry gleaming bright thighs really are.

      Omg hair DOES grow back. I’ve had a ton of treatments. So blonde fur will grow back, red mostly, and dark not as much. I’m calico, and so you can call me patches. The cool thing is you shave before a laser treatment, they do it, then you let your fur grow. At a point it all just falls out. It’s weird.

      Anyway I’m super glad we are all friends. It’s totally free therapy!!! 😉

      • PA Anna
        May 31, 2015 at 7:39 pm

        She’s a very serious dog. She is a work dog and a family dog. I can see her working with goats as an informant. My upper legs look fine. I remember in college there was a guy that I dated who made a comment about my lower calf being too muscular. I used to run a lot. What is with men? Why pick on us?

        I can’t wait to see the triangle of goat aka the herding pyramid 🙂

        • Subscriptionista
          May 31, 2015 at 7:48 pm

          Men are so dumb sometimes. I think at they just don’t have anything to say so they need to say something about our bodies. I would have used my calf muscle to donkey kick him! “He Haw!!!” I would bray loudly. Then BOOM! How do you like my calf now????

          Your dog is serious like my cat. I am thinking they are indeed agents but it is tough to know who they work for. Are they double agents? Who do they report to? My cat won’t answer me. She only looks up at me with obvious contempt.

          • PA Anna
            June 12, 2015 at 4:14 am

            Thank you for the herding pyramid. My English Shepherd approves 🙂

  2. Kelly
    May 31, 2015 at 4:16 pm

    Taffy tongue, niiiiiiiice.

    • Subscriptionista
      May 31, 2015 at 5:10 pm

      I though so… lol

  3. PA Anna
    May 31, 2015 at 7:41 pm

    Everytime I see the taffy all I can think of is the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode in Season 1 where Taylor ate cotton candy. The camera people spent a few minutes on it. Now I feel like I lost a few IQ points admitting that I watch RHs. It’s relaxing (well maybe not anymore) and easy to watch 10-15 minutes at a time.

    • Subscriptionista
      May 31, 2015 at 9:53 pm

      I used to love RH but I stopped watching it for whatever reason. I am into even trashier stuff now. It is like I cannot be happy with a little bit of brain cell killing, I need whole lobes to go. Reality tv is fun to just zone out to!!!

    • Kelly
      May 31, 2015 at 11:24 pm

      My current reality tv guilty pleasures are Little women LA, Airplane Repo, and Little House Nation.
      I’ve never shaved above knee, my doctor told me it promotes ingrown hairs.

  4. May 31, 2015 at 8:49 pm

    Oh I have gotten hit by the triangle bling, forgot about getting this one! Lol fortunately small triangle

    • Subscriptionista
      May 31, 2015 at 9:51 pm

      “It is small but powerful” my cat told me as she opened the Grand Goats Tome…

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