My Influenster May VEET® EasyWax™ Electrical Roll-On Kit Product Finally Came....

....but I'm not as thrilled as I originally thought I might be about it.

http://veet.us/products/waxes/easywax-electrical-roll-on-kit/

I got this box complimentary from Influester and Veet for testing purposes and since this is a test I want to give an honest opinion of what I think of this product....not a sugar-coated "just because I got it for free I'm gonna say how awesome it is" review.

Don't get me wrong...at first I was super excited. I opened the box with joy when I found it and inside was nestled an awesome looking Veet Easy Wax Kit which retails for around $29.97 on Walmart's website. 

Link to Veet on Walmart.com

Naturally you'd think the product would be super awesome if you were going to pay that much for it....well let me be one of the people to tell you: SAVE YOUR MONEY.  I read all the reviews and was skeptical after everyone pretty much said this product was a waste of time.

But then I tried it.

I followed every direction in the little booklet to the letter since I had really never waxed before and I wanted to make sure I did everything right. Well I plugged it in and the booklet says it takes about 30ish minutes to heat up...no big deal...but then mine wasn't fully ready at the 30 minutes so I waited a little longer. It was a waiting game in a way....which is one of the many reasons I'd rather shave than wax I think because with this wax it took quite a while whereas I could shave and be done in no time. Well it finally heated up and I figured I'd do a tester spot first to see if I could deal with the pain that I had hear waxing usually incurs but when I did it nothing really happened. The first go around it didn't take any hairs off and just left a sticky wax stripe mess on my leg. I wasn't fully deterred by this so I gave it a few more tries...I got gradually better at it as time went on, but it still would leave hairs each time...it never really took them all off. That started to annoy me so eventually I just gave up. Oh and the next day I had these random red marks where it looked like it had damaged my skin a little bit....I didn't really like that either.

There are the red marks on my legs where the wax strips must have pulled a layer of skin off in spots.

I think I gave this product an honest try. 

Would I buy it for the price it's at currently with the results I experienced? No most likely not.

 Now I do think the product could be improved in several ways. It's design is awesome and it's a neat idea. Someone I saw mentioned in a review that it had a flimsy base to sit in, but I really had no problems with that. It sat fine for me. I do think however that the electrical cord could be longer though because it's kind of short and if you wanted to leave it plugged in to keep the heat (because it doesn't keep it very well otherwise) it makes it kind of difficult to maneuver around. Since I mentioned about the heat that is also something that could be improved. The heater doesn't heat as fast as they claim it does to work efficiently so something might could be done to improve the heating element inside the product.

Anyway I hope you enjoyed reading my review of this product and hopefully it helps some of you decide whether or not you want to buy this for nearly $30, wait for something better, or just stick to whatever your current routine is.

Thanks for reading! :)

COLLEGE GRADUATION!

Well May 11th, 2013 marked a new chapter in my life. I finally graduated from college and now I'm an official adult...well sort of, haha. I now have my Bachelor of Arts in Art Therapy and a minor in Psychology. Boo-yah! Here's the pictures from the big day!

Cedar Crest College Class of 2013

Me prior to graduation. LOL

 With Dr. Micah Sadigh! :)

My face cracks me up here.

All done.

 Rockin' this spiffy dress I got.

 My brother and I.

 My best friend and I.  SO GLAD THE COLLEGE GOT US PHOTOBOOTHS!

And now I'm a pinned Alumnae. :)

Catching Up About My SomethingStore.com Order

This came quite some time ago now, but I know I had promised in one of my old blog posts to share with you what I had received from SomethingStore.com. Well my $20 purchase from SomethingStore got me a very adorable little Bijoux Terner orange beaded clutch and a matching orange scarf. As soon as I opened it I was like, "At least they match!" hahaha. Whoever packaged that definitely wanted to keep with the color scheme they had going for my order. The purse is super adorable, and I've actually used it a couple times now. I haven't put the scarf to use yet, but not because it isn't a good item it's just because I haven't had the right outfit to wear it with...but you bet your bottom dollar eventually I will. I would say my SomethingStore purchase (though not a big name worth a lot of money item) was very good. I was content with it and I scored some really cute stuff for not a lot of money. I've seen some people out right complain about what they get but I think it was well worth the money.

So I've Got Some Catching Up To Do

I haven't blogged in forever! I got so busy with the end of school (COLLEGE GRADUATION WOO HOO!) and just life in general that blogging went to the back-burner...not that too many people read my blog anyway...but I wanted to catch back up with anyone and everyone who might stumble to this blog. First things first I guess we can address what I was up to all those weeks leading up to the graduation I just told you all about. Well the final semester was filled with lots of new artwork on my part. I had lots of assignments and projects to finish up and I am pretty darn proud of all of them. Here is a taste of the pendants & rings that I completed for jewelry and metalsmithing:

 I love this one and wear it a lot...and have gotten many compliments on it.

 My "UP" Pendant

 Paintbrush Ring

Dice Pendant Inspired by someone from my Art Therapy Practicum

 I called this piece "Day & Night"

Someone said this pendant looks vaguely like an owl...so cool. haha

 Just a nifty designed ring I did without having any idea or purpose behind it.

This one I like to call "Bubbles".

And since we're on my art rampage I should probably show you pictures of the culminating event of my senior year of college. We FINALLY had our Art Therapy Practicum Show!

 Both of my pieces together.

 My print titled "Love".

My memory box entitled "Hidden Memories". 

These pieces were both very important to me as they reflected our time in practicum spent at an area nursing home. It was a great show and after we got to open the new Cedar Crest College Art Therapy Master's Program studio!

 

In lieu of doing the traditional ribbon cutting ceremony some of us created this piece together to open the studio with! It was a very cool idea to do. :)