Influenster Univox Box Review

Playtex Sport Fresh Balance

Pilot Acroball

Great Niece. Tried out the lipstick on here

Rimmel London Stay Matte Beige Foundation

Forever Fuschia on me

The box of stuff

Forever Fuschia lipstick

Rimmel London Foundation on me. 

Impress Nails

Red Rose Real Tea

My review of the Influenster UnivoxBox. 

The box contained the following:

1) Impress Artificial Nails (Gave to my niece)

2) Red Rose Real Tea (mm mm good)

3) Playtex Sport (gave to my sister)

4) NYC New York Color Forever Fuschia Lipstick (gave away to my niece)

5)Rimmel London Stay Matte Beige Foundation (gave to my niece's best friend)

6) Pilot Acroball Pen

First, I received the Impress Artificial Nails. The nails was beautiful, but I don't wear fake nails. I gave the product away to my niece. Next, I received the Red Rose Real Tea. I loved the flavor of the tea. I will purchase in the future. 

Third, I received Playtex Sport. Since Aunt Flo does not respond well to tampons, I gave those to my sister and niece. Fourth, I received NYC New York Color Forever Fuschia lipstick. The lipstick clashed with my skin. I tried it on my great-niece since she is lighter than me. I gave the lipstick to my niece.

Fifth, I received Rimmel London's Stay Matte Beige Foundation. The shade did not match my skin. I would purchase again if I find my correct shade. Rimmel London does have a shade match thing on their website. Still figuring out my shade. I gave the shade to my niece's best friend. 

Finally, I received a Pilot Acroball Pen. I am a big fan of gel pens and ballpoint pens, which write well. The pen wrote beautifully and I will continue to use until it runs out of ink. 

Influenster Violet Vox Box Review

Disclaimer: Influenster sent me a Violet Vox Box for review. I was not compensated for this post. All products were complimentary.

Influenster Violet Vox Box:

Contents:

• Soy Joy Banana Bar. Gluten-free.: I didn't like it. No taste. no moisture. My nephew, who is a vegetarian and allergic to gluten, loved it. 
• Sally Hansen Triple Shine. Blow Bubbles nail polish. Loved it. 
• Goody Athletic Head Band: Gave it to my niece. I have no hair.
• Montagne Jeuness Red Clay Facial Mask: Loved it. 
• Not your mother's Clean Freak. Dry Shampoo.: Love it. Aerosol dry shampoo.  
• Suave Advanced therapy lotion. Loved it. 

Montagne Jeunesse Review (Influenster Violet Vox Box)

 I received a Montagne Jeunesse (don't know how to pronounce it) Red Clay mask in my Influenster Violet Vox Box.

I liked the mask. You simply unpeel it and apply it to your face slowly. Leave it on for 15 minutes. Peel it off and rinse your face off.

I provided pictures of my experience.

Stacie's Product Reviewing Tips (based on experience)

I started doing product reviews earlier this year. Not quite sure how I got started, but as I got more into blogging, I started noticing buttons on other people's blogs. Before I would Click on the button and I would sign up for a new affiliate or book review site. Now, I can click on a button and get a new product review site. I love Tomoson, Influenster, and Smiley 360. I love BlogDash and Bloggerdise. Those are my primary product review sites.  I Then, the facebook groups, I started getting into.
These are my tips for product (and book) reviews:

1. Take a picture of the product as soon as you take it out of the box. Do a quick video. Do the unveiling of the box and product (if it's influenster). Usually, I open the box, take the products out of the box, and then toss the box. No offense against the box, but I don't want a room full of boxes and packing materials. Note the name of the company on the box. Sometimes, I have seen where the company would send the product without any marketing material. Only way I can identify the company was to look at the box. My iPad cases, which came recently did not have any material. I had no idea what it was. My package, which came yesterday, also had no marketing materials, but I knew what it was and where it came from. Taking a picture also shows evidence of everything, in the box, before consumption (such as food or sample creams, etc). Definitely, if it is food, my kids will eat it. 
2. For books--paper or hardback--what I started doing is writing the name of the publishing company and the host company, along with the review due by date on the inside. I will forget. I also write it in my planner because I will forget. I had an incident recently where I assumed a book was a librarything member giveaway, but it was a bethany house book. trying to finish it now, so I can submit my review within the next week or so. 
3. If you get a heavy box, like the one I got yesterday, take it to the room you are going to install it or display it in, and then unpack the box. no point in unpacking a heavy box in one room, and installing it another. 
4. Sometimes a video takes multiple takes. Factor in youtube downtime, kids interrupting you, computer shutting down accidently. 
5. When writing a post, make sure to get all the mandatory information in first. For example, when I started on Tomoson, my first review did not include the verification codes. I had to go back and insert those in and submit my review again. I can add my review in next, along with videos and pictures. Another example, I was in book review mode on Amazon. Trying to get the reviews from the blog into amazon, good reads, librarything, and shelfari. I was copying the review portion without copying the disclaimer portion. I had to go back and edit about 5 reviews to put in the disclaimer. 
6. lighting. I don't have the best lighting coming from the webcam or the phone. I am looking into reviewing or buying a digital camera/camcorder. Sound: check your microphones before starting the review. Do a test video first to make sure the lighting and sound is ok. 
7. Make sure to put the disclaimer into all your reviews. If you got it for free, say it. If it's a sponsored post, say it. Don't plagiarize. Cite your sources. If you are copying from the media kit per instructions, say it. If you got any compensation, whether money, clothing, tickets, books, say it. Acknowledge it. acknowledge the company. Do not displease the FTC. Not to mention, Google, Facebook, Wordpress, the company, and others. Be honest in your dealings. I am a business management major. One of the most important classes I have taken is ethics. Be ethical and honest.