The circle of stress shopping goes something like this:

You are stressed from life, therefore you shop.

You know you shouldn't spend the money on that makeup but it makes you feel better to have it.

But after you click purchase, you feel like puking because you shouldn't have spent the money.

Then you get the products in the mail and forget all about how stressed you were.

Then you get stressed again and want to buy that purse......

Hey lovelies. :)

I have for you a post that will hopefully benefit you if you were considering buying from independent companies and have not yet. This will be a list of at-home companies that I believe are the best and give great service and quality products. If you are not sure how the whole indi companies work I can summarize for you:

Indi companies are founded by women or men who do what they love to do, but decided to sell it as well. Many use to make these products for themselves or family and friends and was told to sell because they were so good. Some wanted to start their own businesses purely to make some extra cash as well as create products for themselves. Their stories are all different, but what makes them the same is that they are not the big top companies and will give you great service, unless they are shady, but this list I have compiled are indi brands that can be trusted and have great products!

Onto the good stuff! Here are my favorite indi brands and why I love them, in no particular order from favorite:

Hey lovelies!

I have for you a Birchbox post! It has been a long time since I have done one because in Novemeber of 2011, I cancelled my subscription and subscribed to MyGlam. After three months of MyGlam, I decided it was not for me and went back to Birchbox!

Why did I go back to Birchbox? They are more reliable, have many things to offer, and simple. Plus, I was done with the over hyped MyGlam issues. MyGlam had too many problems that I was very concerned about and did not want to wait around to see if it improved. Even now they are having some issues. Perhaps someday I may try again, and also I am not trying to bash them. Lastly, I came into MyGlam too fast by giving into the hype and in the end was not pleased.

By the way, I got a March Birchbox, but never posted, sorry about that! It was a nice box. I can't find all of the products at the moment and also used some.

Hey lovelies!

I recently purchased a curling wand and was so excited when I got it this week! I used my MyGlam coupon and got $100 off and it was not too pricey once it was all said and done. It was so worth the money! Although, I wish I got the 4Play because that one looks amazing! It was $20 more though.

Hey beauties.

I have been thinking a lot lately about my makeup stash and if I have too much. Then I shook my head and said of course not! However, I do think that there can be too much UNUSED makeup. You know, the makeup that you say "well I can use someday for something I am sure". So you keep it, forever, never using it.

That is why I am going through my makeup and sorting out the products that I do not use or have similar colors and probably going to sell it. If you are interested, let me know! I will post a pic of the products soon.

Tips on how to STOP having too much UNUSED products:

• When shopping, only pick out things that you know you do not have.
• Get things you actually like rather than pretending just because it is "in" for the season.
• Use unopened products as gifts.
• Remember that you have a ton of pink lipsticks and you do not need more.