What I am loving today: Hello Fresh! Review with $20 off Coupon Code!

Or as I like to call it, Hellllllllllllloooooooooo Fresh! Ha!

I have tried Hello Fresh now for several weeks, and decided I liked enough to share about it with you guys.  The have two options, the Vegetarian option and the Classic option.  I am a vegetarian so I was happy to see that option available but my boyfriend has ordered the Classic option, so I have seen both variations.

For the purposes of this review, I will be focusing on a single week from July of this year.

My Hello Fresh Arrives!- Hello Fresh ships fast and everything is packed really well.  I thought it was sort of amazing the way they managed to get fresh ingredients to me looking great, no matter what the weather! Below you can see the ingredient and recipe cards. The front shows the ingredients for each recipe, and the back has the recipe itself, step by step, with photos.

Here is what it looked like when it arrived!

Here are the menu cards for the week.  I like how they lay out all of the ingredients.

Roasted Eggplant Linguine

These are the Hello Fresh "Pantry" items.  Ingredients you will be using across different recipes.

Here is the recipe card and ingredients.

My Linguine in the Wild!

Warm Herby Mushroom Salad

Here are the ingredients along with the menu card.

My finished product!  It was actually prettier in person :-)

Zucchini & Grilling Cheese Kabobs

Here are the ingredients along with the menu card.

My finished product! I was SO proud of how pretty it was!

Now that you have seen my pretty pictures (I had such fun taking them), here is the bottom line...

The bottom line-I LOVE Hello Fresh!  All the recipes they have ever sent have been delicious and fresh.  They ship quickly, pack the items well, and have the nicest customer service people of any subscription I have ever communicated with. They help tune me in to the ingredients of the season, and new foods I have learned to enjoy.  There service is silly convenient, and a lot of fun. I wholeheartedly, unequivocally, recommend them.  Try them out for yourself and enjoy! 

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Photo Credit: NYX

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What I am loving today: Amazing (and amazingly simple) manicure tutorial that anyone can appreciate!

Where has this video been all my life?!  Seriously, it is brilliant (and simple)!  I am sharing it with all of my peeps, especially my fellow polish lovers. If you ever paint your nails, be sure to watch this all the way through.  This technique has been wonderful for me. Many thanks to jessFACE90!

And here is a little bonus from cutepolish on how to dry your nails faster..

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What I am LOVING right now: Starlooks Lengthening Mascara

Soooo..I have about ten mascaras at the moment.  I am not going to count them on the off chance that I actually have more.  New mascaras are constantly being tested against my bar of Benefit's "They're Real," mascara which has been just awesome for me.

Today, I received my March Starlooks Star Box and......I WAS BLOWN AWAY!  It achieved the improbable, it is better than Benefit's "They're Real."  It goes on smooth, clearly defines my lashes, and not a clump or a cluster in sight. The application was (seemingly) foolproof because the mascara went where it was supposed to and was not trying to go anywhere else. It highlights my eyes without drawing attention to my eye makeup. (I mention this because I always find clumps visually distracting.) The look was clean and defined.  It achieved what I am always hoping to achieve with my makeup, I looked like me, but better.  

Thank you Starlooks, for giving me a reason to be giddy today :-)

Update: It is up for sale now on their website for $15! 

*I am not any kind of sponsor, paid or unpaid, for Starlooks. I bought this box myself :-)

What I am loving today: E.l.f. Studio Blush in Candid Coral

A friend gave me the heads up on this blusher in January, saying it was excellent, inexpensive knockoff of NARS Blush in Orgasm.  It is now March and I can already see the pan peeking out at the bottom of the container! This stuff is awesome!  It is amazingly natural,flattering, and buildable! Plus, it is only $3!  If you have not already, snag yourself some and try it out. :-)

*Disclaimer: I am not any type of sponsor paid or unpaid for E.l.f.  I purchased the blusher myself.