A cute bag with five personalized beauty samples shipped right to my door for only $12 a month? Sign me up! After seeing an advertisement for IPSY on Facebook, I was giddy to check it out and immediately took their questionnaire to customize my Glam Bag preferences. The questionnaire only takes a few minutes and gives the company a good idea of what kind of beauty goodies you’d like in your Glam Bag. Before your bag ships, IPSY will send you an email showing what’s in your Glam Bag (or you can keep the contents a secret and be surprised!) and offers for fun add-ons that ship free with your monthly shipment. They have everybody on the same billing (first of the month) & shipping schedule. Shipping usually occurs towards the end of the month, so I had to wait a while for my first bag, but I was very happy with my Glam Bag and am very much looking forward to next month’s bag of beauty surprises! Click here to get started.

Sheena Mathews, my best friend from high school, recently started creating a line of natural bar soaps using ingredients she grows in her backyard. Being the amazing friend that she is, she gave me a bag of samples containing all of her new creations and I love them! The vast majority of soaps on the planet (liquid, foaming, and bar soaps alike) suck all of the moisture out of my hands and make my knuckles raw and bloody within a few days of use. But not her soaps! Most of them are very moisturizing with earthy scents and have ingredients you can actually pronounce. You can find her soap creations on her website or contact her through Instagram or Facebook.

Nature’s Sunshine is one of the only vitamin companies whose products I can feel actually working. Ever taken a supplement for an extended period of time, but you have no idea if it’s actually helping or not because you don’t feel any different? Just about every person on the planet has experienced this and it’s frustrating! You spend time and hard earned cash on something that’s supposed to enhance your health, yet the results are mysteriously vague or nonexistent. I ran into this brick wall several times during my search for an effective cleanse and none of them seemed to do a dang thing for me….until Nature’s Sunshine. My sister discovered them through her holistic wellness coach and hallelujah, it worked! Finally flushing toxins instead of just my money! They have a few different types of cleanses (do Clean Start before trying Tiao He) along with a whole line of supplements and essential oils. I’ve only used the cleanses and essential oils so far, but have liked everything I’ve tried and will be expanding into their supplements soon.