Influenster Jolly VoxBox Review and Swatches

I signed up for Influenster in August and proceeded to not log-in again for another, um, 3 months. Somehow, they still thought I was a good candidate for the Jolly VoxBox (I'm great at filling out questionnaires!), so I gleefully received these goodies (for free, but all opinions are my own! Which you could probably figure out on your own after reading my comments, as they are not all favorable...):

Puffs Plus Lotion tissue 10-pack* 

(though the card in my box says I should have received 

the lotion-free kind, I'm not complaining)

These tissues are a welcome addition to my purse, now that we are solidly in winter cold season. They're soft, smell vaguely medicinal, and are very very lightly moisturizing, enough to keep my nose from getting chapped from nose-blowing. I can't say I would purchase them myself, because I am extremely cheap when it comes to some things (like tissues, for example) and would never opt for brand name when store brands are the same thing, but I'm certainly happy to have these!

A Not-Quite Related Giveaway!

I was recently (okay, not that recently, but I am perpetually behind the times) contacted by Zinio, an online newsstand with pretty much every magazine imaginable. They asked me if I would be interested in hosting a giveaway for 10 free subscriptions to any of their magazines, to which I said no duh, of course I would. (Okay, I didn't actually say that, because I can be professional! Sometimes.) Full disclosure: I get to keep one of the subscriptions. But that means there's 9 left for y'all! They recommended "women's" magazines, by which I mean Cosmo, Glamour, Lucky, Allure, etc., given the topic of this blog, but I prefer getting my beauty news and reviews from blogs (less airbrushing and advertising b.s.!), so I was thrilled to discover they have National Geographic, Smithsonian, and – be still my heart! – Consumer Reports, among many, many others.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who obsessively read Consumer Reports as a kid?

So here's the deal. Fill out the widget below before April 15 (tax day, ugh) for your chance to win 1 of 9 free digital magazine subscriptions. You can choose from any of the many (have I mentioned there's a ton of choices? THERE'S SO MANY CHOICES! 5500, they say, which is just insane) magazines they offer, and should you win, I'll send off your email and magazine to Zinio and then they'll send you your subscription information! These magazines can be read on tablets (I plan to read mine on my iPad), computers, or smartphones, online or offline, and they store any issues you've already read so that you can go back and revisit them. Now go! Check out their selection! And good luck :)
Fine print: Must be legal in country of residence (18+ in most of the US). Only one winner per email account, but you can complete all options for more entries and a correspondingly higher chance of winning. 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

They also have other awesome monthly promotions; for example, through April 16, they have 50% off 50 titles in honor of Earth Day, and their promotions change pretty frequently so it's worth checking their website every so often to see what's new and exciting!

Have you ever heard of Zinio? What are your favorite magazines?