GlossyBox: December 2011.

I realise this is kinda a late post, but I signed up earlier this month and got sent the December one during January which was a real plus considering I get my January one later this month too! I love the concept of this, it's like a British verison of the American BirchBox kind of thing. There are a few alternatives such as Carmine, but Glossybox seemed the best to me. You may £10 a month plus around £2.95 (I think!) for postage and packaging and get sent 5 different products to try! Some are samples and some are full-sized! :)

This is the GlossyBox logo, the boxes are usually pale pink but this was the Christmas special one! They're really sturdy and would make for great storage!

"This unique foaming shower gel gently cleanses your skin and leaves it silky soft & smooth. Squeeze a small amount of gel into your hand – in contact with water the gel transforms into a rich, relaxing foam."

"This mattifying gel helps to control shine + reduces congestion. Microsponges regulate + absorb excess oil flow throughout the day while helping to promote a fresh, healthy looking complexion. Nip+Fab's Shine Fix purifies and calms skin whilst deep cleaning pores to help reduce and prevent blackheads and blockages. Shine Fix effectively reduces existent skin impurities and optimies the skin's appearance."



"Compliment the eyeshadow and define your natural beauty perfectly. Available in two show-stopping styles"

"Razzle Dazzle is a dark raspberry sizzle glitter, long wearing, high quality nail polish from the Deborah Lippmann Collection perfect for the upcoming Festive season. Accompanying this is The Stripper To Go varnish remover mitt which will remove all traces of polish for all 10 nails in an instant. Such a ‘handy’ little travel tool you will wonder how you ever lived without it.

"Limited edition gorgeous, wearable, travel sized glosses in CARGO’s new lip gloss formulation! Perfect pay off, great wear and high-shine without being sticky, this gloss is packed with a lip-nourishing botanical cocktail. The next generation of our non-tacky and comfortable gloss. Shades include a sparkling nude plum, powder pink, tropical melon, iridescent coral-pink and a dazzling nude beige."

Overall, I absolutely adore the concept of this box and literally the product that was actually small, was the lipgloss..the rest were (even if they weren't full size) pretty amazing sizes.

Visit the Glossybox website here.

*Disclaimer! All descriptions used were from the Glossybox website!*

Love,

Katie

Review: Mascara-Bourjois Volumizer.

Time to get back on the post writing wagon. This is a review :)

I bought this mascara acutally before Christmas but I've only just got round to writing about it! It's by Bourjois; a brand more famous for its chocolate bronzer and healthy mix foundation, but, I read about this on Sara Walker's blog, she also has a Youtube channel (SWalkerMakeup). She really loved it and it looked great on her, so I decided to pick it up and try it out too! :)

The mascara has a two-step system; one, smaller, thinner brush for adding more length (in my opinion) and a second, bigger, fatter brush for volume and intensity. I love the first brush. Alone it's a little TOO subtle, unless you really felt like wearing nothing but a tiny bit of mascara, then it would be perfect by itself. The second step is good too and adds a great amount of volume..however, the only thing I dislike about this mascara is on the second brush, half of the mascara in the tube must come out every single time. If I don't scrape off all sides of the second mascara wand, then the mascara looks horribly clumpy and makes your lashes look sparse and generally not nice. It's a bit of a pain to do that every time, however, once you have, you get a great effect. The main thing I noticed in this mascara was how good it was at seperating and lengething lashes. It's nothing paticularly special for volumizing, for me at least.

(Brush 1)

(Brush 2)

This mascara retails at £10.49-one of the priciest drugstore mascaras I've come across..and honestly..I'd rather add another £5 on and get an amazing Clinique one instead, because I don't think it's worth that much. Something like Maybelline Collossal I would happily pay that much for, but hmmm..not sure about this one really..

Product: 3/5.

Packaging: 4/5.

Price: 2.5/5

Overall..it's a nice mascara..but I don't think I'll be repurchasing it. Nice idea though. I think I'll look at some other, similar mascaras that feed off of the 2 wands idea. :)

Thanks for reading :)

Katie

Time to Catchup!

Feels a bit weird writing a Blog post tbh..it's been a while..almost a month :O


So first of, apologies for that! Second of all, I have got lots of ideas coming for Blog posts, but it is really difficult to get good pictures between school when it's daytime and the crappy lighting! What I mean by that is that by the time I'm home from school, it's really dark! :( as soon as we get to about March, things should start to look up, but I'll try and get some more posts with photos up soon! Third thing to say, is I really did want to Blog before Christmas but I totally forgot! So hope everyone had a great Christmas and a great New Years. Hope 2012 is going to be a great year for everyone. :)

Lots of love! <3



Katie