Glossybox Uk October 2013

Hey guys, I received my october glossybox  yesterday and to say i was disappointed when i opened it would be an understatement! Comparing this box to the last 2 fantastic boxes and the Exclusive Espa Editon box i've had has made me slightly unhappy.

 

Here is what was in my box:

MeMeMe Cherub's Blush, Full Size (£5.50 for 12ml) - Cheek & Lip Tint, to me its a cheap version/copy of Benefits Benetint. It has the same colour as benetint, same liquidy consistancy, smell ect. I don't like cheek/lip stains that much so i probably won't use it & give it away. 

 

Katy Perry - Killer Queen Fragrance (£29.50 for 50ml). I hate receiving silly little perfume samples, every time i'm shopping in a shop with fragrances i get a load of the samples if i ask for free! As much as i like the perfume, a larger bottle would be better!

 

Mono - Illuminating Primer (£24.95 for 50ml). While this primer is good for your skin since it's paraben free, it has vitamin E (to detoxify the skin) and Cassia Alata Leaf Extract (protects and prevents skin against UV damage) I feel this product is far to heavy for my skin, having really oily skin (as you may know from previous blogs) i can't use alot of heavy things on my face without looking completely shiney & oily within 5 mins. I used the littlest amount of product and it felt like it took forever to get it rubbed into my skin!

 

Premae - Multi-Vit Smoothie Serum (£22.50 for 50ml), to be honest this product went straight to my mum, the slight smell that came from the product wasn't to my taste so i haven't used it.

 

Then lastly there was a Gamila Secret -Cleansing Bar (Full size is £21). I felt the same about this as i did the Smoothie Serum, it went straight to my mum because the scent to me was awful! 

 

 

The name of this box was dark romance, but to me it should have been called something else as from what i received, there is no dark romance in this box. I mean instead of getting a free perfume sample (that i could have got from my local boots or debenhams myself) a nice deel purple/red/black nail polish would have been nicer to start with.

Let me know what you thought of this months glossybox :) 

Lisa x

 

Promo Codes:

www.mememecosmetics.co.uk/little-angels-collection enter 'Cherub1' at the checkout and receive £5 off their little angels collection. Expires 31/10/13

www.monushop.co.uk receive 10% off using code 'GLOSSY1'. Expires 11/11/13

www.premaeskincare.com receive 15% off using code 'hserum15'. Expires 31/10/13

 

Exclusive Edition ESPA Glossybox UK - October 2013

Hey guys :)

So I got an email from Glossybox on the 4th October stating that the exclusive edition ESPA glossybox was back by popular demand so I had to get my hands on one! This box cost £20 plus P&P so it came to a total of £22.95.

The box arrived yesterday (10th October) and I had decided that when I ordered this box it was going to be a gift for my mum for her birthday in November. Even though her birthday is in November I asked her to open it there and then as I was excited to see what was in the box, as was she.

 

The box is a brown/silvery colour with the black glossybox logo on the lid (if my mum doesn't find a use for this box I will) In side the box it was all wrapped in deep purple tissue paper with a ribbon to match. Tucked into the ribbon there was a gift voucher for £30 to spend on Espa's website on what ever product/s you wish with no minimum spend! So the box had already paid for its self and more before the tissue paper was even opened!!! Inside there is 5 sample sized products, a 50ml Energising Shower Gel, 50ml Energising Body Lotion, 7ml Skin Radiance Mask, 7ml Skin Radiance Moisturiser and 3ml 24Hour Replenishing Eye Moisturiser. While none of these product are full sized, they are good sizes to try the products out before using your gift card.



All products that came in the box

 

The Energising Shower Gel full size is 200ml and retails for £18

The Energising Body Lotion full size is 200ml and retails for £25

Full sized Skin Radiance Mask is 25ml for £34

Full sized Skin Radiance Moisturiser is 25ml also for £34

and a full sized 24Hour Replenishing Eye Moisturiser is 25ml for £35

While I can't comment on these products personally as they are a gift for my mum I am looking forward to hearing what her impressions are on them, I might even do a little Q&A with my mum on her experience with all the different products and what her likes and dislikes were.

If you want any more info on these products visit www.espaonline.com/glossy  

Keep an eye out for my regular October GlossyboxUK review.. Coming soon!!

Lisa x

Glossybox September UK, The London Edition

This month I could not wait to receive my glossybox! The limited edition boxes are always great! If you don't know how glossybox works, it's a monthly beauty box subscription, so every month you pay £12.95 inc p&p you will receive a box delivered to your door with 4/5 diff sample size products in it.  On the odd occasion you will get a full size product too (for this box I actually got 4 full sized products, see below)! If you are interested in signing up to glossybox you can find out all the info on glossybox at www.glossybox.co.uk

 

This months box has to be the best box I have received so far! And before we get into what was in the box can I say how much I just love the actual box and tissue paper it came in!

 

 

Now onto what was inside the box...... :D

  

In it this month I got a set of pre glued eylure eye lashes worth £5.06, www.eylure.com

 

a 5ml sample of the new Elizabeth Arden perfume UNTOLD (smells beautiful) for50ml it is £48 and 100ml is £69 can be bought at www.debenhams.com or in a Debenhams store

 

there was a 'be a... bombshell' eye liner pen in the colour Onyx 3g (full size) worth $14 so about £8.80, www.beabomshell.com

 

a Toni&Guy classic shine gloss serum 30ml (full size) worth £7.19, www.boots.com

 

The final product that got me super excited as it was completely unexpected, was an HDbrows blusher 2 (full size!!) blush worth £17.95 www.hdbrows.com 
(It is a gorgeous colour, it actually reminds me quite a lot of my Nars Orgasm blush, just not as pigmented)

 

 

So the total for this box was approx. £46.44 (not bad for a free box thanks to using my glossydots :D)

 

On the card that tells you about the products there is a free gift notice telling you to take the information card to the nearest Elizabeth Arden counter within your local Debenhams for a free 100ml UNTOLD body lotion. 

There is also a 20% discount code for use on the HDbrows uk website
valid until September 30th 2013 - GLOSSY20

 

If you receive a glossybox, from where ever you are in the world please leave a comment and let me know what you got in your September 2013 box :)

Also if anyone want any reviews on any of the products I received this month please let me know.

 
Thanks Glossybox :D
 

Lisa

xoxo