My first real post!!
Okay so this will be about the March GlossyBox, I was really looking forward to getting this box and was planning to un-subscribe from it as it was getting a little bit to much for my student budget.
At first I was a little bit disappointed when I opened it because I had heard that others have got a mini Burberry lipstick, but I've actually grown to really like it.
The box was a lovely, shiny white this time, it's nice to get different colour boxes every now and again :) It also says on it that it is a Harrods edition box which I think is a nice touch
Inside (Sorry about the bad picture) there is black tissue paper... stuck together with a Harrods sticker all tied together with the gold and green Harrods ribbon... now this did look really nice, but due to my eagerness to open the box I kind of ruined it. It also came with the usual cards that you get in a GlossyBox which tells you a little something about the products.
In my box I got the following products:
- Versace- Vanitas, Eau De Parfum
- Bliss- Blood Orange and White Pepper Body Butter
- Revive- Intensite Creme Lustre
- Lancome- Juicy Tube- In Toffee R'n'B
- Clarins- Extra-Firming Body Cream
Perfume :)
When I first saw this in the box I was a bit disappointed, I don't usually like perfume samples in boxes, usually because there the type of sample that you can pick up from your local department store... but this one is different.
I think I'm more taken by the packaging than anything else! It's in a cute little box... then inside is the cutest little glass bottle. I wouldn't mind getting more perfume samples like this, maybe just for the bottles though they could look really pretty on my dresser :)
The scent itself is actually really nice, I was expecting not to like it but I will probably use it now and again. It's probably not something that I would buy, it's a bit on the pricey side at around £45 for 30ml!
Body Butter :)
When I first saw this in the box, I felt a bit... well ... meh :/ but after smelling it I am now in love with it! It's not a scent in a body butter that I would normally pick up, but the peppery orange smell reminds me of satsumas and Christmas, but at the same time is a really fresh summary scent. At around £20.50 for 200ml I would consider buying it again, but I'm not 100% sure if I'm ready to leave behind my trust Body Shop body butters just yet
Creame :)
(Sorry for the terrible picture of this one!)
This is probably what interested me most in the box as it was a brand I was not aware of and it looked really interesting.
Now I know a lot of people get slightly annoyed when beauty boxes send out anti-ageing products but my mum always told me to start the anti-ageing process in your twenties so... I'm going to give this ago.
It's not necessarily anti-ageing- but the product is meant to be a firming moisturizer and meant to "reduce the appearance of sagging skin"
I haven't used the product much yet and not 100% sure if I'm going to carry on using it, it doesn't have much of a smell to it but it feels really thick which I don't really like.
It's also VERY expensive which makes me not want to use it so I don't get to attached! If you do get attached to it then it will set you back £235!!! yes £235!!!
Juicy Tube :)
(Again terrible picture! I will get better at this!)
This is the product I'm going to use most in the box... I'm not stranger to juicy tubes, but I usually pick redish or pinkish shades and when I first saw this shade I was a little underwhelmed. Anyway I decided to put it on and see what it was like and well... I fell in love with it!!!! Not only does it smell AMAZING but it's more like a clear glittery shade... when this runs out (as its only a mini) I will be making sure I get the full size
Clarins :)
So this was the last thing in my box, and my first Clarins product from a beauty box. I really like Clarins products and usually manage to steal them off my mum when she decides she doesn't want them anymore.
The one in the Harrods box is an Extra Firming Body Cream... whilst I'm not sure if I need the extra-firming part it can't hurt to use it can it? I haven't tried it out yet but am planning on doing so soon.. so might post an update next week after I've given it a fair go.
Overall I'm really impressed with GlossyBox this month, there are a few products I would never have brought if I saw them in a shop so it's nice to try those and some products that I can't afford to buy again but again is really nice to be able to give them a try
xxx
