Glossybox | January 2018

Its another year and Its still another Glossybox! Im always so excited to open these I can never hold in my excitement, I know that I always get my moneys worth with glossy box as they always fill it with goodies! Heres my reviews of the products that were in this months box!

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Boots Beauty Beneath Supplements | RRP £39.99

Unfortunately I can’t review these as I haven’t been able to use these! There not suitable for vegetarians and they also have vitamins in which I’m already on tablets for. They actually say that they are suitable for pescatarians but after I looked on the back of packet they contain beef gelatine but they have actually sent out an email stating this to everybody so make sure your aware if you are a vegetarian! I am sorry that I’m unable to review these for you guys though!

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Apicia Cream Blush | £22.00

This has been one of the best blushes I have tried! This blush is a really nice pink and it works really well with my skin tone. Its a great blush to build so if you want a subtle look its possible or if you want a more darker blush you can also have it with this. It smoothes onto the skin really well and easy it doesn’t take a lot and its very long lasting. Its quite expensive for the size it is but I also do like the size. I probably wouldn’t buy this product just because of the price if it was cheaper I would probably buy it. Im also not sure wether its cruelty free… It contains Bee Pollen and doesn’t say anywhere if its cruelty free but it does say that it is 99.7% from natural sources, I might be dumb and not know wether that means it is or not but I looked online and haven’t been able to find out sadly.

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Evelyn Jona Cosmetics Green Tea Primer | RRP £22.00

I love this primer! It smoothes over the face really well and you really do have to use a tiny amount, It really helped with my pores as normally they can show through my makeup but with this primer it helped so much. I feel like it also helped with my redness on my face, it might of been because my makeup applied better. Its the winter so I also struggle with dry skin on my face and no matter how much I scrub my skin when I apply makeup it always comes back and with this primer it stayed at bay! So I didn’t get horrible flaky skin after I put on my makeup. I feel like the tube is half full, I’m not sure wether its just me or if it actually is though. The price is quite expensive for the size the same as the blush because this is a full size product again. I wouldn’t buy it just because of the price the same as the blush but if it was cheaper I would. Its also cruelty free which is great!

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Nail Medic Nail and Cuticle Energizer |RRP £5.99

This couldn’t of come at a better time! Ive recently grew my nails out and they’ve just started getting really brittle and breaking so I really needed a nail strengthener! This one worked wonders, I had only used it ones and there was already an improvement in how my nails were! Its just a nail on so you literally just put it on and wait for it to dry or you can rub it in, which I just let it dry on. Its a full size product and it was a decent size. For the price that it is and how well its helped my nails I would definitely buy it again and I would definitely recommend.

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Dr Botanicals Moroccan Rose Superfood Facial Oil | RRP £55.00

This was the first time I have ever used a facial oil on my face because I have probably the worlds most oiliest face. This time when I received it I decided to just give it a try because it says it would help with skin complexion and I hate my red patches on my face so thought I would just risk it! Its helped with the redness on my face so that was a massive plus also I had a few spots under the skin and they were so painful and they were gone after one application. I feel like it make my skin a little oily but that was expected as I already have oily skin. It also smells amazing! Im not sure wether it was this or something else in the box but it made the whole box smell amazing. This is so expensive so I really wouldn’t be able to afford it as its £55.00 for a full size bottle, so I will just make this small bottle last longer than it should, but it is a really good size as a travel size.

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I thought this was a really good box, it seemed a lot of cruelty free brands which is amazing. I hope they include more clearly cruelty free products. I know they have special vegan boxes that I could get but its more of every should use more cruelty free products!

You can get Glossybox for £10.00 + P&P each month and I couldn’t recommend it enough!

I also have a coupon code you can use to get 20% off your first box!

My coupon code to get 20% off is :  AMY-RFN

Much Love

Amy

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Birchbox : May 2017

It’s May already! So its already time for my review of this months Birchbox. I loved the design on the box this month, I’m keeping it the same as I did last month ( I just hope this doesn’t become a reacurence )

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Benefit Cosmetics : The POREfessional Matte Rescue|RRP £23.50

Iv’e always been a fan of benefit products they’ve always worked out for me like the mascaras and tints. This one has always been a go to for me as I’ve used this before, It is very pricy but I would pay full price (I’ve only ever been able to afford the small tubes) It always works well on my acne prone skin, it helps my skin to look less oily for much longer than normal products. The size of this product is really great, its good for traveling but its larger than there normal small size products. This was a really good product to come from Birchbox!

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Doucce : Punk Volumizer Mascara | RRP £18

This is my first time trying a product from this brand. Apparently it was a birch box exclusive! Im quite fussy with mascaras because Im not a fan of ones that clump your eyelashes together, so its quite difficult to find one that doesn’t do that as everyone seems to like that type of eyelash at the moment. This one was great! I didn’t put an eyelash primer on underneath and it worked really well! I would consider buying the full product but it is the same price as Clinique and I would prefer the Clinique one but this one is still great on its own. I wouldn’t say it didn’t give my lashes more volume but it didn’t clump my eyelashes so that was all that mattered for me so if your someone looking for one that can help with that maybe this one isn’t for you.

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Kueshi : Hair Mask Shine & Volume | RRP £10.50

This was a decent product. Lets just say I wouldn’t buy it, it made my hair too volumised for my liking, some people would like a product like that so if you like your hair to have volume this product does work. Its just not for me as I don’t like having volume to my already thick frizzy hair! I felt like it also made my hair very knotty which for a conditioner should do the opposite but that might be because of the dye build up on the bottom of my hair not suiting this product as normally my hair isn’t knotty so it might just not work well with this product. I personally wouldn’t buy the full size product of this but if your looking for very volumised hair then this is the product for you!

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Marsk : Mineral Eyeshadow in Fifty Shades | RRP £14.49

To be honest, I really don’t like the colour, but that is completely on me because I hate black eyeshadows, I find it hard to find an eyeshadow I like as it is and a black one to be is just completely off the ball! To be honest I haven’t tried this product just because I can’t ever wear black eyeshadow, I tried it on the back of my hand and it applied really well but other than that I can’t give an honest review of it. Only that I don’t understand why birch box didn’t let everyone choose which colour everyone would like because the difference between black and the light white colour they had is completely different and I would of used the whiter one but this one I can’t use which is a shame.

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Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics : Lip Tar Primer | RRP £15.00

I like this product. I feel like its worth buying instead of lip balms because it kept my lips very hydrated throughout the day and I didn’t feel the need to apply lip balm which obviously saves time throughout the day and saves product as I didn’t have to use it multiple times. I didn’t try it under lipstick because I’m not much of a fan but as it says on the product you can just use it as a lip balm so thats what I’m going to use it for. I would possibly by this product again it is very expensive for the size of It but I imagine it would be bigger for the price as they give testers so I would possibly see what size the full size is.

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I liked this box, its not amazing but its been better than the others, I just wished they had asked which colour you wanted for the eyeshadow then it would of been my favourite! I loved the box design thats definitely my fave because Im a massive fan of marble! Ive kept this one as well as the Boden one because they are very good to keep little odd things in and the designs are really nice!

Much Love

Amy

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