March Glossybox: The Harrods Edition

After the last 2 months’ Glossyboxes not having been much to write home about, this little gem landed on my doormat on Saturday

For anyone that is already subscribed to this you will have seen the hype begin in last month’s box and continue throughout the month on Facebook and Twitter.  I have to say that this was a brilliant bit of marketing and when all was revealed I could totally understand all the fuss.  All the products included in the box can be found in the Harrods beauty hall.  This means all the products are super high end and really quite ‘faancy’. Well for me anyway!

Wanna see what I got?

Molton Brown Heavenly Gingerlilly Moisture Bath and Shower

This. Smells. Amazing.  I’m saving it for an impending trip to Canada to see the boyf in a week so the travel size will come in rather handy.

YSL Forever Youth Liberator Serum

Ok I’m not getting any younger so this can only do good things.  I’ve wanted to try a serum for a while so I’ll keep you posted.

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream

I’ve already tried this and I have to say that I’m a little bit in love.  It makes my skin feel so soft and smells of cucumbers.  A definite win.

Burberry Beauty Lip Mist in Copper No 202

This is just so cute! The formula is more like a balm than a lipstick which makes it ultra wearable.  The colour is not really all that ‘me’ but I may keep it just to look at the pretty packaging now and again.

Narciso Rodriguez For Her Eau De Parfum

 The standard perfume sample.  I hate to be controversial but I quite like getting a perfume in my Glossybox.  Firstly it’s always good to try a new scent and they're also handy for taking out and about.

I do love a special edition Glossybox and this is right up there with the December box.  Whilst there were no full sized products, everything I received was high end and to me, this is what Glossybox is all about. It’s a great chance to try some things I wouldn’t normally fork out full price for.  Having said that, I’d definitely look into the Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream, and may be putting the Molton Brown bath and shower gel on my birthday list.

All in all this little lovely brightened up what happened to be a very dull and dreary Saturday morning.

It's always nice to get things in the post :-) xxx

Tag: 30 Beauty Questions

From weheartit.com

I felt like I was on a roll after my last post so here's another.  The questions were found on a lovely blog called Beauty Comes from Within.  So lets get started...

Skincare

1. How many times do you wash your face daily? I try for twice but sometimes fail L.

2. What skin type do you have? Oily.

3. What is your current facial wash? Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions.

4. Do you exfoliate? What brand do you use? Yes but with Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions clarifying lotion.

5. What moisturiser do you use? Yep, you guessed it; Clinique Anti Blemish Solutions (see a trend developing?).

6. Do you have freckles? Yes but only when I see the sun.  They make me happy.

7. Do you use eye cream? Yep.  No7. Protect and Perfect intense.

8. Do you or did you have acne prone skin? ‘Acne Prone’ may be an understatement.

9. Did you ever have to use Pro-activ? Nope

Makeup

From weheartit.com

1. What foundation do you use? Revlon Colourstay for oily skin-180 Sand Beige

2. How about concealer? Boi-ing by Benefit shade 01

3. Do you know your undertone colour? Pink maybe…?

4. What do you think of fake eyelashes? I wear individual press on lashes.  They look great but are a bit of a faff so only for special occasions

 5. Did you know that you are supposed to change your mascara every 3 months? Yep and by then I’m usually bored with my mascara anyway

6. What brand of mascara do you use? Right now Loreal but also Maybelline, Rimmel and GOSH

7. Sephora or MAC? Don’t get me started on the lack of Sephora in the UK.  It’s just upsetting.  For this reason, MAC but neither are in the price range of a Uni student.

8. Do you have a MAC Pro-card? Nope.

9. What makeup tools do you use in makeup application? Brushes, unless I’m in a hurry then clean fingers will have to do!

 10. Do you use make-up base/primer for the eyes? Confession: I should, I know this, but I don’t

11. Primer for the face? I really don’t need it with my skin type.

 12. What is your favourite eyeshadow? Erotica from the Too Faced Natural Eye palette

13. How often do you poke your eyes with an eyeliner pencil? Almost daily.  I think ‘less haste more speed’ is the moral of this.

14. What do you think of pigment eyeshadows? Brilliant for a night out.

15. Do you use mineral makeup? I love Bare Escentuals Mineral Foundation for when my skin’s clear

16. What is your favourite lipstick? Too Faced in Free Love. Rimmel Lasting Finish in 206  Nude Pink

17. How about lipgloss? Revlon Super Lusterous in Peach Petal

18. What is your favourite blush to use? Bourjois in Lilas D’or or Me Me Me in Coral

19. Do you buy makeup on eBay? No

20. Do you like drugstore makeup? Yep, the excitement of finding a good drugstore product is way better than high end shopping.  Also I’m a student…’nuff said.

21. Do you go to CCO's (cosmetic company outlets)? Maybe one day…

22. Did you ever consider taking make-up classes? I would love, love, love to!

23. Are you clumsy in putting on makeup? Apart from stabbing myself in the eye with eyeliner rather often, I tend to be quite precise when putting the rest of my face on!

24. Name a makeup crime you hate? Black eyebrows with hair that is not black. Yuck.

25. Colourful or neutral makeup? Neutral most of the time but I love an excuse to do crazy colourful make up.

 26. Which celebrity always has great makeup? Blake Lively, Leighon Meester, Nina Dobrev, Jennifer Aniston

27. If you could leave the house using just ONE makeup item, what would you use? Foundation

28. Could you ever leave the house without any makeup on? Yeah if I have to. Everyone has things they would cover and nobody is ever truly confident but life is too short to stay in the house until every blemish is covered.  

29. In your opinion, what is the best makeup line? I don’t really have a favourite, I like to pick and choose from them all.

30. What do you think of makeup? As long as you don’t use it to hide behind, but to look like the best version of yourself, or as self expression, I think it’s bloody brilliant.

Well that's that.  Hope you enjoyed.  

xxx