Above is an image showing the December 2012 glossybox.For any of you who do not know what Glossybox is it's a monthly subscription service. Glossybox charges £10 (excluding £2.95 p+p) for a box containing 5 beauty samples of new and upcoming brands and current brands too. The samples range from skincare, perfume, beauty and haircare. If you're lucky sometimes you will receive a full size product! The most exciting part of Glossybox for me is the excitement of not knowing what you're going to get.
Anyway, on with the review...
1. Firstly I received I small sample 'Lemon' by Mary Greenwell , not the size as seen above. The full size of 50 ml costs £60 and I am sad to say I would never pay such a large amount for this product. This perfume is said to smell of lemons although I do not agree. I felt that the perfume smelt musky and I really am not a big fan. I gave the sample away to a member of family who liked it. I suppose this product is a matter of opinion. I like floral scents such as 'Daisy' by Marc Jacobs and I suppose 'Lemon' was simply not for me.
2. Secondly I received Rituals 'Magic Touch' Cherry Blossom and Rice Milk whipped body cream. This was a full size sample of 70 ml pricing at £5. I am glad to say I really enjoyed this product! Magic Touch is a body cream but I used this simply as a hand cream as I suffer from eczema and my hands get very dry and I must say it really did work and had a 'magic touch' keeping my hands moisturised for a long time and soothing my eczema. Another bonus is that this product smells amazing! I am so sad that I have used this all up. I would look into purchasing more and would 100% recommend this product!
3. Next I received a Seche Nail varnish in a mousey brown shade. Glossybox provided a full size product here which is priced at around £10. I am not going to rave about this product as I didn't like the shade I was given. I am very pale and like colourful nail varnishes the brown shade simply did not compliment my skin tone. However, the nail lacquer was long lasting thick and wasn't chip friendly so in this sense I would recommend it. Overall though I will not be buying this product any time soon.
4. In my Glossybox I also received a Sleek lipstick in a deep red shade. I loved the colour but I had received a different lipstick in exactly the same shade in a previous Glossybox so this wasn't too exciting. Glosssybox again gave us a full size product here of 3.5 g priced at £4.99. The lipstick was reasonable as the durability was average it didn't smudge too easily and had a nice matte look to it. Overall the product was average, I won't be re-purchasing this product sadly.
5. Finally in my box was a ayurri 'Turmeric & Bergamot' facial wash. Again this was another full size product of 200 ml that is priced at £4.95. I was happy with this product as it made my skin clearer and made it feel nice smooth and soft. However the scent didn't appeal to me but all in all it is a good facial wash that lasts a long time (in terms of product size). I probably would not purchase this again as I would rather purchase something a little pricier that had a preferred scent. Although, I would recommend the product in terms of what it actually does.
6. Also included as a little extra was a Glossybox own brand blusher which can be seen in the first picture at the top of this post. I received this in a baby pink shade which isn't one I would choose but it looked nice and was simply an average blush.
Overall it is clear that I was not a big fan of this months Glossybox simply because I found the products boring or shades dull. However in other terms for full size products it was a very good box. Let me know what you thought of it in the comments and of the products in your box.
I have recently ordered the April and July 2013 boxes as they are on sale. Instead of £20 for 2 it's £12 for 2 excluding p+p. So look out for my blog on those boxes which will be up soon!
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