Hello beauties,
Last month i ordered my first ever glossy box, which was surprisingly exciting to receive! So this review is for the January box, (I meant to do it last month but bloggers photo upload button thingy wasn't working for me! so Ive done it this month! Sorry) which was the detox box and so contained products that give you a fresh start for the new year! Brilliant idea on glossy boxes part! (For anyone who hasn't heard of them: Glossy box is a company who create boxes made up of surprise product samples, which cannot be found in boots or on the high street and therefore are often expensive. They sell the box for £10.00 however, which explains the attraction to them!)
As you can see from the above two images you can see from the two images of the box, its so beautifully packed! This box came with a little eye mask for extra pampering too! This is the usual box, sometimes they do special themed boxes with even more beautiful packaging! i love how special the packaging makes you feel!
The first product was my favourite, it was the Monu aromatic face mask, i was very excited to use a face mask as i wouldn't normally. What stands out about this product for me is the warming effect, it's really comfortable to leave on the skin for ten minutes, because an irritating face mask is what puts me off using them! finally it has a non setting property which means it doesn't tighten, you don't have to peel it off and it therefore makes your skin feel really soft and smooth. The warming feel is excellent for the winter weather and I'm really impressed with this product, too bad its only a sample because a full bottle costs £24.00, rather expensive but worth it!
The next was the
Elemis skin glow facial exfoliator! This is an excellent little exfoliator that's great to freshen up your skin and it does make your face feel really clean which is brilliant in a skin care product! over all i was quite impressed, face feels soft and its not harsh plus doesn't react with my sensitive skin! But fantastically its too expensive £12.00 for a full bottle!
I also received a bottle of
premae balance rescue face tonique, if you read my lush review post you'll know I'm really impressed with my current toner so yeah i was pretty excited to try this one out. I do prefer the smell of my lush toner, however this one has a great smell all the same and has a great effect: clean, fresh and soft skin! However it is £17.50 for a full bottle (the boxes are great value for money!) so i cant see myself buying it over my lush toner. great toner though!
The fourth product was a duck island body lotion, I wasn't really wowed by this. there Ive said it! This is where the issue with glossy boxes comes in, you cant choose the products so you literally could get anything, some get better than others! I was a bit gutted with this when i compared it to some of the other products people got. But yeah, still loved the smell and its effect so I'll just get over it!
Finally i received the Jason lip balm, loved this, the mint flavour was a bit much at first however its grown on me and so no longer bothers me! i use it constantly because it gives such a soft and smooth texture to your lips! plus its great for just £1.99!
So! What do you think? Does anyone subscribe to glossy box? what did you receive, were you impressed? Feel free to comment! I was pretty impressed with my box however i may wait a while until i get another, i suppose they re not very good for someone who doesn't like surprises! I shall see you all very soon with any luck, so look out for my next post, have a great week guys!
