I've been super excited to receive my first glossy box after hearing so many good things about the subscription.
Glossybox is a monthly subscription service where you receive 5 make-up products (mostly full-sized) for just £10.00! After hearing about this from a friend, I thought that paying just £10.00 for over £60.00 worth of products was a no-brainer and signed up to try it out - I am not disappointed.
First of all, the design and packaging of the box is beautiful! A very simple but attractive design. When you first open the box, you find a card of information with all the products on - this describes the product and also gives you the normal price of the product and where it can be purchased from.
Underneath this is the best part; the 5 beauty products.
The first item I picked out was a beautiful, nude-pink nail varnish called UPTOWN from NAILSINC. This product was full-sized and can be purchased from www.nailsinc.com for £11.00.
The first thing to point out is that, just this nail varnish alone, is more than what you actually pay for the whole box!
The nail varnish itself dried very quickly which is perfect for people like myself who get frustrated waiting for their nail varnish to dry. The consistency of the product was a little thin which made it slightly harder to apply neatly but apart from that I loved everything else about the nail varnish. The colour itself looks so pretty on my nails and has a slightly matte-finish but for £11.00 I don't think I would be purchasing this myself.
The next product in my box was the traceless invisibobble hair ring which can be purchased on amazon for around £4.00. Although this was the cheapest product in my box, this was probably my most useful one and I have actually been meaning to get some of these for a while. These bobbles are easy-to-use, prevent kinks appearing in the hair and reduces the chance of split ends whilst still having a strong grip on the hair.
For someone like myself who regularly gets headaches from having their hair up, this is the perfect hair tie as it puts a lot less tension on the hair than a normal hair tie would.
The third product in my box was MARIA NILA Luminous Colour Hair Masque which was also a full-sized product. This would usually be £18.95 and can be found on www.sallyexpress.com.
I wasn't crazy about the packaging of this product at first but the pomegranate scent of the product itself is gorgeous.
This product is for colour-damaged hair which needs deep nourishment or coloured hair which needs colour protection to sustain it.
I also have a 20% off code on Maria Nila products on the www.sallyexpress.com website if you are interested in trying out any for their products: GLOSSYMN (valid until 31/10/2015).
The next product in the box was MARSK Eyeshadow Brush pro which is (obviously) full-sized and can be purchased on www.marsk.com for £16.70.
The brush is shaped to a pointed end and has tight, compact bristles. It gathers eyeshadow really well and deposits it onto the eyelid accurately. It's perfect for applying a base coat of eyeshadow which you can then go on to blend out for a smokey look.
The final product in my glossybox was a BELLAPIERRE COSMETICS Shimmer powder in the colour WHESEK. The colour of the powder is a shimmery grey-silver which is the perfect base colour for a smokey-eyed look. This is a full-sized product which can be purchased on www.bellapierre.co.uk for £12.99 where they have a range of beautiful, pigmented colours. I would definitely purchase another one of these in a different colour as the quality of the product is wonderful and a little of this powder goes a long way; this means it will last you a decent amount of time and therefore, is worth the price you pay.
I am extremely happy with this month's GLOSSYBOX where the products I received totalled at £63.64 and I really do suggest you take a look at their subscription service too. If you are interested in signing up for their subscription, please do so through my personal link (www.glossybox.co.uk) as I receive GLOSSYBOX points which you can collect to receive a free box :)
Thank you so much for reading!
Holly Amber x
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