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I’ve been busy this week so my August Empties post is a little bit late…

August Empties

YSL Shocking Mascara – This is my second favourite mascara, behind Lancome Hypnose. It seems to dry out quite quickly though which is annoying, but I love how it looks.

Weleda Almond Cleanser – I had a small sample tube of this which had a couple of days worth of cleanser. It felt lovely and gentle but didn’t feel as thorough as oil or balm cleansers and I had to use a separate eye make-up remover as well. I won’t be buying it as prefer other cleansers.

Sanctuary Active Reverse 30 Day Thermal Transformation Mask – That’s such a long name for a mask! I really liked this, you can read my review here.

Inlight Organic Face Cleanser – An absolutely gorgeous cleanser, I loved using this. My review is here.

L’Oreal Elvive Full Restore Replenishing Masque – I’ve used a sample of this before. It’s okay; not amazing, but does an alright job at leaving my hair feeling detangled.

Gentle Green Soothing Cream – Baby N used this more than me to be honest! It’s a brilliant product, very effective. My full review can be found here.

Nivea Soft Moisturising Cream – This is a good cream for the body, I wouldn’t use it on my face though. It smells just like holidays, it has that classic “Nivea suncream” smell. A total bargain too!

Lancome Teint Miracle Foundation – This little bottle came in the Selfridges Advent Calendar I got the Christmas before last; amazingly enough the shade was perfect for me! It’s a nice foundation, I would buy it again but only if my preferred foundation (Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua!) wasn’t available.

Dead Sea Spa Magik Silky Smooth Body Lotion – I have had a few tubes of this stuff now and I keep changing my mind. I would probably never buy it as there are other lotions that appeal to me more.

Derma E samples – I love the cleanser from this range. I needed a separate eye make-up remover but otherwise it’s very thorough. The moisturisers I didn’t love as much, I doubt I’d buy them!

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August Empties

I’ve been busy this week so my August Empties post is a little bit late…

August Empties

YSL Shocking Mascara – This is my second favourite mascara, behind Lancome Hypnose. It seems to dry out quite quickly though which is annoying, but I love how it looks.

Weleda Almond Cleanser – I had a small sample tube of this which had a couple of days worth of cleanser. It felt lovely and gentle but didn’t feel as thorough as oil or balm cleansers and I had to use a separate eye make-up remover as well. I won’t be buying it as prefer other cleansers.

Sanctuary Active Reverse 30 Day Thermal Transformation Mask – That’s such a long name for a mask! I really liked this, you can read my review here.

Inlight Organic Face Cleanser – An absolutely gorgeous cleanser, I loved using this. My review is here.

L’Oreal Elvive Full Restore Replenishing Masque – I’ve used a sample of this before. It’s okay; not amazing, but does an alright job at leaving my hair feeling detangled.

Gentle Green Soothing Cream – Baby N used this more than me to be honest! It’s a brilliant product, very effective. My full review can be found here.

Nivea Soft Moisturising Cream – This is a good cream for the body, I wouldn’t use it on my face though. It smells just like holidays, it has that classic “Nivea suncream” smell. A total bargain too!

Lancome Teint Miracle Foundation – This little bottle came in the Selfridges Advent Calendar I got the Christmas before last; amazingly enough the shade was perfect for me! It’s a nice foundation, I would buy it again but only if my preferred foundation (Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua!) wasn’t available.

Dead Sea Spa Magik Silky Smooth Body Lotion – I have had a few tubes of this stuff now and I keep changing my mind. I would probably never buy it as there are other lotions that appeal to me more.

Derma E samples – I love the cleanser from this range. I needed a separate eye make-up remover but otherwise it’s very thorough. The moisturisers I didn’t love as much, I doubt I’d buy them!

Link me to your Empties posts pretty please!

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My July beauty box from Birchbox arrived this afternoon and on first glance I’m pretty happy with what I received!

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Jet Set is the theme of the July beauty box from Birchbox; here’s what I got in mine:

VitaBella Anti-Aging Face Mask – This looks so interesting; you pour the oil over the “tablet” which unfolds into a mask that you then place on your face. I can’t wait to try it! It’s a 13ml bottle and one “tablet”.

Blanc Cachemire Creme de Jour Protectrice -  I think that translates as something like protective day cream. I love getting moisturisers in beauty boxes as I’m a total product tart and rarely stick to the same thing. I got a 15ml tube.

theBalm cosmetics InStain Long Wearing Powder Staining Blush – I love the cute little packaging and I’m intrigued by the description “powder staining blush”. What does that mean! I got a peach shade called Swiss Dot. It’s 0.5g.

Reverence de Bastien VolupTHE Hand Cream – I do get through a lot of hand creams since having Baby N but getting them in beauty boxes doesn’t really excite me. It smells nice! It’s a 25ml tube.

Dead Sea Spa Magik Silky Smooth Body Lotion – I have tried this body lotion before as I got a tube of it in a previous beauty box. It’s a 25ml tube.

The Chia Co Chia Shots – This was a ‘lifestyle extra’. I’m interested to try these as they’re apparently full of omega 3 and protein. I don’t think I’ll go to the effort of making a smoothie, I’ll probably just sprinkle it over my porridge or a salad! This is a 8g sachet.

Apart from the hand cream, which I’m just indifferent about, I’m happy with my box this month. I can’t wait to try the face mask and the blusher and I’m really intrigued by the chia seeds.

If you like the look of the Birchbox beauty box and want to sign up, please feel free to use my referral link: http://birchbox.co.uk/?raf=674. The box costs £10 per month plus p+p.

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Birchbox – July Beauty Box

My July beauty box from Birchbox arrived this afternoon and on first glance I’m pretty happy with what I received!

20130717_133540

20130717_133833

Jet Set is the theme of the July beauty box from Birchbox; here’s what I got in mine:

VitaBella Anti-Aging Face Mask – This looks so interesting; you pour the oil over the “tablet” which unfolds into a mask that you then place on your face. I can’t wait to try it! It’s a 13ml bottle and one “tablet”.

Blanc Cachemire Creme de Jour Protectrice -  I think that translates as something like protective day cream. I love getting moisturisers in beauty boxes as I’m a total product tart and rarely stick to the same thing. I got a 15ml tube.

theBalm cosmetics InStain Long Wearing Powder Staining Blush – I love the cute little packaging and I’m intrigued by the description “powder staining blush”. What does that mean! I got a peach shade called Swiss Dot. It’s 0.5g.

Reverence de Bastien VolupTHE Hand Cream – I do get through a lot of hand creams since having Baby N but getting them in beauty boxes doesn’t really excite me. It smells nice! It’s a 25ml tube.

Dead Sea Spa Magik Silky Smooth Body Lotion – I have tried this body lotion before as I got a tube of it in a previous beauty box. It’s a 25ml tube.

The Chia Co Chia Shots – This was a ‘lifestyle extra’. I’m interested to try these as they’re apparently full of omega 3 and protein. I don’t think I’ll go to the effort of making a smoothie, I’ll probably just sprinkle it over my porridge or a salad! This is a 8g sachet.

Apart from the hand cream, which I’m just indifferent about, I’m happy with my box this month. I can’t wait to try the face mask and the blusher and I’m really intrigued by the chia seeds.

If you like the look of the Birchbox beauty box and want to sign up, please feel free to use my referral link: http://birchbox.co.uk/?raf=674. The box costs £10 per month plus p+p.

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I’m starting to find more of a routine with my baby boy, meaning I’m getting a little bit more time in the shower as well as time to put on a touch of make-up, woohoo! So last month I did use up several products; interestingly a couple of make-up items – make-up normally takes me forever to use – as well as quite a few sachet samples from magazines or received in the post.

December Empties
December Empties Samples

Ritessens Velvet Cleansing Milk – This came in the October Beauty Box from Joliebox. Apart from smelling lovely, I didn’t like this cleanser. It didn’t remove make-up very well so I used it as an AM cleanser. It left a slightly greasy feeling to my skin and seemed difficult to remove.

Soap & Glory Scrub of Your Life – For Christmas I got the Small Wonders set and this was one of the products. Yep, I’ve used it all up already! I think “scrub of your life is a bit far-fetched as it’s more like an exfoliating shower gel rather than a proper scrub.

Molton Brown Black Pepper Body Wash – This was part of a gift set of 4 or 5 miniature products. I think this must be a men’s product as it smells so, well, manly!

Decleor Phytopeel Natural Exfoliating Cream – I’ve had this lurking about for ages as it came in a Feel Unique Beauty Box.  It exfoliates by absorbing impurities rather than scrubbing them away. You apply to your face, let it dry then massage away. It was nice but I admit I do like an exfoliator with “bits”!

Lancome Hypnose – Whenever anyone on Twitter asks for mascara recommendations, you’ll always finding me bleating away “Lancome Hypnose! Lancome Hypnose!” I have always loved Lancome mascaras and this is their best one in my opinion. It adds volume, lengthens and defines, doesn’t clump no matter how many coats you apply, the brush is fab and the mascara is deeply black. It’s just perfect!

Dead Sea Spa Magik Gentle Cleansing Facial Wash – This gentle foaming cleanser came in the November Beauty Box from Joliebox. I used it as an AM cleanser in my morning shower. It left my face feeling squeaky clean – I don’t think that’s a good thing!

STUDIOMAKEUP Line Styler Pen – I loved this eyeliner! I’d always loved the way liquid liner looks but am useless at applying it. The thick tip of this liner made it so easy to apply and it was long-lasting too.

L’Oreal EverPure Shampoo & Conditioner – I saw these products on offer in Superdrug a few months ago and after trying the samples I wish I’d bought them now as my hair felt fab. I’ll need to keep an eye out for when they’re on offer again.

Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula – I have samples from this brand coming out of my ears! It’s a hangover from being pregnant, Palmers have managed to get themselves in all the little preggo packs!

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB – Everyone loves BB creams – except for me it seems! I didn’t like this and you can see from the three empty sachets I did give it a fair go! I’ve tried loads but don’t like any of them, except for the next product…

Rimmel BB Cream – Now this I love! I am going to buy some of this for days when I don’t want (or can’t be bothered) to put foundation on, but don’t want to go completely bare-faced.

Clarins Skin Illusion Foundation – Despite having olive skin these magazines sachets always seem to be my shade, lucky me! This was a nice enough foundation with light-medium coverage, but I prefer my Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua.

Max Factor Face Finity All Day Flawless 3-in-1 Foundation – The idea of primer, foundation and concealer in one is great but I found this to be far too heavy. And I still needed concealer anyway.
Hmm, I didn’t like quite a lot of stuff this time round, but the stuff I did like I loved! And I’ve made a good dent in my “sachets” box. Let me know if you have an Empties post by leaving a comment below.

December Empties

I’m starting to find more of a routine with my baby boy, meaning I’m getting a little bit more time in the shower as well as time to put on a touch of make-up, woohoo! So last month I did use up several products; interestingly a couple of make-up items – make-up normally takes me forever to use – as well as quite a few sachet samples from magazines or received in the post.

December Empties
December Empties Samples

Ritessens Velvet Cleansing Milk – This came in the October Beauty Box from Joliebox. Apart from smelling lovely, I didn’t like this cleanser. It didn’t remove make-up very well so I used it as an AM cleanser. It left a slightly greasy feeling to my skin and seemed difficult to remove.

Soap & Glory Scrub of Your Life – For Christmas I got the Small Wonders set and this was one of the products. Yep, I’ve used it all up already! I think “scrub of your life is a bit far-fetched as it’s more like an exfoliating shower gel rather than a proper scrub.

Molton Brown Black Pepper Body Wash – This was part of a gift set of 4 or 5 miniature products. I think this must be a men’s product as it smells so, well, manly!

Decleor Phytopeel Natural Exfoliating Cream – I’ve had this lurking about for ages as it came in a Feel Unique Beauty Box.  It exfoliates by absorbing impurities rather than scrubbing them away. You apply to your face, let it dry then massage away. It was nice but I admit I do like an exfoliator with “bits”!

Lancome Hypnose – Whenever anyone on Twitter asks for mascara recommendations, you’ll always finding me bleating away “Lancome Hypnose! Lancome Hypnose!” I have always loved Lancome mascaras and this is their best one in my opinion. It adds volume, lengthens and defines, doesn’t clump no matter how many coats you apply, the brush is fab and the mascara is deeply black. It’s just perfect!

Dead Sea Spa Magik Gentle Cleansing Facial Wash – This gentle foaming cleanser came in the November Beauty Box from Joliebox. I used it as an AM cleanser in my morning shower. It left my face feeling squeaky clean – I don’t think that’s a good thing!

STUDIOMAKEUP Line Styler Pen – I loved this eyeliner! I’d always loved the way liquid liner looks but am useless at applying it. The thick tip of this liner made it so easy to apply and it was long-lasting too.

L’Oreal EverPure Shampoo & Conditioner – I saw these products on offer in Superdrug a few months ago and after trying the samples I wish I’d bought them now as my hair felt fab. I’ll need to keep an eye out for when they’re on offer again.

Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula – I have samples from this brand coming out of my ears! It’s a hangover from being pregnant, Palmers have managed to get themselves in all the little preggo packs!

Maybelline Dream Fresh BB – Everyone loves BB creams – except for me it seems! I didn’t like this and you can see from the three empty sachets I did give it a fair go! I’ve tried loads but don’t like any of them, except for the next product…

Rimmel BB Cream – Now this I love! I am going to buy some of this for days when I don’t want (or can’t be bothered) to put foundation on, but don’t want to go completely bare-faced.

Clarins Skin Illusion Foundation – Despite having olive skin these magazines sachets always seem to be my shade, lucky me! This was a nice enough foundation with light-medium coverage, but I prefer my Chanel Vitalumiere Aqua.

Max Factor Face Finity All Day Flawless 3-in-1 Foundation – The idea of primer, foundation and concealer in one is great but I found this to be far too heavy. And I still needed concealer anyway.
Hmm, I didn’t like quite a lot of stuff this time round, but the stuff I did like I loved! And I’ve made a good dent in my “sachets” box. Let me know if you have an Empties post by leaving a comment below.

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