November Glossy Box

Hey everyone! I'm sure by now, all of you will have heard of the Glossy Box. If not, it's a box of deluxe, high end samples that you get at the end of each month.

I've seen on a lot of blogs that some people have started to fall out of love with the Glossy Box and started drifting towards other boxes, such as Boudoir Privee, Carmine and Feel Unique. Although there are always hits and misses in the Glossy Box, I still like it on the whole.

In this box, I got:

Arbonne FC5 Cooloing Foot Creme.

I haven't used this yet, but I quite like the smell. It's not overly perfumed; it smells quite fresh and clean. I think I would have probably got more use out of the hand cream, but I'll definitely give this a go. f I don't like it on my feet, I'll just use it on my hand anyway. It's non-greasy and is supposed to 'hydrate rough, dry skin' and be a soothing and cooling cream. A full sized bottle will set you back £19, so I'll let you know if I think it's worth the money or not!

The next product I got was the Dead Sea Spa Magik Dead Sea Bath Salts.

The exfoliator from ths brand was sent out in Glossy Boxes back in September and I loved that, so I have some high hopes for this product. Although it's not particularly high end, at £5.50 for 1kg, there are some big claims made by the company! Dead Sea Spa Magik won at the 2011 Beauty Awards and claim that this product is 'fantastic for alleviating dry skn condtions' as well as t being a 'natural exfoliant'. These bath salts are supposed to 'remarkably improve skin texture'. I am always sceptical of claims like these, so I will defintely be giving these a go and seeing if this product lives up to the hype!

The third product from the box was the Monu Skin Perfector

This is a super light cream that is supposed to even out your skin and fill in any lines. It says it's a perfect base for your make up, so I'll be trying this out in the mornings. I hope it's not going to make my make up just slide off my face though! It smells okay - a bit perfumey for my liking, but it's bareable. This is a full size product and it retails for £16.25. I'm looking forward to giving this a go!

The next product was the Nail Rock Designer Nail Wraps.

Nail Rock is another brand that has been in the Glossy Box before. I'm not too keen on the design, I'm not really as massive fan of animal print! These nail wraps are supposed to last 7 days on finger nails and up to 8 weeks on the toe nails. The company say that these won't chip or stain your nails and don't take any time to dry. A set of nail wraps cost £6.65, which isn't too bad - if you like the pattern! I think I'll be giving these away.

The last sample in the box were 2 perfumes. The first was L'eau Serge Lutens and the second was Vitriol d'Oeillet. Both of these are by Serge Lutens.

Both these fragrences are designed to be worn by both men AND women, which I'm not always very keen on. I do really like L'Eau Serge Lutens, which s in the white box. It's a very clean smell and doesn't smell too old. However, Vitriol d'Oeillet is horrible! It's SO strong. It's supposed to smell lke carnations, but it's super over powering and I don't like it at all! For 50mls of these perfumes, it's £78 and for 100ml, it's £86... I think we can see which size is better vaule!!

Overall, I am quite happy with my box. I'm not overly excited about it, but it's got a few nice things in it.

Thanks for reading, and don't forget to follow me here and on Twitter! Let me know what you got in your beauty box this month and what you thnk of it in the comments below!

Celeste xo

Review: Stila Smudge Stick

So in my last post, I told you that I got a Stila Smudge Stick, waterproof liner in Moray in my October Glossy Box and I am absolutely over the moon with it!


Stila Smudge Stick in Moray

 First of all, the colour is so pretty! I've never owned an eye liner anything like this before. It's a dark metalic green with hollographic glitter through it - in some lights, the liner goes gold and silver. The colour is perfect for autumn and makes a great change from my usual black and brown liners.

This swatch doesn't do it any justice at all!



 As for staying power, this liner certainly does the trick! It lasted 14 hours on my eyes without running down my face, transferring into my crease or fading before I took it off to go to bed. This is the first pencil I've used that has impressed me as far as staying power goes. I switched to gel liner and used that religiously purely because it wouldn't budge; but this liner has definitely swayed me! I haven't used this pencil in the waterline yet, just because of the glitter. I will try it out and see how it goes, but for now, I am happy with gel liner in the water line as I'm 100% guarunteed that I won't have liner running down my cheeks within 2 hours of putting my make up on!

The texture of this pencil is so soft and smooth! It goes on almost like a cream which I really like - no one wants to be tugging on their eye lids with a sharp pencil while it scratches and irritates the skin! I'm really impressed because it applies as easily as a pencil, but looks and feels so much better!

The only downside of this product, I would say, is that it takes quite a few twists to wind the product up which worried me at first as I thought it was broken or there was only a minute amount of product in it. Also, once you've wound it up, it won't wind back down which could be pretty wasteful if it gets wound up too far and it gets mashed in the lid :(

This eye liner retails for £13, which is definitely a lot cheaper than my all-time favourite Bobbi Brown gel liners and I would absolutely repurchase this! I'm excited about the other colours that this liner comes in and I'm sure I'll be putting an order in soon. Being a Stila virgin, this liner has given me great first impressions of the brand. Overall, this product gets a gold star from me: I'm a very happy blogger!

October Glossy Box

Today, I came home to find my October Glossy Box. The theme for this month is 'Six Pack' as it is the 6th ever Glossy Box. To celebrate the 6 month milestone, the Glossy Box team included an extra item so there were 6 samples to try out this time.

As always, I was excited to see what treats they'd sent me, but this month, I have some mixed thoughts. I am all for trying new products, but as a 15 year old, I don't think I need any anti-aging treatments just yet.

There were 3 products from Dermalogica's 'AGE smart' range in the box:

(Left to Right) Dermalogica Multivitamin Thermafoliant £40.50, Dermalogica Renewal Lip Complex £22.50 and Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Recovery Masque £33.

There was also a small pouch to hold the 'Six Pack' that came in the box which I thought was a cute addition to the box.

Anyway, as I said, I am a teenager so I won't get the most use out of these pretty expensive samples, so I've decided to donate them to my mum for her to try and I will let you know her thoughts soon.

Also in the box was a pale pink nail polish from Leighton Denny Expert Nails. I was quite excited about this as I have used Leighton Denny polishes before and I absolutely love them!

Leighton Denny Expert Nails polish in Baby Doll £11

I love pale pinks on my nails, so I was glad to see I'd recieved Baby Doll in my box because I know I will get a lot of use out of this colour.

I also got a Stila Smudge Stick in Moray. This is great because I only ever wear waterproof eyeliners and the colour is so pretty - I can't believe I've never tried it before! It's a greeny-grey, goldish metallic liner with tiny specs of glitter through it. I can't wait to use it because it's so different yet subtle; I think it would be perfect for autumn as it's not as harsh as black but still has something special about it.

Stila Smudge Stick Waterproof Eyeliner in Moray £13

The swatches don't do it an justice at all, so I didn't upload them, but I can assure you that it's stunning.

The last thing in the box were 3 samples of perfume from Robert Piguet called Fraces de Robert Piguet, Visa de Robert Piguet and Calypso de Robert Piguet. In my opinion, these scents are a bit strong for me and I don't think they suit me. They cost £65 per 50ml bottle which is pretty pricey, if you ask me.

Overall, the best things in the box were the eye liner and the nail polish which were both full sized products. This made the box value for money but I hope the beauty profile is online so I'm more guaranteed to get 5 things that I will be able to use and like. Reviews of all the products from this month's box will be up as soon as I've used them for long enough to have a proper opinion on them. Let me know what you recieved in your Glossy Box and what your thoughts are in the comments below.