Another month, another beauty box…although on this occasion it’s a beauty bag! This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Birchbox has teamed up with Look Good Feel Better, which is a charity providing confidence boosting workshops to people suffering side effects of cancer. They have also added more skincare than make up this month to combat the effects of the colder weather on our skin!
On that note, lets start with the skincare products and first up is Balance Me Beauty Sleep Hyaluronic Mist (Full size RRP £20). This spray claims to hydrate, plump and smooth skin and also help you drift off to sleep. I always have a pillow spray by my bed so was intriged to try this. I really like the scent and did find it relaxing…although it didn’t come out in a fine mist as expected…more of a splatter! I can’t say if it has made any difference to my skin but it certainly feels nice.
Next we have Anna Sui Eye Make-up Remover (Full size RRP £12). As with other make-up remover products I’ve tried, I found this a little too greasy for my liking, although it did remove all my mascara. I will keep using this sample but I still prefer to use micellar water.
Moving onto shower products, we have Anatomicals Shower of Love Bergamot Cream Body Cleanser (Full size RRP £2). I have received a few shower gels from this brand but I don’t mind as I really like using them. This one is a Birchbox exclusive, it smells really nice and left my skin feeling soft and clean. Win!
Next up is Klorane Anti-Pollution Detox Shampoo with Aquatic Mint (Full size RRP £8). This is something I regularly moan about but I have counted and out of 11 boxes, I have received 5 separate shampoo and conditioners. It is so frustrating to get one or the other without it’s partner, so I was already annoyed about this before I even tried the product. The shampoo itself seems okay and it smells nice, but it’s hard to tell when I’m slathering a totally different conditioner on afterwards. I would much prefer to get the two and then I would know if they worked well and if I wanted to use again.
Last but not least we have Kiss and Smink The Everything (Full size RRP £15) which is a multi purpose cream stick and I chose the shade Tulum. I’m useless with cream products so I’m not really sure how to use this yet without making myself look patchy and weird. It is a very nice colour though so hopefully with a bit of practice, I will get the hang of it.
So that’s it for another month and I’d say this offering was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I liked the shower gel and the sleep mist…and I would have liked the shampoo more if it had come with the matching conditioner (come on Birchbox!). I wasn’t overly keen on the eye make-up remover or the multipurpose balm but then again, you’re not always going to like everything. The samples were all very small again this month which was a shame (apart from the balm which was full size) as it would be nice to get some more deluxe samples and full sized items. However, I’m already looking forward to seeing what next month brings!
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Until next time,
Kirsty x
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