Boxycharm
Cost: $21
Cycle: Every Month
What is it:
Boxycharm sends out 4 to 5 full size items every month which makes it really unique among the boxes I subscribe to. It is a nice change to get all full size products especially for the reasonable price of $21 which is usually less then the cost of one item in the box.
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You can also review your products and get “charms” which are their versions of points that you can use as money off in their shop.
Another decent month for me. I always have to be really cautious and not get my hopes up for Boxycharm because alot of times the stuff doesn’t end up working out for me. I really like that they actually stuck to the happy summery festival vibes theme.
Full Size: 3 brushes
Full Size Cost: $28
I love Luxie Brushes I can never have enough of them lol. I like that they changed it up a bit and did a pink to yellow ombre it is cute. The eyeshadow brush heads are pretty standard and nice and soft. The Small contouring brush is a bit of an odd shape it really dense and fluffy looking but kinda pinched in. I have nothing like it. This set contains 209 Large Shader, 245 Small Shader (more like a mini concealer brush then a shader) and 512 Small Contouring.
Appeal Cosmetics Holographic Lip Gloss in Posh
Full Size: 2.2 g
Full Size Cost: $21
I am not opening this to swatch because I would never ever use this I am not a gloss person at all and I already have too much gloss. This looks super pretty in the tube and I like the pretty packaging with the metallic blue cap.
Bodyography Eye Pencil in Bali Bronze
Full Size: 1.1 g
Full Size Cost: $14
This claims “These eye pencils are rigid enough to provide a crisp, clean line yet can easily be smudged during application for a smokey effect.” Rigid is for sure true this is horrible I could not get any pigment off on my eyes because this is so stiff and hard. I hate eyeliners that are painful to use. This sucks because I really wanted this color in my collection and this did not work at all. It was hard to even get a swatch. Swatched Below.
Artist Couture Diamond Glow Powder in Purple Dream
Full Size: 4.5 g
Full Size Cost: $27
We have received a diamond glow powder before but it was in a different shade. I normally don’t like using loose highlighters because they are messy but I can make an exception for these because they are so gorgeous. This looks very peachy/orange in the pot but on the skin it is really like a light peach like pearly color with heavy purple shift. I love it it looks so amazingly pretty on. I lasted for hours on my face through working as I was starting to get sick so this is The star of the box for me I think. Swatched Below.
The swatch does not do this highlighter justice. All that glitter is from doing the palette swatched I should have done these first the glitter just sticks to you and does not go away.
Pur Cosmetics Festival Palette
Full Size: 15.5 g (12 shades)
Full Size Cost: $36
Another Pur eyeshadow palette. This time a fairly neutral palette masquerading as colorful. This is a technically a pressed pigment palette I am guessing from the performance of the pink shade and the glitters. This is alright but it really needs to be built up on the eyes and takes alot of fussing which I don’t love but it also meas there is little to no fallout which is also nice. The pink stains like no tomorrow this might be the most staining eyeshadow I have ever had almost to the point that it bothers me and staining usually doesn’t annoy me but this is excessive it still looked like I was wearing the shadow after I took it off. These glitters are pretty cool they are a bit sticky and really hang together you almost don’t even need a glitter glue for these they are also very very pretty. 24k Magic is like wow omg Gold and Firework is a really pretty pink and gold glitter.
There was also a sample of their eyeshadow primer Get a Grip in here which is good timing I am gona take it on my trip next month with me and test it out. I am not including it in the value but I love when palettes include eyeshadow primer samples I wish more palettes did.
I like the eyeshadow palette even though I don’t love it and I love the brushes and highlighter. The lip gloss and eyeliner is a fail for me but still I’m happier with this box then I was with January and February’s boxes.
Total: $126
Total Value to Me: $91
<3 Nightmare Before Makeup