Tag: Subscription Box

Boxycharm November 2017 Subscription Box Review

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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.

If you would like to subscribe you can use my referral link HERE. I don’t get anything other then points but would really appreciate it but do as you feel comfortable you are also welcome to use the link in the header that leads to the regular homepage.

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.

Here is another very late post. Oops

Winky Lux Kitten Palette

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $25

 

Love a full sized eyeshadow palette. No really I love a good fullsized eyeshadow palette I collect them. And the packaging on this is pretty damn cute with the kittens and the flowers. It is like the internet threw up on it.

With Flash

Without Flash

Unfortunately the formula isn’t great the shimmery shades are ok but the mattes needs some help.  The mattes are patchy and not super pigmented. They all feel really soft and wonderful but the pigment isn’t where I would like it to be.

Laqa & Co. Cloud Lips in Sunshower

Full Size: 2.6 g

Full Size Cost: $17

Sample Size: 2.6 g

Value: $17

This is so not the type of red that I go for. It is not even the formula I go for I like dark matte lips or really crazy colors like greens and blues. This is your very classic movie star cream finish red lip. But omg it is so comfortable it is the nicest feeling thing I have ever put on my lips it really does feel like a cloud is so smooth and doesn’t get in the lines in your mouth it just looks and feels so nice. I want to hate this but I kinda love it but I don’t know that I feel able to pull this off out in public. It does wear decently nice but it transfers on everything.

KNC Beauty Collagen Lip Masks

Full Size: 5 masks

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 3 masks

Value: $15

Oh I have some opinion on this. I was bored so I was like ok let me give this a try. I put it on and its huge first of all and like weirdly wet but not. It does not stay on your mouth well the parts on your lips feels ok but it is really uncomfortable on the skin I definitely didn’t like it and didn’t make the full 15 minutes maybe 10. So I was like ok that is a bust product. Then I looked in the mirror and my lips looked plumped and smooth and lipstick went on really nice after. So I do like the results just hate using the product.

Cover FX Illuminating Setting Spray

Full Size: 4 oz

Full Size Cost: $31

Sample Size: 4 oz

Value: $31

The only thing I can really say about this is why? It is a fucking glitter setting spray why on Earth would anyone want that. It sprays fucking glitter and I shook it really well and there was still glitter all over me all over my clothes I just can’t understand what you would ever want that for.

Luxie Beauty Quad Eye Travel Set

Full Size: 4 brushes

Full Size Cost: $32

Sample Size: 4 brushes

Value: $32

I linked to the mini brushes but that isn’t what these are these are travel sized full sized brushes. I actually don’t love the mini brushes I find them a little flimsy but these are true mini versions of the full sized brushes so these I am thrilled to have.

Total: $120

This was such an unexpected month for me. The items I thought I would hate, the lipstick and the lip masks, I love and the items I thought I would love, the setting spray and the palette, I am not the crazy about.

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Glamour Ghouls Beauty Bag November 2017

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Glamour Ghouls Beauty Bag

Cost: $10 monthly + $3 shipping

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: A beauty bag for all of us strange and unusual beauty lovers out there. Those of us who like things a little darker and creepier then the average beauty lover. I am a huge horror lover still wear all black all day every day. I would rather go to a metal show then a club any day of the week. I personally think my aesthetic is goth my little pony so this was a subscription right up my alley.

I have review one of the normal Glamour Ghoul Boxes before you can check that one out HERE. Just like that box you have to sign up for this box every month and if you miss the preorder you miss that month but you always can try again next month. They will feature all Indie Brands

This was the inaugural beauty bag for Glamour Ghouls so I was really excited I got this one in November and am signed up for the December one as well. And then I will decide if this is something I wish to continue in the future. (I am not getting the January Bag).

As is par for the course when dealing with small indie brands there are often delays and what not this box did come very late to the end of November but still came before the month was up (more then I can say for my November reviews) so I consider that a success for them on their first box.

So I saw some other posts and a variety of bags were sent out lots of cute plaids and ghosties and I of course got spiders, I HATE spiders, just my luck. Everyone did receive the same products though. I also really appreciate the little card with details on the companies so you can find them because that is hard with indie brands sometimes.

Chirality Polish in The Night Runner (mini size)

Full Size: 5 ml

Full Size Cost: $5

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5

I never paint my nails as you can tell by the hack job in this swatch but omg is this just gorgeous it makes me want to get my nails done it is so pretty and holographic and just mesmerizing to look at.  It is a greeny brown base with multicolored holographic glitter in it. I am keeping this because I just have to maybe I’ll get my nails done.

Rebel Rouge Labs Lip Balm in Blue Raspberry

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $2.50

 

This is not currently for sale but according to the Instagram account this is valued at $2.50 which is really inexpensive for an indie chapstick and a ton of product. I hate to beat up on an small brand but I do have to be honest this is not my favorite. I do not like pot style chapsticks and my tin arrive all beat up and dented. This does smell just like blue raspberry though. I just don’t know how much use I will get out of it. It is very slick on the lips and kinda messy.

Spoiled Lips Liquid Lipstick in Poker Face

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $11

 

I have a few of these all received in connection with Glamour Ghouls actually one in the Batty Box and 2 that came with they collaboration eyeshadow palette which I loved. Unfortunately I don’t love the formula. It is hard to work with it is patch and dries extremely quickly and while it does stay on forever you can see how dry it is so it doesn’t always look the best. I will keep them because they are such fun colors but it is more of a special look for a picture type of lipstick for me then something I would be comfortable wearing out and about being so dry. This is a very poop brown type of color. Swatched Below.

Dirty Glam Cosmetics

Full Size:

Full Size Cost: $

Sample Size:

Value: $

As is often the story with Indie Brands people have lives and the owner is currently on vacation so I I don’t have any information on this product I will update it next week when the site it live again. This is a gorgeous gold loose shadow mush thinner and sheerer then a Medusa’s Makeup pigment but still very nice and holiday appropriate I may actually wear it this Saturday to a Christmas Party I will update with that picture too if I do. I tend to wing my makeup with how I am feeling that day. Swatched Below.

Total: $18.50 without the eyeshadow

So the value is there you are getting probably double your money which is great and what I expect out of a subscription of this type. For first impressions I am unfortunately meh about this box but I truly love the concept so will probably keep picking up bags here and there even if it is not a regular monthly thing I do.

 

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Ipsy November 2017 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 annual

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Ipsy sends out a cute makeup bag of samples and full size items. you can review your bag for points that you can trade in for reward items. The rewards change often and the range between 100 points and 1000 points. You can get up to 95 points every month.

If you want to subscribe you can subscribe HERE and skip the waitlist. That is my referral link so I do get points to spend but I’m not an affiliate I don’t make any money or anything it’s just one beauty junkie to another.

Well here is another very very late review. But here it is all the same. There is going to be a day by day opening of an advent calendar on my Instagram soon so stay tuned for that.

SL Miss Glam B36 Tapered Highlight Brush

Full Size: Set of 5

Full Size Cost: $69.99

Sample Size: 1 brush

Value: $14

So you can’t buy these brushes individually so I found a tapered highlight in on of the sets and based it off that. It seems like a really nice quality brush but I am not a huge fan of the rhinestones on the ferrel.

Skyn Iceland Berry Lip Fix

Full Size: 12 ml

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5.83

I have been on a real fancy lip balm kick so this is really cool. It is a nice berry scent but I’m eh about the texture it is almost like smoothly gritty. I know that doesn’t make any sense but that is the best way I can describe it.

Lime Crime Diamond Crusher in Lit

Full Size: ?

Full Size Cost: $8

Sample Size: ?

Value: $8

There is no size listed but this mini is for sale so I am going with that price. This is the  most sparkely omg thing ever. I just wanted to paint myself in it. It is supposed to be a lip topped but is definitely opaque enough to wear on its own. Swatched Below.

Tini Beauty Barfly Highlighter in Candlelit

Full Size: 0.12 oz

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 0.12 oz

Value: $12

This is a really pretty cream highlighter it is very buildable but such a pretty soft but in your face cream. Is shows up as more of a pinky pearl then a real candlelit color though. Swatched Below.

Colourpop Pressed Shadow in Paper Tiger

Full Size: 1.5 g

Full Size Cost: $4

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $4

I was really hoping for the other shade that was sent out this mustardy yellow color is just not my thing. The formula is very smooth and pigmented so I would definitely see myself trying more in the future. Swatched Below.

Lip topper, highlight, eyeshadow

I was pleasantly surprised with this months bag probably the best one all year. Good Job Ipsy!

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $43.83

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 3

Tools: 1

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 4

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 1

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