My Little Gypset Box: August

My little box posts really are my favourite posts to photograph even when as with this particular box I don't loveeee the contents. Also I apologize for how late this is going up but It arrived late anyway then I was on holiday and then I got rather busy so sorry. I knew when I saw this theme that it wasn't gonna be one of my favourites but I'm still quite pleased. I was disappointed in the non-beauty items this month, whilst I liked the Hair Bobbles and they are useful to me (there was 4 but I'm currently wearing one!), I really didn't like the Bag. Whilst it had a pretty pattern on it, I just don't think I'll ever use it. However I did really enjoy the beauty items this month. The print was also really cute and I liked the quote. I got a Korres Body Milk to add to my growing collection of body moisturisers that I've received from My Little Box. It smells so nice and makes my skin feel lovely and soft. From there in house line I received a beautiful Bronzer Compact. How cute are those little yellow umbrellas?! Unfortunately the bronzer does look a little orange on my skin, but to be honest, almost every bronzer does. It has a lovely large mirror and also I like the fact that it is quite matte. I do however love the So Susan Colour Hybrid lip and cheek tint. It's a gorgeous colour and it buffs into the skin really well. However you have to make sure to only use the tiniest bit because it really is rather strong. Unlike a lot of double use products it isn't super drying on the lips either so can genuinely be used on both the cheeks and the lips.

I'd still recommend this subscription even with the occasional disappointing product because overall the quality really is great.

July My Little Box: My Little Roadtrip Box

Once again I'm finding myself wanting to type about how this is my favourite box that I have received but since I start nearly every My Little Box post with that, I'm instead going to tell you how after 5 boxes I am still consistently loving the items I receive and highly recommend this subscription service. I honestly think the two things that make this subscription stand out is the fact that you don't only receive beauty products which I think could get boring quite fast, particularly if they aren't items you would use and secondly the fact that so much thought is put into the theme of each box each month. 

This month was themed all around traveling and road trips and was so up my street because I have a serious case of wanderlust. I want to go everywhere and see everything, I really don't understand why you wouldn't. Top of my list are Istanbul, Paris and Marrakech at the moment. 

The first product in the box was the Garnier Micellar Water which is one of the few high street micellar waters I haven't tried so I was pretty excited to find that. A good makeup remover is obviously a travel essential and micellar waters are so much better then wipes, though they may be easier to transport; they're so much more effective and don't dry out your skin like wipes do.

From the My Little Box line I received a gorgeous After Sun Sorbet. A good moisturiser is always necessary when travelling and this one just smells so amazing, reminiscent of sun lotion and thus smells just like holidays to me. It's a gorgeous gel consistency that is so cooling on the skin and really is very moisturising.

When I first saw the Essie Nail Polish I wasn't too sure about the colour (DJ play that song) as I'm not usually a fan of pinks/purples but when I tried out I really liked how bright and summery it was. It's a nice change to the usual pastel colours for summer.

For the non-beauty items My Little Box have partnered with Bic to provide a Bic Stylus Pen which is super useful for when I'm switching between researching things on my tablet and writing notes on actual paper (Writing things on tablets and phones is never quite as satisfying for me). They also send a super cute Postcard Book which you can write about your travels in and then post home to yourself full of memories or maybe send to a friend to let them know all about your adventures. I'm heading to Edinburgh with my family later in the summer for the Fringe Festival and think this is a great idea for then because I can write about all the shows I see and all the tourist-y things I do and then post it home to myself full of tickets and other little mementos and stick it into my Smash Journal when I get home.

The Flash Tattoos were an excellent on-trend addition to the box and as you can see in the photo above I wore the bird ones on my collar bone (Inspired by Tris from Divergent! )when I attended a party and they stayed on remarkable well and lasted for almost 2 days. I cant wait to use the others over the summer, especially the wave one.

The last non-beauty item in the box had me beyond excited. Although I'm not actually going anywhere but Edinburgh and maybe London over the summer, I had been lusting after all the gorgeous travel organisers in Paperchase so when this Travel Organiser landed on my doorstep how could I not be ecstatic. It has loads of pockets perfect for keeping your passport, plane tickets, maps, attraction tickets, currency, any mementos that you pick up along the way plus anything else at all really. It also came in the cutest little box that said 'never stop exploring',  the packaging in these boxes is just so cute I always keep it but I just don't know what to do with it!

The Magazine was once again a big fold out poster which I'm not a huge fan of, though I'm not a huge fan of the magazine as a whole, I personally don't find it that interesting to read except for the odd article. The interview this month was quite interesting though I miss the old style of magazine that I got in my very first box which was a proper glossy style magazine.

Once again I'm going to recommend this subscription service if you're looking for a regular delivery of exciting beauty and lifestyle items that won't disappoint! 

PS I did not realise how long that was, congrats if you stayed till the end!

April My Little Box Review

So this month's theme was the My Little Dream Box, I thought this was a much more interesting theme than last month's. I loved the design on the box and the little cloud with the quote will look so cute on my wall next to my Eiffel Tower. The theme is honestly the thing I love most about the box, the fact that everything ties together just makes it so much more special in my opinion. And the bags, the little drawstring bags are just so adorable! I really need to find a use for them asap (along with the boxes).

Each month you get one beauty product from their in house beauty range, 2 beauty products from other affiliate companies (which come in the little drawstring bags), 2 lifestyle products and a magazine. The magazine has interviews with interesting people from around the world and always includes a nail art tutorial. This month it was a tutorial for ombre nails which I love doing plus the magazine folded out to make a giant poster of a girl and a peacock.

I still haven't decided if I like the Cowshed Wild Cow Invigorating Body Lotion as it has a really strong ginger smell which whilst invigorating as the name suggests, is just rather overpowering. However it made my skin feel super soft and smooth when I tried it out.

Loved by Lou Lesage Rouge Balm is a very sheer red lipbalm which will be perfect for keeping in my school bag for when my lips need a little something. It feels moisturizing on the lips, if a little sticky but leaves a nice natural sheen and tint.

The Bonne Etoile Necklace came packaged in the cutest little paper cloud that had been sewn together with the quote ' Once upon a dream...' printed on it. It was so exciting to open! Its such a pretty little necklace and I love the fact that it's in French because it means that not everyone can read it. My only complaint is that I would prefer it if it had a black cord because black is basically the only colour I wear.

The second lifestyle product this month was a very cute Stamp and Ink Pad, it has 12 options on it, 4 of which are in French which I had to ask my friend to translate! They range from 'To Do' to 'Wow!' and 'Merci Beaucoup'. I'm not entirely sure what I'll be doing with it, but it should be useful for scrapbooking :)

I used the My Little Beauty Repairing Hair Mask straight after I opened the box and was quite pleased with it, it was definitely one of the better hair masks I've tried as it left my hair feeling clean but nourished however it wasn't a 'wow' product. Nothing will ever compare to the Mark Hill hair mask I use though. However it does smell lovely, quite sweet but fresh, very shampoo-ey if that makes sense, quite a typical smell.

So overall I'm still very pleased with the service that My Little Box delivers and can't wait for next months. What's your opinion on monthly subscription boxes?

My Little Box: March

So I've been looking at monthly subscription boxes for a few years now, I think the concept is so exciting, getting sent a bunch of surprise products each month to try, all at a greatly reduced price usually.The main reason I've never signed up for one before is because I've never found one that I thought was really good value for money and had interesting products in it. Cue My Little Box, the thing that first interested me in this box was the gorgeous illustrations on it, I think it's great that everything is linked together through the illustrations. I also loved the fact that rather than just getting beauty products you also get a lifestyle product or two each month. But I think the most convincing factor was that their partner brands are so good, for example L'oreal, Carmex, Nyx, Essie, Elizabeth Arden and Bourjois. So I took the plunge and waited 2 weeks for my box to arrive, I tried to avoid spoilers but I couldn't resist checking the instagram tags (Oops), and I have to say I was rather pleased.

In the box I received a Wonder Woman themed sticker sheet, the magazine which comes with every box, a rather cute 'I believe I can fly' T-Shirt, a L'oreal kerastase conditioner, a Caudalie Paris hand cream and a lip and cheek stick form my little beauty.  The sticker sheet isn't amazing, but I'll probs stick them on my school journal as they're quite motivational which I always need at school :) The T-Shirt I like and will wear and the magazine I found to be rather interesting. I thought it was gonna be really boring but I actually found it very interesting I especially liked the Philol Article and the quotes pages. Moving onto the products, the conditioner I have used once and found it to be disappointingly average, but I'll keep using it and see if my opinion changes. The hand cream smells absolutely amazing and makes my hands feel lovely and soft but no more or less so then any other hand cream I've used. And finally the lip and cheek stick, I'm not really a great believer of multi use products, I'd much rather have two good products then one sub-par one. and whilst I love the colour of this as a blush the formula is absolutely useless as a lipstick.

So there we go, that's my opinion on everything. Whilst it doesn't sound like I'm very pleased with the box  overall I actually am and I'm very excited to see what I receive next month.

PS you can use the promo code FIRSTBOX to get your first box for £11 instead of £14.95