I thought this month's theme was a little boring and vague in all honesty, I felt the box lacked it's usual feeling of 'togetherness' in the way all the items are explicitly linked, however the items themselves were of great interest to me. The item I was the most excited about was probably the La Roche Posay Hydreane BB Cream. The brand itself made me excited as I always hear such good things about it, but the fact that it was a BB cream also greatly excited me as I've been thinking lately about trying some lighter coverage products. Unfortunately I found a similar issue with this product as with many BB creams, which is that they tend to not really agree with my oily skin. However the product itself is lovely and I'm sure on a less oily skin it would be much better. The coverage is light and breathable but evens out the skin tone well, plus it smells fresh, is easy to apply and lasts all day as long as I remember to powder. I also received another Keratase product this month to my disappointment. It was the Couture Styling Laque Noire Hairspray which I am yet to try but I haven't really liked any of the other products from this range that I've received. It's a super strong hold hairspray, so I'm not sure I'll have a lot of use for it, but the size should make it good to travel with if nothing else. From the My Little Beauty range I got the Red Dingue Lip Colour which I had high hopes for as it looked like a more blue toned red in the tube, however it turned out to be a more pink toned red which was a slight disappointment to me, as this made it very similar to the So Susan lip colour that I received last month. On the plus side the product itself is lovely, the formula is great as it dries matte, similar to the Bourjois Matte Rouge Lipsticks and is very long lasting as a result.
I was also very excited to find the Alfa.K Nail Decals in my box this month, they are simply gorgeous and sooooo easy to apply. All you have to do is press the plastic sheet against your nails and they come right off. Beautiful nail art in no time at all. I think they look absolutely gorgeous used as an accent nail paired with my new Illamasqua nail varnish in DWS which I picked up for the bargain price of £3.99 in TKMaxx. I would definitely recommend them to anyone. I was slightly less pleased however with the American Vintage Scarf as I don't really wear scarves, whilst the pattern is pretty it's not something I would wear (I mostly only wear monochrome and not many patterns) and it's strangely small for a scarf so that it barely fits around my neck.
It was rather a mixed bag this month but I am quite pleased. For the price you can't really complain, I would have paid £15 for the La Roche Posay BB Cream alone, so overall it's definitely good value for money and really does bring excitement to my week when I open it. More than that I love the anticipation of it arriving, photographing it, writing about it, trying out all the products for the first time, writing reviews on them. For me it's not just about receiving the products themselves, is about the experience as well.
