tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15112891236105673232024-02-19T04:15:45.783-08:00So far, so goodJusqu'ici tout va bienAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10872726881772587035noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1511289123610567323.post-53695539833292169102013-05-16T15:57:00.002-07:002013-05-16T15:59:19.233-07:00What's In My May 2013 Glossybox?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It really feels like it's only been a few days since I did my post about the April Glossybox. This month's box was to celebrate Glossybox's 2nd birthday. I wish they wouldn't mention stuff like that because I think it makes most people think they're going to receive thousands of pounds worth of products in this month's box. I've seen numerous people commenting on how 'it should be better for a birthday box'. Personally I thought this month's box was quite good. Here's what I got...</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Awapuhi Wild Ginger Shine Spray</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was really excited to see this in my box. Sometimes, my hair can look really dry, particularly if I haven't been to the hairdressers in a while. This apparently makes your hair shine and protects it from wear and tear. When I sprayed it on my hair, it did actually make it shine. The smell is really nice and not overpowering. I do feel like this has the potential to make your hair a little bit greasy but aside from that I really like this. Also, it's a full size product that retails for £18.95! So that's the value of my box already, on one product.</span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Jelly Pong Pong Fairy Lashes Mascara</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've seen a lot of people complain about this stating things such as 'the ingredients list looks so suspect' and 'oh my god it was made in China I'm not using this'. Now, maybe I'm completely ignorant but what does being made in China have to do with anything? If someone could enlighten me, that would be great. Yes, the large amount of numbers in the ingredients are probably not the best for you but I'm pretty sure this product would have to be tested before it was even available for retail in this country. I'll gladly try this product, I have a million tiny sample mascaras lurking around at the minute so I'm slowly trying to make my way through. The brush on this doesn't really look like one I'd like. I prefer thicker brushes with thinner spikes as I feel they comb the mascara through your lashes better and are less likely to clump. This is also a full size product. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, Collection is a cheap teenage brand. No, I did not expect to see this in my Glossybox. It seems decent enough, the brush is nice, the colour is bold but I just probably won't use it. I love my fluidlines too much. Perhaps if this product had a little more prestige behind it, I'd use it. Sorry for being a make up snob. </span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Beautiful Movements Cosmetics Prime & Create Mixing Medium</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is a multi-purpose product. You can use it as a primer, mix with loose foundation, blush and eyeshadow. I can see myself getting very creative with this. I'll end up using some of my mineral shadows with it to make new lip colours. I'll feel like an alchemist, it'll be great. I probably wouldn't use this as a primer as it feels a little bit heavy and it also left my fingers feeling sort of greasy. I am pretty pleased this was in my box, even though it's only a small sample.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When I looked at the booklet that tells you the contents of your box (I read a post where someone referred to it as the 'menu' which made me smile, such a good name for it) I was a little bit disheartened that I'd received yet another nail polish. Then I saw the colour. It's amazing. It's almost a neon blue. I put it on that morning and I still love it. It only requires one coat, the colour is true to what's in the bottle and the formula goes on very smooth. Top marks for this one Glossybox! Here's a picture of it on my nails. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Overall I thought this month's box was good. My favourite product is by far the nail polish and my least favourite is the eyeliner. I heard there was a lot of variation in this month's box, so if you got something different, let me know! If you got the same box as me, what did you think of it? Thanks for reading!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Firstly, if this post seems somewhat half-arsed, I apologise. This box is the 'I don't even care' box. Every month I'm normally really excited for my Glossybox and this month I wasn't any different. My payment went out early in the month and I thought my Glossybox would be dispatched a week or so after. Wrong. This box felt like it took forever to get to me. Normally I'm not an impatient person but the wait was made worse by seeing that the more popular bloggers had already received their's. My excitement dwindled as I was basically waiting for a box which I could guess half the contents of. I understand Glossybox sending the boxes out to popular bloggers, if it's a good box more people will be likely to buy in, it's just irritating that they send them a week or so before the others. I know the sooner they send them, the more chance they have of people buying that month's Glossybox but if they just sent them all out at a similar time early in the month they'd still have a large window where people could purchase the box and they'd receive less of the grumpy comments. It doesn't take a marketing genius to work that out. Anyway, here's what I got...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I've never used an Essie polish before so I was pretty pleased when I saw this. The colour is very pale and takes quite a few coats to become opaque. It's a very pretty, subtle colour on its own and I can imagine it looking great in a French manicure. The brush is really thick so it's easy to cover the whole nail in a couple of strokes. I don't have another colour like this so it's a welcome addition to my collection. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I used to hate the idea of getting hair products in my boxes but now I've become open to doing something with my excessive amount of blonde hair I don't really mind. This product is meant to add shine and volume. I tipped my head upside down and sprayed it on my roots and it did give me a little bit more volume. The product says it's best suited for normal/fine hair and mine is extremely thick so maybe that's why I didn't see more of a result. The fact this product is a 'style reviver' sort of makes me think it's for when you can't be bothered to wash your hair... It's a good sample size and I'll keep using it to see if I get any better results.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I found this candle in a local card and gift shop. With all Yankee Candles I can't resist standing over the display and sniffing anything I feel like I haven't seen before. This is a new scent for summer and it's gorgeous. Initially you get the scent of berries followed by a soft creaminess. It genuinely does smell like a rich homemade ice cream with lots of fruit. I want the tumbler rather than the jar as I haven't tried one yet, apparently they have a longer burn time too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">As you may have guessed I'm a little bit of a candle hoarder... This scent is amazing although it is extremely sweet so it won't be for everyone. It has a strong scent of vanilla about it along with the obviously cakey scent. I've never had a red velvet cake but this candle makes me want to make one. I want the tealights because my boyfriend bought me the cutest spider shaped candle holder for Valentines day and I need more of them to use in that. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Last week I was in Tesco picking up a few things to make a stir fry with. As a treat I decided to buy some sweets and got two Refresher bars and two packs of these. I'd never had them before but I love sour sweets so I thought I'd give them a go. They are the juiciest sweets I've ever had. They're also not too sour that they overwhelm you. Unfortunately there's only 6 in a pack so I'm on the hunt for a wholesale box because I'm greedy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I love Jeffrey Campbell shoes, particularly the Lita boots. Thanks to the large platform they're very comfortable. I love the little daisy cut-outs on these. They're incredibly cute and I think they'd go perfectly with the Topshop dress. Annoyingly I banned myself from buying any new Jeffrey Campbell shoes that weren't in the sale, sigh. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Ever since I purchased one of Revlon's Kissable Balm Stains, chunky pencil lip colours have taken up about 70% of my daily thoughts. I've read some good reviews on the NARS variety of them and they have a nice selection of colours. I want Isola Bella in particular because it reminds me of MAC's Kinda Sexy which I used to wear every single day for months. I feel like this pencil might be a little more moisturising than a lipstick and as I'm vulnerable to dry lips this certainly appeals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The Sea Life Centre in Birmingham is a little bit out of the way, down a street across the road from a 'gentleman's club' actually. That being said, the area surrounding the aquarium itself is really nice. There are restaurants, coffee places, water features and a little grassy area where you could sit and eat - weather permitting of course. Just to demonstrate how strange the weather was, there's a small waterfall-esque feature adjacent to the entrance of the aquarium. It had been that cold that the water had formed icicles on the grate at the bottom of the feature yet there was no settled snow and at that time the sun was out. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We went into the Sea Life Centre and paid then followed the 'trail' the building has laid out. There was a little rock pool area where you could touch some sea life. Today it was a starfish which felt really rough. On a previous visit to an aquarium we'd been able to touch a sea urchin (which felt like it was sticking to you - apparently it was just trying to inject us with poison, thanks little urchin!) and a crab. My boyfriend had opted out of touching the crab as he was scared so he was pretty gutted he didn't have an opportunity to redeem himself this time. Anyway, here are some of the pictures from the inside of the aquarium. The quality of these is a little off but neither of us have fancy cameras and you're not allowed to use flash so this is the best we could do...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Okay so, another perfume sample I actually like! Yay! However, I will say that about a month ago I was in Selfridges and got given one of these for free so I kind of feel even more annoyed about receiving a perfume sample now that it's one I've actually received before. For free. One good thing about this sample is that it's in a small spray bottle rather than those crappy vials with the stopper. I'll definitely use this as I used the other one I had but I am quite disappointed I received this in my box. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I got this for my mum after seeing it in TK Maxx for £20. She'd used the eye cream after I received a sample of it and she loved it. These are all made with extracts from 'superfoods' and it contains a cleanser, moisturiser and eye cream. The eye cream smells a little bit too sweet for my liking but the moisturiser smells amazing and I'm desperate to steal it for myself. I've been in TK Maxx in the past couple of days and they still have these, my mum loves everything and would recommend it all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This product was so problematic. I went to the MAC counter at Selfridges in Birmingham and asked for 'Veronica's Blush' which is what this product is called. I got out the store and realised they'd given me the blush from Veronica's collection. I went back in and explained what happened only to be given the same product again. I actually noticed before I left this time and finally, after dealing with three members of staff got the product I wanted. Anyway, I'd read reviews on this saying that it's difficult to pick up any pink from the hearts but I'm able to do that just fine. It's like the perfect combination of a blush and highlighter and the packaging is potentially my favourite that MAC have ever done. This should have been £21.50 but I still had £15 left on a Selfridges gift card so I got it for £6.50, not too bad!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First of all this is a great sized sample and perhaps what was making my box feel so heavy. As I've probably mentioned a thousand times before, rose scented things are my favourite. However, this rose scent seems a lot heavier and more artificial than the rose scent I'm used to sniffing in my favourite eye cream. While it's a little strong it's still a nice smell and I'll definitely use it. I like to mix up my shower gel fragrances so this is more than welcome. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">First of all I'm going to say that I think I'm very lucky when it comes to the colours of products I receive in these beauty boxes. I never seem to get something that I'd never wear. I love dark lipsticks and while this looks more brown in the packaging it has a lot of reddy tones so I'm very pleased with it. It does feel very creamy and moisturising which is always nice in a lip product. I don't particularly like the heavy plastic coating of the packaging. I feel like it would look much better if it was just the silver without the thick plastic as it makes it look kind of cheap and like children's make up. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This duo contains two full sized eyeshadows in the shades 'Maldives' and 'Jamaica'. I think Glossybox did a great job with this one as the colours will suit anyone. Both shades are very pigmented, particularly the brown and both have a shimmer to the colour. The shimmer in the lighter shade is a lot more prevalent whereas the shimmer in the darker shade adds a golden sheen to the colour. It has a little mirror on the inside which is a nice touch. I don't really appreciate the sponge applicator as it'll just get thrown away but it's not something big enough to complain about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is quite a small sample but with mineral make up you don't need a lot of product to get a result. This is a peachy colour with a slight shimmer to it. I tried to photograph some of the product in the lid as the glare from my camera flash is hideous. The colour is build-able and you could even use it as a light bronzer if you wanted. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The first and only game to make me cry was Telltale Games' adaptation of The Walking Dead. When I say it made me cry, I mean it turned me into a quivering wreck. I was expecting similar effects upon completion of Journey but, even though you're meeting real people in the game, it just didn't manage it. I've never cried at an episode of The Walking Dead tv show. I've never cried at any other video game. How did The Walking Dead accomplish it? Well the answer is simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you haven't played this game all the way through I suggest you stop reading now as spoilers are ahead. The characters of Lee and Clementine have a bond unlike any of the other characters. They have no family (Lee becomes aware of this in the very first episode, while Clementine, despite holding onto some thread of hope, spots her parents as walkers in the finale). They both went through the beginnings of this zombie outbreak alone. Clementine is very endearing (her story about her hamster escaping and eating a whole box of cookies warmed my heart) and Lee, depending on how you play him, feels responsible for Clementine and he adores her. While the other characters came and went (the only one I was a little sad about was Kenny and I think that's probably because he was the only other original character left) I prayed nothing would happen to Clementine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So after many months of not seeing each other, my good friend Paige and I decided it was time we went shopping. I needed this, not only did I actually need to buy Valentines things for my boyfriend but I just needed to get out of the house and do something. I've been feeling kind of stressed lately about a number of things. They're mostly stupid but I do get worked up very easily. Seeing her and doing some good old shopping definitely helped me relax and forget about everything else. Paige also has a blog which you can access <a href="http://www.apropercupoftea.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. I decided to take snaps of what she and I bought and do a little haul on the products so here it is!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This is actually the only thing I got for myself. Everything else was for my boyfriend for Valentines Day. I would post those things but he reads this blog and I'd rather keep his presents a secret. I decided to get this because it is practically the only tool I haven't tried for applying foundation. I really dislike using a brush, I just don't get along with it and I've been tempted to buy a BeautyBlender for quite a while, however, the only places I've seen them available are online and in the London branch of Selfridges. I didn't want to order it online as I'm impatient and I wanted a new make up toy to play with as soon as possible and I don't know when I'll next be in London to pick one up from Selfridges. I remembered seeing this in MAC a couple of months ago and thought I'd search online for a comparison between this and the BeautyBlender. The main things I picked up are that it's not as 'bouncy' as the BeautyBlender and it gives a more natural coverage. This was fine by me as I don't have really bad skin anyway. I'm yet to use it but hopefully I'll really like it. It's kind of depressing that I've got so excited about what is essentially a sponge. This was £15 from <a href="http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/" target="_blank">MAC cosmetics</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I recommended this product myself. My boyfriend and I got one quite a while ago and we loved it and I think we've had about 3 or 4 now. It's a little heart shaped massage bar that melts on contact with skin - perfect for pre-bed back rubs I find. In the centre it has a chunk of soft chocolate. It smells like chocolate and honey but it's very subtle and not overpowering in the slightest. Paige bought this for her boyfriend apparently... I think it's more a present to herself, back rubs galore! This was £4.75 from <a href="http://www.lush.co.uk/" target="_blank">Lush</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I absolute <b>LOVE</b> them. They're so light and the huge platform makes them comfortable. I also don't feel like I'm tipping forward in them like I do in some wedges. I'm not sure if you can see but they have a little rose gold buckle on the ankle strap which was perhaps my favourite thing about them. However, realistically they are just plain black wedges and they are £75. I think they're new so they'll be in Topshop for a while but I need your help. Should I buy them or are they totally not worth the money? All comments are appreciated! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I mainly wanted The Spy Who Loved Me but I thought I'd get this mini collection instead so I had a chance to try out some polishes I wouldn't normally buy. Golden Eye is incredibly glittery! It takes around 3 coats to get an opaque colour but works nicely on top of other colours too (I used a single coat over black and red). The World Is Not Enough looks a lot better in the bottle than it does on the nail. In the bottle it looks like a rosy-grey with pink and blue glitter but on the nail the colour looks a little washed out and it's mainly the glitter that shows through. It's still a really nice polish though. The Spy Who Loved Me is perhaps one of my favourite colours from this whole haul. It's a bright red with gold flecks, it takes about two coats to cover and it's really true to what it looks like in the bottle. Live and Let Die is similar to The Spy Who Loved Me, it takes the same amount of coats and it also has gold flecks except it's a really dark teal, quite an interesting colour overall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">My boyfriend actually got me these as an early Christmas present so, big thanks to <a href="http://amateurprophet.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">him</a> for this. We found these while browsing TK Maxx in Birmingham, they had a bunch of different sets but this one caught my eye because of the blue in the middle. I think this should have been £15 but it was £5.99 in there, bargain! Raspberry Crush is a very bright berry pink almost verging on red while Beth's Blue is the most perfect pastel blue. I love the formula of Models Own polish, the coverage just one coat gives is absolutely incredible. It always seems to last ages too and these two polishes follow that. Pearly Queen meanwhile is a translucent colour which is, as the name suggests, pearly. I think it would take quite a few coats to get an opaque colour out of this. However, I layered it over a very light baby pink and it looked exactly how it did in the bottle so that was an easy way to get it looking opaque.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I didn't own a mirrorball glitter before this and recently I'd been watching a lot of tutorials that used them so when I saw this it was a must-buy. It's actually amazing and possible to get a good opaque coat with. The glitter itself is quite chunky I think but it's still easy to apply. I used this to do a glitter gradient for my birthday night out and kept my nails like that for a very long time, something which I rarely do. Sometimes when this dries it can feel a little bumpy but a coat of Seche Vite smooths it out in no time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I have quite a lot of pink polish but this one definitely stands out. It has tiny gold flecks running all the way through it which make it really unique. It takes two coats and it really true to the colour in the bottle. I'd even go as far as saying that this is my favourite nail polish ever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So, after learning of the demise of the She Said Beauty box this month I figured I'd find a new monthly service to sign up to. She Said Beauty promoted Joliebox as their preferred partner and offered us free gifts if we signed up to them. Now, while that sounds like a good deal initially, I wasn't impressed. The gift that was offered was a lipgloss, a palette from a brand called 'So Susan' and a mini nail polish. These were all items Joliebox subscribers had previously received. The lipgloss and nail polish were from brands I hadn't really heard of and quite frankly I don't want to be 'So Susan' as she sounds like a 50-something housewife (no offence if you're called Susan, I just think it's a terrible brand name) so these gifts didn't really entice me into subscribing. That, coupled with the fact every single Joliebox review I've seen has been unremarkable put me off subscribing to them. Not to mention that in the December Joliebox they sent out a Bellapierre shimmer powder and two sachets of a Dr. Duve product, both of which I'd received in a She Said Beauty box. I don't know, it's kind of like they're recycling samples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Anyway, I decided to bite the bullet and subscribe to Glossybox because I thought their products were getting better and, by the looks of things, so is their customer service. I asked a question on their facebook wall regarding the December box and received a reply within the minute. Impressive. I had a sneak peek at what people were getting in their boxes and this month looked great. One thing I did notice though, there were a lot of people complaining. Now I know Glossybox is the biggest beauty box subscription in the UK so they're bound to get some complaints, afterall, you can't please everyone. The main thing I noticed was that people were complaining about the nail varnish...What. I just can't fathom that. It's a £9.95 nail polish from the very brand that makes the best top coat in the world and it's practically worth the price of the box itself. I feel like I should stop ranting cause I really could go on forever. Here's what I actually got: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was really excited to see this product in my box as I love trying night creams and moisturisers. My excitement continued when I realised it was rose scented. I absolutely adore rose scented skincare products. My moisturiser is rose, my eye cream is rose, my current night cream is rose, I just can't get enough. The size of this sample is good too, especially considering the miniscule sachets given out in last month's box. The little tube reminded me of that Primula spreadable cheese where you use the lid to pierce the foil so you can get the product out. Anyway, there's also 25% off at their website (<a href="http://www.weleda.co.uk/" target="_blank">here</a>) with the code SHESAID. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I was originally on the hunt for an Oxblood coloured lipstick but when I went into Debenhams the lady behind the counter showed me these pencil glosses. She swatched the pink on my hand and I literally couldn't resist. This isn't a gloss as it's a very full colour and it's more like a wet-look lipstick. It's not sticky at all and it's easy to apply due to the chunky pencil format. I'd definitely buy another.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This was definitely my biggest treat to myself. I had another Vivienne Westwood purse but it had gotten pretty old and tatty. It was also quite large so it didn't fit into small bags which was annoying if it was the only thing I was taking out with me. I went into Vivienne Westwood and this immediately grabbed my attention. The patent leopard print is so amazing. The front opens out and has several card compartments including a transparent one for ID or something similar. There's a coin part at the back with a clasp which is very secure and doesn't come loose at all. It's small enough to fit in any bag I own and it's definitely my favourite purchase of the month.</span></div>
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Baggy jeans, band t-shirts, big black hoodies and bangles up to my elbows. That was my general appearance when I was eleven years old. I'd always been somewhat different from other girls. Growing up, when all the other kids around me were getting baby dolls that did all but defecate, I played alone with my humble model post office. As I got older I got into wrestling and even traded video recordings of the pay per views with a fellow eight year old sports entertainment enthusiast after school. Of course, he was male. None of my female friends were as interested in seeing grown men get hit with foil dustbin lids as I was. I think wrestling was what sparked my interest in alternative music, many wrestlers had themes that were quite rock-based and I enjoyed them. After listening to a number of generic metal bands whose shirts are always available in your local HMV I started to delve a bit deeper into the alternative scene and that was when I found what I'd been waiting to hear, punk.
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I don't smoke, I don't do drugs, I don't have promiscuous sex and I no longer drink. On paper, am I straight edge? Probably. Will I refer to myself as straight edge? No. I have no problem with people who call themselves straight edge and by no means does this apply to everyone, but for me it's just a way of finding somewhere you feel like you belong. That's the whole reason it appealed to me all those years ago, because I was lonely and different. I no longer have that longing to belong somewhere and I'm no longer lonely.
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Even as a child I had the urge to write. My mum still has pieces of paper with my name scribbled across them from when I was a kid and begging her to let me play with pens. In school I always enjoyed creative writing the most so this influenced my decision to take English language in college. Unfortunately the course wasn't what I expected and I spent more time analysing the scrawlings of three year olds than I did actually writing. Outside of the education world I tried to keep up with my writing. I've attempted numerous times to start a diary yet they always seem to turn out the same, three entries in a row and then a six month gap before anything else. I've written a few articles too but nothing huge. The idea of a blog seemed ideal. It could be a combination of a diary and a collection of articles. I didn't want to create a blog with a particular theme because being restricted to only write about one thing makes me not want to write at all.</span></span><br />
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It was around January this year that I decided to start a blog... Yes, it has taken me THIS long to actually start it. My initial fear was that no one would read what I wrote and that my blog would be a pointless waste of the internet, much like my twitter account which I now only use to snoop on minor celebrities. The feeling that no matter what you do in life, there's always someone better made me put this off for a few months. Why would anyone want to read what I'd rambled about when there was probably someone better writing about the exact same thing in a far more captivating way. When I thought about this more I realised that I wasn't actually afraid of having an unpopular blog, I was more afraid of having a popular one. <br /><br />
Since I started school my life has been plagued by praise. In year 2 I came second in a competition to design a new school logo which everyone had been forced to partake in. It got announced in assembly and everyone clapped. When I was a little bit older I wrote a letter to a beanie baby magazine which got published, thanks to my parents my teacher found out and told my class. Then everyone clapped. Later on in school life during assembly one Friday morning I got a certificate for being the pupil of the week, an accolade I'd desperately been trying to avoid for my entire educational life. I had to walk to the front to collect it then prolong the agony by standing there for the remainder of the assembly. Yet again, everyone clapped. Every single time I heard that clatter of skin slapping against skin I wanted to be swallowed up by the world and become invisible. I hated it. For me, praise has always been hard to deal with. Whenever it happens I immediately dismiss whatever I've done as being 'nothing' or I force people to put the credit on someone else. However, no matter how many times I have tried, I've never been able to escape the torture that is praise induced clapping. The most recent incident occurred at my boyfriend's house when playing Cranium with his family after I managed to spell 'pistachio' backwards. I was quite sure my eardrums burst from the sound of digits and palms crashing together.<br /></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">My problem with praise made me fear that by some twisted turn of events my blog could actually become popular. The idea of people reading my rants and enjoying them made me panic, yet another reason I put this off for so long. After thinking long and hard about it and discussing it with other people I came to the conclusion that I should get over this silly fear of someone liking what I've done and write this thing. It will finally mean I'm not afraid of people reading my writing and perhaps make my fantasy of becoming a journalist that little bit more accessible. I'm not intending for this blog to be big and I don't want to write purely in the hope that one day I'll get noticed and some independent company will send me hoards of products to try out praying I'll give them a glistening review, I'm writing this blog for me. Sort of somewhere I can store my thoughts and a way I can keep developing my writing. If no one reads it, I have an archive of things to look back on. If it gets praise, I'll have to deal with it. At least it won't be audible.</span></span><br />
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