Oh man this months Birchbox is so unbelievably cute. I love the colours, the scrapbook vibes and the whole 'adventure' theme just makes me want to go on holiday. This is based off the new 'Memories' collection from Paperchase and I took a peek at the collection...it's amazing. To be honest I would've preferred a box full of that collection than what I actually received.
I guess it's not too bad but, face wipes? Really? The box does fit a travel theme though with all the mini sizes but I'm just not overly excited.
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Lip Stix in Plum // Laritzy
3.6g Full Size - RRP £20
This is not worth £20. It's $20 on their US site which is about £15; I still wouldn't pay that for this thing. It's strange how often I see this brand in Pink Parcel, Look Fantastic and Birchbox yet it's extremely difficult to get hold of in the UK. Why advertise here? Anyway, I'm getting sick of choosing red or plum lip shades from Birchbox now. Why can't they feature a nice nude? I went for the plum as I hate wearing red lipstick and it's ok as an all over lip colour and makes my eyes look brighter but I would never wear it by itself. Instead I mix it will some lip balm and wear it as a light tint which looks much better in my opinion.
Gimme Brow in Neutral Light Brown // Benefit
1.0g Sample - RRP £7.30 (based on £11 for 1.5g)
This isn't even the travel size, it's a sample and there is barely any product inside it. I don't know why they couldn't have included the actual travel size which is sold by Benefit for £11 as it's only 0.5g more. For something described as 'neutral' as well I find it to be a warm and red looking on my skintone but I did like the natural look it gave my brows. If I could find an actual neutral shade I would probably purchase this.
Cucumber Soothing Facial Wipes // Yes To
10 Wipes Travel Pack - RRP £1.99
This is such a cop-out product to receive in a beauty box. I don't mind it femfresh wipes in my Pink Parcel because that makes sense but if you're going to include wipes at least make it the full size pack because they don't cost more than about £5 anyway. The pack of 30 is only £3.99 so why skimp on us Birchbox? I would never use face wipes to remove my makeup anyway so these will get used as hand wipes or to wipe down surfaces but there are too many reviews online saying these wipes left their faces red, burning and itchy. Yikes.
30 Sample - RRP £2.69 (based on £17.99 for 200ml)
I already have another 30ml tube of this thanks to Look Fantastic a couple of months ago and I still haven't used it. I always buy self-tan products with the intention of being bronzed but then get put off by the having to exfoliate first, tan with mits, thoroughly wash hands so I don't end up with tan hands and then try not mess up bedding...I have never heard of this brand and apparently it's Australia's no.1 tanning brand; I thought that was Bondi Sands? Or do they just pay influencers more? Anyway, I do prefer gradual tan products more than wham-bam-now-your-tan products so I will try my best to give this a go. It does smell really good; it's slightly sweet and feels moisturising. I was surprised to see that it's just a white cream. Perhaps I'll actually like it?
Anti-Pollution Shampoo with Aquatic Mint // Klorane
25ml Sample - RRP £1 (based on £8 for 200ml)
And last is a tiny shampoo sample. It does smell incredibly good though and I kind of like mint in my shampoos as makes my scalp feel all tingly. I will let this one off though as it's a clarifying shampoo, so I'd only use this about once a month so this sample will last me a good 3/4 months. I hope this is a really good shampoo because £8 is a great price for clarifying shampoo.
// Box Contents
// 1 Full Size, 1 Travel Size, 3 Samples
// £32.98 Estimated Box Worth
If we took away the £20 RRP of the Laritzy lipstick all of the other samples would literally cost the price of the box. I honestly do not believe that lipstick is wrth £20 and my Feel Unique Pick'n'Mix ended up as a better beauty box this month and that only costs £3.95. This has been the first month in almost 2 years where I've seriously thought about cancelling but I love the box designs and even though they send out tiny samples, they do send out some strange products that I've ended up loving. If the Benefit Brow was full size instead, the shampoo was a 50ml sample and the MineTan was 70/100ml sample then this would have been a fantastic box as I actually quite like most of the products. I just don't know why I'm paying £13 for tiny samples though.
P&P £2.95
Monthly - £10
6 Months - £60
12 Months - £110
pssst...the sneak peak for next month is a choice between two different Inc.credible sheet masks.
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