August Jolie Box

I recently subed to Jolie Box recently after cancelling my Glossybox.  The Jolie Box this month was a different  from the usual black box.  This month's box has been designed by Timai Hua, mine was a lovely range of pastel colours.

The box was about summer essentials, bits that I got as follows -

• Dr Bronner Magic Liquid Soap Packs - Not usually a sucker for soaps, but am keen to try these, apparently 18 uses....will be interesting
• Phil Smith Dry Clean Revitalising Dry Shampoo - Normally only use Batitise, but will dry this, a must on my dressing table
• So Susan Lip Cushion - A sheer gloss to tint and moisturise chapped lips - love the packaging, so pretty
• So Susan Wide Awake Palette - Like the look of this.  Its a palette of skin-enhancing colour tools to give a summer flow
• Joliebox Leather Hair Styling Lace - a leather lace to create endless updo's

I love the box, but not the contents,  I like the dry shampoo and the palette but thats about it.  Not sure why the leather lace is in the box, not really a beauty product in my eyes.  

Will keep Joliebox for one more box, and I will see how it goes, if it continues like this box then will be cancelling as well.

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Another Boots Haul!!

Oh dear, I have just been back from Boots with more goodies!!! So addictive! Anyway onto what I bought.....

I am loving the Revlon mirror, being short sighted I really needed a mirror that magnified and this has 3x and also you touch the base for 3 different light settings.  This was on clearance at £26.80 and I used my Boots points...so thank you Boots!

Bourjois were doing 2 polishes at £8, normally £5.99 each.  

I finally caved in and decided to go and buy the lip butter, Berry Smoothie.  Not really a lover of lipsticks but loving how this goes on and is very soft and smooth, the colour wise is not too strong so definitely me.  It was quite hard to choose the colour as the testers at Boots were all over the place, and was in a bad state, bad enough it was over the counter! Anyway am glad I went with my instinct on this one.

Final thing that I got were some Karen Millen Sunglasses, the sun might be gone today but I'm sure we will get a few more days of sun before we head into winter.  These were originally £50 but were half price....oh I love a bargain!

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Today's Successful Haul

Today wasn't meant to be a shopping haul, but it ended up being just that!!!  I guess I was born to shop!

I got this whole set of pin badges...each day of the Olympic Games, one badge was released and I love the fact that it can be made into the shape of the Coca Cola Bottle!!

Thanks to Nivea, they gave me a bag of samples at Westfield.  

This sparkly jumper is from M&S, £35.  Loving the colour, but felt weird this as it was 22 degrees outside at the time!!

Thanks to O2 Priority Moments and my hubby, I got 2 sets of haircare for free at Body Shop, costs £10 each!

Got these lovely EDTs and body washes from Victoria Secrets, each one costs between £9 and £11, I got all 5 for £25!

So didn't actually spent much but felt quite a successful day

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Battle of the Primers

I have been meaning to do this post for some time....its finally here.  Like BB Creams, Primers are beginning to swamp the Beauty Market, not that I'm claiming!!  I first came across Primers when I came across BB cream about 5 years ago.

Missha BB Boomer
This was the my first Primer and one that I have used for the last 5 years.  I found it very difficult to give it up and try something else.  I like this Primer as it has a pearlescent finish, very easy to apply and it definitely makes my BB Cream last longer.  It also boasts it has brightening and wrinkle repairing effects...not that I have noticed!  You can see from the swatch below, its white with a little shimmer, easy to rub in.

(This is available in my 100 followers giveaway)  http://lifethroughanumberoflenses.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/200th-post100-follower-giveaway.html

Benefit Porefessional
I got my first test of this from Glamour a few weeks ago and I fell in love with it straight away.  It has a matt finish and after application, you don't feel like its there, while with the Missha Boomer you can definitely feel it.  I haven't noticed my pores smalleer after using it, but I do definitely like this and have already bought my replacement one

Skinfood
This is very light and watery but I love the grape scent to it.  I've only used this twice but definitely keen to try it again

Benefit That Girl
I got this with Glamour like the Porefessional (yes I bought another copy of the magazine just for the freebie!)  This is pink and has a scent to it, not too bad but not my kind of smell.  I found this very watery from the tube and after application definitely didn't feel it did a thing and even after applying my bb cream it definitely felt very heavy.  Not one that I will try again

MUA Primer

This was the cheapest primer I have used, think it was either £1 or £2, found this very watery and I didn't think it settled into my skin well compared to the other primers.  Will give this another go but will probably not buy this again

So the Primer that won....well there wasn't one winner, but two, Missha BB Boomer and Benefit Porefessional!

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Beauty Box Swaps Birthday Swaps

Recently it was Beauty Box Swaps First Birthday and in the group we decided to do some box swaps.  I took part in two, two lovely ladies.  Jayne at http://whatjloves.blogspot.co.uk/ and Rachel.

With Jayne both our birthdays were very close.  Jayne's birthday was in July and mine in August so we chose to do it around birthdays and the birthday months.

Thank you Jayne, I love my box.... I've had the whole chocolate bar within an hour or so!!

With Rachel we chose our wedding colour as the theme.  Rachel had pink, so I did a pink box for Rachel and my wedding was a purple theme.

This is what I got for Rachel ....

Heres my box...thank you Rachel

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Gradient Nails

I was inspired by Traci @ http://www.drinkcitra.com and Tia @ http://www.prettypolishedpointers.com/ to try out a new design on my nails, Gradient nails.  I chose to do the base as mint first and then using a make-up sponge, dab on purple to create the gradient.

Not the best on my first attempt, hopefully my next attempt will be good as good as Traci's and Tia's.

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My Benefit Haul

Glamour magazine gave a free Benefit gift a few months back and since then I have been hooked.

The first gift I got was the Porefessional.  I had heard many things about this and was pleased I got this over the Bad Gal mascara.  I have always been a fan of primers (will do a review on this later ) and my pores around my nose are large so was desperate to try this.  I love this product and then because I was so worried I would run out, I went to the Benefit shop in Covent Graden to pick up a full size tube.

One tube meant I came back with a bag!

I got sucked into buying another product because of the free gifts! But also I knew I needed to try a new blusher as I was finding my Mac one too pinky for me as I don't have much of a tan anymore, I'm going for a more whitening look! Must be age as when I was younger I always wanted a tan.  Anyway back to the blog post, I picked up Sugar Bomb which I am loving.

Few weeks later I decided to get another Sugar Bomb and I ended up picking up on some goodies! I couldn't resist. £10 for the gift set with the little samples to try and the essence water which I love to help me set my makeup has a lovely cucumber scent.

Then my final purchase came when they decided to do a flash sale of a product that wouldn't be out until September. I knew I had to buy it!

So lots of new things to try, watch out my reviews later.  Will start off with the battle of the primers as I have loved these for 5 years now...

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She Said Beauty Box August Review

I haven't posted a review on this for a while, but I have to say I am disappointed that I haven't as I have really liked the boxes.  I had a three month sub and I knew that I needed to continue the subscription as I have loved each box.

So when I heard that it was dispatched and to find it delivered when I got home, I got so excited!  However my excitement didn't last as I was do disappointed!

So what did I get?

• Absolutely Flawless Nail Foils
• Rose Otto Intesive Lip Salve
• Redken Color Extent Radiant-10
• White Glo Professional Choice
• Papier Poudre
• 4711 Eau De Cologne

I have to admit, none of these things jump out at me, I mean, this is a beauty box right, why would I want a toothpaste!!!

She Said Beauty, you need to do a better box next time otherwise I will stop my subscription.

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Latest In Beauty Little Beauty Box

I recently joined Latest in Beauty and you can find my post here.  I was lucky enough to get a code from Latest in Beauty to get a 'Little Beauty Box' for free.

So how does it work?  Well all you need to do is choose 3 samples from the selection and my code meant I didn't have to pay postage.  So I chose the following: -

• Lavera | Liposome Intensive Night Cream
• Lavera | Eyegel
• Elemental Herbology | Cell Food

so into small pots they will go and reviews to come

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My Recent REN Haul

Recently I noticed a lot of people buying REN products on Beauty Box Swaps and having seen what the offer was on 'Whats in My Handbag' - (link here if you want to sign up), I couldn't pass up the offer.

So the offer was a free gift their 'Six of the Best' with your first purchase.  Another bonus was that you get an extra 10% off and then also up to 4 free samples.

I chose to order the Muslim cloths which came to £5.40.

So this was my gift: -

Six of the Best Kit (RRP £20) contains: 
Mayblossom T-Zone Control Cleansing Gel (25ml) A balancing, antibacterial facial cleansing gel. 
Jojoba Microbead Purifying Facial Polish (25ml) A gently exfoliating facial polish. 
Omega 3 Overnight Repair Serum (10ml) A night serum that replenishes skin lipids. 
Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask (15ml) A potent exfoliating mask formulated to renew the complexion. 
Frankincense Revitalising Night Cream (15ml) A night cream formulated to hydrate, recharge and revitalise the skin overnight.
Active 7 Radiant Eye Gel (3ml) A light and cooling gel.


And these were my 4 small samples....

The offer is on till the 1st August and I would highly recommend the Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask which is usually £30 but you can try it in the 'Six of the Best'.  It definitely gives you an instant glow and helps to lighten areas.  Can't wait to use it again


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