Isobel Rose

September Glossybox: Maggie Li

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Why hello!

Incase you were wondering, I am now pretty much settled into my new place in Bath, ready for lectures to start in a week. Anyway, I received my September Glossybox in the post the other day so I thought I'd give you a little overview :)

Septembers box was exclusively designed by illustrator Maggie Li. It comes in a lovely box which contains product that were hand-picked by Maggie.

The lovely design :)

The products!

First we have a sample of Lady Gaga's new perfume, 'Fame'. The scent is very floral and sweet, not at all what I was expecting. I'm not usually a huge fan of perfume samples but I have been wanting to try this so all is good.

Next we have a hair product from L'oreal which I think I may have received by accident as it does not appear on my product card. Either way I'm always up for trying new hair products so I'll give this one a go!

Next is a product from Balance Me. I have tried their Rose Otto lip balm and enjoyed that but eye creams really don't get me very excited. As always, I'll try it out, but it's not a product that really floats my boat.

Next we have a full volume mousse from L'oreal. Like I said above, I'm all for trying new hair products so I'm excited to give this one a whirl!

Here we have one of my favourite products from The Body Shop. I have extremely dry skin and the Vitamin E range is designed especially for that. I also love their face mask. I actually already own this but this will be great for on the go/travelling!

Just like perfume samples, I'm not a huge fan of sachets. However, I have always been intrigued by the snake serum products and am always willing to try out a face mask so I can imagine that these samples won't last too long!

Until next month's glossybox post!

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Quick Update

Monday, September 17, 2012

Hey guys,

You might have noticed that I have been absent for the last few days and I just wanted to let you guys know why. Basically, on Wednesday, I'm moving back down to Bath for uni so I have been really busy packing, loading up the car and polishing up my languages. I'm driving down to Bath on Wednesday at about 5.30am (eugh!) as my furniture is being delivered to my new flat at around 10am and we want to beat all the rush hour traffic. Unfortunately, after tomorrow I won't have any internet until the weekend (unless I nip into Starbucks!) so I won't be posting again until then most likely. Sorry about the absence but I'll be up and running again in no time!

(my new kitchen eeee!)

Until next time,

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P.S. I'm nearly at 25,000 page views - how cool is that?! Thank you guys for your continuous support! xx

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Recent Beauty Bits!

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Hey guys,

So the other day I popped into Boots to see if there was anything interesting about and walked out with 3 new products; an Essie polish in 'Sew Psyched', the Soap & Glory 'Kick Ass Concealer', and a new No7 neutral trio!

£7.99

£10.00

£9.50

Then, on Thursday I went up to London with Caroline to #Vouge'sFashionNightOut in Westfield (Shepherd's Bush) and she gave me some lovely bits that she had bought in America :)

Finally, I bought these who items from Topshop at Westfield :)

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BooHoo £50 Blogger Challenge

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Hey guys!

So recently Fashionvouchers asked me to take part in a blogger challenge to put together an outfit from Boohoo that is £50 or under. I jumped at the chance to put an outfit together as they are going to choose 4 winning outfits who will win a £50 gift voucher to Boohoo so that you can actually purchase your outfit! They have some great things on there for some amazing prices so go and check it out!

As it still seems to be quite summer-y here in the UK, I decided to have a bit of fun with pastels - let me know what you guys think!

1. £5

2. £4

3. £2

4. £6

5. £15

6. £15

TOTAL = £47 :)

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Awapuhi Wild Ginger Styling Treatment Oil

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Hey guys,

So a few months ago I received this product in one of my glossyboxes. I was instantly attracted to it as hair oils are all the rage at the moment and I was already loving using my Organix Moroccan Oil. At first I was a little apprehensive as I really dislike the smell of ginger and this has a wild ginger scent. However, I found the scent to be fairly mild and not to ginger-y! For the first few weeks I was alternating between this and my Moroccan oil, but since then this has taken the drivers seat! It makes my hair feel silky smooth and lightly scented (which I don't mind!)

As this was in a Glossybox it is only 25 ml and therefore is rapidly approaching the end of its life :( I will be repurchasing this in the full size in the future, but I do want to try out some other hair oils between then to see if any can give this a run for its money! I would also like some other products from the Awapuhi line :)

5/5

The full size is available from Paul Mitchell's online store for £25.95 and this size is available for £7.50