Glossybox April 2013: Pearl Lowe!

Glossybox April 2013: Pearl Lowe!

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Now before I talk about the products in this box, I have to say, WELL DONE GLOSSYBOX! YOU HAVE FINALLY PULLED OUT AN AMAZING BOX! Each month I compare the month's glossybox and birchbox, and let me tell you, Glossybox won this month! Ok, now onto the products!!

Essie polish in 'We're in it together':

A full size Essie polish?! Score! I got a lovely baby pink colour with a blue duochrome running through it. I actually need to paint my nails tonight so I think this might just be the colour to use!

Illamasqua medium pencil in 'Debonair':

Essie and Illamasqua!?! How amazing is that!? I received an eye pencil from Illamasqua, which is exciting because I've never tried any of their eyeliners. I was hoping to receive a usable colour like brown, black or grey, but Debonair is actually a bright sky blue. Now I think about it, I have far too many 'normal' coloured eyeliner so, although I won't use this that much, it's actually really useful to have. I'm sure I'll be able to use it during the summer to provide a pop of colour to an eye look.

Nip+Fab Pistachio Sundae Body Butter:

One can never have enough body creams! I've just finished my last garnier moisturiser, so this is really perfect timing. I'm not usually a fan of pistachio scents, but after smelling this, I can say that it;s not too offensive! I think it actually smells a bit like macaroons! I haven't actually tried this yet but if I do like it then I'm sure you'll see it in a future 'favourites' post.

Yves Rocher 'So Elixir Purple' Eau de Parfum:

I'm not usually a fan of receiving perfume samples in these beauty boxes, but I can forgive glossybox for 2 reasons. 1) It smells amazing! And 2) it's actually a fairly decent size. One for the hand bag I think!

Crabtree & Evelyn 'Somerset Meadow' Hand therapy:

I am always excited to receive a hand cream because I use them all the time. This has a very fresh, floral smell, but by that I mean freshly cut flowers rather than an artificial scent. The texture of this is very think so perfect from my dry hands. It also sinks in very quickly and doesn't feel at all greasy. This hand cream actually doesn't launch until May so it's pretty cool that we get to try it out first. 

So, as you can probably tell, I am really impressed with this month's offering. However, there were a lot of different product combinations, and although I was lucky, some people seemed to get some boxes that I would have been disappointed to receive. I really think that Glossybox needs to try to make boxes more equal, as I know I've lost out to some better boxes in the past.

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