" Pretty Portobello: GlossyBox- Anniversary Box- Revie

04 June 2012

GlossyBox- Anniversary Box- Revie

This month I received the first anniversary GlossyBox edition. A festive box with a couple of small surprises. Check it out.


Noble Isle, Summer Rising bath & shower gel. (travel size)
This came in very handy just as I needed to buy a new one. It's smells lovely indeed, I just knew that this lovely fragrance was known to me. Yes, it's smells just like Calvin Klein's Truth! CK perfumes are normally great on my skin but not Truth, unfortunately my skin just eats it. So, it's great to have a body wash that smells like that and the good news is that stayed a little bit on my skin too.

Lolita Lempicka - L'Eau en Blanc & Si Lolita perfumes. (sample size)
I really liked L'Eau en Blanc which is a fresh fragrance but then I do like the original Lolita Lempicka and this is a variation of it, limited edition.
 I enjoy receiving perfume samples but I personally prefer when they are from a very expensive brand. I would like to try brands such as Kilian, Tom Ford, Frederic Malle and Amouage, I think it's worth it to buy an expensive perfume if it's perfect for you. Unfortunately, most of those expensive brands don't like to give out free samples. It was nice to receive some samples from Serge Lutens in the past so, I think would be ideal for Glossybox to make those expensive samples more available to us.

Apivita, Express beauty facial mask. (sample size)
A double and generous sample which can used twice, totalling in four applications. Mine is the grape mask, an anti-wrinkle and firming mask. I still haven't tried yet though.

HD Eye smoothing serum. (travel size)
It's an anti wrinkle serum to be used twice daily. I am not very keen on the smell which is quite strong and a bit chemical. Normally I would go for oils and natural products since they will be applied around the sensitive eye area. I'm bit sceptical of this but I will try it.


GlossyBox compact mirror.
Came as an extra gift to celebrate the anniversary box. A simple case with a normal mirror and a magnifying one. I will be carrying it around as I don't have any mirrors in my make up case at the moment and let's face it they always come in handy.


Osmo, Berber oil. (travel size)
With Argan oil, it does what every other Argan treatment oil does. It's smells quite chocolaty which is nice and not so heavy smelling like the leading brand of Argan oil. I think the size of this bottle is perfect because I generally use a very tiny amount of it as my hair doesn't need much at all. I am actually overloaded now, as I have a huge bottle of Argan oil from another brand already.


Overall, I really enjoyed the samples I have received this month. They are all easy products that I don't have to incorporate into my routine. Interesting are the combinations of anti wrinkle products I got, not that I really need them yet but let's see if they do make some sort of difference.  

See you soon.
x

2 comments:

Beauty Balm said...

Looks a great box! The shower gel/face masks/perfume interest me the most. I like getting perfume vials especially if they are from niche brands x

el_martina said...

sooo cute!