Eight For A Wish

So, beauty boxes seem to be the new thing. I signed up to three of them, the first one that I received was Carmine’s box! As it was my first box I got it for half price – yay!

I like the presentation of the box, it’s black, sleek and feels pretty hard wearing. I gave it to my Mum, she likes boxes and wouldn’t let me throw it away.

Basically beauty boxes work like this; You pay £10 (or so) a month to receive up to 6 luxury beauty samples. Some are full size, some are smaller, however it’s nowhere near as crap as those little samples you get in magazines. Ugh, those annoy me. Anyway, this month I had 5 items.

Korres Wild Rose 24-Hour Moisturising and Brightening Cream
Sample size tube, smells DIVINE. Obviously to be used sparingly but as it appears to be a facial moisturiser I wouldn’t go piling it on anyway. Feels very light. I approve!

Eldora False Eyelashes
I don’t like false eyelashes, I have sensitive eyes, so I won’t be using these. However they are full size and come with glue, so I suppose for some people this would be a win.

Balance Me Radiance Face Oil
I don’t put oil on my face. I have greasy skin as it is! However my Mum LOVES this and has stolen it from me. It smells nice and does feel very light, especially for an oil. Claims to make you “literally glow,” to use before moisturiser to help keep the skin soft and supple. I’m 20, my skin is soft and supple! Still, a nice product.

Westlab Himalayan Pink Salt
These smell AWESOME. I love my baths, they’re spa-level crystals and I can’t wait to have a bath with these. It claims to detoxify the skin, containing minerals and natural materials, quite a big sample that would probably last two baths.
I like this.

Eyeko Fat Eye Stick
I thought it was black, and I was kinda “meh” about that. BUT IT’S GREEN. Well, green/blue. This is a full size sample and they retail for £10 on their own, so I suppose that covers the whole box even without the rest of the samples. ESPECIALLY as my first box was half price! It’s a big chunky eye crayon that glides on really, really smoothly. The fact that this is not only a full size product but also green in colour makes this box for me :P HIGHLY pigmented, I didn’t even use any primer potion.

If anyone is interested in signing up to take advantage of Carmine’s first-box-half-price offer I would suggest going for it. The February box will be mine in about two weeks, so I’ll do another review then. Until then I’m definitely impressed with this service :D Let’s see the other boxes from different companies I ordered as they come through! What do you guys think about beauty boxes?