Glossybox Goodness

I have subscribed to Glossybox on and off for several years and for as little as £8.50 a month you get five beauty products delivered straight to your door. Recently, I have been impressed by their unique box designs that have become sturdier, sleeker and down right fun. 

So, let’s get to the nitty gritty…..

THE SEPTEMBER BOX

The Karen Millen watercolour London scene is quintessentially British but in a contemporary way. 

The fact that Glossybox also had an after work gathering with prosecco (to celebrate the collaboration) makes me like it just a little bit more. Unfortunately, Jen couldn't make the event as she was at the Savoy having a fancy smancy celebratory time with her sister and dad. (Happy birthday, John!) However, I'm sure that the next time the words 'free' and 'prosecco' are bandied around, Jen and I will both be there, with bells on....and goblets at the ready. 

My favourite products: 

• A fairly reasonably sized Origins Plantscription Anti-aging Power Serum (15ml)
• Skin PEP Dark Circle Eraser Growth Factor Eye Cream (what the flinking flanking heck is growing? My eyes? Eye bags?)
• More Brows by Model Co (you can read my full review here). 

THE OCTOBER BOX

• Nuxe Paris Masque Crème Fraiche (50ml)

• etre belle LipLift Peel (15ml)

• So Susan Flutter Mascara (4g)

• Full sized Ciate nail polish in Ditch the Heels

• Rimmel BB Cream (8ml)

• Yves Rocher Quelques Notes d’Amour L’Eau de Parfum (16floz)

The mask looks great and perfect after a long week of hectic-ness. I am also excited by LipLift Peel. This is something that should be used once a week, to gently remove dead skin cells and supposedly, it keeps the lips looking smooth and soft. Hurrah. Red lipstick, here I come.

The BB cream doesn’t really bother me either way, but if it is good, it will be useful for travelling.

Full sized Ciate nail varnish….why thank you Glossybox, thank you. The green colour makes me happy. Perhaps it will rival the Sephora Formula X nail varnishes?

I appreciate that the perfume is in an actual little bottle and not a sample spray. Nice touch.

I will try the mascara. I wasn’t that impressed with the concealer palette from the same company but I will give it a whirl. The Essense I Heart Extreme Crazy Volume mascara that I received a few months ago in one of the boxes was amazing, so fingers crossed…or maybe eyes would be more appropriate. No, I’d walk into things.

The only negative, the black shredded paper.... It gets all over the product!

But, all in all…..Glossybox has seriously improved. I genuinely get very excited about receiving it every month. Small pleasures, especially as this doesn’t make me put on weight, or have to exercise, or even move too much. Lovely.

Prices range from £8.50 to £10 per month depending on the length of the plan you choose. Visit

www.glossybox.co.uk for more information

Model Co More Brows

Recently, I’ve been rushing to get ready. Be it getting out of bed late or getting home late for work and rushing to look vaguely presentable and not like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards.

In one of my rushing moments, I picked up More Brows, which I received in September’s Glossybox. Is it my imagination but is Glossybox becoming epic? For the last few months, nearly every product has been great and their recent boxes have been really pretty. Bravo.

Anywho, I decided to test it out, hoping for a quick fix.According to the brand, the product is a brush-on fibre gel that gives the look of fuller, thicker brows.

From the picture, you can see the small fibres that are brushed onto the brow. Sounds creepy and possibly weird looking but it looks pretty darn good. 

Before application....looking tired and bluhhh! 

After....still tired and bluhhh but, with fuller brows! 

I have quite the bushy brow but this is quick, easy, keeps brows in place, doesn’t feel hard when dry (nobody wants a crispy brow) and does not look over done. I don’t have a Scouse Brow (my friend Brianna will be disapointed by that!)

The only thing to watch out for is that the product can leave a small clump of the product when first brushing it through. It’s easily removed though.

Longevity = all day. I have been rained on and it's stayed in place. 

Later that day..... 

At the moment, because getting out of bed is quite the ordeal, I’m using this daily. It’s not that I like it better than my ‘Beautiful Brows’ but it takes far less time.

Not sure if I would wear it on holiday. Don’t fancy fibres running down my face whilst tanning and sweat festing but, I would willingly test it out. However, If it doesn't budge in a down pour, humidity might not move it either! I should have got Jen to take it to Florida with her and she could have tested it. Just a note to Jennifer....so looking forward to the many presents that you are bringing me back! Mwahaha! 

£9 from www.modelcocosmetics.com