Beneath The Lid: November GlossyBox

This month GlossyBox have got Christmas “covered” with their Stocking Fillers themed November box, which includes some of the most celebrated brands and also “some very exciting newcomers”.

Heres whats inside:

Dr. Jart+

Water Fuse Beauty Balm

“This BB cream gives a natural bright and glossy application for natural, fresh looking skin which controls sebum production from sweat and streaking”.

I’ve only used this once since my box arrived (yesterday) but so far I like! The coverage is great and buildable. It left me with a natural looking finish and covered my blemishes/red patches well on first application, I was then able to build the product more on those difficult to conceal areas.

I’m going to continue to use this product daily and see how my skin reacts, as in last months GlossyBox I received Dr. Jart+’ Premium Beauty Balm’ which at first I also thought was great but them started to bring me out in spots!! Lets hope this one doesn’t do the same?!?!

Burberry

Burberry Body Eau de Parfum

“An effortsley sensual, feminine fragrance with an eclectic combination of green absinthe, rose and cashmeran”

First of all I have to say how pretty is the bottle!!! Its soooooo cute, however as you can see from the picture there is a little bit of product missing as my cap wasn’t on properly :(  The bottle makes it look like it maybe a spray applicator but appearances are deceiving and its is a normal sample style application bottle.  It is a very wintery spell, a tad musky with spicy notes.  I think it’s a grower?

Alison Claire Natural Beauty

Mango Body Butter

“A delicious blend of organic mango and cocoa butters will leave your skin feeling wonderful”

This is the ‘very exciting newcomer’ in the box and I’ve got to say there’s nothing to be excited about here!  Firstly it’s a body butter, I’m sure we’ve all got loads of these knocking around in the backs of draws at home and secondly its smells disgusting!! For the first few seconds of pumping it out the bottle (which in its self isn’t easy to do) it smells like mango but them it morphs into something different, which I can only describe as smelling like B/O!  I even asked my boyfriend to have a whiff to make sure I wasn’t going crazy and he thought the same thing!  The product itself is moisturising, but nothing special however due to the smell alone this is a product I will not be using!

(As a side note, while writing this little review I tested the body butter again, just to make sure I wasn’t imaging the smell (I wasn’t!) and while continuing to type on I noticed my hand getting a little bit itchy which has now lead to a lovely red spotty rash where it was tested!  Hopefully im one of few who will have this reaction?!?)

Nails Inc

Kensington Caviar Top Coat

“3 Nails Inc best sellers including traffic stopping brights and an award winning caviar top coat”

There was a selction of 3 Nails Inc polishes on offer this month.  You could have got: Caviar Top Coat (like me), Porchester Square (a muted mushroom shade) or Notting Hill Gate (neon pink).  I’ve not tried this topcoat before, but I have heard good things.  Out of the three polishes available this would have been my first choice as I’m always after a good topcoat, closely followed by Porchester square and I would have been disappointed to have got Notting hill Gate, as neon pink really isn’t for me!

As a bonus if you visit the Nails Inc website and enter code GLOSSY20 at the checkout you get an extra 20% off your order (expires 30^th November 2012).  Also if you scan the QR code on the information card you can download a voucher (HERE) for £10 off a gel manicure.

Dermalogica

Daily Microfoliant

“A unique rich-based powder that gently exfoliates skin, leaving it noticeably smoother and brighter”

I opened this before reading the card and it completely threw me to find a powder, I expected a cream form exfoliate, what you would get with most exfoliators and this concept is something new to me. To use this you’re supposed to dispense into wet hands and create a creamy paste.  Again I’ve only used it once and I think I may have added too much water, as I didn’t make so much of a paste, more a runny liquid...eeek!  However I’m going to keep going with this one, as it felt gentle on my face and the exfoliate is super fine so I cant see it irritating my skin.

You can receive £5 off your first purchase when you visit buy.dermalogica.co.uk and enter code DAILYGLOSS at the checkout AND all orders are shipped free of charge (offer ends 31^st January 2013)

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All in all I’ve got to say I L.O.V.E this months box!!! The body butter aside I can see myself using every product and there’s even the possibility of repurchasing after further uses!   GlossyBox have really upped their game this month. There may be no full sized products (I’ve kinda come to expect this), but the products inside are sooo great it doesn’t bother me!

This months red GlossyBox Sticker

Did you get this months box? What are your thoughts?