January Birchbox

Hey everyone, Happy Wednesday! 

Today I wanted to talk about my first ever Birchbox. I have wanted to try out this service for a very long time but ummed and aahed and never got around to ordering one. This year however I decided I was going to bite the bullet and set up my account. 

If you don't know what Birchbox is, where have you been for the past few years?! Basically Birchbox is a monthly subscription service that costs £10 a month, and you get a box each month with 4-5 deluxe size beauty samples. You can take surveys every month which help to tailor the beauty samples to you and your needs and skin type etc. the products are mainly high end products so it's a great way try out new brands and products that you might not have even heard of otherwise, which to be fair is a great idea and for the price its just a wonderful idea.

On to my box :-

I am extremely excited to try out the Delarom Face Mask as it is targeted at dry skin, but the Benefit Porefessional is another product I am excited to try, however the silicone in the formula makes me worry about breakouts as I have sensitive and dry skin. Overall I am extremely happy with my January box and I can't wait for my next box!

I hope your all having a fabulous week! Thank you for taking time to read my blog! xx

Boots Haul And An Apology

Firstly I'd like to make a huge apology for the lack of posts over the last few weeks, I know its going to sound like excuses but I've been really poorly, I got a bad case of the flu and was off work for a full week and haven't been wearing makeup or shopping or doing anything beauty related, in fact I haven't really done anything except snuggling up on the sofa playing my new Zelda game. But yeah, I just wanted to apologize for being MIA, But I'm back now with a very exciting, at least for me, haul from Boots.

Oooh pretty things!

Balmi Raspberry Lip Balm - £4.99

Barry M Gelly Nail Polish in Dragon Fruit - £3.99

Collection Smokey Eye Pallet - £2.99

Rimmel Scandal Eyes Rockin' Curves Mascara -£4.99

Soap & Glory Brush With Greatness Cleansing Brush - £6.50

Seventeen Back Lash Eyeliner - £1

Super Beauty Shower Gel - £2.49

butter LONDON Nail Polish - HRH - £3

butter LONDON Nail Polish - Jack The Lad - £3

butter LONDON Nail Polish - Big Smoke - £3

butter LONDON Nail Polish - Victoriana - £3

Nivea Deodorant-£1.85 

Finding the butter LONDON Nail Polishes in the clearance bin for £3 was amazing, and completely luck, I'd walked past the stand a few times before looking down at it. Of all my purchases today, these are the most exciting, I cannot wait to try these out.

I hope you've all had a wonderful week, and hope your all well! 

Hair Care Haul/Mini Review

Starting the day the right way!

As you know if you read my blog, I recently had my hair 'dip dyed', now if you don't know what that means, in its most basic form it means I had the ends of my hair dyed/bleached blonde, leaving the tops of my hair my natural brown. You can see pictures here so you can get an idea of what I mean.

Because of the bleach I decided to actually buy a proper shampoo, for too long I'd be using cheap shampoo because, as bad as it is, I wash my hair daily because of my job, I want my hair to look good, not dirty, but because of that I didn't want to spend a lot on shampoo. However, like I said, I'd bleached my hair so I want to keep it healthy.

Shampoo, Conditioner, Leave In Spray

£15.95

£12.95

£4.49

I picked up the shampoo and conditioner set from the salon where I had my hair done, They used most of the range on my the day I had my hair done, however I asked about the prices and nearly fell through the floor, £12 for a shampoo just seems ridiculous to me, but to keep my hair healthy? Well, I guess I'll give it ago. The shampoo is lovely, as is the conditioner, however the lady who did my hair told me "you don't need a lot of shampoo, just add water and it creates a lovely lather' now I took this to heart, and couldn't make the shampoo to work for me for the first few days, however I decided to use slightly more shampoo and when you have very wet hair, it does lather, and is lovely. The smell is very light, but it does linger which I really like. It is also a daily shampoo which is perfect for me because I can use it on my working days and not worry about drying my hair out. Like I said these products are very expensive, for me at least, and I'm not sure I would repurchase, but I will keep you posted! 

The Aussie Miracle Colour Insurance, is a product I have used before, I love these products, the smell amazing, the packaging is lovely and girly and they just work. I bought this for days I don't want to condition my hair because my hair doesn't react well to being overly conditioned, and the spray is so convenient for me.

I'm looking to add a few other products to my hair care routine, but as I mentioned, I am not good with taking care of my hair, and it does stem from the fact that I don't really do anything with it, I wash it and blow dry it, done and done, so I never really stepped out into the world of haircare, so if you guys could recommend to me some amazing products for colour treated hair, I'd be really greatful!  

Talk to you soon guys!

xx