Today I have a Jolse random box unboxing!
This box was $29.98USD~
You could choose from a bunch of boxes named after the spoiler item, and I chose the Vitamin C OST that I had been wanting to try out for so long! here
To see what boxes are available, click here! Notable items are some of the COSRX items and the Skinfood Black Sugar Wash Off Mask :)
The box promised a free COSRX diary to the first 300 customers and a higher value than the paid price,
apologies for shoddy lighting, I was excited to show you guys :P
Let's do the breakdown!
COSRX Diary (Priceless? LOL)
The stickers are so cute! The diary itself is a bit disappointing though, since there is definitely not 365 days in here... But it's still very cute! Just not practical :P
1. Etude House Moistfull Aloe Soothing Gel (12,22USD) [x]
2. Milky Dress Anti Trouble Refresh Moisturiser (13.18UD) [x]
3. Vitamin C OST (14.44USD) [x]
4. Milky Dress Oasis Peeling Gel (12.30USD) [x]
Total so far: 51.70USD
And these are their sale prices, not their full prices from Jolse :)
5. Etude House Real Art Cleansing Oil Moisture Sample 25ml (1.90 on RRS) (couldn't find on Jolse)
6. Etude House Look at My Eyes Eyeshadow in Jungle Red (4.96USD) [x]
This arrived so fast and I'm very happy with the contents! Definitely worth it and would purchase again! So many samples and they didn't disappoint in making the value worth it =)
I was worried it wouldn't be because Jolse's prices are a little (-cough-inflated-cough-) SOMETIMES but it turned out fine! =D
Swatch:
Etude House Look At My Eyes in (Jungle Red?)
My unboxing video as always:
With love,
Athy
(Disclaimer: I paid for this with my money, opinions are my own, etc etc :P)
3. Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Golden Shimmer (RRP $32.99 for 50ml, $6.60 for 10ml sample)
4. Sebamed Moisturising Body Lotion (RRP. $12.50 for 200ml, 95c for 15ml sample)
5. Ulta3 Nail Polish in Mojito (RRP $2.30, I swear I've never seen an ulta3 polish retail for more than $2 in real life though)
Bonus Bic Soleil Glow Razor (RRP $7.50 for 3, $2.50 for 1)
Bonus Carefree ultra Thins Regular (RRP $4.29 for 10 pack, 85c for 2)
Total value: $73.10
Information Card
What do I think?
Not the most glamorous box, but definitely a practical one. I can't exactly say I won't use everything... Ulta3 polishes are a cute present for a niece, and the body lotion could come in handy for those of you who don't have too much body lotion... :P The body lotion is intriguing though, I have to admit.
I'd say I'm content with this box. =)
My only real complaint this month: where is the tiffany blue box? D:
Swatches
Top: Laqa and Co Cheeky Lip Crayon in Cray Cray Bottom: Revlon Just Bitten Kissable Lip Balm in Rendezvous
After putting on 3 coats, the difference between these two oranges really stand out. The Laqa & Co lip crayon is very matte, and it's a rather pink orange. Which is probably using it as a blush actually looked pretty good when I randomly decided to try it on camera!
Third: Laqa and Co Cheeky Lip Crayon in Cray Cray Fourth: Revlon Colourburst Matte Balm in Mischievous Mauchieuse
The texture is very close to the Revlon Colourburst Mattes =)
You can see the crayon used as a blush in this picture! Pretty decent :D
Sorry for my face, haha.
Hope you guys enjoyed and sorry for the huge hiatus xx
You've all heard of Bellabox by now, and maybe if you've been following my blog for a while, you know about my very tumultuous relationship with Bellabox :P (read: love-hate)
So without further ado, the contents of this month's box...
The contents
It was hard to make this box look good. Like, really hard. xD
Give me some credit guys!
Total value of this box:
1. Coastal Scents Eyeshadow (? no value given) 2. Ardell Strip Lashes RRP $10 (read as: $5, because noone buys from Priceline full price) 3. Aspar Hand Cream 10ml ($2.80 value) 4. Avene Skin Recovery Cream 5ml ($4.50 value) 5. QVS Eyeshadow APplicator ($6.99 value) Bonus Macadamia Natural Oil ($1 value)
Total value:"$25.30",
(which is really more like $10 if you consider how much I'm willing to pay for everything in this box.)
People pay $17.99 for these boxes Bellabox. Step it up.
$25.30 of value of $18 is still atrocious considering the quality of the products.
Final verdict:
"Wtf this box sucks lmao why did I resubscribe" - me literally everytime I receive a Bellabox. Why do I never learn? :P
Unboxing video as usual:
How were your October boxes? As bad as mine? Let me know!
I received my first Native Box today! I chose the Lifestyle box instead of the beauty box because:
a) Lifestyle box is monthly
b) I currently have WAY too many beauty products to try... and I like trying new food :K
Anyway, let's get on with it!
My picture is missing the crickets, because I didn't want to touch the container. So I kept it in the box and held it by the cardboard box and threw it all out. I'm a huge wuss, I know. :K
I did take a photo but I didn't want to upset anyone who was easily upset at photos of dead insects like me, so yeah. Take my word for it, if you don't like dead insects in any way, it's a pretty horrifying surprise...
1. Food for Health - Muesli Pod (in Coconut, Cacao and Chia flavour) $3.30 at Coles
2. Qi Teas - Organic Green Tea (Wellness) (25 tea bags) $5 at Woolworths
3. Power Super Foods - Organic Chocolate Lip Balm ~ $6 at PowerSuperFoods
4. Edible Bug Shop - Roasted Crickets (Chilli and Garlic) ~ 15USD at Edible Bug Shop
5. Wendy Christina - Kakada Plum and Coconut Cleansing Milk $25 at Wendy Christina
6. Alter Eco - Organic Dark Blackout Chocolate ~ $4 at Alter Eco
Total value? $59.30
My thoughts:~
Paying $20 for this box is excellent, and even better for me because I paid 15 =)
Although it is very disappointing that the item second biggest in value is something that (in my opinion) is quite niche / wouldn't appeal to most people, the value of the rest of the box really makes up for it.
Organic foods really aren't cheap, so discovering options through a box like this is great I think!
I'm very excited to try the tea as well as the muesli, and I'm actually eating more of the chocolate now... my tastebuds are adjusting :P
My unboxing as always:~
Thanks for reading guys!
Let me know what you thought about including "edible crickets" into this month's box? Am I overreacting?
Camirelli is based in Brisbane and specialises in homemade goodies for home and body! They also do crates ;) (boxes! hell yeah! These don't autorenew, you purchase them one off every month.)
When I saw the theme for the couple crate was vanilla, I just couldn't resist! Even though I'm a single gal!
For the purpose of deciding how couply this crate is, Storm spirit is my couple today.
Me and my stand-in husband, Storm Sprit the panda!
The box costs $35, including shipping. You need to get your order in by the last day of the month before, and then your crate ships out on the first week of the next month!
So I purchased my October couple crate in September, and it shipped out between October 1 - October 7 =) It arrived today on October 16th, which isn't too bad! (I actually missed the postie yesterday on the 15th)
The contents!
Information card!
Let's break it down couple style!
1 & 2 ♥ Candle-wise, there's a candle for me and a candle for Storm Spirit. RRP $12 x2 ($24)
I get the deliciously fruity Orange Vanilla Small Candle (RRP $12) and he gets the manly French Vanilla Bourbon Small Candle (RRP $12). One candle each for equality! My man shan't complain about our room being girly smelling all the time anymore! In fact, he can experience the pub right in the comfort of our own home!
(Except I wear the pants in this relationship, so that manly candle isn't ever getting lit ;)
Storm Spirit: *smells candles* I want both to myself! None for you!
3 ♥ Gourmet Vanilla Artisan Soap RRP $6
Having a night in? Or is your man just dirty and stinky from a day of manly moving things about? Instead of telling him he stinks, be subtle about it by taking a bath with him and scrubbing him down for him! Not only will he smell like delicious vanilla for a little while, if he's a furry panda, he will probably smell like delicious vanilla for a LONG while.
(PS. I don't recommend you actually use this soap on furry creatures.)
"Get my back for me please?" :DD
9 ♥ Black Raspberry and Vanilla Lotion RRP $6
After a nice shower, lather each other up with the lotion ;) You can guess where that would lead to.
Eww no, no picture of Storm Spirit here. You pervert. XD
HEY THIS STUFF SERIOUSLY SMELLS AMAZING THOUGH. SO DELICIOUS. SERIOUSLY.
Not too hard to link this to couples there! Pucker up!
If you have a guy with dry and chapped lips, now you have the perfect excuse to exfoliate and moisturise them.
"It came in the couple crate! You said you'd do things in the couple crate with me!"
(Maybe this is why some guys think everything you say is a trap? :P)
"Now you have to kiss me! MWAHAHAHA!"
Umm... Still no thanks though Storm Spirit! I'll have to pass!
6, 7, 8 ♥ Soy Melts in Flavours French Vanilla, Sweet Pea Vanilla, Gourmet Vanilla. RRP $2 each
♥♥ Total value of the box?
$56 + the priceless value of some sweet sweet luvin'.
Bonus picture of the other Camirelli goods I bought!
♥ Clamshell melts in Lemon Biscotti and Macintosh Apple ♥ Body butter in Marshmellow and Chocolate Fudge ♥ Foaming Mousse in Candy Fluff ♥ Bath Salts in Chanel No. 5
Also, I know it's been quite a while since I've been doing videos/unboxings consistently. SO SOME SNEAK PEEKS SO YOU KNOW I WON'T BE DISAPPEARING FOR A WHILE...
I also did a Liz Lisa haul from TokyoOtakuMode, here's my personal link for $10 off [x]
I bought a one-off box from Native Box.
And finally...
:')
THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING & READING
My social media links are on the left under 'findme.' if you'd like to know more ~
This has been linked up with FabulousandFunlife here =)
With lots of love,
pynkbunny (and Storm Spirit!) :P
(Disclaimer: I paid for all of this with my own money, I just felt like doing something different to being overly opinionated for once, :P)
These are the items available at K Beauty By K that I bought!
♥ It's Skin Macaron Lip Balms [x] $4.40 each
♥ Nature's Republic By Flower Lip Scrub [x] $3.95
♥ Sulwashoo Essential Skin Firming Cream Sample: [x] $2.00 (currently out of stock)
♥ Tonymoly Crystal Blusher in 03
♥ Too Cool for School Dinoplatz CC Cream
♥ A'pieu Matt Bebe Lips in MPK01
♥ Etude House Sugar Tint Balm in 1021
♥ Etude House Sweet Cherry Tint
♥ Etude House Sweet Cherry Tint
♥ The Saem Concealer
♥ Colourpop Cosmetics Super Shock Shadow in Mooning (Pearlised)
♥ Colourpop Cosmetics Super Shock Shadow in Bae (Metallic)
Everything I bought together =) Except the skincare + Colourpop missed the group picture
Swatches! I should have taken a picture of my hand instead of a screenshot, oops.
So much Etude House! So many products to try! I've been in such an awful mood, so I'm very happy some shopping's arrived ^^ I love playing with makeup!
And my Camirelli crate is going to be arriving tomorrow... I'm excited to unbox it for you guys, it's been so long since I've done an unboxing!
Here is my evening/morning skincare routine as of today! I hope this will be informative - I delayed getting this out because I really really REALLY wanted to get this right, but I realised that skincare in general is a work in progress and it'll be literally forever until I feel like it's anywhere close to perfect.
My skincare routine does have its merits - I rarely ever break out/get pimples, whenever I do get pimples they're gone within a day (amazing right?), and my face never ever feels oily/my pores never feel clogged because I have SKINCARE that addresses all of it!
Because my skin is combination, I often find myself "feeling for" and just reaching for whatever feels right to my skin. So my skincare routine might seem all over the place, but heck, it does a decent job! I'm also really lazy, so hopefully my post helps you guys out.
This video could have gone on forever, so I tried to only talk about important parts.
But I love talking about skincare - please ask me if you have any questions =)
My take on the multi-step Korean skincare routine...
Don't want your hair getting in the way of your skincare!
♥ Get your face CLEAN! ♥
If your face isn't clean, your awesome moisturising products won't make it past all that sebum, old makeup, dirt, skin cells, etc... to get to your actual skin and provide its moisturising effects!
Cleansing is very important to get right because having bad cleansing means your products might not be as effective as they could be!
1. Makeup removal
Straightforward! Use a wipe or micellar water or makeup remover if you're wearing makeup. It makes cleansing easier!
Examples of products: Lancome Sensitive-Eyes Instant Cleanser, Wotnot wipes, Simple wipes, Palmer's Wipes, Neutrogena Wipes, Bioderma Micellar Water, Garnier Micellar Water, you get the point... Baby wipes if you really have nothing else!
2. Double Cleanse (oil, then foam)
You use oil cleanser to get rid of makeup/sunscreen, and then foam cleanser to get rid of the oily feeling the oil cleanser leaves you with =) Or the oily feeling in general!
Sometimes I'll skip oil cleanser and just foam cleanse on days where I haven't used makeup but my face feels gross.
Examples of products: Banila Co Clean It Zero, Etude House Essential Foam, Dermalogica Precleanse, Dermalogica Special Cleansing Gel
3. Exfoliate
I only do this once a week, because exfoliating is harsh on the skin. (Literally removing the dead skin cells from your skin! If you use a physical exfoliant, you're using the equivalent of sandpaper.)
I know physical exfoliants are very popular in Western skincare (yes, I'm looking at you St Ives Apricot!), but I strongly suggest chemical ones instead. Your skin will love you for it!
Examples of products: Paula's Choice BHA 2% Skin Perfecting Liquid, Cure Aqua Peeling Gel
Cure Aqua Peeling Gel
♥ ACTIVES ♥
Depending on your skin, you might want to use Vitamin C, BHA, AHA, and prescription medication here if you have a skin condition like eczema for example! I use my Cure Peeling Gel and BHA interchangably, and I don't need AHA or Vitamin C, so I have nothing here. =)
Things like modelling masks, clay masks, CHOCOLATE masks should also be here
... :P
Wonderuci Cacao Brightening Mask
I don't use this too often, but it smells absolutely amazing and makes my skin instantly brighter =D My special occasion mask. It's super thick in texture and is messy to wash off, but just amazing.
♥ MOISTURE! ♥
This is straightforward! Now that your skin is squeaky clean, let's deliver the good stuff!
4. Toner
Preparing your skin for all the good stuff to come =) A mist works fine in toner's place if you're lazy like me! :P
A lot of toners tend to contain alcohols, which you want to avoid since they dry out your skin. This is why I traded out my Etude House Wonder Pore Toner, and have not been too adventurous with toners in general.
Examples of products: Purebess Galactomyces 100%, The Skin House Aloe Water Mist
5. Facial Mask
My favourite part! Facial masks are one-use masks that deliver intense moisture to your skin, as well as other benefits depending on the ingredients =) You leave it on for about 20 minutes, but I like to leave it on until it is coming off/feels dry. There's also masks for the neck area, eye area, lip area... you get the gist!
Because it's so time intensive, I only tend to do this once per week. You can do more or less! =)
I know r/asianbeauty really love looking at lots of masks, so here we go..
My favorite mask is the Sally's Box Hydrogels! I most recently used the Innisfree squeeze mask in Bamboo which my face loved.
6. Essence
The lightest of the trio! (Essence, serum, ampoule)!
In case you haven't noticed, we go in order from most watery to thickest/least watery product! That's the magic of Korean layering =) This gives you the chance to target three different things that you'd like to fix with your face. If that makes sense?
The essence I currently use is a brightening one! Which gives me a more radiant complexion :P
7. Ampoule
The next step, also moisturisey, and does other things! The current ampoule I use has the ingredient propolis, which is for anti-blemish properties!
Beauty Recipe Propolis Ampoule
8. Serum
The next step, also moisturisey, but can do other things. The current serum I use contains the ingredient snail, and is for intense moisture and anti-wrinkle properties. (Prevention is key! :3)
Miss Age Anti-Aging Snail Serum
Western Skincare will use different names that don't say essence/ampoule/serum, so just feel for it by 'heaviness' or 'wateriness'.
9. Emulsion
At this stage, your face might feel kind of watery! Emulsion is a lotion, so you're starting to seal in the deal =)
Sana Soy Emulsion,
Etude House Moistfull Collagen Emulsion
10. Cream
At this stage, you're getting bored of me saying everything is heavier and more moisturising, so yeah. That's what cream is! You've probably used a face cream before, without all this other stuff :P
Nuxe Creme Nirvanesque
11. Eye Cream
The eye area is very delicate and needs special care!
Benefit It's Potent! Eye Cream, Indio Eye Rise
I know I have quite a few here, but some are morning (the roller ball ones) and the thicker ones are for the evening routine... And yes, I use all of these interchangably... eek.
12. Spot Treatment
I only ever do this when I have pimples, which is a rare enough occasion that I forgot to mention it in my video. This stuff is AMAZING. Two different friends on two different occasions asked me to help them with pimples, and I passed them a depot of spot cream. This stuff is a MIRACLE WORKER and I don't know of any Western equivalent of this stuff.
The actual solution to pimples - double cleanse and spot treatment. That is all you need =)
Shara Shara Bee Tox Spot Cream
13. Sleeping Pack / "Night Cream"
Seal all that goodness into your skin before a good night's sleep!
I find that using a sleeping pack prevents that feeling in the morning where you wake up and there's still skincare on top of your skin instead of inside. Of course, patting your skin in to make the products absorb is also a thing which you do :P But still! ;-;
Palmer's Night Cream
Kiehls Hydrating Masque
Heart Face Ultra Pore Sleeping Pack
♥ Caring for the rest of your skin ♥
Stuff like lipcare, neckcare, body lotion, haircare...
This is an overwhelming amount of information, so I'm going to end it here for now =) Let me know if you enjoyed this post/want to see more! I really enjoyed making this!
A fantastic resource on the Korean multi-step routine is this post at fanserviced-b! She's one of my favourite k-beauty bloggers and I definitely recommend checking her out =)
This post is linked up on FabulousandFunLife! Click to see other great Australian beauty-related posts here!
Here's the Marie Claire "The Parcel" Unboxing! This is their special 20th anniversary edition :D
I find these flatlay things hard to do :P
Information Card 1
Information card 2
Ingredient List 1
Ingredient List 2
Contents:
1. Clinique Smart Repair 10ml sample: $26 (full size is 30ml for $80)
2. Loreal Paris Colour Riche Lipstick: $21.95
3. St Tropez Gradual Tan 10ml 50ml sample: $10 (full size is $40 for 200ml)
4. John Frieda Frizz Ease Smooth Start Hydrating Shampoo and Condition: $16 each, $32 total
5. MOR Rosa Noir Hand & Body Milk Sample: $5 for 50ml, (full size is $35 for 350ml)
6. Redwin Coconut Balm: $6
7. Estee Lauder Modern Muse Le Rouge EDP Sample: $3.60 for 1.5ml (full size is 50ml for $120)
Total: $104.45
Loreal Paris Colour Riche Lipstick in 430 Mon Jules Swatch
Impressions:
Overall, this box looks good! It is well balanced, containing a little bit of everything (generous big haircare, nice brands for skincare!) Although it's not exciting, it's definitely good value for money.
My only complaint with Marie Claire The Parcel is that there are a range of shipping dates. It kills me to see other people unbox before me :P It takes so much willpower to resist clicking on people's spoilers and reviews!
I can't believe I also forgot to mention that I am most definitely reusing the cardboard box this came in. I'm actually running out of boxes to store my cosmetics in! This is getting out of control! :P
