A couple months back I heard of this Luxebox by Loose Button. Each month you get a box sent to you usually with 4 or 5 samples of beauty products, all for $12 per month and you can either pay for only the one month or you can purchase a subscription and automatically get billed. And let me tell you, it is TOTALLY worth it. I absolutely love getting samples of different products because I get introduced to more stuff without having to pay for the full product if I don't like it. And the samples sizes are pretty good, sometimes it's the full product they give. Like last month I got a full size eye pencil.
The samples I got this month were Pur Minerals: 4 in 1 Pressed Mineral Makeup, City Cosmetics: City Lips, Proclaim: Cocoa Butter and Body Lotion, and Calvin Klein's Forbidden Euphoria Fragrance.
The 4 in 1 Pressed Mineral Makeup ($31) claims to be a foundation, powder, concealer and SPF 15 all in one. I have never found a powder that I like that gives good coverage and I never liked how powder looks on my skin so I usually stick to liquid. But this powder has great coverage for using very little product and it feels and looks like I'm wearing nothing. So much quicker to dust on than applying a liquid. However, as a concealer I don't think it works very well because it's only medium coverage, which I was expecting anyways. As for how long the wear lasts, I use a primer beforehand and it lasts just as long as my liquid foundation. Overall, I would definitely recommend this product.
Next is City Lips by City Cosmetics ($35). This is a lip plumping treatment that claims to increase collagen production in your lips which plumps your lips and decreases wrinkles. Now, I have never used a lip plumping treatment before because my lips are big enough and I don't want to look like Angelina Jolie. The good thing about this product is it doesn't have the stinging, tingling feeling I've been told other products have. But it definitely has a slight numb dentist lip feeling. For me I really didn't notice a difference in the size of my lips, although they did look smoother. I did a comparison of my lips with nothing (top), with regular lip gloss (bottom left) and with the City Lips gloss (bottom right). My opinion is it's not worth the $35.
Proclaim's Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion ($8) is supposed to sooth and protect skin brom sun, sind and water. It contains aloe vera so I'm sure it would work great for sunburns if I had any! I really like it because it doesn't leave a greasy feeling afterwards. Overall it is a good basic lotion to have for a great price.
Last is Calvin Klein's Forbidden Euphoria ($78) which isn't even released until next month. I am super stoked I get to be one of the first people wearing this fragrance! The smell is very sweet with fruity and floral scents. This is supposed to be a younger version of their Euphoria fragrance and I would agree this would be best suited for girls in their late teens and early 20's. I personally really like it but I don't think it would be a scent I would wear often.
Also, my box came with some lovely earrings by Sheyna Jewellery ($18). They are pearl moonstone earrings. The site is really cool because you can make your own earring by choosing what you want them to be made out of. Very pretty! :)
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