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She Said Beauty are another big player in the beauty box arena. thebeautyobsession was pleased when our November box arrived at the the weekend and it cheered us up on a rather grey day!

Our initial impression of this months box, was that there was slightly more style than substance. Although it contained three full size products which was a nice bonus, and an additional treat, none of them were what we would call “luxury” products. More what you would class as your day-to-day staples instead.

Clockwise from left: So…? For Me Body Spray, £1.99 for 75ml (full size incl.); Redken Smooth Lock Shampoo & Conditioner, £11.85 for 300ml & £13.40 for 250ml (10ml sachets incl.); Murray’s Manicure Matchbook Nail Files £1.99 (full size incl.); Collection Primed & Ready Smoothing Make-Up Primer, £5.99 for 18ml (full size incl.); Yardley Royal English Daisy Eau de Toiliette, £9.99 for 50ml (1ml sample incl.); Weleda Wild Rose Smoothing Night Cream, £14.95 for 30ml (5ml incl.); Makebelieve enhance Luminize Skin Highlighter £7.50 for 2ml (full size incl.)

We’ll definitely be reviewing the Collection Primer and the Makebelieve Highlighter and we’ll give the So…? Body Spray a spritz, but we are a little disappointed with the Redkin Sachets and the size of the Weleda Night Cream. They’re both brands we love, but it’s very hard to tell how effective a product is and whether you want to use it again, if you only get enough to use it once! We love the Murray’s Manicure Nail Files though, never again will we be stuck without a file and a broken nail!

Overall we think the She Said Beauty box is still good value for money at £9 + £2.95 p&p, and is good for showing you some good staples.

Do you get a She Said Beauty box or subscribe to another beauty box? What do you think of this months box? We’d love to hear your opinions.

You can subscribe to She Said Beauty here. They also have an excellent site featuring lots of beauty blogs and articles – definitely worth a look we say!

Thanks for reading.

tbo

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For those of you who aren’t familiar with Glossybox, it is one of many new “beauty boxes” taking the UK by storm at the moment.

The idea of a beauty box is that you pay a subscription fee and every month you are sent a box of beauty related samples, miniatures and occasionally full size products to use as you wish. Think of it as a rather glamorous “try before you buy” or as we like to think of it at thebeautyobsession, Christmas every month!

With the Glossybox, you receive 5 products each month for a subscription fee of £10 + £2.95 p&p. October’s box is filled with products for, and we quote, “an indulgent and cosy night in”. As October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, Glossybox have themed their boxes pink, and have said they’ll be donating, although we don’t know how much per box will be going to the charity.

As usual, the products inside are wrapped in tissue paper and tied with ribbon, making us feel like we’re opening a luxurious present before we’ve even seen what’s inside!

We weren’t disappointed once we unwrapped, this month’s box contained a great variety of products, all in generous sizes. Two of the products are full sized with an RRP of £24.99 alone.

From left to right: Yves Rocher France, Instant Anti-Wrinkle Moisturiser £18 for 100ml (full size included); The Organic Pharmacy, Enzyme Peel Mask, £49 for 40ml (5ml included); Skinetica, Anti-Blemish, £6.99 for 100ml (approx 15ml included); Sally Hansen, Complete Salon Manicure in 440 Calypso Blue, £6.99 for 14.7ml (full size included); Anatomicals, Don’t just clean it woman, scrub it Body Scrub, £3.49 for 200ml (75ml included).

We’re looking forward to trying everything in this month’s box, but we’re particularly excited about the Sally Hansen polish as it is such a gorgeous colour and the Skineitca Anti-Blemish, as anything that can help us fly through the day with confidence is always welcome here at thebeautyobsession!

We’ll update you with individual product reviews shortly, but in the meantime why don’t you let us know what you thought of your Glossybox this month? If you don’t yet subscribe to a beauty box, what do you think of the concept and would you be tempted?

You can subscribe to Glossybox here.

Thanks for reading!

tbo

xxx