YSL Rouge Volupte | #20 Spicy Pink

The beautiful Iram over at The Lipstick Diaries recently ran an Yves St Laurent Lipstick giveaway and I was lucky enough to win it.

A box came in the post last week and I was over the moon when I realised it was from Iram.

This is my first YSL lipstick – in fact it’s my first high end lipstick as I only started wearing lipstick in February! Haha – Honestly, they intimidated me quite a bit, and they still do!

The packaging is so sleek! I would have been happy just to have the empty case!

I picked the YSL Rouge Volupte Lipstick in Spicy Pink #20, described as a ‘cinnamon pink’ which is right on the dot.

I love how the colour on the bullet matches the lipstick.

On my dark skin the colour looks like a nude pink, and reminds me a lot of my Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Truffle, just creamier and more pigmented. I might do a dupe on this soon!

It glides on like a dream. I love how silky and smooth it is, whilst still making my lips feel really moisturised.

I have to say a massive THANK YOU to Iram. It honestly felt like my birthday when this arrived.

I’m also slightly mad at her though, because I know I’ll definitely be purchasing more of these!

If you haven’t tried a YSL Rouge Volupte lipstick then you really should. I can’t recommend enough.

March Glossybox: Harrods Collaboration

This month’s Glossybox was a collaboration with Harrods and highly anticipated by beauty box subscribers. Harrods means high end products for sure, and no Collection 2000!

Or so we thought…

I was among the first wave of people to receive the boxes just a day after they were posted, but held off writing my review because I’d accidentally ordered two and hoped the second would be better.

IN THE BOX:

Narciso Rodriguez For Her EDP Sample

Molton Brown Heavenly Ginger-Lily Moisture Bath & Shower

YSL Forever Youth Liberator Serum

Burberry Beauty Miniature Lipcover in Rosewood N^o 4

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream

Now before I start my review, don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t unhappy with the box. But you don’t rave on about Harrods and then not deliver!

Narciso Rodriguez For Her EDP Sample

LOVED the fragrance but it was tiny. You could pick this up from a perfume counter for free, and seeing as other samples were in small glass bottles I thought it was a bit of a cop out. I’ll definitely be purchasing this at some point, without a doubt.

Molton Brown Heavenly Ginger-Lily Moisture Bath & Shower

Getting fed up of body washes in beauty boxes. It’s just getting boring to be honest. Whilst this does smell really nice, it’ll end up going in the pile of ‘don’t wants’.

YSL Forever Youth Liberator Serum

I’m 21, admittedly I do have one laughter line because I smile way too much and yes it’s the bane of my life, but I don’t think it’s time to start using stuff like this yet. Prevention is better than cure; start early, blah blah blah. I look after my skin, I have a good routine going so I don’t need anti-ageing products – just yet. If GB looked at my beauty profile then they’d realise that!

Burberry Beauty Miniature Lipcover in Rosewood No. 4

Probably the best item in the box. But lipstick just isn’t for me. Swatched it on the back of my hand and I can tell it won’t suit me. BOOOO! Still sticking with my Nivea Big Berry!

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream

I use oil on my skin so I probably wont use it but it’s the perfect size for my handbag so when I switch back to my suitcase (!) this’ll definitely go in. I hate getting caught out in the summer with dry legs!

All in all not a bad box? Wrong. Clearly shows that they don’t take any notice of your beauty profile. And I feel a bit cheated. If I’d gone to Harrods myself and to all of the relevant counters I could have gotten all of this and more, and NOT paid £12.95 for it.

I think I was also disappointed because I really wanted the Ojon Oil. But there was a silver lining to my cloud …

My second Glossybox arrived this morning, this one with six items – one of them was a *bonus*

Molton Brown Vitalising vitamin AB+C Bath & Shower

Lancome Hynose Drama Instant Full Body Volume Mascara

Valentino Valentina EDP Sample

SK-II Skin Signature

Clarins Extra Firming Body Cream

*Shu Uemura Cleansing Beauty Oil*

For me, this box was more disappointing than the first. I don’t doubt that it’s worth more and definitely better value for money, but that’s as far as it goes. Apart from perhaps trying out the cleansing oil & the perfume sample everything else is useless to me.

SO. I’ve organised to swap the entire contents (Minus the Shu Uemura) for the wonderful Ojon Oil Serum. On the surface I’m getting the short end of the deal, as the SK-II is worth almost £25 alone and the Ojon is just £16. But I’d rather have a £16 product, than £40 worth of products that will just sit in a box.

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As much as I complain about GB sometimes I know I won’t unsubscribe. I got a really good box last month, and these boxes weren’t awful. I love the surprise every month, even when it is a bit of an anticlimax!

Lola ..x