Birchbox March 2015

This months Birchbox is a collaboration with Habitat (the homeware store) and aims to allow you to refresh yourself and your home as we go into spring. There is an exclusive offer inside for subscribers to give you 20%  off all full priced items at Habitat as well as a sneak peak into the April box which allows you to pick your Laura Mercier sample.  I love the box design this month, the bright paint stripes really throw you into spring!

Birchbox March 2015 (10 per month plus £2.95 p+p)

Benefit Roller Lash (£19.50)

This month you were able to pick which Benefit mascara you wanted to receive out of the They're Real, BADGal or Benefit's new Roller Lash mascara. I chose Roller Lash as after receiving a sample of this mascara in last months Elle magazine and falling in love with it. For a more in depth review of this mascara check out my Benefit Roller Lash First Impression.

Serenity Skincare Dead Sea Bath Salts (£9.50)

Being a dancer bath salts are a necessity to me to relieve sore and tired muscles so these bath salts are welcomed. Upon first impression these salts don't have a very strong scent to them which is nice because sometimes it can be rather overpowering. This is a great sized sample and should last a good few baths. 

Catherine Malandrino Style de Paris fragrance (from £50)

I'm rather fussy when it comes to perfumes so receiving perfume samples is always a bit of a worry for me. However I love this perfume! It's a sweet, fruity perfume but not overly sickly. At around £50 a bottle I don't think I will be buying this just yet but I can't wait to make use of this sample.

Philip Kingsley Elasticizer (£27.50)

I've already received a sample of this before and I can't say I've used it before so I was kind of disappointed receiving this sample but after reading good reviews on this product I might finally actually give it a go. This pre-shampoo treatment claims to restore suppleness and bounce.

TanOrganic Self Tanning Oil (£24.99)

Tan Organic is the worlds first tanning oil. This organic tanning oil moisturises the skin whilst leaving the skin with a healthy glow. I have a full sized version of this product and love it. It leaves a gorgeous colour on the skin, applies great and smells great too, a sort of citrus scent.

This months lifestyle extras are a cute, little red notebook from Birchbox and Habitat, and a extract from the book A Perfect Heritage by Penny Vincenzi. 

What did you think of this months Birchbox? 

Katie xx

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Benefit Roller Lash Mascara First Impression

I managed to pick up the free sample of the new Benefit Roller Lash mascara in this months Elle magazine before its general release next month. There may be some still around as I only picked this up a few days ago and there was plenty at my local Tesco's, so hurry down and be one of the first to try Benefits new mascara. This new mascara by Benefit focuses on curling and lifting your lashes mimicking the idea of hair rollers (hence the name).  The brush is quite a small plastic brush curved in shape covered in plastic bristles in various sizes. They bristles also contain hooks at the bottom which claimed to hook and lift the lashes upwards helping create the curled effect on your lashes. 

On first impression I wasn't sure about this mascara as it already seems quite thick, making me think it would be clumpy and wouldn't last very long as it might dry out too much too quickly. However after applying this mascara that didn't seem to matter as it certainly didn't clump at all. The mascara certainly lives up to its claim to curl and lift your lashes as you can tell from the photo, there is certainly a difference between my natural lashes and the lashes with the mascara on. Usually I find with mascaras that promise curled lashes, whilst they deliver at first, they tend to drop throughout the day, however after testing this out all day at work by the time I got home around 7 hours after applying it my lashes looked the exact same as when I applied it, a big winner in my book. Often with mascaras they tend to smudge on my eyelid and below my bottom lash line but luckily I did not experience this with this mascara. 

Will I buy this mascara when it comes out? 

Most certainly yes! I've been in a bit of mascara rut recently not really liking any of the mascaras I've been using so I'm glad to have finally found a mascara I love. This mascara certainly lived up to its claims and made my lashes look super long. The jet black colour also allows me to get away with just wearing mascara on my eyes, something I tend to avoid as I find the lack of colour to my eyes tends to make them sink into my face and not stand out.  I can't wait to purchase the mascara next month.

Katie xx

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