Bellabox September

Out with the Old ..... In with the New

Was super excited to receive my September Bellabox

BUT.......... 

I am super disappointed.  :-((((

Let's go thru one at a time...

Origins Make a Difference Plus  + Rejuvenating (15ml)

Vichy Bi-White Med Deep Corrective Whitening lotion (30ml)

 L'oreal Dermo Expertise white perfect laser anti-spot brightening essence (5 ml)

Celmonze Premium facial ampoules 

Another item which is the Rimmel full colour lip liner.

My Verdict :

Disappointing disappointing.... :-((((

My only consolation is I only paid $15 (before the hike) for this versus $19, but still even for $15, it's not worth it! Why in the world do I need all these brightening, white spots etc products????

The Celmonze Premium ampoules, nicely bubble wrapped but generally with ampoules, I can't see whether it will work with just 1 ampoules. 

Again this month's junk will go into my drawer of useless items. 

Already paid for a year...... I can only hope next months Bellabox will be better than this.... Nope ! I am sure nothing will be worse than this ...

Vanity Trove September

Hot from Oven.. yes! Just received this afternoon :-)

September VT theme Fall in Love.. 

Here goes...enjoy..

Came with 2 workshops..

1. Sally Hansen Nail Care Art Workshop.

15 sept 10-1pm or 2-5pm

at Full House Theme cafe, Rendevous Gallery Hotel

$38 per pax (include $100 goodie bag)

2. La Mer Ageless skincare workshop

6-9 Sept 10-12pm/ 3-5pm/7-9pm

$80 per pax /$120 for 2 paxs (Fully redeemable for La Mer products)

Was looking through the card, thought they sent me wrong stuffs. Saw the mascara and DKNY perfume in the card but couldn't find the them in the trove. Had to read carefully, the stuffs in the trove are actually written in the card. Small prints.

Good Skin Lab Serum - Smooth 365 intensive clarity and smoothing peptide serum (20ml). Came with a SASA $5 voucher. Can use on selected SASA products min purchase $30.

Rimmel London Eyeshadow- 014 Bold Behaviour

Essie Nail Polish Full size , colour Penny Talk

Oilum Body cleanser and Revitalizing Lotion (20ml each)

Watsons treats - Leaders in solution Hydragel and Montagne Jennesse Masque

Princess Pinki Magic Pink Cream. 

Got this info from google. Formulated with natural plant extracts to remove dark pigment of lips, skin, nipple (??) and pubic area (??????) and treats skin discoloration due to smoking, breastfeeding, ageing etc. Pinkness last for 1 to 3 days and is waterproof. Made in Korea. 

Lastly, Shu uemura skin purifier.

My Verdict :

I love that there are 2 make-up items in this months trove. The colors for the Rimmel eyeshadow is something that I would use and the Essie nail polish colour is really nice. Other than that, the rest I would probably give it away. Firstly, the Oilum products, I have tons of these stuff.. the packaging looks a bit old, when it came, some lotion leaked out so the trove was a bit oily.

The 2 workshops sounds interesting especially La Mer, but then again I am away for holiday on both workshops , so this is useless to me.

This month is my last subscription to VT. Not sure whether to continue , will decide later. 

Am comparing Bellabox which is $15 (new subscription $19, I think) with VT at $25 , both subscriptions have almost similar products but VT cost more. What do you think?

Bellabox August

I Love Singapore theme. Bellabox August feels a bit light when I first got it, It doesn't come in the usual box this time, instead it's came in a I Love Singapore beach bag. Let's see what I got........

Quite cute print.........

First thing I did was look in the list....got super excited when I saw a China glaze nail polish...yeah! Finally a nail polish lol......was getting tired of skin care and shampoos month after month.....

A lot of nice brands like Aveda, Dermalogica, China Glaze 

Cute print...useful for library visits...

How pretty is this color... I love it !!

Enavose Probiotics Exfoliance Gommage. It's an exfoliator formulated with Bacilus Ferment to remove dead skin. 

Dermalogica Skin Resurfacing Cleanser. A good size at 30ml. I have always like Dermalogica products, this will come in useful for traveling.

Aveda Invati Hair Care Program.(Shampoo and Conditional) 10 ml each. It's good for thinning hair. This is probably the only thing I don't have much use for. Perhaps Bellabox can look at my profile, I don't have thinning hair lol..... 

 Loreal Youth Code Boosting Essence. I have the same thing from Vanity Trove August. Seems like same supplier is supplying to both Bellabox and Vanity Trove. This is the 2nd or 3rd time I have similar items in the same month from both subscriptions.

Elizabeth Arden Visible difference skincare sachets.

3 sachets : Skin Balancing Exfoliating Cleanser, Optimizing Skin Serum and Sunscreen SPF15

My Verdict:

Mixed reaction to this months Bellabox. I love the China Glaze nail polish. I have always been getting skincare and more skin care from Bellabox, this is a nice change. Make up items are even better. The other products in the box are ok. Good size for Dermalogica cleanser. Probably the only thing that I won't use are the Aveda Shampoo and Conditioner. When I saw the label that it's meant for thinning hair, I almost fell off my chair. I have too much hair!! lol 

Anyway, the thing about these subscription boxes is ....I may not necessary use the products given but the thrill of not knowing what to expect and the excitement of waiting for the box to arrive every month is priceless :-)

Vanity Trove August

Yeah! Super excited to receive this months Vanity Trove. 

Box is filled to the brim!

Let's see what I got!

Sampar products:

Equalizing Foam Peel (2.5ml)

Poreless Magic Peel (2.5ml)

Glamour Shot. (2.5ml) 

Sampar is a French Product. Read quite a lot of good reviews about this, can't wait to try it out.

Brands Berry Essence wit Grape Seed Extract (50 ml)

Brands Inner Shine Prune Essence (42ml)

Scottish Fine Soaps Company Au Lait Body Milk (50ml)

This reminds me of the moisturizers from hotels :-) Smells quite nice.

This is my favorite to try!

Acaci Vita-C Special Oil-Zero Solution (Just realised there is an error on the box, "Oil" written as "OLL" haha). This is actually from Korea. What it does is , it removes oil from your face like a blotting paper, only thing is it uses a spray. Quite cool.

These are extra treats from Watsons.

KaoBiore Aqua Jelly make up remover 

Neutrogena deep clean mulberry foaming scrub (15g)

Skin 79 BB Cream 

I have no idea sanitary pad can do so much! Oxypad Oxygen Sanitary napkin. According to the packaging, it will constanty produce fresh oxygen when pad is moist. Another interesting thing is, in the middle of the pad, it has a warning core. If the color indicator turns to brown, you have to see your gynecologist, it could be a health problem.

Origins Plantscription - Anti-aging treatment lotion (7ml) and anti-aging sebum (1.5ml) sachet.

Lastly, Morilins Organic Facial Therapy Mask with Gingko and grape seed. 

My Verdict :

I like most of the products this month, especially the Acaci Vita-C Special Oil-Zero Solution and the Oxypad. These are new and interesting products in the market, which I have not heard of and definitely   excited to try it out. In terms of value wise, it's fair, whether I will use the rest of the products, I don't think so, I will probably give 50% away. I am hoping that Vanity Trove will put in more Make-up items instead of skincare in their trove every month.

Looking forward to next month's trove , September 2012 Fall in Love Edition.

Thank you for reading.

Bellabox July

My July Bellabox - Around the world.

Hoping to find a little blue box in July's edition......no luck ! nevertheless, there is SK II!

I love SK II products. I have been using some of their products, so this comes in very handy.

Let's see what I have....

Facial Treatment Gentle cleanser (6g)

Cellumination Mask-in lotion (10ml)

Facial Treatment essence (10ml)

Cellumination Deep Surge Ex (2.5g) 

Shu Uemura Full Shimmer Shampoo and treatment (15ml each)

 Skinmiso Pore Beauty Nose Pack (Korean Brand). Have not tried this brand, looking at the brochures, seems like its meant for removing of white and black heads.

 So many cards and brochures, including Kim Robinson $80 voucher. 

Jimmy Choo Eau De Parfum (4.5ml)

 Lipstick pen from Bellabox (super cute)

L'egere Double white O2 one stop cleanser (12ml). Another Korean brand.

My Verdict :

A little disappointed , I was secretly hoping for the Tiffany box lol...

In terms of value, considering that Bellabox just raised its subscription from $14 to $19.95 a month. I have expected something similar to June's Bellabox. The only thing that I like in this months box is probably the SKII products, travel size friendly. The rest, I will probably give it away.

Saw some other bloggers July box, would have love a twist band too!

Thanks for reading, hope you find your little blue box in your Bellabox, it's not in mine.