Bellabox March 2015

Does anyone else think the guy from the iiNet ad is incredibly good looking? I think it’s a combination of his accent/neatly kept beard/knitted jumper. It could also be the fact that I started writing this post at 3am while watching My Kitchen Rules and eating Easter eggs when the iiNet ad popped up. So if this post begins to ramble a bit I’m sorry, but I was probably on a bit of a sugar rush. ANYWAY, the March Bellabox was a goodin’, and despite #highlightergate I received a lot of products from different brands as well as quite a few bonuses and extras.  

Colour Theory Eye Pencil in Slate  

One more pencil to add to my ever-growing eye and lip pencil collection. Before beauty boxes I only had ONE pencil, and that was the MAC lip liner in Redd. Now it’s growing like weeds. Which I don’t mind, because like previously stated as long as colours don’t repeat, it’s good to have a nice selection. This pencil is nice, not the best, but its usable. The colour is also a strange brown/purple colour that leans more towards purple, so I don’t know how much everyday use I’ll get out of it, but it will be good to play around with. Colour Theory is a new-ish, German made cosmetics company that Rachael Finch is a representative of and is available only through Amcal and Guardian pharmacies. Full Size $4.00

Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Creamy Cleanser & Makeup Remover

I’m excited to try this, as I’m always keen for cleansers that double as makeup removers. Like everyone else between the years of 2006 and 2009 I went through the Palmers Cocoa Butter phase. I was especially addicted to their chocolate mint lip balm, so much so that I had one at home, one in my high school locker, one in my pencil case and another in the pocket of my blazer that I always forgot to wear and got uniform infringements for. Like I cared though, this is coming from the girl who in year 12 thought ‘Krispy Kreme’ was a suitable enough excuse to write on the late slips in the admin office. I’m excited to try this cleanser and maybe relive my knee high sock private schoolgirl years (#ja’mieprivateschoolgirl). Just kidding, no one wants to relive high school, LIVE IN THE NOW PEOPLE. But I am pretty keen to see how this cleanser lives up to the makeup removers I’m using now. Deluxe Sample Size

Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula Skin Perfecting Moisturizing Day Cream

This day cream contains SPF 15+ and is designed to “Hydrate, Balance and Protect” the skin through the use of cocoa. I’m a bit worried that this will be a bit rich and how my skin will go with this one, so I might have to use it on a day off. Deluxe Sample Size

SP Luxe Oil Reconstructive Elixir

I love a good hair treatment oil because you can just feel the results instantly. When I was full on platinum blonde back in 2012 I used all SP products and it helped keep my hair incredibly healthy. I kind of floated away from the products when I ditched the platinum a few months later, so I’m excited to give this treatment oil a try.  Sample Size

Klorane Brightening Shampoo with Chamomile  

Marketed to brighten and revive dull hair and enhance your colour, I’m intrigued by this chamomile shampoo. I use a chamomile oil makeup remover that I’m obsessed with, so I’m hoping this will be just as good. I also love receiving shampoo and conditioner samples because it’s something I always forget to buy until I jump in the shower. Sample Size

Bonus

Revlon PhotoReady Airbrush Effect Makeup in Natural Beige  

Ugh. Please. Somebody tell me who actually has a beige skin tone? Because I’d like to meet them so I can give them all my foundation and concealer samples, and then also slap them in the face for getting all the foundation and concealer samples. The sample gives you enough of the product to suss out the formula without sending you a bottle of foundation that is completely the wrong shade for you *cough LustHaveIt cough *. The formula is nice and I’d actually like to go in store and see if there are any that match my good ‘ol Tassie Tan. Sample Size

Stabilo Neon Highlighter in Green  

Before the boxes were shipped this month, Bellabox posted on their Instagram that we would all be receiving a Stabilo highlighter in each of our boxes as part of a completion on highlighting our best features, and that it would not be replacing a beauty product but would just be an added little extra. When I saw it I kind of did a “LOL WOT” and then continued on eating my donuts and trying to lure the neighborhood cat I named “Ed Sheeran” into my house. As long as Bellabox were not going to start replacing beauty items with stationary, I didn’t really mind what they did. But lots of people did and there was a tiny shit storm that erupted for a little bit. But oh well, can’t please everyone, hey Bellabox? Anyway, I can’t really review this because it’s just a normal highlighter they’ve fancied up in new packaging. The accompanying beauty card this month features artwork done with highlighters, so that’s pretty cool. But you know, it’s a highlighter so there is nothing really new to report there. Full Size $1.60

Extra Gift

Essie Nail Colour in Romper Room

I got an email just before my box arrived saying I was one of the lucky 4000 to receive an Essie Nail Polish as an added gift in this months box. Hooray! I love Essie, I think it’s a great polish brand with gorgeous colours and this one was drop dead gorgeous. Beautiful baby pink shade that reminds me of ballet slippers and fairy floss. Painted my nails with this immediately and it is a beautiful nude pink shade. Stunning. On another note, I don’t think I need to buy polish ever again while subscribed to Bellabox because this is my third or fourth Essie polish for them. I’m certainly not complaining, keep ‘em coming Bellabox! Full Size $16.95