April Wantable makeup box

Last week the April Wantable* makeup box landed on my doorstep, this months' box was put together by Kassie Edwardson, a fashion and beauty YouTuber.

The box features two lip products (a gentle lipstick and a highly pigmented lip creme), a creme blusher/highlighter, a Face Stockholm nail polish (actually a shade I've received before) and a set of false eyelashes.

The false eyelashes are gorgeous, really natural and subtle (I haven't tried these, just commenting on how they look), the kind of false lashes I like.  

The nail varnish is a beautiful colour, but like I mentioned, I did have this in a previous box so I would have preferred to have had a different shade, maybe I'll do a little twitter or facebook giveaway for this one? :)

The creme blusher/highlighter by La Bella Donna is beautiful, it's like a creme version of the NARS Orgasm blusher, it's got a fair punch of gold shimmer in it, so it'd ideally either work touched on top of a matte blusher just to give it a bit of va-va-voom! Or on your cheekbone above your blusher.

Next up the lipstick and lip creme, the lipstick is by a brand called Tini Beauty, it's quite a sheer but buildable soft pink shade - it's really beautiful and a perfect everyday shade.  The lip creme is Glam Natural, it comes in a lip-gloss style container with a doe-foot applicator.  It's a very thick (but not sticky) product, very well pigmented and a really beautiful colour, it's like, pink meets merlot.

Apart from Face Stockholm, I've not heard of any of these other brands before, that's something I really like about Wantable, I get introduced to new, good quality brands, they're all full size samples, and you always get at least 4.

Here's the value of all the products in the box (in US dollars)

Face Stockholm nail polish - $12

Glam Natural lip creme - $20

Cailyn false eyelashes - $10

La Bella Donna creme blush - $30

Tini Beauty lipstick - $18

Total box value = $90

Cost of box = $35

That's really great value!!  If you're interested in signing up, just head to Wantable and create an account - don't worry, they do ship to the UK :)

This months Biggest-Pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Jaina from Which Beauty Box

 

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My April Birchbox

So this is my April Birchbox and I must say, I'm pretty happy with it!  I did have my heart set on cancelling this month, but I might re-think that based on this box.  I'm glad there's no perfume samples, and I'm glad they've put some different things in there (i.e. makeup wipes).

Something Birchbox did this month that I really like too is they gave us the opportunity to pick the shade of Colour Club nail varnish we had in this months box too, I opted for 'Heirloom Pearls' which is a pretty pearlescent white shade.  Here's what was in my box all together:

TheBalm - How 'bout them Apples cheek and lip cream - £26 for the full palette

I received the shade 'pie' (love that name) which is a pretty pink shade with a hint of berry.  I love that the full size version is all 6 of the shades in one palette, what a nice idea!

Lord & Berry kohl kajal eye pencil - £10 for the full size

This little pencil is a sample size, certainly big enough to gauge whether or not you think it's a good product and want to re-purchase.  I look forward to giving this a whirl :)

Colour Club Gala's Gems nail polish - £15 for a set of 4

I haven't tried this yet so can't comment on the quality, but I do love the colour.  It's not like anything else I have in my fairly extensive collection so I'm really excited to try it out.

Yes to cucumbers facial wipes - £4.99 for the full size

Apparently these are packed with organic cucumber, they're oil-free and gently exfoliate and moisturise :)  Looking forward to trying these out since I'm back on face-wipes as a way to remove my makeup (don't worry, I cleanse after too) :)

Campos de Ibiza Almendra body milk - £16.55 for the full size

They describe this as 'spring in a tube', light and quick to absorb almond body milk to help keep your skin hydrated, sounds good to me! Looking forward to trying this too!

LIFESTYLE EXTRA - Propercorn Sweet coconut & vanilla - £0.90p for the full size

Now these I've heard a lot about in the blogging world so I'm really looking forward to trying them, I'm saving them for my next sweet craving, NOM!

All in all I'm really happy with this Birchbox, you've done well peeps over at Birchbox HQ!

This months Biggest-Pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Casey from A Topsy Turvy blog

 

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Biggest Pixi3 advertiser for March - A Topsy Turvy Blog

Hello lovelies :)  It's a little late this month, but it's time for me to turn the spotlight onto the lovely person who's been advertising with me this month, aka, the lovely Casey Cheri from A Topsy Turvy Blog.

Taken from Casey's 'About me' page "My name is Casey. I'm half northern, and half southern - and I've spent my half my life living in both walks of life (the busy city, and the silent countryside). I live with my Fiance, and our gorgeous little boy Alec. 

I love photography, art, beauty and just life generally. I had to give up riding a motorbike when I became pregnant, and miss it ever since."

Casey has a lovely blog, she mostly chats about makeup and skincare, peppered with the odd post about her gorgeous little boy Alec :) Her blog photography is fantastic, it's pretty much how I'd wish my pictures would turn out, but I need to learn more about my camera first :P 

Here's a snapshot of some of my favourite posts of Casey's over the last month.

 A great post about high street bronzers, including the soap & glory bronzer, and the bourjois bronzing primer (which I have, and love, but holy moley it's intense!)

 I love this post about makeup for when you feel poorly.  I don't know about you, but I tend to avoid makeup when I feel poorly, and if this last week is anything to go by, I've been avoiding it when I'm well too!  Here are Casey's top choices to pick you up when you feel low :)

This one you might recognise, but Casey took part in the spring tag I created, I loved her answers and such lovely pictures to go with it :) The Spring TAG 

As you can see, Casey has a lovely blog, I hope you'll go and give her a visit and tell her I sent you!

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This months Biggest-Pixi3 advertiser is the lovely Casey from A Topsy Turvy blog

 

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