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  • Affordable Luxury From Glow’s March Bath & Body Subscription Box

    There’s a reason subscription boxes are popular. They give customers the chance to try out new products or a combination of products they may never put together themselves. That’s why I’ve enjoyed Glow’s subscription boxes over the last couple of years. March 2023 box was a little different to their previous ones (usually wax melt based). This month’s showcased their new bath, body and fragrance range recently launched on their website. And guess who couldn’t resist buying it? For the cost of £22.00 including postage and packaging, what did I get?

    Glow’s March 2023 Bath & Body Subscription Box
    What was included?
    • Celestial Whisper Hand Soap 250g
    • Raspberry Candy Floss Shower Gel 250g
    • Madame Body Mist 75g
    • Musk Silhouette Eau de Parfum 15ml
    • Dazzling Foaming Bath Salts 260g
    • Raspberry Candyfloss Body Butter 120g
    • Tropical Paradise Coco Bath Bomb
    • Face brush
    • Gua sha facial smoother
    • Jade facial roller
    Raspberry Candy Floss Shower Gel & Celestial Whisper Hand Soap
    First impression

    As I was ripping open my parcel when it arrived, my first thought was there was ALOT of products in this! A great (and thoughtful) mix of products for the bath, body and even the face. Some of these products would be used everyday (shower gel, hand soap and body mist) and some to help relax and pamper, so more as a treat (bath salts, bath bomb, body butter and eau de parfum etc).

    Madame Body Mist
    Sizes

    Sizing is generous with each product. These are not sample sizes but full sized products! Weeks worth of use from Celestial Hand Soap and Raspberry Candy Floss Shower Gel. Up to 4 baths from Dazzling Foaming Bath Salts. Raspberry Candy Floss Body Butter contains many, many applications and Madame Body Mist and Musk Eau de Parfum lots of product to use if and when needed.

    Musk Silhouette Eau de Parfum
    Packaging

    All of these items have functional packaging to them. They aren’t fancy but simple in a good and practical way. I really like how the bottles are black which makes them stand out. And the tubs being clear means you can see the product inside.

    Dazzling Foaming Bath Salts
    Fragrances

    I’ve had a cheeky sniff of all of these products and they smell fabulous! Most of these are all the types of fragrances I like anyway and these are scented beautifully, fragrant and obvious but not overpowering. I’m not 100% sure abut the foaming bath salts in Dazzling as it’s quite left field for me. But of course I will give it a go before I pass judgement so watch this space!

    Raspberry Candy Floss Body Butter
    The extras!

    The added facial tools were totally unexpected but equally welcomed. What a brilliant addition to this already overflowing box of goodies. So not only is the body treated by using the Glow bath and body products but now the face can be pampered too.

    Tropical Paradise Coco Bath Bomb
    Recommended?

    I can’t recommend (or not) this box because it was limited in numbers for March’s release. But what I can say is if a similar subscription box comes out like this in the future, then yes! These are practical but luxurious products, full sizes and will cover nearly all of your body care needs. I’ve already been lucky to try a few of these items previously but in different fragrances (*gifted*Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts and Amber & Lavender Body Butter) so I know what to expect. But I’m so excited to try the other products. This is what you call affordable luxury even on a budget!

    Fancy grabbing any of these products from Glow? Visit their website here to purchase from their bath, shower, body and fragrance range.

    Facial tools

  • My First Bath & Body Works Body Cream In Winterberry Wonder

    The best way to try out new brands and products is when they have a sale. If you love them, you will purchase them at full price in the future (although being on sale is always better!). If they aren’t right for you it didn’t cost you a fortune to find out. One brand I’ve always been curious about, but never tried, is Bath & Body Works. They have an extensive range of bath, shower and body products, not to mention home fragrance items as well. So the perfect time for me to make my first purchase of their products was during their Boxing Day Sale. I grabbed Winterberry Wonder Body Cream online from Next for £4.00, normally £16.00 for 226g.

    Bath & Body Works Winterberry Wonder Body Cream
    Why did I buy this?

    The price of this product was affordable, the scent description online sounded great and I’m a bit of a body moisturiser junkie so perfect starting point to see what this brand was like in general.

    What is this body lotion supposed to do?

    Winterberry Wonder Body Lotion is designed to be a moisturising body product rich in texture, giving the skin a smooth, soft look and feel thanks to it containing shea butter and hyaluronic acid.

    Packaging

    This body lotion comes tubed. Purple in colour, textured and very striking in look. It looks like it belongs in a gift set with a fine fragrance so very eye catching.

    Fragrance

    This body lotion smells like a mix of berries and vanilla with a hint of sugar. It’s a beautiful scent. It’s fruity but in a very uplifting, energising way not sickly sweet and traditional.

    Consistency

    White in colour with a typical body lotion texture. Loose in texture but not runny. When you first squeeze it out it does look quite thick but when applied it isn’t.

    On the skin

    I found this body cream easy and quick to apply. I was a little disappointed this was more body lotion than body cream, because on the skin it didn’t feel particularly luxurious. Not only wasn’t it luxurious but it felt very light weight on the skin. Not a bad thing, but I wanted something thicker, more moisturising and heavier. After application, my skin felt slightly moisturised but not much and looked matt in appearance.

    The thing that stood out for me with this product was the fragrance. Absolutely stunning and made using this an absolute joy. The fragrance was long lasting on the skin and this made me very happy.

    My body didn’t look or feel much different after using Winterberry Wonder Body Cream. The only thing that was different after use was it was fragranced.

    Recommended?

    My experience with this product was a little underwhelming. For it to be called a body cream made me have certain expectations. I expected some slip to it, thickness, moisturising and protection on the skin. This wasn’t. On my skin it felt like a basic body lotion. So not a body product I would recommend for dry skin and your skin is very thirsty and needs richness. If you have normal skin and looking for a light weight, beautifully fragrant body moisturiser then I would say buy this, but only on sale. At full price, £16.00 in my opinion is expensive and I would want to feel my skin plump with moisture after use paying that price. I didn’t get that with this. Would I buy this again? No. Would I buy the fragrance form of this if available? In a heartbeat!

    There are lots of products within the Bath & Body Works range which is available from Next. My next purchase I think will be a fragrance because the body cream is not for me.

  • February Round Up, What Products Did I Use?

    I’m sat here reflecting on how fast February as a month has gone, unlike January. January DRAGGED! February literally has come and gone like the money in my wallet and now we’re saying hello to March. So what did the month of February bring to me product wise and what did I use?

    Products used in February
    Bubble Up’s The Never Skip Dessert Collection

    Such a cute bath and shower collection from Bubble Up. A donut shaped bath fizzer and a sweetly fragranced shower scrub. A super affordable body treat from Home Bargains at a cost of £2.99. Maybe more suitable for the younger generation who want a bit of cheap pampering.

    Bubble Up’s You’re An Angel Cake Shower Scrub and Donut Bath Fizzer
    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil

    Cold weather means dry lips, and it’s always nice to have an alternative available for the humble lip balm. Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil definitely was something different, fun and a practical lip product to use to help combat dry and cracked lips.

    Lip-C Smile’s Raspberry Lip Oil
    Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette

    Revolution Beauty has a good, varied collection of fragrances including Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette. This is a fragrance both myself and my 11 year old daughter grab in the morning so suitable for different ages.

    Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette
    Glow’s Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts

    (gifted) Glow’s new Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts was definitely a fragrant, foaming treat for the bath. If you love bath salts and foaming bath creams/gels but want to combine the the two, this is that killer combo!

    Glow’s Pink Sugar Foaming Bath Salts
    LUSH’s Snow Dragon Bath Bomb

    If you love your bath bombs at some point you will have purchased something from LUSH. And boy did I buy during their Boxing Day Sale! Snow Dragon Bath Bomb was bought from the sale. Super cute, lovely colour and size but in the bath? It was ok but didn’t thrill me. But great for the price I paid (£1.75).

    LUSH’s Snow Dragon Bath Bomb

    So these were the products I used in the month of February. Which one was my favourite? They were all very different but probably Glow’s Pink Sugar Bath Salts!

  • Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette

    The fragrance industry is a massive one. I have no idea how much money it makes or how many fragrance products gets sold every year, but it must run into it’s millions. I’m not surprised, because the majority of human beings love to use fragrance and like to give it as gifts too. I’m a bit of a fragrance junkie, and one of the fragrances I currently have on rotation is Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette. I bought this from ASOS last year during a sale. It was down from £10.00 to £6.70.

    Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette
    Why did I buy this?

    I normally stick with body mists because they are affordable and good quality ones are easy to pick up from anywhere. But I grabbed Revolution Beauty’s Creative Eau de Toilette because of the price, reviews on the website and how it looks. I’ve bought and used products from this brand before but never a fragrance product. At the cost I paid I thought it was a budget friendly way of trying this out with nothing to lose.

    Packaging

    100ml of fragrance comes in quite a chunky, faceted, leopard printed glass bottle. Copper coloured detailing with faux crystal lid. This eau de toilette comes boxed and mirrors the print from the bottle but with added splashes of pink. You will either love or hate how this is looks but I personally love it! I think it’s fun, stands out and is patterned in a way that always slips into a fashion trend at some point of time.

    The Fragrance

    This is a floral based fragrance which smells more white floral to me. It’s quite light, not heavy and very Spring like. The smallest amount of woody notes are present and overall this has quite a pretty, sweet, young, uplifting scent and feel to it.

    Strength & Longevity

    Strength is a medium. It’s not heavy and powerful but it is there. Personally I could have this turned up a notch, but my hay fever right now is thankfully this isn’t stronger. Longevity is fair. The fragrance isn’t a punchy floral so I don’t expect it to be strong and everlasting. It does it’s job and when I need a bigger hit and the fragrance is lessening I apply more.

    Recommended?

    Personally, I like this fragrance. I like how this smells, I love the packaging and how much I paid was really good. I’ve noticed my 11 year old daughter is quite fond of this too and I can see why. Different ages would like this scent, and I would be happy to buy this for my daughter or someone much older. To make this perfect, for me, I would like it slightly stronger and last longer, but it wouldn’t stop me buying this again.

    You can buy this direct from Revolution Beauty (currently £12.00).