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  • Glow’s July Bath, Skin & Hair Care Subscription Box

    Every month I look forward to what home fragrance and body product business Glow have to offer when it comes to their subscription box. Will it be wax melts? Other home fragrance products? Pampering goodies for the bath and body? Well… for £24.00 I purchased July’s Subscription Box and it’s actually a mix of a few different things for the face and the body. So what was included?

    Glow’s July Subscription Box
    July’s Subscription Box

    Included in this month’s subscription box are 6 products:

    Totally Tropical Conditioning Hair Mask 250ml

    Defence Moisturiser

    Peppermint & Lemon Foot Spray

    Oat, Milk, Honey & Lavender Bath Soak 150g

    Chocolate Orange Winter Soap 40g

    Rouge Perfume Balm

    Loofah sponge

    Rolling Stone facial tool

    Oat Milk, Honey & Lavender Bath Soak
    The collection

    This collection includes various products that can be used from the top of the head all the way down to the feet. To treat and soften the hair in the form of a conditioning mask. A moisturiser to nourish, soothe and hydrate the face. Relax and unwind in a bath soak. Clean the body in the bath and/or shower with a soap. Freshen, invigorate, and deodorise the feet with a foot spray. And to finish it off by using the fragranced balm to dab onto pulse points to feel and smell good.

    Totally Tropical Conditioning Hair Mask
    First impressions?

    Firstly, these are all great sizes! There are many products in this subscription box which are full sized including the hair mask and the moisturiser. Each one of these six items will provide many, many applications. The fragrances are amazing too. The hair mask lives up to it’s ‘tropical’ name. The soap screams dark chocolate mixed in with orange and the perfume balm smells just like an actual, designer perfume. Not only are the sizes and fragrances great but the look of these are appealing in regards to textures and overall appearances with each product yelling pampering to me.

    Chocolate Orange Winter Soap
    What am I drawn to?

    There’s a few pieces that excite me from this subscription box. The first has got to be the bath soak. I LOVE a bath soak and I love the fragrance of this one. It contains ingredients to aide with relaxation and soothe the skin. I can’t wait to get lathered up with the soap because it looks gorgeous! Great look, fabulous scent and I can already see this being gift ideas for friends for Christmas. The perfume balm intrigues me. I’ve used a perfumed roller ball, not a balm, so this will be a first.

    Peppermint & Lemon Foot Spray
    Recommended?

    Although this is a one off themed box, if anything similar came out again I would recommend purchasing this! It’s a great mix of different products which gives you a taste of what Glow has to offer. This is affordable luxury at it’s best. Some of these products can be bought individually and have different fragrance options direct from Glow. Decadent gift ideas for others and the perfect gifts to give to yourself!

  • May Round Up, What Products Did I Use?

    May finally was a good month for me. Why? The constant running and blocked nose thanks to hay fever slowly left the building and my senses finally returned to their normal glory. It means I’ve been able to use lots of products that I could actually SMELL and appreciate and I could finally review. So what products did I use in the month of May?

    Products used in May
    Snow Fairy Bath Bomb from LUSH

    This was the first I’ve ever used this bath bomb and I can understand what all the fuss has been about over the years! Snow Fairy Bath Bomb smells amazing, looks super pretty, colours the bath in a lovely shade of pink and is surprisingly very moisturising! Definitely a winner for me!

    Snow Fairy Bath Bomb By LUSH
    Dirty Work’s Bahama Balm-A Coconut Body Balm

    Given to me by a friend, I was hoping Dirty Works Bahama Balm-A Coconut Body Balm would be a tropical hit of moisture. But I found this to be too light weight for my skin although it smelt pretty nice. Not for me, but passed to my teenage son so it doesn’t go to waste.

    Dirty Work’s Bahama Balm-A Coconut Body Balm
    Selfless by Hyram’s Centella & Green Tea Gel Cleanser

    A purchase I resisted for many weeks but finally caved in. Selfless by Hyram’s Centella & Green Tea Gel Cleanser is a really good, non fragranced and easy to use cleanser. It’s gentle on the skin but effective on removing dirt and sun cream. And this was brilliantly priced so much I could afford to buy a few for future use.

    Selfless by Hyram’s Centella & Green Tea Gel Cleanser
    Yankee Candle’s Lemon Lavender Fragrance Spheres

    For £1.99 this makes a Yankee Candle product a good buy. But my own personal experience made me think this wasn’t money well spent. This smelt nice but the strength just wasn’t there. I’ve heard and read people have found these to be very good, so maybe I chose the wrong fragrances. But this is a no from me and I won’t buy another one unfortunately.

    Yankee Candle’s Lemon Lavender Fragrance Spheres
    Glow’s Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box

    I’ve fallen in love with all the subscription boxes I’ve received from Glow. They are brimmed with products which makes great value, imaginatively themed and fantastic quality. Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box (which I won in a competition) was no exception! Crafted with care with a mix of unusual and fabulous scents, I loved every piece in this collection.

    Glow’s Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Melt Subscription Box
    Smooch Vixen By So…? Eau de Parfum

    I’m a great believer good fragrances don’t need to be expensive. Smooch Vixen By So…? Eau de Parfum is a beautifully scented fragrance housed in a very cute bottle. This wasn’t expensive and currently on their website for under £5.00 for 30ml. Great for all ages and as I’ve discovered the perfect fragrance to be nicked by a pre-teen!

    Smooch by So…? Vixen Eau de Parfum

    So that is my May round up done and dusted! Which one was my favourite? That’s a hard question to answer. But this month I enjoyed more products than not enjoying. Let’s see what June has in store, can’t wait!

  • Glow’s Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box Part 2

    Who doesn’t love a subscription box? As long as it contains products we want and/or need most of us would agree they are a brilliant idea. The best part about it is you can get a subscription box containing pretty much anything these days. Food, drink, bath and body products and even wax melts (and more of course). It’s taken me a few weeks to be able to use and enjoy the gifted Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box from UK based business Glow. But now I can reveal EXACTLY what these wax melts smell like and how they performed.

    Glow’s Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box
    Blood Orange & Oakwood Wax Melt

    Uplifting and zesty (but not sickly sweet) orange mixed in with the woody, slightly masculine oak wood with a hint of floral. This combination is AMAZING and surprised me as I’ve never smelt anything like this before.

    Blood Orange & Oakwood Wax Melt
    Gunpowder Tea & Minerals

    Gunpowder Tea & Minerals has an almost smoky smell to it. Think of a fire that’s just died out and the smell of it lingers. But with this it also has a sea like mineral hint to it which gives it a little freshness. There’s quite a bit of musk to this one, so it’s not for the faint hearted but I really like it!

    Gunpowder Tea & Minerals Wax Melt
    In The Shadows

    This is a beautiful blend of floral and fruit. The fruity element is the very distinctive rhubarb and the floral isn’t heavy, so possibly white florals rather than something heady like rose. It’s a gorgeous fragrance and perfect to melt during Summer. This is a winner for anyone who loves the smell of rhubarb and I love rhubarb.

    In The Shadows Wax Melt
    Sun kissed Raisins & Autumn Leaves

    Sun kissed Raisins & Autumn Leaves has an almost bakery/fruity like scent to it. There’s spices in this giving it warmth and depth. There’s a plant like element to it so a little earthy. But there’s sweetness to this and something very comforting which I suspect is vanilla. I can’t fault this fragrance!

    Sunkissed Raisins & Autumn Leaves Wax Melt
    Musk Till Dawn

    Musk Till Dawn is a glorious mix of woody notes and creamy, sweet coconut with a hint of floral. I would never have put these elements together but they work perfectly. This possibly could be my favourite wax melt in this subscription box.

    How did they perform?

    All of these wax melts were medium in strength. They filled each room they were melting in so well I couldn’t help but smell them. Longevity wise these lasted for hours. With all of these melts having some form of shimmering pigment on them, each wax pool was very pretty to look at. And all colours of the wax were varied so not one wax pool looked like another.

    Recommended?

    Every subscription box I’ve received from Glow I always think the next one can’t top it and then the following one does! The theme of this is incredibly creative but the actually scents are out of this world! I’ve never smelt any like this before and the fragrance choices are definitely risky as they aren’t typical, but worth it. Of course the overall quality is high and longevity great with obvious time and care taken putting this together. If anyone is thinking about purchasing a wax melt subscription box, look no further than Glow!

  • Glow’s Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box

    Subscription boxes can be so much fun. They are a great way to get a collection of various products posted to you each month normally themed and priced affordably. UK wax vendor Glow’s subscription boxes definitely do this. I’ve bought (and been given) a few of these boxes over the last couple of years. The recent one (which I won) was April’s and it was waxed based and called Crime Scene Investigators.

    Glow’s April Wax Subscription Box
    What was the theme?

    This subscription box is crime themed and interactive. Within the subscription box is the ‘case file’ which you use to help solve the murder of a man called Andrew Bailey. Each piece of wax and the added extras in the subscription box are related to the case.

    Blood Orange & Oakwood Wax Melt
    What was included?

    5 pieces of wax.

    A clay mask.

    A small magnifying glass.

    A small notebook.

    A pen.

    Case notes related to the crime.

    What do the wax pieces look like & what are their fragrances?

    A spanner-roughly 14cm long spanner shaped wax melt. Blue in colour with a dusting of silver pigment. Chunky, sizeable and looks easy to break up to use. Fragranced in Sun kissed Raisins & Autumn Leaves.

    A shoe-shaped like the side of a shoe, this wax melt is brown in colour and is covered in a copper coloured pigment/mica. About 9cms in length and 3 cm wide. Fragranced in Blood Orange & Oakwood.

    A packet of cigarettes-this wax melt is shaped like a box of cigarettes. White in colour with a copper and white coloured shimmer to it. Just over 8cm in length and 5cm across. Fragranced in Musk til Dawn.

    Mobile phone-a basic mobile phone shape lilac in colour with a silver pigment on the ‘screen’. 5cm across and 10cm in length. Fragranced in Gun Powder Tea & Minerals.

    Petrol can-green in colour with gold pigment on the front and fragranced in In The Shadows.

    Sun kissed Raisins & Autumn Leaves Wax Melt
    Fragrances

    These are not my usual wax melt fragrance choices. I would never choose these in a million years and this is why I’m glad I’m getting the chance to experience them. Each wax is quite masculine in scent, aromatic but not overwhelming. Each one smells different from each other and are very distinctive. These are beautifully scented and I can’t wait to get them melting!

    Gunpowder Tea & Minerals Wax Melt
    First impressions?

    This is an incredibly imaginative themed box. From the theme in general to how the wax pieces look. The added extras e.g the magnifying glass are a great touch. And the crime file and interactive element absolutely genius! The time, energy and care put into Crime Scene Investigators April Wax Subscription Box was impressive and the usual high standard I’m now used to with Glow. Every time I think their boxes can’t be beaten they release another one which is even better!

    If you haven’t tried any of their wax products (wax melts and candles), you really should visit their website here. Their quality is amazing!

    Musk Till Dawn Wax Melt