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My minibox #2 arrived this afternoon courtesy of Royal Mail and I  was over the moon to receive it as it is still showing as in Incheon so it was a surprise but a great surprise. I am totally in love with memebox atm as you can tell by my lots of reviews and this one was a great box to buy as I had points to use and this box was only $15 including postage before I used my points so it was bargain in my eyes even without the point as these box contain 4 -8 deluxe samples or foil packs and that seemed cheap so I bought it. But what did I receive?

I always get excited when my degustabox comes and this month was no different as it was delayed slightly due to the bank holiday in the uk but it arrived this morning and I am over the moon. So, what was in it?

This is my Lootcrate may that arrived a while ago. I have to admit I am far behind this month but hoping to catch up.

These are my May 2014 boxes for an easy picture comparison

So, my third Nerd block box arrived last week and this is my review of it. This is the Nerd Block Jr Boys box for May 2014.

The next nerd block I received this month was the nerd block jr girls box and this is my last girls box as I will be getting the horror box instead of the jr boxes from now on.

Sorry but these reviews have been delayed by real life issues but hopefully today and tomorrow I can get back on track.  But, back to this review. This is my Nerd block may 2014.

So, I decided to resub to Glamour magazine because my sub had ran out a while ago and I was waiting to see an offer that really jumped out at me this time. So when I saw I could get it for £9 for 12 edition plus a lucky bag I couldn't help but get excited and I was even more excited when my luckybox arrived as it was a huge bag that was full and heavy. So, what did I receive in my Luckybag and why I am so happy?

This is my Souksouk box for May 2014.  It is a box that is more centred on natural beauty and has had up and down months for me as I tend to prefer other boxes but I like that these are natural products.  But, enough of that, what was in this months box? These are the products for this month and to be honest nothing here really jumps out at me and appeals to me. This month we have a moisturiser, hand serum, nail lacquer, a body lotion and finally a french soap. So, what did I receive?

My Birchbox came last week and I was really pleased with it but due to other commitments I have only just got around to reviewing this box. This box is a collaboration with Harpers Bazaar and unlike the Lulu guiness box the box has been designed and it isn't just a designed sleeve with one of their grey brown boxes inside.

I just have to apologise to my regular readers as I have been gone for a while but I am still hear it is just that I have been busy with writing and doing short shaky vids on youtube.  But I am back now and I will put up a few reviews over the next few days. This is my first and it is my Memebox #10.

Edward seems to go through fazes and atm the hobby of choice, other than stealing my ipad is painting.  Here is my little bean constructing a masterpiece last week.  Sorry that I have not been on much but I am writing prep sheets ready for the next campnanowrimo in July and doing very quick video reviews on my YouTube channel. I love how he is yet to realise that the paints are best not mixed. Here are his first art works that are now very proudly displayed on my fridge. On the right is grandma, my mum. Gonna have to see if he will draw nana soon too. And here I am with Edward in my belly, according to my son. I have to admit this is a great activity for Edward and as he is a bit of a clean freak it wasn't that messy as he kept the paint on the paper. x-J-x

My hubby and son gave me this Gift Sexy Glowmud set for mothers day and as I have already reviewed youthmud on here I decided to do a supermud picture review too. The set came in a beautiful box. Inside the box are the two different masks and they are so beautiful in this box. The glamglow supermud comes in the silver and white tub. This has a net weight of 34g. The tub is very small but I only use about three fingers tips of this on my face and as you can see it is only slightly depleted after the two uses I had already done when I took this picture. There is probably at least ten to twenty uses in this tub. After immediate use I turn into camo girl. It dries really fast though and scares my son who hates the idea of my face being dirty. This is after thirty minutes of use. Spot where on my face I have skin issues. My nose has recently gone greasy for the first time in my life and ironically this all too obvious in this picture and shows ho...

I have to admit that the Love me Beauty box has always been a favourite box but the May boxes seem to be sending this box in a direction I don't particularly like and seeing what other bloggers have said and the comments that I have seen other people seem to agree with my bewilderment. But which menu did I choose and what was in the box? I choose menu 3 this month but I have to admit none really interested me and I prepaid and didn't realise I could pause so I chose the one I liked best from the three options available. You can see the main issue even from the opening picture and this is that 40% of this box of this  box is made up of non beauty products and one of these items is seen in all the boxes and tbh I am disappointed that it is one of the items in this box. So, what were my individual items? The first item in box are a set of three pocket notebooks by Go stationery. This is probably the second most disappointing item in the box is it...

I have been using up quite a few products up recently so as I have a burgeoning empties bucket, and sadly also a burgeoning migraine today, I have decided to chronicle them so that I can throw them away on Tuesday.

  I've recently signed up for a few boxes as I am looking at cancelling some again and this was one that I signed up for again after getting it a little while ago and deciding to try it again for three boxes and this is my first box of the three I prepaid for. This is my Lovelula May box that arrived this afternoon. So odd to see these leaflets again after a while away but definitely exciting. Eight samples in my box this month and although I have one sample (the lip and cheek stain) from a Birchbox I am really happy to see a few brands that I have never tried before and products I haven't tried as well as some goods that will be great to take on my holidays. So, what did I get? The first two items were from Fresh therapies and are two different types of samples of their natural nail varnish remover products. The first sample is a nourishing nail varnish wipe that is sufficient for 10 nails according to the packaging and the second sample is...

A few days ago my Glamour Beauty Edit box came after a longer wait than I expected as between dispatch and delivery was over a week so I emailed them last week and here it is.  Don't know if it is a coincidence but either way I am glad it is here.

My hubby has been at work today (bank holiday Monday in the uk) and Edward and I have been having a day centred around reading and I thought I would share what we have been reading as I have really enjoyed it as he loves to be read to and these are great books. So what I have read today?

Okay, this is my review for my April nerd block jr girls. This was my third nerd block to arrive last month and was quite a few days behind the other two, although this review is even further behind as I had campnanowrimo in April and I am only just catching up now.

This is the second nerd block I received last month as all three seemed to ship completely separately and were days apart on arrival but this is my nerd block jr boys. This was probably my favourite jr block last month.

Okay, another apology for my tardiness on doing my April boxes but I am hopefully going to catch up today and get up to date before my May boxes continue to arrive. So, on this bank holiday Monday I am going to get up to date. Anyway, back to the review and this is my Nerdblock for April. So, what did I get?

The first of my May boxes was ordered an hour or so into May the first, as per usual I stayed up to order, and turned up on the third via the nice yodel lady.

This is my first superloot box that arrived a few days ago in May and I am apologise (again) that I will have to go back and do my nerdblock reviews as my campnanowrimo in April has delayed my blogposts a little but I swear I will get back on track.

I was quite surprised when the postman rang the doorbell today.  First, because he rang the bell, anyone who has seen my moan from the other day understands that reference, although it was a different postman, and second because I was thinking that this box was probably still in Incheon. Luckyboxes are filled of old favourites from past boxes and some new items (possibly) and have both samples and full sized item in them, whereas the new miniboxes have only samples and the superboxes have only full sized. More info on memebox can be found  here . But here is my Lucky Box three so I can review it for you now. The leaflet shows quite a few items. And the box is really packed which is a great sign, as is the fact this isn't a branded box. So, what is in my luckybox 3? The first item in my box is the Holika holika Skin & Good Cera Super Cream in a 10ml size.  This was from memebox #2 which was from before I started to get these boxes...