Bean's mum's blog

I got my half price advent calendar yesterday and was over the moon as a few of my products from the first one are running low. However, I wasn't so overjoyed to see a massive rip along the front of my box and along my box. I will have to contact them about this as their parcel carriers have done this in transit. I am just thankful it is well packaged inside so nothing was broken or burst, as that would have been a sticky mess. Yuk!   Here is the rip a little closer. Poor woman nearly got decapitated. Here is everything I got for £29.90. I have detailed them all in my previous advent posts so in this post I will only show the ones I especially loved using or the ones I needed desperately as they had nearly ran out. I am not saying the other products sucked but these are the products I have particularly looked forward to getting more of because I really loved using these the first time around and because they make getting another both well worth the money...

I thought I'd do my december loves to show you my current loves and because I can say that these all are products I would recommend, although I would need a remortgage to use the serum all the times. These products are all from beauty box companies, although two are from my advent calendar and one is from a free gift that I got with my christmas present, a six month Birchbox subscription. The first product is the Neostem serum and I received it in my mybeauty box a few months ago. As it is over £50 I could never afford to repurchase it but it is so wonderful to get it as it sinks into the skin and is really creamy so a little goes a long way. I really think it has helped with my fine lines and will definitely miss it when it is gone. More info can be found  here . I am rather lazy with body moisturising so this product is great and it is rose scented, which if you have read my blog posts before you know I love, and this is the Cinq Mondes Spa Paris Hamman rituals roses...

On the twenty first day of advent my Ciate advent calendar gave to me: A 5ml pot of Ciate nail varnish in 'confetti'. This is a great top coat and I have tried it on over my ultraviolet and it is very pretty and very festive as well as fast drying. It contains lots of different colours of glitter and is one of my favourite nail varnishes so far, especially as it looks amazing over other nail varnishes. On the twenty first day of advent my youbeauty advent calendar gave to me: A 30ml spray bottle of Alterna Bamboo Smooth Kendi Oil Dry oil mist.I have used this one before and this is a great product. It makes even my long frizzy hair straighter and more controlled and I really like that it has no scent and isn't ridiculously oily in my hair. I will definitely buy it again as it makes my hair look so much better. This sample is worth £4.32. x-J-x