Bean's mum's blog

Things are changing soon for me a small amount on this blog.  I have to admit I am a little bored of a few of the boxes I have had in the last few months and will probably trade some out for some more obscure ones that offer more for the money. Some will stay but I really fancy trying other ones and to this end I signed up to Wantable on the 31st January. Also being tried out will be the meme box that is a south korean beauty box. The concept of the box being reviewed here, Wantable, is very good as you take a style quiz for your desired box, they do three, a make up one, a accessories one or an intimate one, and they ask lots of questions and actually take notice of your answers. If you say you dislike something it will never appear in your box. Therefore, in my case, with the make up box, I will never receive mascara or eye liners among a few other things. It is more expensive at just over 31 pounds (or $50.20 dollars for Uk subscribers al...

I've had an odd time with Glossybox the last few weeks. Had to contact them three times for a few issues and although two were resolved well the last one has irritated me slightly and today has been a mixed bag. First for the good news, my replacement Vichy Serums came today in the post and they managed to grab an extra surprise on the way. My Vichy samples were almost empty when I came to use them last week and they offered to send me some more and I am really happy that they arrived today. With them was the Murad Clarifying Mask in a 30g sample. Although I haven't used a skin mask in a while and I have dry rather than acne prone skin I had to try it so I did and it has made my skin really smooth and even after leaving it on for ten minutes it didn't leave an allergic reaction, which is a definite bonus. I'll enjoy using that and the full sized is very expensive so I couldn't use it any other way. Now, for the bad news. I don't think anything will hap...

This is my Limited Edition Christmas Glossybox. It is one of their one off boxes and it arrived this morning. It has  items in it and with a discount I had it cost me £21.70 including postage. It looked really good and I wanted to try out the butter nail varnishes as I have heard good things about them and haven't used them since I started growing my nails as well as wanting to try the lip gloss and the conditioning shampoo. It is a rather beautiful box on the outside and I love the gold and white colour scheme. It was prettily wrapped but inside is what matters... right? These are the contents: This is a butter London 3 free nail laquer in Teetotal. I have put this on my fingers and I am not sure if I like the colour, leaning more on wanting to remove it to reapply the one I removed to put it on, and my husband doesn't like it. The application wasn't ideal either as it is quite thin but at least it dries fast. I had to do three coats to get a rich coat ...