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Ever since I received the Red Appletox moisturiser in a Memebox I have been obsessed with fruit shaped beauty products and sadly it has also led me onto collecting anything cute to the point I have quite a collection, a lot of it Tonymoly, and here is most of my collection. Tonymoly eggs (Blackhead steam balm, tightening cooling pack and silky smooth balm) This is a three step nose pore cleansing step These are probably my favourite products from the Tonymoly food shaped products I have bought so far. This is a great set of products as they deal really effectively with blocked pores on the nose as it a three step process by using the scrub then the mask then the balm. I have found that the scrub and the mask are very effective used together to clean the pores but I have to admit that the last step, the balm, doesn't wow me. If I wore makeup all the time it may be great as it gives a more flawless look with foundation but for me I don't wear enough makeup ...

To the most part there is a constant turnover of the products in my house so when I do find a holy grail product (or product type in the case of one of these) it is rare.  But in the last six months, or so, I have found some so here they are:   Micellar Waters Garnier micellar waters I use these for my initial cleanse, I double cleanse most times before using a toner, and have found these applied on a large cotton pad are great for an initial cleanse whether or not I have been wearing makeup that day. I have tried a few brands and particularly enjoyed the Boots Botanics All Bright Micellar 3 in 1 Cleansing Solution as it gave a great healthy glow to my skin as well as the Garnier Micellar waters. I have tried pink topped waters ( Garnier Micellar Cleansing Water 400ml) and the green topped waters ( Garnier Skin Naturals Micellar Cleansing Water Combination & Sensitive Skin 400ml) from Garnier and have found the green less drying on the skin. ...

The fact that I am in love with Tonymoly products isn't really a secret, especially if you have ever seen my instagram.  I have been collecting their hand cream and skincare fruits and animals for a while so when I saw that they had a cleansing cream I was quite excited. I quite like cleansing cream and often use them instead of cleansing oils a lot of the time simply because they are faster and easier to use. I suppose the first thing that strikes you  when you see Tonymoly products for the first time is the packaging. As this is the broccoli sprout product the packaging is fitting with rubber leaves that are ever so pretty and the general appearance of a plant pot enclosing the sprout.   The labelling is a mix of English and korean and is simple but in context with with the cute packaging.  Indeed even the inner cover for the product is functional, stopping it leaking, but great in the elegant simplicity. I...

To say this is one of my favourite boxes for a while will be a bit of an understatement.  At $19 plus p and p this box was a bargain and having three Holygrail products in it that means for me i t is even more of a bargain. Originally this was a box that cost over $30 but they are trying to clear their warehouse in Korea because they are closing their global operation so they decided to sell off the remaining products at a cheaper price. Which was great for me. But here I will show you what was in this box and detail why the products are Holygrail for me. I h ave to admit that when I can mainly freestyle a review I must really like the products and the box.

The irony is that I have written a Memebox review post only a week after their announcement isn't lost on me. But here is the soothingsista Memebox that I received from the box party event.

I know that they aren't releasing many, if any, boxes at the moment but back when I ordered this box they were still releasing a lot of boxes. So many, in fact, that this box was part of a trio set.  These were also the first $19 boxes that they had ever released too and unlike it's two baby brother, which I will review next, this one is very good value. It has five items and although some are repeats it is actually a really good box.

I seem to be bouncing back and forth between old and new Memeboxes to review and today I will review one that I only received a few hours ago and this is the fall/winter natural make up which arrived with my Skincare Elixir box. It has six items as listed below:

Memebox seem to be having an issue getting rid of the cutiepie marzia 2 boxes so have taken to several routes to get rid of the extra stock, why they ever thought getting 5k boxes in the first place is beyond me but that isn't relevant to discuss here. But, back to topic, they decided to sell off the Tony Moly Red Appletox honey cream apples for $5 and I really couldn't resist and purchased two as they are supposed to be good for dry skin. So I bought a couple alongside a couple of makeup items and a Benton soothing mist for $30 and also got free shipping. But back to my thoughts on the Tonymoly Red Appletox Honey Cream.

The omg boxes are never omg enough for me but at least the third edition has once again shown that these boxes are full of useful products. Additionally omg 4 is supposed to be really omg so I look forward to that but before then I can show you the omg 3 box This box is fab and here are the contents:

Sometimes a box isn't quite what the name says and this box is a good example of that.  To most this is the 'My cute wishlist box 3' box but to me it is forever to be 'the scary dolly box'. Or maybe with the film Annabelle at the cinema and halloween coming it is just a case of bad timing.

The global 14 box from memebox really blew my socks off so I was really looking forward to my global 15. Although it wasn't as wow as last month's box and didn't have any sheet masks it adds to the proof that if you ever want to try out memebox you can't really go wrong with the global boxes. Even if you do have to wait for a while for them to be shipped.

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?

My memebox eight came early this month but been too busy to review as I have been doing campnanowrimo but I am taking a break as exhausted so I have decided to do this review tonight. Memebox is a box that costs just under £19 including postage from Korea and is full of Korean beauty products. I really like it as you get a lot of bang for your buck and the few products I have tried from my boxes have been very good.  I also love the beautiful pink outer boxes. At the moment they don't ship to the uk but I have signed up until box 16 and as this box is only number eight I will be reviewing them until at least October, especially as I expect they probably be shipping to use again. Anyway, back to number eight. As per normal the box was nicely full of products and even from just looking at a general overview you can see there is a good variety of products. So, what did I get? The first item in my box this month was a Flower Men Energy Moist Boost...

My memebox lucky box one turned up Tuesday after talking a prolonged vacation in incheon but I am extremely happy to receive it as I have seen spoilers on the makeup talk forums. It arrived in the usual pink bag and I love that as it is so girly.