Glossybox: July

I've been subscribed to Glossybox for a while now but since I've not long started my blog I haven't really mentioned any of the products I've reviewed so thought I could start a regular post giving reviews on them.

For those of you who haven't heard of Glossybox it's basically a box full of goodies that you get sent each month to try out! Its £12.95 a month inc postage and contains 5-6 highend beauty product samples for you to try and you can choose the type of products you want receieve or you can just have a lucky dip and choose to receive any. Each month you get different samples and don't find out what you had until you get them in the post.

The packaging is really cute as you can see you don't just receive a padded envelope

of products lol. The boxes always come in handy and I've used mine to store my makeup and nail polishes etc.

So this is what I got in this months box..



Kryolan Satin Powder Sparkling Eye Dust
Shade SP 333

Collin Resultime Regenerating Collagen Gel - can be used as a daily serum in a fine layer or a sleep mask in a thick layer.

Awapuhi Wild Ginger Texturizing Sea Spray -  texture and body adding spray for hair for a surf-inspired look. wild ginger scent perfect for tousled beach style hair.

Monu Calming Cream - a green tinted thick calming cream which neutralises redness on the face, usually on cheeks and chin.

Jelly Pong Pong Lip Frosting - 2 in 1 cream gloss for use on lips for a tint of colour or for a lumious glow on the cheeks. Irish cream pavlova flavour.

Kryolan Satin Powder - micro fine sparkling eye dust in shade SP 333.

Elizabeth Arden Visible Diference - skin balancing exfoliating cleanser, optimizing skin cleanser and skin balancing lotion.

NOTW: Nails of the week - Purple glitter

I love having my nails done and love to have them all different colours and styles. Today I've gone for purple glitter nails.

I used 3 nail polishes - MUA shade 12 (Pale purple), Barry M shade 303 (Bright purple) and Beauty UK topcoat (Clear). I also used a small pot of fine glitter in a pale purple colour which you can get some most beauty stores, I got alot of mine from ebay they are really cheap and have lots of colours to choose from.

Step by step

1 - Firstly I applied the pale purple and bright purple polish to my nails. I decided to paint one nail darker than the rest on each hand as you can see in the picture. I had to apply 2 light coats of each as both need an extra coat to give the full colour. Only do light coats though as too many ayers will make the nails tacky and seem like they never dry.

2 - Next I applied the glitter. I did this by dipping the clear topcoat polish brush into the pot of glitter so that the glitter stuck to the polish. Then I brushed it over the top of the purple nail polish. Make sure you get plenty of clear polish on the brush when brushing it onto the nail or you'll find it quite hard to apply. You can always pop more glitter on if need be. Another way you could apply the glitter is by applying the topcoat to the nails then dipping them into the glitter. You would need to put another topcoat over the top to seal it though and I've found in the past that this can make my nails quite tacky as its giving them an extra coat.

...and thats it! Simples :)

I do this technique all of the time and experiment with nail polish colours and glitter colours. I try to match both together but it looks equally as good when mixing and matching. The glitter really brightens up the nail polish and looks lovely when it catches the light!

I hope you like it.. let me know if you give it a try :)