April is the best designed Birchbox this year! Last year they teamed up with Rifle Paper Co. to create the design and it was gorgeous! Same as this year. I honestly love this box and cannot stop staring at it! The contents of the box were underwhelming, but I did find something I really liked and the rest are all just great extras to keep for my gym bag. This month I remembered to keep the card, but I kinda like how I did it up last month, so we're gonna try that again.
When sample choice was announced I was very unimpressed. I didn't want any of them, but knew that I would like the makeup trio most. And while I did enjoy the lipstick and blush from the Au Naturale Mini Face Palette, the eye shadow was just kind of lost on me. It doesn't show up, even on the inner corner and its too sticky for a highlight. The blush is actually fantastic, such a great orange color with a heavy pink shift and the lipstick is sheer, but also nice. I'm kind of disappointed that I got another face wash in my box. While I've used and enjoyed Acure before, but the last face wash I got from them is still unused. Sorry Acure Pore Minimizing Facial Scrub its not you, it's me.
My next 2 products were a shampoo and conditioner. Which is what I got last month. I'm not liking this pattern Birchbox. While the Beaver Repair Rescue Shampoo & Conditioner is nice I would never seek them out. This is for dry or damaged hair, which I really don't have, but it hasn't seemed to weigh down my hair any. I appreciate natural shampoos, but they don't always do the best with my hair type. This one has a lather, so I felt it was easier to clean my hair. For the record I have terribly oily hair, so I could get away with using a clarifying shampoo every other day, but this cleans it up pretty well. The conditioner is alright, but using it on my roots was a no no.
Now for the real standout, Penhaligon's Levantium Perfume. This. Was. Delicious. I am so in love with this perfume, but there are 2 problems. 1. The sample is way smaller than typical perfume sample and 2. It's $170 for 100 ml (3.3 oz). Which I guess isn't bad, but that's a lot of money. I change my fragrance often, so I would have this for years. I typically like perfumes with absinthe, I had one not too long ago and it was also very yummy. God, I wish it wasn't so expensive. I still might buy it. Maybe.
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| The sample didn't come like that, I really dug my ELF Small Stipple brush into the blush. |
Was this a good box? Eh kind of. I like that Birchbox focused on natural products and I enjoyed the shampoo & conditioner. The blush in the trio was fantastic, hopefully I'll be able to buy that separately because the shadow wasn't for me. I'm guessing the perfume will most likely end up on my vanity within the next few months, so it wasn't a complete miss. I also ordered 2 additional subscription boxes (Allure and a limited edition TopBox), just to try something different. We shall see how that goes. I promise more book reviews are coming. I have 3 on deck. I've been distracted, you know adulting. Sample choice is up for next month and I took the Vita Liberata Gradual Self Tanning Lotion because I'm of Celtic decent and need it. That's all for now!
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