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On the Hunt ~Allure Beauty Box July 2016~

Another Allure box! I actually really liked my first month with then. They are $15 a month instead of $10 (like Birchbox & Sephora Play), which I don't honesty mind because I'm getting to try different brands than I have before. When the spoilers came out I was thrilled at what I would be getting. La Mer?! Uh yes please! I think this box got the most love out of the 3 last month. One product is currently in my nightly beauty routine and everything will get used up by the end of the year. Probably...who knows I've got a lot of stuff okay? No judging. 


Clinique Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in Super Strawberry (FS $17): Another product I've tried before, there's a theme here. The color I originally had was Curviest Caramel and its a very nice brown pink, extremely wearable. While this is a nice color in the tube, it has to be very heavily applied to get any color payoff. For me it's too sheer. My $8 moisture sticks from Neutrogena work much better and have better pigmentation than this particular color. Could just be that I have super pigmented lips too, so it looks like nothing on me; but I do like the formula. Clinique has that going for them.  Final Grade: C

La Mer The Moisturizing Soft Cream (FS $170-465): Okay so this is ridiculously expensive.  A few weeks ago Kim K snapped or Instagramed how much she loves this stuff and uses it every morning. Yeah I'm not sure that would ever happen for me, but I was so excited I could try this! I've used it once because it's extremely heavy. This isn't something I would use this time of year because of the extreme heat we've been having and my lack of air conditioning, but I think I'll get a few uses out of it this winter. Final Grade: TBD

Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer: (FS $36): I got this sample twice this month. I was not a happy camper. While i always like this when I use it, it doesn't keep my oil at bay for more than 2 hours and that has to be in dry, low temperature weather. So I don't like getting samples of this. It's also extremely overplayed in subscription boxes. Seriously subscription box Gods stop sending it. We've all tried it by now. Final Grade: Please Stop Sending!

GlamGlow SuperMud Clearing Treatment (FS $69): I've used this before, so I know how it works. I've personally never seen the dramatic results that others do, but I get the hype. I did use it as a spot treatment and I actually likes it that way. Also this sample didn't seem particularly full, which was disappointing because this stuff is expensive. Final grade: B

Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II (FS $62-92): I've been using Thai for the past week and I really like it. The only think I dislike about it is the citrus smell. To me it smells like Delym cough syrup, but I can get over that. I'm not sure how long till you get results, but I'm excited about younger looking skin. I need help with crows feet big time. Final grade: TBD

It was a good box, but not the greatest subscription box I've ever gotten. I'm just really excited I got to try La Mer. That was my main motivation for stalking the mail lady the day it was set to arrive. Spoilers for next month are okay. We got another Pur-lisse Blue Lotus moisturizer, just without SPF, which is from the same line we just got in June. Not excited for that, but we'll see. That's all for now!
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