January 2014 Her Fashion Box review!

Hi Lovelys,

Today my January 'Her Fashion Box' arrived at my house. To say it brought me pure joy, is an understatement! If you don't know about Her Fashion Box (HFB) then where have you been girl??

You can order it online here. A monthly subscription costs $39.95 and you can choose from 'classic', 'trendy' or 'feminine', I get the feminine one (although I have thought about buying more than one subscription so I can try them all).

Lets get to the good stuff!

                                                           

My January 2014 Her Fashion Box! As usual it comes in a pink cardboard outer box. On the reverse side are my address details.

And inside is the gorgeous black Her Fashion Box! Yay, so excited to open this one :)

Pink! I really enjoy opening HFB - the devil is in the detail and they definitely exceed my expectations! 

Fashion! January Her Fashion Magazine. The HFM gives you all the details of your box, as well as the other boxes (Trendy & Classic).

All my HFB goodies :)

 J Bronze Tan. I had not heard of The J Bronze brand before and I'm not an avid tanner. I have slightly lighter than olive skin so I tan easily and have never really used fake tan before. In the box I received one 5mL sample of 'Face - Flawless Tan' and two samples of 'shimmer- instant illumines'. I'm probably more excited about the Shimmer product, as I can see myself using this.

Also when you spend $50 at adoretanning.com you get $20 off for being a HFB subscriber....cool!

These sachets will be perfect for travelling.

Every box also received a notebook from Cantik Swimwear, valued at $19.95. I'm a SUCKER for stationary and I do love a new notebook! This little baby has found a good home with me :)

Personalised with HFB on the front cover. All the other pages are blank.

We also get to sample some 'Muesli For Me' from the aptly named 'muesliforme.com.au'. And get a 20% discount for your first month (not sure how you order, if its like a subscription?? I'll have to investigate). I love sprinkling some muesli on my yoghurt but can't just eat muesli for breaky. 

I'm excited to try this out. A special HFB mix has been devised, including; naughty and nice base, goji berries, coconut, cranberries, seed mix and chia seeds. Sounds YUM!

I don't have any info on this Ultra 3 lipstick. Mine is in the colour 001 cherry wine. Maybe its a bonus for completing the survey?? I really don't know. I don't really wear lippy, but you know what, I'm just going to give it a try. In 2014 I might become the girl who wears lipstick!

I FREAKING LOVE THIS SCARF. Have I said it all there? I was SO excited when I saw this in the box. SO excited. Its lightweight, large and great quality. I can def see myself wearing this. 

I put my hand underneath so you can see that you can see how sheer it is. I'm going to Paris later in the year and I'm going to be taking this little baby with me.

 

What's in this little pocket of fun??

Oh hello! Its just my mini manicure set. I'm going to keep this bad boy in my car glovebox. This is such a cute and handy little kit. The quality feels great and I'm very excited to have it in my HFB.

You are all going to think I sound like a broken record, but I love this lip balm and think its so cute. The tin is just precious.

I've had this balm on for a few hours now and it feels quite thin on my lips and I can't really smell the passionfruit. I'm going to keep using it to see if it grows on me. 

This coin purse is uber cute and I'm going to use it to store my earrings when I'm travelling.  

I was so NOT excited to see these Green Smoothie Co sachets again. Please don't let these be the new 'model co' prostituting yourself out to all the beauty boxes. I didn't like them last time and I don't like them this time.

This was the feminine necklace for this month, it is ok, looks to be good quality and the length is great. I will def try to push some of my own personal boundaries and wear this one. I really loved the look of the classic necklace, and would have loved to receive it, but overall I'm happy with my choice of the feminine HFB.

I think last month some of the crystals pieces came off necklaces, so good job & great attention to detail HFB! The necklace as you can see came bubble wrapped. Thank you :)

Babe No. 3 Pink Salt Scrub. There were three different options in this months box, Pink Salt Scrub, Green Tea & Coffee. I'm glad I got the pink salt one as the others don't appeal to me. Looking forward to trying this one, although I might put it in the bath and soak instead of using it as a rub/scrub.

The verdict : I'm very impressed by this months Her Fashion Box, it cost me $39.95 including postage and I think I got way more than my moneys worth. I like the idea of beauty/fashion boxes because they take me out of my comfort zone and give me beauty products and accessories that I wouldn't normally try.

Yay for HFB!! 

Love xx

Adore Beauty HAUL!

I adore adorebeauty.com.au. Not only do they have a great range of products, but they offer free shipping within Australia! YAY. One of my pet hates is having to pay for shipping, I'm always on the look out for special deals or minimum buys so I can get my goodies shipped to me for free!

Ok, so Adore Beauty had a coupon available (now expired) which gave you 10% off. I was planning on buying some of these items anyways, so it was a GREAT deal for me :)

The box everything is packaged in is sturdy and strong.

No gaps or gapes here (take notice Bella Box!).

I ordered a tub of SK-II Stem Power 80g and the price was $200. I really love the SK-II range, and my skin is clear and glowing when I use it, I've tried to avoid the high price tag of using a premium product, but I just can't get results like this!

I was also lucky to get a gift with purchase, I'm pretty sure this is a christmas gift offer only. You had to spend at least $149 to get this gift, and you had a choice of 'stem power' or 'cellumination'. The gift pack looks amazing, and I'm going to be taking it on holidays with me early next year.

The bag that the gift came in was really good quality and I will be using this to keep all my travel sized products with me when I go travelling (where else). The zip and lining are both really nice too. I'm so sick of getting junky bags with free gifts that I just throw out, its nice to be able to use something again!

I also bought a shampoo and conditioner. I've been wanting to try a different range of products. I've been using Goldwell products from my hairdresser, but i'm not 100% happy with them, so I though I'd do some experimenting. 

The conditioner is O&M Maintain the Mane Conditioner and it cost $29.95. I've used it twice and its fine, but I'm not in love with it, we'll see how I go.

I've heard really good things about Kevin Murphy. I though I would try his shampoo, Angel Wash (how cute) and that cost $32.95. I haven't used this one yet, so I can't tell you how amazing it is : ) or if I have been transformed into a heavenly being.

I'm really into dry shampoos, as my hair gets really oily and I've been holding off washing for a few months now for 2 or 3 days (I only go for 3 if I'm not going out!!). At the moment I'm using a Batise dry shampoo and while it does a good job, it sometimes makes my hair feel grainy or sandy. Again I had heard REALLY good things about this dry shampoo. I did try it out yesterday, and I think I just need to get used to using a different brand. The "Fresh Hair" was $32.95.

Adore Beauty also always give you samples (much love!) oh, and a Tim Tam, which sadly did not make it long enough to be in this photo : ) It was JUST what I needed after a very long day at work!!

I'll be brining you more reviews soon, as I've been doing quite a bit of christmas shopping (all for me) lately! I paid for all products myself and these are my honest opinions.

Love xx