March Glossybox: The Harrods Edition

Hello :)

Yes, I'm jumping on the bandwagon and posting about this months Harrods Glossybox! Sadly, this Glossybox is going to be my last one as I've had to unsubscribe for now due to not wanting to waste money seeing as I'm out of work at the moment. Anyway, here's my thoughts on this months box.

So this months box was a limited edition box as it contained samples from the Harrods beauty hall. The box itself is white and has Harrods written on it, it looks quite smart actually although my favourite box colour was the Valentines one!

When the box is opened, the normal black tissue paper and black 'shreddings' remain but instead of a Glossybox sticker and ribbon there's Harrods ones instead which are a nice little touch.

The contents in the boxes do vary slightly and this is what I got in my box, I haven't really looked at any other posts to see what other people got yet but I'm quite happy with what I got.

Lancome Juicy Tube in Toffee R 'N' B 93 - an ultra shiny hydrating lipgloss.

All I can say about this is that I L.O.V.E this! I don't normally wear lipgloss as I'm more of a lipstick girl but I gave this a go and I fell in love! It smells and tastes like Toffee and it makes me want to eat it haha. It doesn't really give me a colour on my lips but it makes them look a tiny bit glittery. All I keep doing is opening it and sniffing it and applying it to my lips. On the Harrods website this retails for £15.50 so I think I'll have to use this sparingly, it should last me a while though if I don't keep applying it just for the smell haha.

Versace - Vanitas Versace Eau De Parfum - a luxurious scent from the House of Versace. Vanitas is a rich and voluptuous fragrance with notes of tiare flower, lime and freesia.

First of all, the bottle the sample is in is the nicest sample bottle I've ever seen, normally they're small glass bottles but this one just looks like a miniture of the full size (see below) It's quite cute! I put a bit of this on my wrist and rubbed my other wrist over it and a few minutes later i started to get a slightly stinging where I'd put the perfume and my skin went a little bit red, I did try and take a picture but it wouldn't show up that well. After a minute or two it had gone though and the smell was really nice and it lasted for ages, I could smell it everytime I moved my hand near my face. I'm not good at describing scents so I won't even try but above in the bold writing is what was written in the card in the box. This perfume retails for £45.00 for 30ml which is reasonable I guess as most perfumes are around this sort of price. I'm not sure if I'd repurchase this, although it's nice I'm not sure if it's what I would pick personally.

Bliss - Blood Orange and White Pepper Body Butter - Deeply moisturising, skin softening, naturally rejuvenating body butter in mouth watering blood orange and white pepper.

I used this body butter this morning after my shower, the smell is quite unusual but not horrible. It reminds me of something I've smelt before but I just can't think what, for some reason I'm thinking a Calypso Ice Lolly haha. It retails for £20.50, I can't say if it's made my skin any smoother or softer as I've only used it once but I will carry on using it as I do quite like the unusual smell.

Révive - Intensité Créme Lustre SPF30 - An intense, firming moisuriser that helps to reduce the appearance of sagging skin (tip: Apply in the morning after cleanser, toner and serum)

So, I didn't mean to ignore the tip but instead of using this in the morning I thought I would use it last night. I don't know what this is meant to do really, it says it reduces sagging skin but, as I'm only 19 I can only hope that I don't have sagging skin already haha. I tweeted that I had sore eyes last night after using this because some how I managed to rub my eyes and get this product in them and... My eyes would not stop watering and I couldn't keep them open as it hurt so much! This retails for £235.00!!! so, even if I did love this I don't think I could justify spending that much money on a pot of Moisturiser, that's just crazy in my opinion!

Clarins - Extra Firming Body Cream - A formula rich in regenerating and firming plant extracts which restore the skins youthful destiny and elasticity.

I also used this after my shower today and there's not much I can say at the moment about it as it's not going to firm my skin with one use. To be honest though, once again I am 19 and I don't think I need to use this just yet (fingers crossed) I don't really need to 'restore my youthful skin' as, I think I'm still quite youthful lol. I read in an email that Glossybox sent that this isn't actually available in Harrods until 1st April so I don't actually know how much this retails for at the moment.

All in all, I am happy with some of the bits I got and I'm quite sad this has to be my last box for now. I hope that maybe in the future I can resubscribe to Glossybox, because I do like their service and I love the limted adition boxes they do to shake it up a bit.

Whilst looking at the prices on the Harrods website I saw some of the other products that people may have received and there's a few things I would have liked to get instead of others but that is the whole point in the beauty box concept - you get things you probably wouldn't normally think twice about, like I said, I am happy with my box anyway.

Thank you for reading, I'm going to go and sniff my lipgloss now ;)

Vicky x