Unboxing ~ Latest in Beauty Subscription Box ~ May

 

       Latest in Beauty Subscription Box ~

                         May 2017

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If, like me, you love the idea of receiving a monthly beauty subscription box through the post but after the initial excitement of unboxing, feel a slight pang of disappointment (or worse - feel completely let-down) by the choice of products selected on your behalf  then Latest in Beauty might be more up your street as you get to choose exactly which and how many products that you want from a choice of 200+ items and from luxury and exciting brands such as Caudalie, Burt's Bees, L'Oreal, Rodial, Eyeko, L'Occitane, DHC, Kevyn Aucoin, La Roche-Posay, Illasmasqua, St Tropez, Dr Hauschka and many more .
 
As with other monthly subscription boxes, Latest in Beauty offer a range of subscription options:
 
Beauty Novice - Pick any 3 items for £9.00 per month (or a one-off box for £16.00 plus P+P)
Free Delivery
Unsubscribe at any time
Free limited make-up bag with your first month.
 
Beauty Enthusiast - Pick any 6 items for £15.00 per month (or a one-off box for £22.00 plus P+P)
Free Delivery
Unsubscribe at any time
Free limited make-up bag with your first month.
 
Beauty Guru - Pick any 9 items for £18.00 per month (or a one-off box for £25.00 plus P+P)
Free Delivery
Unsubscribe at any time
Free limited make-up bag with your first month.
 
Latest in Beauty also feature several collection boxes in collaboration with different brands and beauty magazines ranging from £20 upwards.
 

My choices

With so many products to choose from (and with this being my first-time subscription) I opted for the Beauty Guru box of 9 items (I could have quite easily chosen twice that many products!). So that's £18 with free delivery.
It was really quick to arrive as well, no having to wait for the planned dispatch times with other monthly subscription boxes.
Big box with pretty pink paper - can you feel the anticipation?
 
Pretty basic slogan make-up bag. Not personally a fan of slogans on bags (or clothes, or elsewhere) but it's a good size bag and will be handy for travel.
Two free perfume samples (Narcisco Eau de Parfum by Narcisco Rodriguez (love this) and Flower By Kenzo (my Mum's fave) and also my free introductory gift - a 10ml pot of Bio Lifting Cream + by Chantecaille (which on SpaceNK is listed as £300 for 50ml [whhaaa??!!] making this 10 ml pot have a value of £60).
 
 
My choices (in order of most favourite!)
* Omorovivicza Refining Facial Polisher 30ml (most online retailers are selling 100ml of this for £65.00 making this 30ml have a value of £19.50)
* Rodial Stem Cell Cleansing Cream and Mask 70ml (200ml = £38.00 making this 70 ml have a value of £13.30)
* Oskia Renaissance Mask 12ml (50ml = £49.50 making this 12ml pot have a value of £11.94)
* Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation Facial Crème 7ml (50ml = £47.00 making this 7ml pot have a value of £6.58)
* White Rabbit Comfort Cleansing Balm 15ml (100ml = £15.00 and they also sell this 15ml tin for £3.00)
* Murad AHA/BHA Exfoliating Cleanser 30ml (200ml for £34.00 making this 30ml tube have a value of £5.10)
* Revlon Nail Enamel in Teak Rose Full Size 14.7ml (value approx. £4.50)
* Roger & Gallet Gingembre Rouge Fresh Fragrant Water 2x 1.5ml (50ml = approx. £16.00 making 3ml have a value of £0.96)
* The Body Shop Oils of Life Facial Oil 7ml (30ml = £30.00 making this 7ml have a value of £7.00)
 
So, the cost of this month's box/bag was £18.00 and including the initial free Chantecaille gift the total value of the items in my bag is worth a whopping £131.88!! (If my maths is correct!)
 
 




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