Unboxing ~ Love Me Beauty Subscription Box ~ May 2017



Love Me Beauty - Beauty Subscription Box - May 2017

 

 

Love Me Beauty

 

The Shine Bright edit

 

Love Me Beauty is another of the monthly beauty subscription boxes where you get to choose the items you would like from a monthly selection edit. This month's theme being 'shine bright'.

 

There are three subscription options:

The monthly subscription option, which is on a rolling payment schedule and can be cancelled at any time costs £10 per month plus £3.95 for P+P.

 

If you pay for 3 months subscription at a time, it will cost you £9.00 per month plus £3.95 for P+P.

 

And if you pay for 6 months at a time, it will cost you £8.00 per month plus £3.95 for P+P.

 

Instead of choosing a set number of products, Love Me Beauty gives you 60 credits to spend. The items you pick cost different amounts of credits depending on what you choose - items can range from 10 to 25 credits.

 

You are offered the option of purchasing extra add-on credits to use at any time.

20 add-on credits cost £5

50 add-on credits cost £10

100 add-on credits cost £18

200 add-on credits cost £32

Un-used add-on credits remain in your account until you decide to use them.

 

 

So, here's my choice from this month's edit.

Just a quick bit of advice - get in quick! The edit becomes available right at the beginning of each month, certain items get snapped-up quickly and the choice of items soon becomes more limited as the days pass! I managed to pick my items from the full range of available items. Had it been any later then I probably wouldn't have been so pleased with this months edit.

 

The Love me Beauty subscription always comes in a nice quality canvas make-up bag. I'm not a fan of this month's design as I don't like slogans - this one reads 'Just wing it - life eyeliner everything'.

There's also not as much as a fanfare when you receive it through the post - it's just the make-up bag containing your items in a padded envelope. So you don't get the drawn-out anticipation and excitement like you do with some of the box subscriptions. This is more of a unpeeling-the-flap-on-the-envelope rather than an un-boxing experience.

 

 

* Merumaya - Melting cleansing balm

25ml - 20 credits

I'm currently on a quest to find my holy grail first-cleanse item, be that a balm, an oil or a cream cleanser. I'm working my way through a couple of balms at the moment and so this will get added into the rota soon (not tried it yet).

 

 

* Aromatherapy Associates - Hydrating Rose Skin Tonic

30ml - 10 credits

I haven't tried this yet either, but it's a brand I'm aware of (but as yet haven't tried any of their products) and it's Rose - which I adore. I also currently use a rose tonic every morning as the first step in my routine so it won't be too long before this gets let loose in the daily routine.

 

 

* Nuxe - Gentle exfoliating gel with rose petals

15ml - 10 credits

 

Now I absolutely love Nuxe, but it's a brand that seems to constantly feature in pretty much every subscription box that I've had so far, a bit of brand variation would greatly be appreciated!

I used this for the first time yesterday when I got back from the gym (I currently exfoliate no more than twice a week as I use an exfoliating toner daily).

It's a lovely light rose pink gel with teeny tiny grains in it (not sure what the grains are but the ingredients do show walnut shell powder).

The smell is absolutely delicious - as I've already said, I love anything with a rose scent. I also like that it is a gentle exfoliator - it leaves skin feeling soft rather than raw and my face wasn't red before I put my make up on. So, after the first use I am really loving this exfoliator.

 

 

* Manna Kadar - Glo Shimmer Lotion

8ml - 20 credits

 

The featured brand for this month's edit was Manna Kadar Beauty. This brand seems to have been featured in a couple of the recent subscription beauty boxes.

I chose the Glo lotion as I'm fairly fascinated with achieving a natural glowy look but I prefer something quite subtle, and although I've been intrigued and tempted by all the latest holographic/unicorn/mermaid strobe highlighters, it's something that I, personally, really do feel I should stay away from at my age.

So this seemed like a perfect option for me and really starts getting me thinking and excited about summery glowing skin.

I've used this for several days in a row now, but as of yet, I'm not really sure I've got a handle on it! I initially swiped some across the top of my cheekbones towards the temples with my fingers, but that was actually a bit too subtle. Then I started to add it to my foundation and blend it all over my face - again, it didn't make a vast amount of difference and I still had to reach for my high-lighter as well. I think I'll persist until the tube runs out (which probably won't be too long). But as yet, nothing about it makes me want to re-purchase a full size at the moment.