August Degustabox Review | Food, Food, Food!

Hey beaut's!

I have a subscription box review for you all today but it's a subscription box with a difference.... it contains yummy food and drink, so say hello to Degustabox*. Degustabox works very much like how beauty subscription boxes work, for £12.99 a month (postage included within the £12.99 price) you will receive 9 to 14 surprise food/drink products, many that are completely new to the market! So if your abit of a foodie like myself  and you love subscription boxes your going to love this beaut's!

 Anywhooo onto what yummy treats I received in my August Degustabox...

Lindt HELLO Just For You Heart Chocolate Tin £3.49

Well I had to start off with the chocolates didn't I ha ha. As you probably already know I'm a serious chocoholic so these little chocolate hearts will go down an absolute treat and certainly wont last very long, not to mention Lindt chocolate is absolutely delicous, mmm!

Dr.Oetker Edible Wafer Cases £2.50

These make me seriously happy, I love to bake and the fact that you can now get edible cupcake cases pleases me more than it should ha ha, I literally cant wait to bake some cupcakes now.

Cawston Press Apple & Pear Juice £1.89 for a 3 Pack

Cawston Press juices are specially blended for tiny taste buds and although theres no tiny taste buds in my house this little juice didn't last 5 minutes ha ha, it was rather delious too.

Schwartz Flavour Shots £1.39 each

These little flavour shots are right up my street, they both contain full recipes which are both very simple and easy to make, its just what I like when I've just got home from work and need something quick to make that tastes delicious, I cant wait to give these a go.

Berry White Organic Drink Peach & Goji Berry £1.59

Berry White is an all organic drinks company that use super fruits in their drinks and I have to say the peach and goji berry flavour tastes gorgeous once it's been chilled in the fridge. It really is tasty and so fruity and feels like such a treat in its heavy glass bottle. 

Mexican Daves Tortilla Chips £1.00

I loveeee tortilla chips and dip when I'm having a movie night with the boyfriend (which we seem to do alot ha ha) so these will get scoffed very quickly. Mexican Daves is actually a new brand that has only just launched in Tesco on the 25th August so it's nice that we get to try them so soon after being released. 

Brioche Pasquier Butter Croissants £1.79 Brioche Pasquier Milk £1.69

I've always loved Brioche Pasquier's pastries, they are just so sweet and yummy, I've particularly loved the butter croissants in this months box, so delicious!

Fever Tree Ginger Beer and Tonic Water £1.69 each

Fever Tree drinks are said to taste clean, subtle and balancing making them the choice of mixer in 7 out of 10 restaurants worldwide, wowza! I do love ginger beer so I'm looking forward to giving that a go but tonic water really isn't my thing so someone else will find pleasure in that I think hehe.

Caribbean Twist Strawberry Daiquiri £2.50

This months alcoholic option looks and sounds like it tastes seriously amazing amazing, I'm not a huge drinker but I do love real juicy, tasty drinks and this Strawberry Daiquiri looks like its just that.

Degustabox Fridge Extra £2.99

As a special little treat Degustabox have thrown in a new edition to the box called 'Degustabox Fridge' where you get a little card voucher entitling you to get a free 4 pack of MOMA! Bircher Muesli, all you have to do is pop into your local Sainsbury's or Waitrose and pick them up and together with the voucher they will scan through absolutely free, woohoo!

Overall I love everything in my Degustabox, apart from the tonic water theres not 1 thing that I wouldn't try! I think it's such a great take on a subscription box, I love the whole element of a food surprise and getting excited about what meals or cakes I can whip together, it's fab! You can find Degustabox on Twitter and Facebook for more information, pictures and promotions. 

Degustabox have kindly given me a discount code for all of my beautiful readers, all you have to do is pop 4ZCB3 into the promotional code box and you'll receive a £3.00 discount when registering. And don't worry beaut's, theres no commitments with Degustabox meaning you can cancel your subscription free of charge before the 10th of any month, but I mean why would you cancel monthly surprise treats ha ha!

What do you think of the Degustabox concept beaut's?? I'd love to know your thoughts.

Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Blusher Review

Hey beaut's!

It's no surprise that I'm a huge fan of Soap & Glory, I simply cant get enough of them and their amazing, ever growing range he he, and during the summer Soap & Glory decided to treat us to a new 'Sexy Mother' makeup edition in the shape of a blusher!

The Sexy Mother Blushers are available in 3 shades Pinker Belle, Berry Jamm and Onamatopeacha* which is the shade I'll be reviewing for you all today! Onamatopeacha (£9.00) is a coral, orange shade that is infused with a subtle golden sheen that runs through it, fear not it isn't at all glittery or disco ball-esq, woohoo. Onamatopeacha is probably best used during the summer months, so if your still feeling the summer vibe then your going to love this, it also compliments a tan beautifully and just adds a healthy flush to the cheeks.

The formula of the Sexy Mother Blusher in Onamatopeacha is absolutely gorgeous and so easy to work with, it's highly pigmented, isn't sticky at all and it has a cream to powder finish but still looks some what dewy on the skin because of the subtle sheen it has running through it. The way I like to use the Soap & Glory blusher is by dotting the creamy stick on the apples of my cheeks and I then either use my fingers or a buffing brush to blend it out, either way it blends out effortlessly, I've honestly never used a cream blusher that's been so easy to use and blend out before, it's incredible!

The lasting power of the Sexy Mother Blusher is pretty impressive, it lasts on my dryer skin a good 6 -7 hours before I notice that I could use a top up which I think is really good, I've also noticed that as the blusher does start to fade it fades evenly and doesn't go patchy at all which is a major plus for me, most of my cream blushers always go patchy so that fact that this doesn't is great!

The packaging of the blusher I really do favour, despite it being a chubby stick style blusher it is relatively small and easy to carry around with you if your on the go, it also has a twist up mechanism at the bottom which pushes the product up as and when you need it which I really like, theres nothing worse than when you have to sharpen softer crayons and waste product and thankfully Soap & Glory saved us from that!

Overall I love the formula of this blusher and will definitely be getting the more pink, rosey shades to try throughout the cooler months, yes it is a little pricey at £9.00 a pop but personally for me it's the best cream blusher I've stumbled across yet so I wouldn't mind paying a little extra for better quality!

Have you tried the Soap & Glory Sexy Mother Blushers yet beaut's? What did you think? I'd love to know.

BARGAIN ALERT! Rimmel Lycra Pro Nail Polish Duo Review

Hey beaut's!

I'm pretty sure all of us beauty bloggers appreciate a bargain or two from the Fragrance Direct website every now and again but recently I came across the bargain of all bargains that I just had to share with you all... The bargain in question is the Rimmel Lycra Pro Nail Polish Duo's that are just £1.50 per duo, total bargain or what!

Each duo comes with a full size Rimmel Lycra Pro Nail Polish in whatever shade you opt for, at the moment Fragrance Direct have 13 shades to choose from ranging from some pastels, brights and quite a few deeper shades perfect for the up and coming Autumn/Winter months, the second part of the duo is Rimmel's Stronger Double Duty Base Coat which is great for prepping your nails before you paint them.

The shades I opted for where Celebrity Bash* a gorgeous, deep berry red and Night Flight* a solid, dark Aubergine shade both of which I thought would be perfect for the Autumn! It's far to say these duo's work amazing together, I like to start off by applying a thin layer of the Stronger Double Duty Base Coat, this provides a smooth, even base for the nail polish to sit on, protects against nail polish staining on the nails, helps your nail polish to last alot longer and strengthens the nails at the same time which I do believe works, my nails are short, square and brittle so they break and snap very easily but when I use the Stronger base coat it turns my nail base hard and alot more durable. Both of the Rimmel Lycra Pro Nail Polishes that I tried are amazing in quality and have a lovely formula, they apply smooth with no bubbling or streaking what so ever, I found two coats was enough for these particular shades to be completely opaque and they both dried relatively quickly too which is a bonus. The staying power was also fab, the Lycra Pro polishes do claim to last up to 10 days  which I cant really comment on as mine lasted a full 7 day week until the tips of my nails where started to fade and chip slightly, that being said that's some bloomin' good lasting power for me considering most nail polishes only last me 3-4 days, the polish also claims to have an anti-fade colour system which I think is great and keep your manicure looking fresh at all times.

Overall I'm very happy with the quality and idea of these little duo's, how perfect would these be for (dare I say it) Christmas stocking fillers he he and for £1.50 a pop you really cant go wrong, I love them!

You can buy the Rimmel duo's from the Fragrance Direct website HERE!