You Beauty discovery Box - June Edition

For the past few months I have been getting the You Beauty Discovery Box which you can see February,  March , April and May with previous box contents.  This month my fifth box has arrived and I have to admit, this was the first box I wasn't feeling all that bothered about, last months CEW(UK) box was superb and I really struggled to decide which options I wanted, so I wasn't so confident this box would be as good. Then it arrived!

This months box is themed "Beauty Hereos" and when I got my email to let me know my options for selection was now ready, I logged straight in with excitement to make my choices and I wasn't feeling too bothered about any of them, nothing grabbed my interest, but then I decided to pick things I haven't used but would more than likely use, a sort of compromise with myself to try brands ive heard of but don't go out of my way to use.

As I have said before, I love is how the box fits through my letterbox, it is packed really delicately and the box really study

Within the magazine which comes with the box we are told that for June's box they have titled it beauty heroes, those products which stick to their promises and deliver on them and the range features beauty and skincare products. So as a dedicated subscriber, I have been given the opportunity to try some of the following:

Urban Veda Daily Purifying facial wash, Transformulas Face Contour & Tightening Cream, Cowshed Slender Cow Extra Firming Body Butter, Herbacin Hand Cream for Protection and Care, Rituals Zensation Organic Rice Milk & Cherry Blossom Foaming Shower Gel Sensation, Her Haircare 300 Trecento Revitalising Hair Treatment, L'Oreal Infallible 24hr Lip Colour in Timeless Rose or Flawless Fuschia.

Again as with previous boxes, with this subscription you get some extra treats and mine came in the form of an expandable face cloth from YBD and a Montagne Jeunesse Dead Sea Mud Spa Facemask which I cannot wait to try.

So what did I choose?

Urban Veda Daily Purifying Facial Wash which comes in this 20ml tube, perfect for putting in your weekend bag and it is described as follows:

Naturally formulated to cleanse and purify.

In Ayurveda (Indian medicine), Neem is renowned as an excellent antibacterial tonic to help treat blackheads, excess sebum and clear toxins. Neem oil works in synergy with botanical extracts to reduce shine, while naturally astringent herbals & antioxidants help to minimise pores and clear complexion.

I have read quite a few reviews on Urban Veda products and liked the sound of this, so am looking forward to giving it a try.

My second option was the L'Oreal Infallible Lip Colour and I went for Timeless Rose which has an RRP of £9.99 and is described as follows:

L’Oreal Paris Infallible 24H lip Colour in 110 TIMELESS ROSE provides all day colour that lasts up to 24 hours.  A high concentration of pigments combined with Hyaluronic Gel to create an amplified colour that does not fade, bleed or transfer for an unbeatable finish and a renewed feeling of comfort. 3 Lip-Luscious actions:

1. All day long lips feel smooth.
2. All day hydration for endless replenishing comfort.
3. All day just-applied look for colour that does not fade.

I really do like the shade of this, it is so so pretty and I like the balm on the other end, which I wasn't expecting to find, this feels really moisturising when you apply to the lips.

So for a £6.95 subscription, my box has a value of around £14 which is double the cost of what I paid.  I actually do really like this box, all the contents I will use, so for me I think it makes really good value for money.

Next month the attention will be dedicated to Summer Holiday - quite excited already!

What do you think to do this? Do you subscribe to these boxes?  What would you have chosen? If you subscribe, link your post below so I can see what you got.

Organise and Organising

One aspect of my job is to organise events and they can be for a broad spectrum of people both in house which means hiring chairs, projectors, organising catering facilities and in many cases marquees and gazebos to go outside.  Other times it is hiring a venue, finding a suitable restaurant , hotel or banqueting suite depending upon the client and function.

One event that is being organised later this summer is an Annual Barbecue and it is for people from all walks of life, I need a suitable outdoor marquee that fits my requirements as well as chairs, tables and sorting out some of the decorations.  I also organise some conferences and for that I naturally need venues of a much bigger space and sometimes some temporary structures to go with it.

Neptunus Structures  are one of the largest providers of marquees, semi-permanent and temporary accommodation worldwide.  They have a history which spans 75 years and they thankfully supply everything you can think of for all types of events, whether it is a marquee, accommodation for top events or something which is demountable for numerous semi-permanent applications, you name it they supply it.  Everything you need to know is displayed clearly on their website for you to read and it isn't written with lots of jargon, it is straightforward and easy to read.

So organising all of this can be stressful, time consuming not to mention hard work and when you need someone to help you out, I would prefer to go to someone who has a much better understanding of how the organisational side of things work, whom I can give my requirements too and leave them to get on with it.

Written in collaboration with Neptunus Structures

{Giveaway} £100 Cash & £50 Giftcard from Beauté Pacifique

Ladies, today I'm here to tell you about Beauté Pacifique and their amazing skincare products. Check out some of the great benefits of their products below and don't miss out on their amazing giveaway!

There are lots of creams on the market but when you talk about the most important rejuvenation – pure retinol – there are lots of side effects as it is an acid. The cosmetic industry is not permitted to use acid in their products. Vitamin A retinols will break down the second you open the jar. 

Beauté Pacifique have clinic partners worldwide and in the UK from Harley Street to the Highlands.  The company has successfully broken the code to use another type of Vitamin A – esters not retinols. So that it will be reversed into the acid once inside the skin.

Beauté Pacifique has a unique and patented delivery system using nano-technology to delivery Vitamin A esters directly to the dermis to repair the skin, not just plump it up. Beauté Pacifique uses squalane oil to capture the Vitamin A esters and deliver to the dermal layer of the skin.

The effect of this is that the Vitamin A esters encourages the skin to actually produce new collagen and elastin. This is highly developed technology and something that has the unique ability to transform skincare industry. The skin actually renews and re-grows. The benefit of thicker and fast repairing skin is faster recovery from sun damage, healthier and younger looking skin and protection from many skin conditions.

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• Addresses Acne, Psoriasis, Eczema, pre-cancerous skin lesions, Stretch Marks, Thin Weak Skin
• Safe Dermal Delivery Cosmeceutical – Patented use of Vitamin A Esters, Benefits without the side effects of Vitamin A Acids
• Normalises and repairs the Skin Conditions – Regulates Sebum Control (in particular super3 booster) Refines & Minimizes Pores, Evens out Skin Tone, Improved Texture, Reduces Facial Redness (in particular Defy Damage)
• Helps Blocks the formation of new pre-stages of skin cancer * (in particular Crème Metamorphique) see clinical testings (Uffe Gjede)

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That's £50 to spend with Beauté Pacifique and £100 to spend on whatever you want!! Bonus - If you sign up for their mailing list (one of the entries below), Beauté Pacifique will send you a sample of their cleansing foam and other goodies!

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ESPA Optimal Body TriSerum

With summer on its way, I am sure we are doing everything we can to make sure our skin is in its best possible condition - exfoliating, moisturising, cleansing and so on. When I was given the opportunity to try the new ESPA Optimal Body TriSerum I read up about it and couldn't wait for it to arrive.

I can count on one hand the number of products from ESPA that I have used and as a recent convert to facial serums, I hoped that using a body serum would have the same outome with my skin being soft, smooth and incredibly moisturised.

The first thing to comment on is the amazing design of the bottle, rather than being the usual cylinrical shaped glass bottle, this one is long and slim and with some clever designing it takes on an ombre effect at the bottom where you can see the serum inside the bottle.

Described as "advanced nourishment for naturally radiant beautiful skin" and a furthr description tells us that this "product combines the potent power of a serum with the rich nourishment of Omega Oils (3, 6 and 9).  Add to the Triactive forumula which fuses together some of nature's most effective essential oils with marine and plant extracts".  Some of those ingredients include:

• Tumeric Root - this helps even skin tone and pigmentation
• Balloon Plant - to soothe and calm the skin
• Seaweed - which helps to boost firming collagen and elastin

Add to that the inclusion of Jasmine and spearmint oils to name just two of the ten oils found within this serum and I am sure you can imagine just how stunning the scent is, it is one of those scents which reminds you of being in a spa, after a treatment to help relax.

To use this serum, the instructions are to use every evening after a relaxing bath or shower and once your skin is dry, spritz over your entire body as a quick, convenient daily moisturiser.  As soon as the serum comes into contact with the skin, there is a slight cooling feel, probably from the inclusion of the spearmint oil which when you get out of a nice hot shower, does feel exceptionally nice.  As aserum it does  take a few minutes to totally absorb into the skin, but when it has, not only are you left with soft, smooth and an incredibly moisturised feeling, that initial scent has come to life and it lingers for hours on your skin.

I have been using this serum ever since I got it and a well as ensuring my skin is soft, smooth and moisturised, I have found that using it in an evening after showering, it also makes me feel incedibly relaxed.  I could quite happily curl up in bed after applying it to my skin.

A 100ml bottle of this TriSerum costs £38 which you can find HERE on the ESPA website and it is a product that is well worth trying.

Have you tried anything from Espa?