LOOKFANTASTIC X Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Edit Reveal

The latest Lookfantastic collaboration box has launched and this time it is the LOOKFANTASTIC X Bobbi Brown Smokey Eye Edit.

This Limited Edition Box is worth over £100 and inside the rather fabulously designed Golden Bronze shade box, you will find five products.

Bobbi Brown is back with the next installment of their trendsetting line up of makeup favourites... This time we're going full Smokey Eye. We're sure you're going to love this box as much as we do, as we've curated five luxurious products to ensure your Smokey Eye is always on point!

Yesterday I shared an Aldi Bobbi Brown dupe on my blog and it is quite timely that this box appears!

What's in the box?

• Long Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Golden Bronze 1.6g - worth £25
• Long Wear Cream Shadow Stick in Bark 1.6g - worth £25
• Smokey Eyeliner Brush – worth £26.50.
• Soothing Cleansing Oil 30ml - £11
• MINI Smokey Eye Mascara 3ml – worth £13

Once again, this Limited Edition Box is worth over £100, but it is on sale now for just £50, or if you are a subscriber to the monthly Lookfantastic beauty box, then it costs just £45 – just make sure to check your emails for your subscriber code.  If you still want to save £5 off this box, you can subscribe to the monthly beauty box subscription and use the code LFBBM5.

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Aldi Lacura Vitabase Moisturising Primer - Bobbi Brown Dupe?

Fans of Bobbi Brown’s popular Face Base primer might have to look twice with a new release from the Aldi Lacura range! Meet Vitabase Moisturising Primer which, at a first glance you can see exactly where its inspiration has come from and why it has been quite the TikTok phenomenon!

The Vitabase Moisturising Primer from Aldi Lacura retails at just £5.99 but the Bobbi Brown Vitamin Enriched Face Base will cost around £46.50, so already that is quite the saving, if indeed Aldi does prove to be a dupe! Let's see.

Firstly is the packaging, both have an outer white box which describes the product inside and then both have a glass pot, again detailing what the product is.  At a first glance, they are similar but not identical, personally I think the Aldi Lacura bottle is far sturdier of the two.  

For products that are described as dupes, texture and ingredients for me are what makes a product. Starting with the texture, from Lacura we have a texture which feels very much like a moisturising cream and it is slightly thicker than Bobbi Brown's version, but only just and admittedly, I am a fan of both textures. On the skin, from Aldi Lacura, Vitabase glides onto the skin effortlessly and isn't greasy or tacky and it has that fresh light zesty scent to it.  So we still tick those boxes for being similar but not identical.

When it comes to ingredients from Aldi you have Vitamins B, C and E alongside Shea Butter, Sodium Hyaluronate and Geranium Oil and from Bobbi Brown you won't be too surprised to find the ingredients are the same as those I have listed from Aldi Lacura, only Bobbi Browns trumps the grapefruit scent as being energising and within Vitabase it is pink grapefruit.  This has been one of the closest dupes I have come across and yes, I am using that D word that I don't use too often.  Used in exactly the same way as Bobbi Brown, it is faultless for me.

If being on a budget is where you find yourself, then the Aldi Lacura Vitabase Moisturising Primer is one to find and buy in bulk.  There is absolutely nothing I dislike about the product, it performs just as well as my Bobbi Brown version and at a saving of £40, worth every single penny!

The Aldi Lacura range of beauty and makeup products is not one to ignore, from their Pro Collagen range to the fragrance range it is always worth keeping an eye on what is coming next.  On my blog, I have quite a few newly launched products to share over the coming weeks.

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Glossybox x Flat Lay Co Limited Edition Beauty Box

I have been intrigued by the collaboration between Glossybox and Flat Lay Co ever since I saw it pop up on my Instagram feed and here is everything you need to know.  In recent months, Glossybox has released some really good boxes - Bring on the Heat, Grooming Kit for Father's Day and of course the much loved Generation Glossybox.

If you didn't know, The Flat Lay Co. specialise in makeup bags, which, as the name might suggest, can be flattened, opening out giving you the chance to see all of the products in your makeup bag much more easily and they come in some really incredible designs - like this one with Glossybox.

“Worth over £125, our Flat Lay Co. GLOSSYBOX Limited Edition is almost here! Featuring six full size and six deluxe mini products carefully picked to enhance your summer experience. All housed in our first ever collaboration bag with Flay Lay Co., worth £19.99, where you can expect to find cosmetics, skin and haircare as well as a gorgeous fragrance!“

So with its incredible value for money, I am really impressed to find that there is a total of 12 products within this collaboration and with a great mixture of brands, here is what you will find.

Contents

• Lancaster SPF30 Sun Beauty Body Milk Deluxe mini 15ml worth £2.40
• Hawaiian Tropic Golden Paradise Shimmer Mist Deluxe mini 100ml worth £6
• Frank Body Caffeine Hair Mask worth £12.95
• Pro White Teeth Kits Teeth Whitening Pen worth £15
• Forest Essentials Exfoliating Body Polish Sandalwood and Turmeric Deluxe mini 100g worth £16
• Bondi Sands Coconut SPF 50 Lip Balm worth £4.99
• Mancurist Nail Colour Terracotta worth £14
• Laura Mercier Pure Canvas Primer Hydrating Deluxe mini 10ml worth £6.40
• Glamglow Brightmud Exfoliating Mask Deluxe mini 7g worth £4.85
• ICONIC London Triple Threat Mascara worth £20
• Revolution Beauty Hydrate Bomb Gloss Hydr8 worth £6
• Elie Saab Gril of Now Lovely Deluxe mini 1.5ml worth £1.50

Plus of course you will also get the Flat Lay Co Makeup Bag which is worth £19.99

This summer themed beauty box will be available from 9am on Thursday 30th June at for those people are subscribers to the monthly Glossybox and then, as in tradition, if there us any stock left, the box then go on general sale tp non-subscribers from noon. The box, which is worth £125 will be on sale for just £30 to those Glossybox subscribers and £40 to everyone else.

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Space NK The Essentials Bestsellers Box

Whilst we all wait with baited breath for news about the 2022 Space NK Beauty Advent Calendar, there is a new beauty box that has just been launched - Space NK, The Essentials Bestsellers Box and I like the look of it and the contents.

Moving on from the SPF themed box which I only shared on my blog just a few days ago, The Essentials Bestsellers Box is a lovely mixture of brands and their products, some of which have been around for a while and others which are fairly new.

Treat yourself to some of our greatest hits with this expertly curated, value-saving beauty edit. From Paula's Choice's skin-transforming toner to hair and makeup exclusives from bestselling brands JVN and Rare Beauty, this is an absolute must-have for every beauty lover out there. Are you ready to upgrade your beauty routine?

With five beauty products spanning skincare, makeup, body care and hair care, this box is said to be worth around £ 75 but is on sale for just £40.

Contents

• Paula's Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant (30ml)
• Patchology Flashpatch Rejuvenating Eye Gels (1 pair)
• JVN Complete Instant Recovery Serum (100ml)
• Rare Beauty Lip Souffle Matte Lip Cream in Brave (3.9ml)
• Sol de Janeiro Brazilian Bum Bum Cream (75ml)

This is another great box of products from Space NK and a great way to try out some amazing brands and their products, I am already a huge fan of Paula's Choice and Sol de Janeiro!

You can find the Space NK The Essentials Bestsellers Box on sale right now.

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