06 February 2017

HandPicked Beauty Box January 2017

Welcome back, little birdies!

I hope you're all doing well on this fine day. One thing that gets me excited for a new month is the box I subscribed to at the end of November. HandPicked Beauty Box is a fairly new subscription box that consists of 5 FULL sized items! Isn't that amazing?! The only catch is this box is more expensive than the other boxes out on the market at the moment - which is totally understandable seeing as these are high end products. I'm certainly enjoying it and it's only my second box. I'll be showing you what I received for the month of January 2017.



The first thing I saw when I opened the box was a Tony Moly Lip Scrub in Kiss Kiss. My lips are almost always dry and I can't seem to make them nice, smooth and plump. So I was excited to see this in the box. I've heard great things about the brand but have never tried them out myself. I'm SO ready for beautiful luscious lips so I hope this does the job. :)



The next thing in the box was this SkinFood Lettuce & Cucumber Watery Toner. To be honest, the foodie in me thought it was a drink at first when I saw it just before reading that it's for my face - haha. I'm so intrigued by this. I do want to do a little more research on this though as my skin is pretty sensitive and when I tried to look at the instructions on the back of the bottle it was all in Korean - it did although have a sticker of ingredients on there in English so you know what's in it. I'd love to learn more about this brand and see how my skin takes to this new toner. I'm excited to try it out!



I then saw a beautiful package that said Urban Decay on it. This is only the second box I've received from this subscription and this is the second Urban Decay product I've gotten and that makes me so excited! It's one of my favorite brands and I love that this helps me to be able to try out different products from there I probably wouldn't have gotten before. I received this UD Revolution High Color LipGloss in the color Fail Bait. It's a lovely pink shade that's super glossy. I feel like this will be a staple in my collection over the summer.



Next I saw a little Becca box. I loved seeing this in here because I always hear great things about Becca cosmetics and I've never gotten anything from them before. I'm happy to finally have a product of theirs. It's a Shadow and Light Brow Contour Mousse. Now, I'm not great at doing my brows. Actually, I'm pretty horrible at it haha. So I'm glad to have a good high end product to practice with. I did try it out today and the formula is brilliant - very lovely. The only thing with this is that it's in the shade Cocoa and it's a bit light for me as my hair is quite dark. Regardless, I think this is a great product and it applied smoothly.



The last (and biggest) item in the box is this Fiona Stiles Eyes and Face Contouring Palette. I've never heard of this brand and had to look them up to see what it was all about but the palette looks absolutely high quality and I'm pretty excited to try out all the shades in here. I did use the contour shade in the palette and it is SO pigmented. It's matte so it has no shimmer in it. I feel like that's my favorite contour shade I've seen so fair. I can't wait to use the shadows, highlights and blushes!



Over all I was VERY intrigued with January's HandPicked Box. I feel like it was very focused on enhancing your natural beauty -  from eyes, brows, and face contours to skin / lip care to a natural gloss to your lips. This box has gotten me so excited for the summer time. I'm glad for all the things in the months box and I can't wait to fall in love with all the products like I've done with some already. If you're interested or looking into a subscription box and wouldn't mind spending a little extra I'd recommend giving this a little look. I've been enjoying it so far.

Mini Disclaimer: This is not a sponsored post. I purchased this box with my own money and have a monthly subscription with HandPicked that I pay for - monthly.


(Random behind the scenes haha)



Thanks for reading!
Until Next Time,
Jay

6 comments:

  1. Lip scrub is so cute! I'd love to have that :D
    also, lip gloss is right my shade :D

    xo Honey - blog Royal Lifestyle - Twitter - Instagram

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    1. Aren't they great!? I was so excited to receive them!
      Thanks for the comment xoxo

      Jay

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  2. Lovely post and super tempting! Have you had a chance to try anything out yet? I'm very curious about the Fiona styles pallet! Awesome job chum! Looking forward to next month.

    That behind the scenes photographer did a great job too lol

    Love ya!

    Xo Mia

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    1. Sometimes she has giveaway of the boxes of the month. You should look out for those!
      I've tried the scrub which was a nice pampering treatment. I think I have to use it more for the full effect. I've used the brow contour and the lipgloss which was nice! The bronzer in the palette was beaaautiful but I've yet to try the other stuff in there. :)

      Jay

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  3. Wow!! I remember when we were talking about trying a sub box but couldn't decide on one! This one looks FABUlous and I'm considering making the splurge! There's something about those higher end products that makes you more excited to use them I think. I'll be in touch for more details since I'd totally use that. Can you customize what you get? And cute outtake pic! 😊XX Jen

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    1. I haven't been disappointed by it yet, which is definitely a plus! Unfortunately, she's a one woman company and just started several months ago so it isn't customizable (Is that a word?). But everything in there so far looks to suit a lot of different people! xoxo

      Jay

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