January Subscription Boxes: Glossybox, Birchbox & My Little Box

Hello & Happy Monday! I hope your week has got off to the best possible start.

Here's a quickish roundup of the January Birchbox, Glossybox & My Little Box. It's quite interesting to see them all side by side & I'd love to know which is your favourite, or if you subscribe to any other boxes that were particularly good this month.

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Birchbox - Women's Health Edition*

• Philip Kingsley Body Building Conditioner
• REN Radiance Renewal Mask
• Activbod Cooling Finish Lotion
• Heal Gel Intensive
• Stila Lip Glaze
• Matcha Green Tea
• Women's Health Exercise Band

There are a lot of great products in here, it certainly made a good first impression. The REN mask is one of my favourites, so to have a little tube is wonderful. Similarly I'm quite a fan of the Heal Gel intensive formula and it's nice to see it in here. I haven't tried the conditioner or the cooling lotion yet, but I definitely will very soon.

The green tea was surprisingly good and I haven't used the exercise band yet for fear of it shooting across the room and knocking something over! The Stila lip gloss was a little disappointing, I'm not a fan of the super sticky formula, but it was nice to try & it's a full size too!

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Glossybox Fresh Start Edition*

• Hello Fresh Voucher
• MeMeMe Eye Liner Pencil 
• Naked Lips Organic Lip Balm 
• Kueshi Natural Revitalizing Face Toner 
• Jelly Pong Pong All Over Glow 
• Nicka K Powder Blush 

Opening the box to be greeted with 5 full sized products was quite impressive and something I wasn't expecting. It certainly seems like Glossybox are off to a great start. The eye liner is the only product I won't get any use out of, but I've already passed it on to someone who has been really enjoying it. The lip balm is sat on my bedside table and I think it's really wonderful. The All Over Glow is something I've tried before and absolutely adore, my favourite way to use it is to mix a little in with my foundation.

Toner isn't something I use all the time, but I've been giving this one a good trial over the past week or so and I'm surprised by how much I like it. It's very calming. And my favourite thing in the box is the powder blush. It's a loose powder with a powder puff applicator so there's none of the mess of a usual loose powder product. The lid also does easily screw off so you can get a blush brush in there if you prefer.

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My Little Energy Box*

• Happy New Year Print
• My Little World Magazine
• 2015 Calendar 
• Good Energy Gym Bag
• Nails Inc Nail Polish 
• Talika Moisturiser 
• My Little Box Face Spray

It's not often that My Little Box miss the mark, but unfortunately I think they have this month. The gym bag is a nice idea, the print is very sweet but the material isn't the best. As always the little magazine was a lovely read and I think I'm going to keep the calendar on my desk. The moisturiser feels quite nice, I do love a good face spray and the nail polish is a beautiful deep red.

It's still not a bad box though, and they're on to a good thing if even their not-so-impressive offerings are still so well thought out and presented. 

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I think Glossybox just manages to come out on top for me this month (when they get it right they get it very right), with Birchbox a very close second.

Are you subscribed to any beauty boxes?
I'd love to know your thoughts!  

xoxo