Birch box January X Pinterest

First of all apologies for massively slacking on my blog, and well all social media lately.. I've been soo busy, I had my sister's wedding recently which made me really busy and also just a lot of personal things which have meant it hasn't been that easy to sit down and write my blog. But also, I didn't want to blog because I felt I 'had' to, so I would have rather waited until I feel like I can and want to again. As I haven't been posting much lately it means that there may be a few beauty boxes in a row stacking up from January, so sorry for the beauty box spam! But anyway, back to the post! January's Birchbox had some really great products in it, and also some lovely extras as it was a collaboration with Pinterest, here's what it included...

Nars Haul

I don't know about anyone else, but I go through stages of being obsessed with different brands. Lately for me, it has been Nars. I've always loved Nars, but working at Space NK over Christmas lead me to fall in love with so many more of their products. Working there was very dangerous, as my wages went straight in and came straight out again! I would make mental lists of everything that I wanted to buy during my shifts! But it definitely helped me to try a lot of products that I wouldn't have necessarily picked up before. Here are some of the beautiful Nars products that i've picked up over the past few weeks...

GLAMGLOW YOUTHMUD Tinglexfoliate Mask - Worth The Hype?

I've been obsessed lately with trying different face masks. My skin gets really dry, especially around my nose in the winter and I wanted to find something that could tackle it! I'd also found that my blackheads around my nose had been quite bad lately and i'd tried so many things to help them, but nothing seemed to work. I'd previously tried Glamglow Thirstymud which left my skin feeling really soft, but heard that the Youthmud was more of an 'all in one' so I was really excited to try it out and see if it is worth the massive hype from bloggers and celebrities and the hefty £50 price tag.

Birchbox December 'The Luxe Edition'

It's that beauty box time of the month again, and this time it's the Birchbox December Luxe edition... I'm really loving receiving my boxes now, especially as my Birchbox and Glossybox come at different times of the month, it means that i've always got something to look forward to. However, I did have some troubles with this box, I got an email telling me it had been dispatched on the 9th, and 10 days later I still hadn't received it.. So I emailed customer services and they told me they didn't have me on their database, even though they had taken the money! I then emailed someone else from customer services and it got sorted out and I received my replacement within 2 days. But it was still very odd... So I am quite interested to see how easily I get my January box! Anyway, enough moaning, let me show you all the goodies I got...