Goodie Box May!

This is my final Goodiebox.  

I had to quit it due to uni - it just wasn't financially viable when I was getting better quality from Violet Box.

Ignore the marks on the card - I was using it for stamping when I had friends over.

Lipstick in a very pretty colour.  Its a blue-toned rose with a hint of duskiness.

I'd wear this.

NYC Ultra Last LipWear
Full Size: $18 (3.4g)

Huh.  Another lip product.

This looks like it would be a gorgeous lip gloss, no?

Not so exciting when swatched.

It has a chemically sweet smell, and is some variety of berry.  I think if I got right down into the guts of it, the colour might mix better.  It's also really sticky, which won't work for me.

NYC Kiss Gloss
Full Size: $15.50 (9.4ml)

 More MOR!!

This has to be the 3rd MOR hand cream I've gotten in a decent size.  I'm not complaining.  This stuff smells AMAZING.  I think I would like more MOR.  

I like Argan oil.  I like the smell (it's very floral and relaxing).  I've been using it a lot at the moment because its winter and cold, and my hand creams are getting a really big workout.

MOR Correspondence Argan Oil Handcream
Full Size: $35 (75ml). Sample: $13.99 (30ml)

FOIL PACKETS!!!

And they're so small!

I'm not sure why you would give people foundation in a sample box.  There is no possible way of matching the right skin tone.  I would of loved a larger sample of the primer, and maybe a voucher for a colour matched sample of the foundation, because not everyone is a beige.

Dr Lewinn's Skin Perfect Primer & Foundation
Full Size: $45.90 (30ml).  Sample: $5.22 (4ml primer, 4ml foundation)

Makeup pads are useful.  Do they really belong in a sample box?  This is a waste of usable space in the box.  A sample pack of maybe 10 pads with a voucher would of been better.  

My photo failed.  So have a google image.

Swisspers Cotton Makeup Pads
Full Size: $5.69 (80 pads)

 And the most RANDOM item in a beauty sample box:

TAMPONS!!!

I will never use them.  This is a waste of space in a box.  A voucher for U products would of been a lot more useful.

U by Kotex Designer Series Tampons
Full Size: $5.50 (16 Tampons)




So.

Total cost to me:  $29.95.  Total "value": $63.90.

Total USE to me: $37.68.  

The lip gloss is too sticky for me to use on a daily basis.
I will never use the tampons.  
I will not use the primer/foundation (there is no way to really even tell if there is a good match from a 4ml sample).  I can walk into a high-end store and get a colour matched sample from every stand there for free, and the samples would be a lot more volume.

Thats $25+ worth of stuff just... going to waste.  That's a WHOLE ANOTHER BOX!!  

I would of loved:

• More Angel or Salon Sorbet.
• Something from Lush (lemony flutter, a face product (cleanser or scrub) or a soap/bath bomb)
• Eyeshadow in a shade other than brown.
• Something chocolate.
• A perfume roller-ball.
• VOUCHERS!  I can get far more value from a product company (like swisspers or U or Dr Lewinn's) if I can pick my remover/feminine product/makeup colour.

So Goodbye to Goodie Box.


Thanks for the last year or so of service - some have been good, some have been not so good.  
Once I get outta Uni, I'll see how you're going and maybe pick it up again.