Beautifinous.

Birchbox is a monthly beauty box that includes 5-6 deluxe samples of beauty and lifestyle products that are tailored to you.

You get to discover new products and test them out in the comfort of your own home with no pressure to buy the full product if you don’t like it! However, if you do enjoy it, you can purchase the full sizes from the Birchbox store with the most recent month’s brands being available with free delivery (min. £10 spend)!


This months theme is Make A Splash, inspired by summer holidays. For this month only, Birchbox have swapped out their regular boxes for Birchbags, small clutch bags that come in a range of four colours. Each colour is inspired by a different holidaying location. There is a beautiful green for the island of Hydra in Greece, bright pink for Ibiza, orange for St Tropez and yellow for (check).

Here is what I received in my Birchbox (bag) this month:

Idemne Eau de Genie

Indemne's Eau de Genie is a 100% natural facial mist that contains four organic waters (grapefruit, tomato, lemon and apricot) to "supercharge" your skin and boost the effects of your other skincare products.

To use, you need to spray it onto the face from 6-8 inches away (and don’t forget to keep your eyes closed as you do it!). Wipe off the excess with a cotton wool pad.

For me, this is one of the stand out products this month. I absolutely love products like this thanks to the way they make the skin look and feel and this one is a winner in my book.
The skin instantly feels softer and looks brighter... And it really is as simple as that! I love it!

You can purchase a full-size bottle of Indemne Eau de Genie for £11.20/135ml from Birchbox.

Unani Body Treatment Aloe Vera Gel

I find this gel to be incredibly soothing. It's particularly good after shaving, especially if you're prone to post-shave irritation. As well as helping to heal, it leaves the skin feeling nice, soft and calm.
I have had some great results with this and I can completely see how it fits with the theme of this months box!
Everybody experiences the occasional skin irritation from sunburn to shaving rashes, and this gel is a very handy product to have to hand when they happen.

You can purchase a full-size bottle of Unani Aloe Vera Gel for £15 from Birchbox.
Sun protection is something that can easily get forgotten, but the consequences of that can be dangerous. However, sunscreen can leave the skin feeling greasy, so it isn't something that people particularly enjoy putting all over their face! Now though, there is no excuse to not apply it when you have this little product to hand. Simply apply it underneath makeup and it dries matte. Makeup then also sits on top of it beautifully.

It's even great for those of us with oily skin and it also doesn't cause breakouts or irritations, so no more excuses! Get your sunscreen on!

Soigne Nail Polish in Fruit De La Passion

Here is Fruit de la Passion after three coats and a couple of days of wear:


I found two coats to be still be quite streaky and patchy, and for some nails there were still some patchy areas after three coats. I would say that this is a four-coater polish, but I simply ran out of spare time to apply a fourth!
Soigne’s nail polish is definitely hard-wearing. I have been wearing this shade on my hands and feet for four days now without a single chip.

You can buy a full-size bottle of Soigne's Fruit de la Passion for £11 from Birchbox.

Pop Eyeshadow Trio in Peach Parfait

Once upon a time, eye makeup used to be my “thing”. Nowadays though, I’m lucky if I can find time to apply my mascara, never mind eyeliner and very rarely eyeshadow! It’s because of this that I tend to save it for special occasions when I get a tiny bit of extra time to apply it.
As soon as I get a chance to have a play around with this palette I will post up some photos!

You can purchase a full palette of POP Beauty Eyeshadows for £15.50 from Birchbox.

Lifestyle Extras

Pura Vida Bracelet Headbands

I absolutely LOVE this headband, but it does occasionally slip off my head. Honestly, I have no idea why, but it just “pings” right on off! Now I know that it’s easy at this point to come up with some big head jokes, but truthfully, my head is pretty small (at my graduation, even the smallest size mortar board was too big!).
Putting that aside though, I have been getting a lot of use out of it, even though I've been told that I can't really pull off headbands (pfft!).

Bag

I was really happy to receive the Hydra bag (photographed at the top of the post) as it was by far my favourite shade out of the selection.
I can find this bag coming in handy for all sorts of things throughout the summer.
I'm incredibly happy with this months box/bag overall! The stand out products for me this month are the Inemne Eau Genie and Soigne Nail Polish. However, even the headband and the Birchbag this month are incredibly useful and pretty.



Zoe. @Beautifinous