That time of the year has arrived again, I go to Boots and pick up some of the Soap & Glory Christmas gift sets because I just can't help myself. Sadly quite disappointed in this years offerings, not much stood out compared to last year. I still picked up 3 sets and first I'll be showing the big gift set they bring out every year. This is £60 but contains all full size items so the value is much more than what you pay.
This year they have housed all the products in a drawstring bag which with the Christmassy box is a nice touch.
Inside there are 10 full size products and this years box contains -
Orangeasm body wash, Whipped clean shower butter & Butter yourself body lotion.
Off your face 3-in-1 cleansing clothes, The righteous butter & Sugar crush body scrub.
Heel genius foot cream & Hand dream which is a more intense version of Hand food.
Thick & fast mascara & Sexy mother pucker in charm offensive.
This would make a nice gift or even a stock up for yourself. This is such a good value set with a good mixture of their items. This was on the 3 for 2 offer along with all Christmas gift sets in Boots
I placed my first Sephora order and I'm really impressed at how quickly it arrived. I've picked up a couple of their Christmas sets, there were a couple of other things I wanted but due to restrictions they wouldn't ship the items to the UK.
First I got the Sephora favourites - give me more lip. A sample box of lip products from different brands. This was $59 (£36.60) with a value of $192 (£119.10), these are mostly sample size but very generous samples. This is such a good way to try out different brands. I wish stores over here would start doing these sorts of sets.
Inside there are 17 products grouped into reds, nudes, dark and light pink.
First the reds -
Hourglass Opaque Rouge liquid lipstick in Icon - 0.03oz
Kat Von D Everlasting liquid lipstick in Outlaw - 0.10oz
Sephora collection 10hr lip ink in Rouge Infusion - 0.068oz
Laura Mercier Crème Smooth lip colour in Red Armour - 0.09oz
The nudes -
Stila Stay all day vinyl lip gloss in Nude - 0.04oz
Laura Mercier Lip glace in Blush - 0.10oz
Too Faced La Crème color drenched lip cream in Naked Dolly - 0.05oz
bareMinerals Marvelous Moxie lipstick in Speak Your Mind - 0.05oz
Make Up Forever waterproof lipliner in (I think) medium neutral beige - 0.025oz
Dark pinks -
Tarte LipSurgence lip tint in Moody - 0.06oz
Fresh tinted lip treatment in Sugar Berry - 0.07oz
OCC matte lip tar in Black Dahlia - 0.08oz this also came with a little brush.
Buxom full-bodied lipstick in Menace - 0.04oz
Light pinks -
Bite Beauty luminous crème lipstick in Palomino - 0.07oz
Tarte LipSurgence power pigment in Flush - 0.04oz
Benefit Posiebalm hydrating tinted lip balm - 0.01oz I did have to squint when I opened this to see the product but I eventually managed to find it. Tight Benefit, very tight.
Too Faced melted liquefied long wear lipstick in Fuchsia - 0.16oz
Apart from the reds which I have already passed along I am looking forward to trying these all out.
I also got the Tarte dream come hue 12-piece collector's set. This set contains 12 full size products, 6 blush and 6 LipSurgence. This was $175 (£108.75) with a value of $300 (£186.43).
Charmed, Lust & Enchanted. Charmed seems to have squashed itself against the lid which is a bit annoying.
Elite, Moody & Lovely. All the LipSurgence have a slight minty smell which is different from the usual sweet or rose scents products have.
TR - exposed, BL - blushing, BR - dollface
TR - true love, BL - tipsy, BR - natural beauty (I have possibly got natural beauty & true love mixed up but honestly not sure)!
I like this set as I've wanted to try out both the lip and blush products, the oranges and reds though will be passed along.
Finally I got a Tarte LipSurgence in energy. This is a skintuitive lip tint which means it will react with your skins pH and give you a customised pink colour. This was $24 (£14.91).
Lastly are some samples I received. There was code for a free mini Tarte mascara so I picked the lights, camera, flashes. Out of the 3 samples you can pick I only selected one as pretty much all the others were foundations. I got the Ren glycol lactic radiance renewal mask. I've just run out of my sample of this mask so thought I would pick up another.
So I totally get the hype around Sephora, their sets they put together are something I think UK stores are missing and are very good value for what you get to try although the total value of the sets I am dubious. A shame not everything can be shipped to the UK but there is still plenty that can be purchased. Now I just need to find a US drug store online that will ship to the UK.......
Sets can be purchased here Sephora
