*Love Lula Beauty Box: June 2021

*I receive the Love Lula Beauty Box complimentary as a Love Lula Accredited Blogger for an honest review. This month the box is worth £37 and contains 4 full sizes, including a Limited Edition and a sachet sample.

From Ayumi is their Fairness Daily Facial Day Cream, which is a full size item (100ml - £8.99) which I've used before. The cream adds radiance to dull complexions making it glow and add luminosity to the skin.

Also inside is Balm Balm's Fragrance Free Face Balm 30ml (£9.50) which is formulated with shea butter, sunflower, beeswax, jojoba and calendula. I must admit I prefer a scented product. On trying however, I'm suitably impressed. A review will follow for this one.

I've used a few products from Lamazuna, the eco-friendly and zero-waste brand. Inside the box is a Solid Shampoo Bar (assorted). I received their Oily Hair (Wild Grass) version which is worth £8.99 (55ml). This will last as long as two bottles of shampoo! My roots can be oily so I'm looking forward to trying it out.

From The Castilian Soap Company is their Limited Edition Peppermint Castilian Soap (250ml - £8). I'm always happy to see soap in a beauty box as lately I've been going through it fairly quickly. We received the Tea Tree version recently. Use for hands and body (or cleaning the bathroom!).

Rounding up the June box is a sachet from Dr Hauschka (1.5ml - worth 80p) of their Soothing Day Lotion.

What are your thoughts on the contents this month? I like that I'll easily use everything inside. 

*Love Lula Beauty Box: December 2020

*Sent to me free of charge as a member of the Love Lula Accredited Blogger Program for an honest review. December's Love Lula Beauty Box arrived on Saturday and for me the star of the box is the new Walden Natural Perfume - Tonic of Wildness (inside is 10ml of the perfume oil which is worth £17). As ever, there's a generous 20% off the brands in the box. Sign up to the Beauty Box HERE.

It's absolutely stuffed full! Inside the box this month is:

2 x 50ml The Castilian Soap Company Castile Soap Travel duos in fragrance free and lavender. Lets face it, at the moment liquid soap is on everyone's shopping list! Handy for anyone travelling over Christmas/for use when out and about - there's not always soap in toilets away from home or to use at home. The 50ml size retail at £4.50 each.

Walden Natural Perfumes Tonic of Wilderness Perfume Oil Rollerball 10ml (£17). This is the latest launch and is gorgeous! It has top notes of Bergamot, Grapefruit and Sour Orange, a heart of Black Pepper, Cardamom and Cabreuva with base notes of Iris Pallida and Ylang Ylang. A review will come of this one! It's lush.

From Soul Tree is their Hand & Foot Cream Kokum & Honey with Mountain Rosemary 100g (£14.03). I do love a multi-use product, so looking forward to trying it. It's very rich and nourishing with a pleasant herbal aroma. 

From popular brand Ayumi is their Bio-Active Fairness Daily Intensive Facial Night Cream 50ml (which is presented in a huge box!) (£8.99). The cream absorbs quickly and has a fairly neutral scent. It's suitable for all skin types and good for marks, blemishes, age spots and pigmentation. It'll also repair, plump and rehydrate when you're sleeping. 

Rounding up the box are 2 x 3ml sachets of Kiss the Moon's fantastic DREAM Night Cream for Feet. I reviewed this product HERE.

A useful box with little touches of luxury this month. What are your thoughts?

*Love Lula Beauty Box: July 2020

*sent to me free of charge as part of the Love Lula Accredited Blogger Program for review. It's always an exciting day when my Love Lula Beauty Box arrives! This month its worth over £46 and includes 2 full size products and two travel sizes. As ever there's a code for 20% off the brands in the box, which is valid until the 10th August.

The first thing to jump out at me was the travel size 50ml of Laidbare's wonderful Butter Me Up Organic Shea Body Butter which is sublime. I had a pot of this scented delight way back 2013 review, so I'm very pleased to have this lush jasmine scented cream back in my stash! This size is worth £10.

From The Castilian Soap Company is a full size (250ml - worth £8) of their Limited Edition Clear Bottle Castile Soap with Tea Tree Essential Oil. I'm going through a lot of hand wash at the moment so this will be very useful - I only wish it came in a pump bottle for ease of use beside the basin! (it's a nice addition to the box however).

I adore Balm Balm's Rose Floral Water Hydrosol having used it many time before. This is a handy try-me size or good for travel (30ml - £8.50). Use it as a toner or for a mid-afternoon freshen up!

The final item this month is from Urban Veda - a full size of their Soothing Clarifying Night Cream (50ml - worth £19.99!) I haven't actually used this product before but I've tried others from the Soothing range. It'll plump, renew and repair the skin overnight and the gentle aroma helps to calm mental fatigue.

It's a great box this month (as always!) Are you a subscriber? What are your thoughts?

*Love Lula Beauty Box: May 2020

*sent to me free of charge as part of the Love Lula Accredited Blogger Program for an honest review. I'd sort of forgotten May's Love Lula Beauty Box was due to land so it was a nice surprise when it arrived on Tuesday!

Inside are 4 items this month with 3 being full size and this month there's a make up item! (squeals) The rolling UK subscription costs £14.95 and the contents this month are worth £51.

From Inika there is a Lip Crayon in Deep Plum 3g, a gorgeous rich wine coloured shade which is super moisturising on the lips and worth £19.50! A colour maybe more suited to autumn and winter perhaps but I'm happy to have this beauty in my stash. I'll definitely get a lot of wear out of it.

From The Castilian Soap Company is their newest launch in the form of their Natural Hand Sanitiser with Peppermint & Chamomile 50ml (£9.50). I bought and reviewed this recently - see HERE. I love its scent which reminds me of murray mint sweets!

From Skin Alchemists Apothecary is their Humble Warrior Cleansing Oil 30ml (£15) which is a beautiful silky oil which makes short work of make up and daily grime. I also like that it can be used as a face mask, a hair treatment, a massage oil, for flyaways and cuticles - nothing beats a multi-use product. See my review HERE.

The final item this month is a shampoo by Ayumi - their Hibiscus & Turmeric Shampoo 250ml (£6.99) which will add volume, shine and help to regenerate fine and dull hair (my hair needs all the help it can get just now - I'm missing my hairdresser lots!). 

A great box I think. What are your thoughts? (a subscriber get the added perk of 20% off any of the brands in the box which is valid until the 10th of the next month - which is a very generous perk!)

Natural Hand Sanitisers:The Castilian Soap Co, Alteya Organics, The Secret Garden, Haoma

I found it difficult at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak to find a hand sanitiser (or loo roll for that matter!) The first one I tried was part of a secret project by a London perfumer (fabulous) and I've since gone on to source a few more. My latest ones are from Love Lula from The Castilian Soap Company and Alteya Organics.

The first one I bought was from a Root to Market order from The Secret Herb Garden. Their The Secret Garden Natural Hand Sanitiser with Lavender & Thyme (£6 - 50ml) is housed in a glass recyclable spray bottle. It is made with ethanol, distilled water, vegetable glycerine and essential oils It has a lovely lavender scent and I find it very effective if slightly drying. 

Haoma's Hand Sanitiser (50ml - £16) won Best Hand Sanitiser at the recent Beauty Shortlist Awards. It comes housed in an attractive spray glass bottle. It's made with 96% pure certified organic, fair trade sugarcane ethanol. The lab-tested formula contains a minimum of 60% alcohol along with softening glycerin. Antibacterial organic Tea Tree & Sweet Orange essential oils give it an earthy/citrus scent. It's easy to spray onto hands, has a powerful (but pleasant scent) and leaves hands feeling sanitised and protected.

The two latest ones in my stash are from Love Lula. The Castilian Soap Company Natural Hand Sanitiser with Peppermint & Chamomile (50ml - £9.50) is the most nourishing of the four. It's presented in a plastic pump action bottle which is recyclable. The scent is pure Murray Mints! Like the others it's formulated with Ethanol as well as Chamomile water and Peppermint essential oil along with plant glycerin. It's a handy size to pop in your bag or pocket. 

Alteya Organics Hand Cleanser is the largest of the selection (100ml) and currently on offer at £6.36 (normal price £7.95). It's presented in a plastic pump action bottle which is recyclable. Formulated with 70% denatured ethyl alcohol, organic glycerin and organic Lavender essential oil. Lavender is antibacterial, antimicrobial and antiseptic and works well with the higher alcohol content. It has quite a strong lavender scent and dries quickly.

I've been very impressed these natural sanitisers. What are your favourites?

Love Lula: Beauty Box: September 2018

It's always a happy day when my Love Lula Beauty Box* arrives. This month the value is £65 (monthly recurring UK - £13.95, 3 months international £52.50).

So what's inside:

There are 4 full sizes this month! Plus 4 very handy sachets from John Masters Organics (which will be put in my travel bag for later in the year).

From a new brand at Love Lula The Castilian Soap Company is 250ml of their Fragrance Free Natural Castile Soap which is worth £8. I'd been looking at this brand recently so I'm looking forward to trying it.

Kathleen is a brand which have been on my radar but this is my very first try. Inside is their Tonifying Mist 150ml (£23). It will hydrate, soothe, heal and revitalise. Expect a review of this once I've had the chance to try it. 

From Inika there is Loose Mineral Blush in Blooming Nude 3g (£23) which is made from pure pigment meaning your blush will last all day! This seems a nice neutral browny shade and it's good to see a make up item in the box.

From Macho and Bling, another fairly new brand at Love Lula (the range is unisex) is their Anti-Pollution Face Scrub Grapefruit 30ml (£6.50) which smells amazing! The scrub itself is fairly gentle and will slough off dead skin cells leaving the skin refreshed and brightened.

The final items are 4 x John Masters Organics hair care sachets (each 10ml) which are perfect for try me or travel. We have: Evening Primrose Shampoo for Dry Hair, Lavender & Avocado Intensive Conditioner, Citrus & Neroli Detangler and Rose & Apricot Hair Milk (REVIEW).

As ever their is a very generous discount code (20%) for use against any of the brands in the box this month.

*sent to me as part of the Love Lula Accredited Blogger Program. All thoughts are genuine. I think the box is great this month!