December Lust Have It!

Due to rush of Christmas, I haven't had a chance to even sit down and look at all my subscription boxes this month! Lust Have It! was one of the first to hit my doorstep this month, which is a bit of a surprise considering they are usually one of the last to arrive! 

Lust Have It! at least wishes us a happy festive season, which is more than we got from some!

All the products this month! 

Lush Blogger Christmas Event

A little while ago, I attended the Lush Blogger Christmas Event! Lush is one of my favourite stores come Christmas time, as they always have the most amazing themed products! The lovely people from Lush invited some of us bloggers to have an exclusive look at some of their limited edition Christmas goodies! 

Much like the last Lush event I attended (which you can read about here) they had the most amazing food! Needless the say, the yummiest goodies here were definitely the chocolate squares! 

My Tokyo Trip, 2013

As you all may or may not know, I just got back from a holiday in Tokyo, Japan! This will have been my second trip to Japan, but my first trip to the countries capital, Tokyo! This was also the first solo vacation that me and my boyfriend have ever been on, so that was also very exciting!

We stayed in a hotel a five minutes walk from Shinjuku station, as that was primarily where we wanted to visit! There are lots of parts of Tokyo, but this was closer to Harajuku and Akihabara; places both my boyfriend and I really wanted to visit!

I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, as I was too busy experiencing the awesomeness that was Tokyo!



Shinjuku at night was my absolute favourite! All the shops stayed open until 10:30 every night, and even later on a Sunday! This meant that the streets were crazy busy with normal people (as in not the disgusting drunk/crazy people you find in Melbourne) which was definitely awesome!

December Her Fashion Box

It's that time of the month again; time for the monthly subscription boxes! This month, Her Fashion Box was on time, and it was one of the first ones I received.

The magazine cover!

The goodies this month!

Michel Mercier Detangling Hair Brush

A little while ago, I was doing a giant shop in Priceline and was standing in line just about to get served, when I spotted the lady behind me with the Michel Mercier Detangling Hair Brush in her hands. I had to do a double take, as I had no idea that this was available in Australia yet, let alone in Priceline, so I rushed out of the very long queue and went off in search of this beauty!

For those of you who don't know, the Michel Mercier Detangling Hair Brush is a Tangle Teezer dupe. (I'm unsure of which product was actually first on the market, but as the Tangle Teezer seems to be a bit more popular, I'll just say that it's a dupe!) However, the difference between the two is that the Michel Mercier Detangling Hair Brush has a handle, to make life a lot easier, and also has different levels for different hair types - again, making life a bit easier!

I actually didn't know they were colour coded based on hair type, so I ended up with the pink one because I thought it was cuter. Luckily the pink brush is meant for fine hair, which is exactly what I have, so it worked out for the best!

Illamasqua Fatale Palette *

Illamasqua has to be one of my favourite brands, and so when I was given the chance to check out the newest Christmas collection, particularly the Fatale palette, I was very excited! I actually had not seen anything from the new collection before receiving this, so this was a little bit of a surprise for me!

Naturally, the Fatale palette comes in the gorgeous signature Illamasqua compact case, black and sleek!

Cetaphil Gentle Cleansing Antibacterial Bar *

A little while ago, I was sent the Cetaphil Gentle Cleansing Antibacterial Bar to test out. I managed to finish it off before reviewing it and it was featured in my November Empties! (You can read my empties here.) Usually I'm not a big fan of soap bars. I have tried a few before, but usually I drift towards liquid soaps, so this was a bit of a change for me!

What I was really looking forward to from this soap was how it would go on my sensitive skin. Cetaphil promises this to be a gentle bar, so I was also excited to see how it would go on my boyfriend's super sensitive skin as well! The best part about this, however, was that it's actually soap free, which makes it a lot nicer to skin! 

November Her Fashion Box

I'm a bit late with my box reviews this month due to my international trip, but I really wanted to show you the November Her Fashion Box regardless, as it was such a great box! Unfortunately I had two items missing, which is why this review is also late, since I wanted to wait for the items to be replaced by the lovely guys over at Her Fashion Box before I showed you!

The magazine for November. I love that this is an on-going thing, it is always jam packed with information about the goodies included!

All the goodies for this month - including the ones that were missing!

Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser & Scrub *

A while back, I received the Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser and Skin Brightening Daily Scrub to try out. I've been loving them so much that I haven't had time to share my thoughts, but I figure now that I've almost finished them off, I'd better let you know what I think!

The Aveeno Positively Radiant Cleanser was not my favourite when I first tried it. I couldn't understand why it wasn't lathering up, and it didn't seem to be cleaning my face very well! Then I decided to actually read the instructions - it says to shake well. Yeah, I didn't shake. Once I started shaking it before using it, the results changed significantly! The cleanser was lathering up pretty well, and it was cleaning my skin a lot better!

The scent was a bit strange at first, it seemed a little soapy, but that sort of thing doesn't really bother me! Eventually I got used to the scent, as it wasn't overwhelming or anything!

November Bellabox

My Bellabox was actually very late this month, due to the fact that my postie decided he would card it, and that I had to go to the post office to collect it. Annoying thing is, he carded my Bellabox but left my Lust Have It! Don't know how that happened, but I was annoyed! Also when I picked up the box, it was all squished and the products were coming out of the side of the box, so I was scared some of the products had gone missing! Luckily (somehow) everything was still inside the box!

I'm not sure how much I like the new packaging of the Bellabox, only because of what I experienced. If it was the old packaging, I would have no doubt that all the products were inside, but because of the new packaging where everything is not secure (and the outer box is definitely not secure enough) things might fall out! Hmm!

The theme for this month is "Refreshing Beauty."

All the goodies this month!

November Empties

November has really flew by this year, and I think it's because I've been looking forward to my holiday so much! (Currently on holiday, yay!) I managed to finish off a few products this month, so I was happy with that!

All of this month's products!

Lorac Pro Palette

A little while ago (oh who am I kidding, ages ago!) I won an awesome giveaway run by my lovely friend Sarah, who writes More Than Adored. She was generous enough to give away the amazing Lorac Pro Palette, something I've had my eye on for a long time; and as luck would have it, I was the lucky winner! So before I talk about how awesome this palette really is, a big thank you to the gorgeous Sarah for being so generous! 

The palette in all it's glory.

November Lust Have It!

I'm always eagerly awaiting my Lust Have It, as it's definitely one of my favourite subscription boxes! I'm not sure if I'm a fan of the newer packaging, so it's not as exciting as seeing the cute different boxes each month, but I'm not complaining!

This month they were advertising the FAB box, with a coupon code to get $5 off! You can read my review on this month's FAB box here.

November Lip Factory

I'm always super excited when my Lip Factory arrives, as I never know what I'm going to get! There's always interesting and different brands included, so it's very exciting!

This month's theme is "It's All About The Lips" which looks promising that it will contain all lip products! I was definitely hoping so!

And I was right! Everything included was a lip product, which was a really amazing theme! I was so excited by everything inside, it was hard to contain myself!