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Birchbox Goodies // May 2017

A rose gold AND marble effect? 😍 I was excited for this box before I'd even opened it! This month Birchbox are focusing on the little details and have offered products aimed at de-cluttering your make-up routine. In this box I received a Marsk Mineral Eyeshadow, a Doucce Punk Volumizer Mascara, the new Benefit the POREfessional: Matte Rescue, a Kueshi hair mask and a lip primer from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics! Read on to see what I thought! Marsk Mineral Eyeshadow in "Vanilla Frosting" Well this little powder sure does pack a punch! I'm actually really impressed with this eyeshadow; it's super pigmented and it's easy to use wet or dry. I've included a picture at the end of this blog using the products in this month's box and you can see how beautiful this looks on! The only downside to this is that because it's such a fine powder, you do get a lot of fall-out from it, so it's probably best to do your face make-up after it ...

Benefit Cheek Parade Blush Palette Review

So I'm a complete sucker for Benefit products at the best of times, but there was literally no chance of me letting this absolute beauty sell out before I could get my hands on it. The Benefit Cheek Parade palette contains five full-sized blushes and bronzers - three old favourites and two completely new products! It retails for £49.50 so you're basically getting five for the price of two as they usually sell for around £24.50 each (this is how I'm justifying it to my bank account anyway). In the set you get the best-selling Hoola bronzer, the new Galifornia blush, Rockateur, Hoola Lite and Dandelion blush, as well as a brush to apply the products with. I've found the brush is a great little multi-tasker; the tip is fantastic for getting a sharp, clean line for contouring and the flat edge works really well for putting blush over the cheeks. The packaging for this product is also so cute and what's even better is the big mirror you get in the box. It also com...