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Birchbox Goodies // February 2019

Well after January being the longest month EVER, February is here and has completely flown by in my opinion! I haven't had a lot of chance to sit down and write this review, hence why it's coming 2 days before the end of the month, but better late than never I guess! This month, Birchbox have teamed up with Not on the High Street to bring us a box filled with the perfect products for a bit of self-love. I absolutely love the floral design this month as well, it's really helping get me in the mood for spring! In this box, I received a LOC liquid eyeshadow, an Anatomicals shower gel, the Coco & Eve hair mask (I've been dying to try this), a Luxie blending brush and a gorgeous lipstick from NABLA Cosmetics!

LOC Liquid Shimmer Eyeshadow in "Moonlight"

RRP £8
I've had a few products from LOC in previous Birchboxes and I'm always pretty impressed by them and also quite surprised at how affordable they are, especially given the quality. I've never actually used a liquid eyeshadow before, but I've seen them all over Instagram at the moment as so many companies like Revolution, Huda Beauty and Stila have launched products like this. It took a little bit of time to get it to work for me, but I think the colour pay-off is beautiful, as you can see from the photo below, it was easy to blend out and lasted really well! I think if LOC decided to bring out more colours then these would be a fantastic dupe for the Stila Magnificent Metals liquid eyeshadow, especially as the Stila ones are about three times the price!

Anatomicals Shower Gel

RRP £4
This pretty much does what it says on the bottle - it smells nice, it gets you clean. Job done. That's all I can say about it to be honest, I don't mind the smell of it but I definitely prefer a stronger smell and a thicker consistency for my shower gels, but I think you'd really like it if you've got very sensitive skin!

Coco & Eve Like a Virgin Super Nourishing Coconut & Fig Hair Masque

RRP £9
As I said before, I have been DYING to try this masque for absolutely ages! This has been all over my social media for months - this one is the smaller version, but they also have a 212ml tub for £34.90. And yeah, that is really expensive for a hair mask, but honestly, I don't think I've ever used one as good as this! I get really dry hair and I find most masks don't do a lot to repair the damage, but this one left my hair feeling so soft and shiny! I really would recommend paying a little bit extra for something that works so well - after using this my hair felt like I'd just come out of the hairdressers!

Luxie 205 Tapered Blending Brush

RRP £11
Another product that pretty much does exactly what it says it does - I thought this worked really well blending out my eyeshadow. I also like the fact it's quite big and fluffy, as that made it really good for crease/transition colours!

NABLA Cosmetics Diva Crime Lipstick in "Beverly"

RRP £11.90
You can never really go wrong with red lipstick in my opinion! I've never heard of this brand before, but I'm really impressed with this product! It's really easy to apply, I didn't find it particularly drying like I do with most matte bullet lipsticks and the colour is absolutely gorgeous! I probably need to find a lip-liner to go with it though, as I did notice a little bit of bleeding and it's quite hard to get an even line with it, but I find that happens with most bullet lipsticks anyway.

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