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  • My Little Box Unboxing | November

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    Feels like only yesterday that I received my October box for My Little Box, before November’s My Little Cosy Box was dropped off on my doorstep this weekend!

    As the tittle suggests this month’s My Little Box is themed around cosying up and staying in and I have to admit, this is my favourite theme that I’ve seen so far!

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    First up the beauty products. In this month’s box, from the My Little Beauty range comes a nifty little mascara with beeswax, jojoba and sesame oil apparently. I was really impressed with last month’s micellar water so am keen to see how I get on with their mascara. The two other beauty products were a Yves Rocher Intense Colour eyeshadow (in coffee brown – you’ll find it amusing how appropriate this was later on!) and a black waterproof eyeliner by Arcancil. I always think you can never have too many neutral coloured eyeshadows/liners – especially as I have a habit loosing mine most of the time!

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    The lifestyle products in this month’s box were definitely the highlights! Following the cosy theme, inside the box was an adorable little mini espresso coffee cup and a Tsumori Chisato polka dot cushion, which you can heat up in the microwave . You can bet I’ll be using both avidly over the winter months. I also, once again, adore the print from this month’s box – isn’t the quote perfect?

    So once again, another impressive offering from My Little Box!

    Let me know what you guy’s thought of this month’s ‘cosy’ theme.

    R.xoxo

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  • ‘My Little Box’ Unboxing | October

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    My Little Box, £11 per month (excluding shipping)

    Well, this is a first for Wishing For Chanel! Though I love trying out new products, beauty buys are always an investment for me to try because I really want to use it. So, the hit or miss factor of beauty boxes can be a little daunting to me, despite being sorely tempting just to have the everything in them.

    When I saw reviews for My Little Box creeping around the blogsphere, I started to change my mind and eventually signed up. Yes, it’s a beauty subscription box and you do get some great products in there, but they also include a lifestyle/fashion accessories, a curated magazine and a pretty print.

    I was lucky enough to just about snag their October box for myself, so here’s a little peak inside…

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    top left, clockwise: – Micellar Water, My Little Beauty//’Kiss From Diane’ brooch//Hairspray, Kerastase (‘laque noir’)//Hand cream, L’occitane//

    First up the beauty bits. Each month the box will include one of their own products from their beauty range, My Little Beauty. October’s box includes a pretty little bottle of micellar water, which I’ve already tested out and have found it to work just as well as my Garnier micellar water and also has a lovely scent of aloe vera to it too – it’s also perfectly timed, as I’m starting to run out of my Garnier bottle. Also inside is a handy travel sized can of Kerastase hairspray (in ‘laque noir’) and a decent sample sized tube of L’Occitane hand cream with a gorgeous smelling ‘vanilla’ scent.

    With the box curated by Diane Von Furstenberg, the first little fashion accessory inside is a cute little ‘kiss from Diane’ brooch.
    And, of course, the accessory everyone seems to be talking about is the DVF scarf. There are three different designs circling around but I managed to get the lovely bold red, pink and purple leopard print one – which matches the little illustration print that also comes inside the box. Speaking of the illustration, I love the quote on this one. It’s displayed very proudly on my wardrobe door now :)

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    What do you guys think of the October ‘My Little Box’?

    R.xoxo

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  • Four Favourite Artists From ‘Oh Deer’

    I made a wonderful new discovery this weekend in the form of a fantastic site called Oh Deer. It’s a fantastic site full of quirky and cool little homeware, stationary, cards, presents and so on, all illustrated by a range of equally amazing artists (who all get a good commission out of the sale of the collections). I spent a good amount of time on there just clicking through each artists work and banking a handful of links for future wish lists/gift ideas!

    Out of over 40 odd artists, I’ve picked out four of my favourites which you should definitely check out…

    oh-deer-MELISSA CASTRILLON Melissa Castrillon // Artist Profile // Favourite item: ‘Fight fight fight’ coaster

    oh-deer-SANDRA DIECKMANN Sandra Dieckmann // Artist Profile // Favourite item: Patterned phone case

    oh-deer-JACO HAASBROEK Jaco Haabroek // Artist Profile // Favourite item: ‘I fell’ cushion

    oh-deer-ELLA BAILEY Ella Bailey // Artist Profile // Favourite item: ‘In the rain’ greeting card

    Which one is your favourite? Have you spotted any more artists you’d liked on Oh Deer?

    R.xoxo

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