I hope you had an enjoyable Christmas Day. I hope those observing local lockdowns/restrictions managed to fill their day with festive cheer. I thought I would conclude this GLOSSYBOX ADVENT-URES series with my final thoughts, along with some stats, now that the daily excitement is over.
What did I receive?
Day 1: Brushworks HD Complexion and Contouring Kit
Day 2: Illamasqua Liquid Eyeliner in the shade ‘Black/Noir’
Day 3: Filorga NCEF-REVERSE Supreme Multi-Correction Cream
Day 4: Pixi Glow Mist
Day 5: Lime Crime Mini Velvetines Liquid Lipstick in the shade ‘Red Velvet’
Day 6: Lee Stafford Hair Apology 10-in-1 Leave-in Treatment Spray
Day 7: Glossybox Skincare 3-in-1 Moisturiser
Day 8: Bubble T Cosmetics Winter Berries Bath Bomb Fizzer
Day 9: MUA Makeup Academy Brow Define Eyebrow Pencil in the shade ‘Mid Brown’
Day 10: Zoeva Screen Queen Highlighting Powder Palette
Day 11: Frank Body Original Coffee Scrub
Day 12: Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask
Day 13: Sunday Riley Good Genes Glycolic Acid Treatment
Day 14: Ecooking Hand Cream / Håndcreme
Day 15: Fenty Beauty Match Stix Shimmer Skinstick in the shade ‘Trippin’
Day 16: bareMinerals Prime Time Original Foundation Primer
Day 17: The Body Shop Himalayan Charcoal Purifying Glow Mask
Day 18: Sleek MakeUP Loose Pigment in shade ‘Trance’
Day 19: The Vintage Cosmetic Company Polly Bow Makeup Headband
Day 20: Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick in the shade ‘Wedding Day’
Day 21: Avant Skincare 3-1 Hyaluron-Filler Collagen Eye Formula
Day 22: Dermalogica Daily Microfoliant
Day 23: KVD Vegan Beauty Go Big Or Go Home Mascara in the shasde ‘Trooper Black’
Day 24: NAILS.INC Nail Polish in the shade ‘Victoria’
Day 25: Iconic London Day To Slay Eyeshadow Palette
The complete contents of the Glossybox Advent Calendar 2020
My personal favourites were the Iconic London eyeshadow palette, the Huda Beauty Power Bullet Lipstick and the Fenty Beauty shimmer skinstick. However, I have also enjoyed receiving items from the smaller brands such as the Frank Body Coffee Scrub and the Glow Recipe sleeping mask.
It’s fair to say that the Glossybox Advent Calendar continues to be one of the best beauty Advent calendars on the market. This is my third, and it does not disappoint. This year I ended up paying the full subscriber price of £80. In previous years I cashed in the ‘Glossy Credits’ I accrued by reviewing the monthly subscription boxes. This year, I didn’t really get around to reviewing much. My bad! But, even at £80, the calendar is incredible value as the contents are worth around £390. The packaging this year is better thought out. The individual boxes arrive in a set of four drawers. Post Christmas, I will recycle the cardboard boxes and will use the calendar and drawers for makeup storage (I can’t seem to get enough!). If you have read my individual daily posts, you will know that I suspect that the price of at least one of the skincare products is inflated which increases the value of the calendar, but with that said, I can’t deny that it is still good value for money. When researching the products to link on my blog posts, there were one or two items which weren’t currently available. Indeed some were released over two years ago, so clearly weren’t new to the market. I like it when we receive newly launched items. If they have potentially appeared in TK Maxx for example, for me, that devalues them. Below, I have added a table so you can see whether items were makeup, skincare or ‘other’; full sized or deluxe minis; and whether they are items I would keep for myself or pass on in a future giveaway.
Skincare
Makeup
Other
Full Size
Deluxe Mini
Keep
Giveaway
Value
Day 1
✔
✔
✔
£11.99
Day 2
✔
✔
✔
£21.00
Day 3
✔
✔
✔
£10.78
Day 4
✔
✔
✔
£16.00
Day 5
✔
✔
✔
£10.00
Day 6
✔
✔
✔
£11.99
Day 7
✔
✔
✔
£18.00
Day 8
✔
✔
✔
£5.99
Day 9
✔
✔
✔
£1.50
Day 10
✔
✔
✔
£15.00
Day 11
✔
✔
✔
£1.40
Day 12
✔
✔
✔
£3.93
Day 13
✔
✔
✔
£11.84
Day 14
✔
✔
✔
£7.50
Day 15
✔
✔
✔
£21.00
Day 16
✔
✔
✔
£6.00
Day 17
✔
✔
✔
£6.00
Day 18
✔
✔
✔
£5.49
Day 19
✔
✔
✔
£6.99
Day 20
✔
✔
✔
£22.00
Day 21
✔
✔
✔
£99.00
Day 22
✔
✔
✔
£13.50
Day 23
✔
✔
✔
£5.00
Day 24
✔
✔
✔
£15.00
Day 25
✔
✔
✔
£45.00
Total
£391.90
Product Breakdown Table
Breakdown:
The average cost of each item was £3.20 per day but was worth £15.68 per day
I will continue to subscribe to the monthly boxes and buy the Advent calendar. I may, or may not, try to buy limited edition boxes. I have experienced the stress and observed other subscribers’ rants on social media about the problems in grabbing one when they sell out in a couple of minutes after allowing bulk purchasing. I also see the frustrations people have in getting responses from customer services.
I can conclude that Glossybox appear to be victims of their own success. Subscription boxes really are a ‘thing’ now, and meeting everyone’s expectations at such volumes must be a constant headache.
So thank you Glossybox, for another industry-leading product. I look forward to sampling next year’s!
Louisa
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Louisa
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I love stationery as much as I love makeup! These Spotlight Stationery boxes are my absolute favourite to dig into, so this blog post is a bit more in-depth than I normally go for unboxings. Unfortunately, when I filmed this video I got the monthly boxes the wrong way round (!), but it doesn’t really matter. You can watch the video below and beyond that, I have taken some lovely photos of the products with links to the items and illustrators. (Some links are affiliate links.)
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I had no issues with using the pens. The white pen looks a little wishy washy on the black highlighter, but I’m not sure if the ink is in full flow yet or if the highlighter ink affected it. Here’s a photo of all of them (apologies for my terrible handwriting!)
Pen and pencils included (apart from the Cressida Bell pencil)
Sad News…
Upon opening this, my first ever Spotlight Seasons box, I discovered that this was to be the final box in this collection. It’s such a shame as there are no other Stationery subscription boxes that I have discovered that are such good quality as these. Hopefully Spotlight Stationery will occasionally issue some exceptional quality Limited Edition boxes which will serve the same audience.
Announcement letter
Let me know what you think of these boxes in the comments below. Have you subscribed to Spotlight Stationery or Spotlight Seasons? Are there any other stationery boxes you would like to see me unbox?
Louisa
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