glossybox december 2011

BLINK+GO eyeshadow and blush palette, cargo cosmetics lipgloss, deborah
lippmann nail polish, NIP + FAB spot fix, rituals foaming shower gel
Got my December/Christmas GlossyBox on Friday morning and as soon as I opened it I was over the moon with the fact that the box was suitably festive in its red colouring! All the products are good sizes, including a few full sized products as I'd expected because it's Christmas! The palette retails at £14.95, the shower gel £6.50 and the spot treatment is £9.95 so obviously this box is amazing value! There will be some variants but I don't know what they are exactly yet so I can't speak for 100% of the boxes. Saying that, I don't think boxes will contrast in value too much.

I absolutely love the nail polish, it's called 'Razzle Dazzle' and I even tweeted about it I love it so much! It's a really dark purple/pink/red that looks black when it's dried with lots of pinky red glitter in it. It's very vamp but festive at the same time. Also in the box was a sachet of nail remover but I haven't used it yet.

I don't mind the gloss, the shade is called 'Tokyo' but it doesn't really show up on my lips. Kinda 'my lips but better' so I could wear it on its own or with other products underneath! In the tube it looks quite pigmented so I don't know why it doesn't show up. It feels nice on the lips though, totally not sticky so I'm pleased with it!

I looove the smell of the shower gel, I've only used it once but I know I'll be using it only every now and again so I don't use it up too quickly! As it's foam you need to be careful with the nozzle (is it even called that?) because you only need a little bit. I don't really get that many spots so I won't get an awful lot of use out of the spot treatment, but I have a couple of blemishes at the moment where I'm poorly and after dabbing it on, the redness has gone! Also I might end up doing a separate post for the palette if enough people ask me, but I can say now that all the shades are very pigmented and I'll use 90% of them! The blushes are a little chalky for my liking but the colours are workable.

I really am so pleased with with month's box! In a way it's probably my favourite as there's not one 'stand out' product and I will be getting use out of everything. My second favourite would probably be the September box but I only use 2 out of 5 of the products and rated them. The Christmas box would make the perfect present I think!

Have you had your Christmas box yet? Will you be signing up if you're not a subscriber? Let me know your thoughts!