BOXYCHARM 🦇 OCTOBER 2018

BOXYCHARM 

🦇 OCTOBER 2018 

There are 5 products inside the box with some being full size and some deluxe size. This month boxy doesn’t seem to be fitting in to the halloween theme like everyone else or like their box last year. But i like the darkness seeping through the black lace mask and also the masquerade palette and of course kat von d herself.

It cosmetics superhero mascara.

This mascara has been quite hyped up in the past few subscription box and if im not mistaken I’ve received this in the sample size before from sephora play. So ive tried this mascara before but i find that it has a clumpy texture after redipping and it didn’t disperse well on my lashes as how i would like my mascara to be. So in the end i did not reach out for this often as compared to my butter london double decker mascara. And this is also not waterproof so it won’t stay in place on wet occasions.

Farmacy green clean - makeup melt away cleansing balm.

I have received this product in another subscription box too (sephora february play box if not mistaken). So to say that this was made specifically for boxycharm like the label claims is quite a stretch because this was the same sample size that i received before and the same packaging minus the labelling. 

Anyways this is a balm that you can slather and rub away your makeup. It is something that works like a makeup remover cream but in a balm version. You still have to rub the balm in and wash up after but it feels oddly therapeutic massaging the balm in the face. This makeup melt away balm also has a nice clean scent to it and is non greasy. However trying to remove near the eye area gets a bit hard due to the thicker balm compared to an oil remover. All in all I wouldn’t reach for this as fast as my miscellar water but it will do when i have time for a good scrub after. 

Kat Von D Everlasting liquid lipstick in Lovesick.

Lovesick is one of the permanent shades from the KVD everlasting liquid lipstick line and is described as a mauve pink shade. I was excited to see the sneak preview that we will be getting a kat von d product but i was abit disappointed at the shade range. I only saw bow and arrow and lovesick being sampled but then these two are actually difficult shades to match skintone. With one being a nude tone and the other a bright pink. Pink isnt one of the shades that suits me,i veer more to terracotta and burnt reds. 

However, the formula itself is great as is all kvd liquid lips, matte and transfer proof is my kind if favourite lipstick and im not new to kvd. This can get abit drying at about the 3rd-4th hour mark so perhaps some moisturising might be needed in the middle of your wear time. By the end of the day i noticed usually there are mild cracks at the inner lips and some fading at the middle. It would still require some touching up. 

PUR Midnight Masquerade palette.

Boxycharm does a lot of collaboration with PUR as I’ve had quite a few of PUR palettes that came with boxy like the Soiree diaries, the highlight and contour palette and now this midnight masquerade palette. 

This is a face palette so it actually has 2 highlighting shades and 2 blush shades, with another 6 eyeshadow shades. Its a handy palette to bring over for travelling because it means you won’t have to carry a separate blush and highlighter. But i find the eyeshadows lacks transition shades, it has bright shades that works  well when you need a pop of colour but it doesn’t have softer hues for a seamless blend. 

The pigments however are really buttery with some slight fall outs only on the matte shade sneak peek. The satin and metallic shades all mostly apply smooth and very very pigmented. 

Dermovia Lace a peel mask.

Im quite confident to say that there is no mask like this one and even if you have tried one before its not like this application. Now this is actually a peel off mask with a little twist, you start with an even layer of the black bamboo charcoal gel all over the face and as quickly as possible, lay the lace mask on top of the gel and press in so that it sticks. Once 20minutes is up, simply peel off the entire mask like you would a peel off mask. The pack also has a warning that this would be a medium intensity peel off, in my opinion i felt that the painful area was mostly the under eye because the skin is so much thinner and softer there than the other areas to peel off. 

The mask itself as seen in the photo, is actually a black lace mask that is soft and lightweight. (I swear its like a black laced panty material.) It almost feels like a waste to throw away the entire thing after the peel off. But what the mask helps to do is actually by compressing the gel into the face, as opposed to just applying the peel off on its own. 

There are two masks and 1 tube in each pack and all together this was a fun and unique mask to try so good job to boxy for the diversity.