Hello Hygge

So with all the backlash with My Little Box there were a few suggestions under their facebook page that the frustrated people recommended subscribing to instead and I found the HYGGEBOX.

It is more expensive than MLB but you obviously get much more and more diverse products. 

It claims to be wellbeing and happiness in a box. And I think it might just actually be that. It has things that are practical to use and other items that just bring joy!

My first box happened to be a Hot Chocolate box! 

So what was in it? 

• A BIG Flake bar, bigger than the one you can buy in shops! normally these type of boxes have the smallest one available
• Hot Chocolates DUH :D 4 different varieties: Milk Choc+, Dark Montezuma Giant Buttons, White HotChocSpoon and Instant
• Handmade Chocolate Lip Balm - tasted nice
• Bothams Biscuits - Chocolate Chip & Ginger SPice
• Japanese Mug
• Lottie Shaw's Parkin Cake - not for me :D thanks
• Cinnamon
• Reindeer Stencil

My attempt at the reindeer 

In November I got the Danish Advent box

With the cutest little elf doll! Love it! And the heart and stars decorations

The box also included

• Make your own Christmas Cracker Kit
• Christmas scented poppurrii
• Black Forest Hot Choc Spoon - not the best flavour... I could only take one sip of it, the rest went to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the sewer...

And there was also supposed to be a mulled wine kit in there but I never received mine :( and I only noticed like a month or so later so felt a bit awkward writing to them about it after so long... will check the list carefully from now on :D

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

Byebye MLB

This is the last post about My Little Box

but not due to me! 

They decided to stop delivering to the UK market themselves

Was it because of the big backlash they got after the August and September boxes? There were people relentlessly showing their frustration under each and every single one of the fb posts.

It all kicked off when September box arrived on our doorstep, super late might I add!

La vie en Rouje

A very bleak and empty box isn't it

Missing from this photo is the one size fits all t-shirt that everyone HATED

This box included

• Nuxe Huile Prodigieuese - little oil for hair, skin and everything
• Nuxe shower gel with a gold shimmer
• Red Lipstick
• And a t-shirt

That's it?!? No wonder everyone was losing their shit

Roll on October when everyone was still reeling from the disaster of Rouje

This box was a collaboration with ASOS.
The only memory of ASOS I have is the never delivered clothes I ordered a few years back... so not looking forward to this...

The look of it is already better than the one before, don't you think?

 Contains:

• A zipped pouch in a comfortable size for putting all the makeup palava in
• A notebook for thoughts and scribbles
• Handcream
• Nude by Nature Perfecting Primer
• Pureheals Propolis Rose Callus Sheet Mask
• ASOS Black Liquid Liner
• 31 Creativity Idea Cards...

Not too bad

And now to the last one

the Sunday November box

Contains:

• a sticker that states "Life should be paused on Sunday Mornings" I have stickered it to my wall :D Ha you'll find a few of these around my flat lol I just can't bear to throw these away, they're cute
• Microfiber white Turban
• Biscuit Stamp letters
• Facemask Powder - sounds interesting
• Dr Hauschka Lip Gloss
• Mixa Cica Repair Balm
• Tiny bar of Chocolate

Although I was thinking of unsubscribing I am sad to see they've stopped shipping to UK all together :(

Ttyl ;)
Jazzz...

MLB Summer

Excuses Excuses for being late! :(

I blame the underwhelming boxes for this... I am actually thinking of unsubscribing... Might wait a couple more boxes to see if they'll improve before making my final decision, but am leaning towards cancelling as I found another (more expensive) box to try out and if that's better (a big probability of yes then bye bye My Little Box).

First up June and the Los Angeles Box

This was actually quite decent with the bag, coconut oil and Burt's Bees cream. Not too shabby, also liking the pink theme :D and the LA map.

Stickers although they are cute are totally useless... so is the bracelet. Overall an ok box.

Next up July's Seashell box:

• An inflatable beach pillow/pouch. I could only inflate one side but might be quite handy if I ever find my way to a beach and am forced to lie down :D (I hate sunbathing)
• A sea salt scrub
• Two tealights in a paper holder? Is that not dangerous?
• Seashell sweet that you had to lick since it was inside a real seashell which you can't eat. Neverending licking :D
• Qiriness eye mask
• Hand cream to add to my horde of them, for some reason I do not like hand and body creams, the residue (even if only for a sec) they leave is not my fave feeling, hence I do not use them more than about twice a year in a moment of madness :D

In retrospective not too bad of a box either, actually better than June due to the beach pillow :D

And that brings us to August when I received the Wild Summer Box

• A statement necklace... Basically just a huge piece of rope around your neck...
• Triangular Jewellery holder, not too bad, kinda like it
• A card that folds every way and reveals hidden messages, quite cool to play around with for about a minute :D
• Bare minerals tester
• Blush
• Eau micellaire, this is a product I've received twice now and luckily for me I like it (Imagine if I'd had some stupid hand cream twice)

Although I've found something I like in every box there's still this meh feeling... Is it worth £15 every month, not so sure anymore. And I'm not the only one to think like this, if you look at their FB page every picture they post has lots of comments underneath saying how crap they have been lately and the fact that they do not answer any customer complaints means they have lost a lot of subscribers. Hopefully they will take this as a sign and improve the boxes!!

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

MLB Spring

Can you tell I haven't been too excited about these this time? Looking at photos (because my memory is shocking) I blame the last May box.

Starting with March which was really good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    

#nofilter

I freaking loved practically everything in it!

Best thing: the brush - which I actually use daily now! It's sooo soft :) how did I manage without it before? I did have a similar brush before but it broke :D and I just wasn't that keen about it...

Secondly the cosmetic bag! I've been looking for one that's cute and the perfect size for ever and voila here it is!

Other things in it:

• A little notepad (can't get enough of them)
• Phone ring - I do like it but have not yet used it because once you put it on can you take it off and put on again? It's really useful but I don't want it on the phone all the time...
• Baby pink nail polish
• Blemish free primer - good to take on trips
• Make up forever Ultra HD Microfinishing Loose Powder - supposed to give your skin a perfect radiant and smooth look

April

Not as good as the previous but still good :)

Best thing: Water bottle fruit infuser

Other things included:

• A full size body lotion
• Vitamin shot face scrub
• Early morning moisturizer
• monthly fruit and veg calendar 
• magnetic shopping list pad
• Bandana scarf
• Coconut bites

Not the best box but certainly not the worst

And then the May one which was just bad...

It did arrive quite late as well so I had the "pleasure" of reading comments on their FB page that said the box sucks :(

The theme looks promising but the insides....

Coasters - not even cute ones...

A bow for a bra??????? What even is that? Why?

A big gold triangular hair pin - might be handy

Kohl eye pencil

Nail polish

Cocktail recipes

Body cream (again)

If anyone wants to try body creams I have loads :D 

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...

MLB Winter

A mixed bag really

Starting with the Christmas box which was great, especially the Tadaaaa! sticker :)

AAaaaand the slated caramel spread! Which reminds me, Must. Get. More!!! It was yummi with pancakes :)

Other items included:

• Forest scented candle (my glass jar was broken... so not lit yet)
• A bracelet (cuff bangle), quite nice
• Hyperbole mini perfume which smells divine
• smoky eyes eye shadow
• Kusmi tea box
• last magazine
• Amande shower oil

January was totally different and came in a bag instead of a box

Best part must be the snood... I was on the lookout for another scarf

• Fresh start means no magazine any more
• A timeless planner notebook, which would be awesome if I'd actually use them... I looooove the idea of it but can't just bring myself to commit to filling in a notebook...
• Body cream
• A hair mask shot by Garnier
• Toothpaste (perfect size for our trip to Iceland)
• Helpful notes about creating vision boards and planning (must say I totally forgot about them...), not into any of that at all...
• A hand cream

February seems a bit niche... and not mine (school skiing horrors possibly), I was expecting something red, Valentine, love related but got mountains... Well the lip balm is red..

Best part: Mountain shaped post-it notes

Others:

• Get cosy book to replace the magazine
• Sparkly socks
• Brooche (that I'm never going to wear ever)
• Lip balm (that makes your lips red)
• Pore corrector
• Roll on eye energiser
• A needle hook and pattern to knit my own snood... no thanks, already got one-ish from school..

Teeny tiny samples

Overall verdict: last year finished with a bang but this year hasn't really been up to scrap..

Ttyl ;)

Jazzz...