My beauty advent calendar arrived :D
It smells amazing, and I'm dying to rip in, but i won't even open the tissue paper until the last night of november to get the first package ready.
These make december so much fun!
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Personally, I think that anytime of year is appropriate for fairy lights!
I tend to be away for Xmas every second year so I just have pink glitter folding tree those years so there's still some form of decoration. The years I do put the 'real' (artificial) tree up I buy one special decoration to add to it. I also have some lovely ones that students have made for me over the years which are really special to me.
I tend to be away for Xmas every second year so I just have pink glitter folding tree those years so there's still some form of decoration. The years I do put the 'real' (artificial) tree up I buy one special decoration to add to it. I also have some lovely ones that students have made for me over the years which are really special to me.
I was on the fence about getting this calendar myself, but I’ve been getting it in the past 3 years, it would be weird not getting it this year, even though for the first time ever I got other beauty advent calendars, but they’re not NZ made(I like supporting NZ brands and businesses) and I know what’s inside them, so half the fun is gone.
Plus, I’ve just found out I’ll be spending Christmas by myself, so I deserve it, right? Right? I think I’m just gonna get one before it sells out.
Plus, I’ve just found out I’ll be spending Christmas by myself, so I deserve it, right? Right? I think I’m just gonna get one before it sells out.
My Christmas tree will being going up on 1st December (or maybe 30th November, after I finish work for the day). I have to put it up on the weekend, so that hubby can help decorate the tree.
@Tannygirl and @MissDilly, I'll be posting daily unboxing pics of the Advent Calendar on Facebook and Instagram :)
Pics will be posted in the evening, so that I don't spoil the surprise for anyone else. I've already uploaded pics of this year's box (outside, inside and the little message from Beautiful Surprises) into an album called Advent Calendar 2019 on FB.
@Tannygirl and @MissDilly, I'll be posting daily unboxing pics of the Advent Calendar on Facebook and Instagram :)
Pics will be posted in the evening, so that I don't spoil the surprise for anyone else. I've already uploaded pics of this year's box (outside, inside and the little message from Beautiful Surprises) into an album called Advent Calendar 2019 on FB.
soozie, i have a lot of fairy lights! I have solar ones, wall ones, tree ones, some in a jar and i think there's some others there too lol.
Susilia i won mine last year and while i didn't love everything in it i think it's more realistic to think 'i get a treat every day and if i like even half of them then I win!' with something like this. But of course winning them makes it even better haha. My sister in law started the original company (new owner now) so i've been privy to a lot of the selection processes etc, interesting stuff.
I share mine after lunch usually, on my IG stories, just a personal site but because I feel a connection to the company i like to take lovely pics they can share if they wish to.
Susilia i won mine last year and while i didn't love everything in it i think it's more realistic to think 'i get a treat every day and if i like even half of them then I win!' with something like this. But of course winning them makes it even better haha. My sister in law started the original company (new owner now) so i've been privy to a lot of the selection processes etc, interesting stuff.
I share mine after lunch usually, on my IG stories, just a personal site but because I feel a connection to the company i like to take lovely pics they can share if they wish to.
Yeah, winning it would’ve been great! :D
Last year was the first year I’ve had quite a few items I wasn’t that into, but at the end of the day it was a lot of fun opening them and a lot of work goes into wrapping them all up etc, it’s not just the products that we pay for, so was all good in the end. Plus, the ownership change so late in the year must have made a hectic few months for the new owner too, I’m sure!
My top 3 least favourite items from last year were: the loose tea(got those every year though, so I’m prepared for another one), chocolate cookie(seemed a filler item, should have been just included in the box on top as a snack, like in a previous year we’ve had some popcorn just put in there), foot scrub packet(giant salt pieces)
Top 3 favourites: my candle was the best scent ever: coconut and raisins, was so sweet and I love everything coconut scented, evolu face oil, because I love a good face oil, and the shampoo bar with rosemary.
Which items were your favourite/least favourite if I may ask?
I’m sure we’re all different in what we like/don’t like, so my favourite might have been your most hated and vice versa, would love to hear your thoughts on it! :)
Last year was the first year I’ve had quite a few items I wasn’t that into, but at the end of the day it was a lot of fun opening them and a lot of work goes into wrapping them all up etc, it’s not just the products that we pay for, so was all good in the end. Plus, the ownership change so late in the year must have made a hectic few months for the new owner too, I’m sure!
My top 3 least favourite items from last year were: the loose tea(got those every year though, so I’m prepared for another one), chocolate cookie(seemed a filler item, should have been just included in the box on top as a snack, like in a previous year we’ve had some popcorn just put in there), foot scrub packet(giant salt pieces)
Top 3 favourites: my candle was the best scent ever: coconut and raisins, was so sweet and I love everything coconut scented, evolu face oil, because I love a good face oil, and the shampoo bar with rosemary.
Which items were your favourite/least favourite if I may ask?
I’m sure we’re all different in what we like/don’t like, so my favourite might have been your most hated and vice versa, would love to hear your thoughts on it! :)
i gave similar feedback about the food/tea - just think it's not a beauty product or something i find luxurious, personally. Although on cookie day i had to fly to whanganui, run a conference and fly home so they kept me going lol.
My faves were:
- candle! I'm a massive candle fan and got the same scent as you, LOVED it
- the 'Anything is possible' pouch, which i use to keep jewellery in while travelling
- the strawberry cream perfume - i bought some more off her as well i loved it so much
- the tote
- the Panda Eyes cleanser
- the Evolu oil
Least faves were:
- the peach smoothie body scrub - i found it really hard, which sucked bc i was really excited
- the charcoal cleansing bar broke me out SO BAD. And made a mess of my shower.
- didn't use the shampoo bar, hated the scent and didn't want it near my face
Haven't used the bath tea or foot scrub - really should
My faves were:
- candle! I'm a massive candle fan and got the same scent as you, LOVED it
- the 'Anything is possible' pouch, which i use to keep jewellery in while travelling
- the strawberry cream perfume - i bought some more off her as well i loved it so much
- the tote
- the Panda Eyes cleanser
- the Evolu oil
Least faves were:
- the peach smoothie body scrub - i found it really hard, which sucked bc i was really excited
- the charcoal cleansing bar broke me out SO BAD. And made a mess of my shower.
- didn't use the shampoo bar, hated the scent and didn't want it near my face
Haven't used the bath tea or foot scrub - really should
Oh, I love that cream perfume, so yummy! Still have half left as I just don’t want to finish it! :)
The tote was shredding too much for me sadly, I agree with those peach scrubs though, they are so hard and I’m in the shower trying to melt them on my body to scrub, but it just stays in one piece and scratching my skin. :/ Still have half a packet.
Funnily enough, I’ve received 2 more packets of those from a box subscription, so yayy, put them up on trademe, I think they went for like a dollar or 2, including those foot scrubs and bath leaves, I forgot about those leaves, I didn’t have anything to put them in to use and didn’t wanna make a mess of my bath.
Oh, I realised I didn’t use that face bar yet, but my skin isn’t that sensitive, maybe I’ll be fine with it or use it on my shoulders. :)
The tote was shredding too much for me sadly, I agree with those peach scrubs though, they are so hard and I’m in the shower trying to melt them on my body to scrub, but it just stays in one piece and scratching my skin. :/ Still have half a packet.
Funnily enough, I’ve received 2 more packets of those from a box subscription, so yayy, put them up on trademe, I think they went for like a dollar or 2, including those foot scrubs and bath leaves, I forgot about those leaves, I didn’t have anything to put them in to use and didn’t wanna make a mess of my bath.
Oh, I realised I didn’t use that face bar yet, but my skin isn’t that sensitive, maybe I’ll be fine with it or use it on my shoulders. :)
I’ve held out on the calendar front so far...but there’s still time.
I nabbed a little tree at the warehouse last weekend that’s apartment size friendly which will go up on Dec 1st/2nd. Also decorating the family home that weekend which tends to look like Santa’s Village once we’ve finished, so will probably post some very Christmasy post on my blog Instagram rather than beauty ones for once. But we’ll see, the calendar is tempting.
I nabbed a little tree at the warehouse last weekend that’s apartment size friendly which will go up on Dec 1st/2nd. Also decorating the family home that weekend which tends to look like Santa’s Village once we’ve finished, so will probably post some very Christmasy post on my blog Instagram rather than beauty ones for once. But we’ll see, the calendar is tempting.
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