February Topbox Review!

At long last, here is my final Topbox review!

Topbox is a Canadian monthly subscription service that delivers 4-5 beauty products to your door every month. You are put on a waiting list that can take 2-3 weeks, but both times I've signed up, I received an email notifying me I made it off the waitlist within ten days. When you subscribe, you are able to fill out a wishlist of products you would prefer, and you have the option to select a privé box from higher end makeup brands. This month, I selected the normal box.

Nova Scotia Fisherman Extreme Skin care Sea Salt Soap
When I opened the bag, I was immediately hit with a very strong smell. To me, it doesn't smell like sea salt, it smells a tad perfume-y and is incredibly strong. It is a nice, all-natural soap, but I can't imagine putting this on my body, since the smell is so intense. This one's a miss for me.

Pop Beauty Kajal Pen Purple eyeliner
This is a beautiful plum eyeliner. I don't have an eyeliner this shade, so I was quite excited to receive this. The pigmentation is pretty good, but the liner not as soft as my other liners, so doesn't glide on as easily. Overall, it is a gorgeous shade, and I'm fairly happy with it!

Smashbox Photofinish Primer
Another great item! I don't have a lot of primers, so I was quite excited to try out this primer as well. I thought this primer was a pretty decent one. Since I don't normally use face primers, I don't have much to compare to. I tested it out under foundation on half of my face, and just used foundation normally on the other half. In general, the primer did blur my pores and make my foundation look a tad smoother. I don't think the effect was great enough to justify a full size of this, but I might try out other primers and see how they compare.

Morgan Taylor Nail polish

Along with the soap, this was another dud, as far as I'm concerned. Although the nailpolish is good quality, I will simply never wear this colour (unless maybe I'm dressing up as Elphaba for Halloween).

Overall, I was quite impressed with full size eyeliner, and the primer was pretty decent as well. When reviewing this box, I realized that it wasn't as good as I had previously thought it was. I think my happiness at receiving a full size eyeliner masked the fact that I only enjoyed 50% of this box's contents, which is unfortunate.

Alas, all good things must come to an end, as this will be my last Topbox review. After last month's disappointing box, I decided to cancel the subscription. I simply was not receiving enough products that I liked to justify receiving this box. While I love the price, the products themselves were often less than satisfactory, and I was only enjoying half of the contents. On the odd time I enjoyed the whole box, I still wouldn't repurchase most of the contents. I am happy with the service for introducing me to new products, and I may re-subscribe in the future (you never know) but for now I am saying goodbye.