Hello, lovelies! I know I haven’t been active for a VERY long time, but I’ve had sooo many things to deal with that I just haven’t had the time (I mean, how often do YOU get an ear infection the night before your very first day of school?). I also had some idiot hack my credit card, which means I had to hurry and cancel it, and get a new one. BloggersDelight didn’t get the memo, so instead of sending me a “we couldn’t take the money from your card for your PLUS subscription” (like EVERYONE else does) they decided to just cancel it without a word. Which is why my blog looks like shit right now.

Anyways, this month Goodiebox sent out their box two weeks earlier than usual – because of Valentine’s Day – which means it arrived around the same time as the LF beauty box. So I figured, why not set them up against each other?

We’ll start with the Goodiebox, followed by the LF Beautybox, and then I’ll give you my opinions on each one and which I like the most this time. Fair waring – it’s a super long post, so grab a cup of tea or something.

Goodiebox glass nail file – 69 kr

This is produced by Goodiebox itself and even though I haven’t tried it (I bite my nails, Goodiebox, when will you understand?) it seems to be really good. I usually use those disposable ones so a tiny little thing like this, which will fit right in your pocket, seems nice to have if you actually have a use for it 😉

Kueshi Natural & Pleasant Cosmetics Revitalizing Face Toner – 200 ml, 99 kr

The first thing I noticed when I opened my box was the lovely smell of this product. Unfortunately it was because the lid sucks and it was spilled ALL over the box! Everything was soaking wet so bye-bye 1/8 of the product. That aside, the smell is amazing. According to my husband it smells like chewing gum. I have to agree – it really smells like candy, and I’m excited to try it out, even though I don’t really need any more facial toners since I usually only use Eucerin’s facial toner.

Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm – 40 ml, 79.95 kr (sample 4 g)

You all know this by now – I loooove Eucerin. I’m ALWAYS happy to see one of their products in the boxes and this is no exception. Sadly, it’s just a tiny sample but never the less it’s definitely one of the eexciting for me. This is supposed to be good against chapped lips, dry hands, nails… “you name it”, Goodiebox says. I’ve tried it out on my horrible, horrible winter-lips and so far I’m definitely game. It’s very thick so a little product goes a long way and the smell is veeery faint but reminds me a little of chocolate or coconut.

Oolution Check Matte – 30 ml, 299 kr

This is the expensive product of the box. The small 30 ml tube is estimated at around 299 kr, and even though I’m sure you can get it cheaper (hello, UK!) it’s still a pretty hefty price for such little product. The smell is that typical “cream” smell – not exciting but not bad at all. It claims to have 100% ecological ingredients and is supposed to adapt to the individual skin. The red is actually really great and I love that it says, “take risks!”. I’m looking forward to trying this out since it promises a lot.

BelláPierre Cheek & Lip Stain – 149 kr

I was SO excited to see this in the box. I saw a review of this product the other day, and since I’ve really come to like BelláPierre’s products I was a little sad that particular box doesn’t ship to Denmark. But there it was! You can use it as a cheek stain as well as a lip stain, but since I don’t really use such things for the cheeks (read; I don’t want to end up looking like a clown) I’ll only try this product on my lips. I got mine in the color Pink and it does look a lot more pink out of the box than in. It’s got quite some shimmer to it without being glittery, and it’s super creamy which is always nice. Another great hit for this month. I think the packaging is really nice but ALL their products look like this, so it gets confusing having to dig through eye shadows, powders and stuff to get to what you’re actually looking for.

Monu Illuminating Primer SPF 15 – 20 ml, 11.18 GBP (50 ml, 27.95 GBP)

We actually got this in January’s Goodiebox! Not that I mind ’cause I’ve come to the conclusion that we like Monu quite a lot! I have the Monu Recovery Balm from a previous box which I really, really like, so of course I was excited to see this product, albeit it was “again”.

I quite like this product because it doubles as a moisturizer as well as being a primer, and you need to use VERY little product so it will last you a long time. The only downside is that it’s so freaking hard to press a tiny amount out of the bottle, and if (when) you end up squeezing too much out, you can’t really put the rest back.

The packaging is really simple and sophisticated so the only real “problem” is the price; I seriously would never pay THAT much for a freaking primer, but I’m not really a primer kind of person in the first place.

PawPaw Original Balm – 10 ml, 2.78 GBP (fullsize – 25 ml, 6.95 GBP)

Much like the Eucerin Skin Balm, the PawPaw balm is made for a plethora of things – dry lips, for sun burn, as a moisturizer… even to be used as a nappy cream or as a hair conditioner! I’m not sure I would stick this stuff in my hair since it’s REALLY thick and can barely get out of the tube (seriously, I was pressing and pressing, just waiting for it to suddenly splash all over the place) but it feels good on the lips.

I like the logo and I love the name (it just sounds so cute!) but I HATE the freaking tube. It reminds me of those tubes you’d get your lipgloss in when you were 15, and to me it just feels cheap. The yellow is really cool, though, and the product itself is supposedly full of all sort of natural healing qualities, so I’ll definitely be trying this out some more.

Korres Citrus Little Body Milk – 50 ml, 2.50 GBP (200 ml, 10 GBP)

My first reaction to seeing this was, “… oh”. We got a Korres Citrus Shower Gel in a previous box and DAMN, it smelled bad. I have a serious problem with citrus-like smells, they tend to smell like toilet cleaner to me and thus not as something I’d like to put on my face and/or body.

Aaanyways… this one isn’t that bad. It actually smells quite nice and I would use it if it weren’t for the fact that I have a bunch of others I’d much rather use. Honestly, I think this one is going to be passed on.

Moroccanoil Treatment – 25 ml, 13.45 GBP (100 ml, 31.85 GBP)

I must be the only person left who hasn’t tried this yet. It’s not that I don’t want to, I do, it’s just that to me oil is oil, and even olive oil will actually moisturize your hair, so I haven’t been too interested in cashing out for this, especially since I’ve had a storage of hair oils for a reaaally long time. Now that I have it, though, I’m VERY excited to try it out. I’ve been extremely sick and stressed lately which means my hair isn’t really at it’s best condition right now. I’ve been giving it some oil treatments but I have somewhat long hair which means it takes a lot for me to moisturize all of it.

BelláPierre Cosmetics Eyeliner – 14 GBP (sale 5.99 GBP)

I have just been raving about how much I looove BelláPierre… and now I’m about to tell you how I don’t love this product. I was initially very excited with this (you know, seeing as I truly like the brand) and I got it in a very nice midnight blue color, but after swatching it on the hand it just feels so hard and dry that I can’t see how I’d be able to use it. I like my eyeliners to be like me chocolate – creamy. Really sad about it as well since I L.O.V.E. eyeliners to an extreme.

Erno Laszlo Sea Deep Cleansing Bar – 17 g, 5.40 GBP (fullsize – 45 GBP)

I think this is one of those products you either love like crazy or bitch over like crazy. Everyone has had a comment about this in every single review I’ve read on their website.

It’s a sea mud deep cleansing bar made of 97% natural ingredients, supposedly detoxing and hydrating your skin while also gently exfoliating.

So why do people complain? Because the bar we received is TINY. It’s almost impossible to hold, not to mention that after you get it wet, there is nowhere to put it while waiting for it to dry… With that said, I’m NOT complaining about this because honestly, that TINY sample is worth almost 6 pounds. In other words, if you were to purchase the fullsize, you’d have to dish up with 45 pounds. I don’t know about you guys but I’m not born with a silver spoon up my ass, which means I’d never ever get to try this out otherwise.

What I WILL complain about is this: it claims to be good for normal, combination or slightly oily skin. My skin is combination skin but oooooh my God, it’s so drying. Have you ever tried washing your face with an actual bar of soap instead of face wash? You know that very dry feeling it leaves you with, like you can’t even run your hand across your face without it “bumping” over it? Yeah, THAT I would like to complain about.

I’m going to try it out some more but it’s definitely going to be with my moisturizer right next to me. So far? A bit disappointed, though I have to say, it DOES actually clean the face very well, no doubt about that.

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To compare, there are upsides and downsides of both boxes.

The upsides of the Goodiebox is that I really like three of the products a lot and the other two are quite okay. The downsides are that it’s always so freaking hard to find shops where you can buy the items. I want to be able to buy the item if I like it, isn’t that kind of the entire point of the box? I also don’t like that they have a habit of exaggerating the “estimated” price at times.

The upsides of the LF Beauty Box is that they’ve started writing how much the sample received in the box, is worth. For instance, if the Eucerin product is a samlpe but Goodiebox only tells you the esitmated fullsize price so you have to sit and do math. We don’t like math. LF Beauty Box tells you how much the samples are worth, making my life a lot easier. Another upside is that the box is worth more than the Goodiebox and it almost always is, and there’s an extra product compared to the Goodiebox. The downside is that while the box is definitely nice, it’s just not super exciting.

IN TOTAL I would have to say that while in general I prefer the Lookfantastic Beauty Box (because they almost always have better quality products) this particular time I’m giving the win to Goodiebox; the BelláPierre Lip Stain and the Oolution Check Matte are just way more interesting that the Moroccanoil and the Monu I already have.

My top 3 products this time:
* Oolution Check Matte
* BelláPierre Cheek & Lip Stain
* Moroccanoil Treatment

My 3 least favorite products:
* Goodiebox nail file
* Korres Citrus Little Body Milk
* BelláPierre Cosmetics Eyeliner

What do you think about the boxes? Which one do you prefer? I’d love to hear from you (:

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I never really liked Valentine’s day. Not because I thought it sucked being single (really, I think it’s great – entire pizza to yourself, don’t have to shave your legs, can fangirl as much as you want without your better half looking at you like he’s considering getting you locked up… ) but because I just don’t get it.

Think about it; this super random day is THE day to show your love to your better half/the girl you’ve been trying to woo for three months now, by spending all your money on half-decent chocolate, über expensive jewelry she’ll probably exchange the next day, and flowers that will die by the end of the week. Why?

Isn’t it better to celebrate your love (or being in love) every day? Now, we do have a toddler so it’s not like we can gaze into each others eyes and talk for hours every day. A lot of it is diapers, what to have for dinner, and “GOD, STOP TOUCHING THAT, YOU’LL ELECTROCUTE YOURSELF!” shouting. But we always make time for each other, in each our way. Hubby takes the kid every single morning so that I can sleep. Granted, I’ve been sick for 2 1/2 years so sleep is very important for me, otherwise I just don’t function, but EVERY. SINGLE. MORNING. That’s quite something. He takes the smelly diapers (note to self: keep husband forever) and buys me my favorite chocolate just because. He tells me I look gorgeous (even when I soooo clearly don’t) and puts up with my immense talking even when he doesn’t care about the subject.

That’s the kind of love I want, not for him to feel forced to buy me stuff on a random, specific day. Hell, I don’t even expect gifts for our anniversary or wedding anniversary; I just want to spend the day doing something nice together, if it’s possible.

So, to everyone who does celebrate Valentine’s day – consider swapping the gift and the flowers out with a nice homemade dinner and a two hour talk. Or at least add it TO the gift. It means much, much more when it’s genuine. If you must give a gift, try giving something that your better half really wants. No matter if it’s a perfume, a book, a pair of socks… showing you actually listen when they talk is a 100 times better than getting a pair of earrings you’ll be exchanging tomorrow.

And to everyone who is single and feeling sad they don’t have anyone to celebrate it with? Buy yourself some really good chocolate, some nice tea, perhaps a new snuggly blanket, and enjoy that you can watch the Hell out of your favorite show without anyone trying to claim the remote 😉

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It’s been almost a month since my last update. We’ve been through pneumonia, sore throats, eye infections and a bunch of other not-so-interesting things (like someone hacking my eBay account and stealing 2.500 kr from me, then Bloggers Delight just stopping my PLUS subscription because I had to cancel my old card and get a new…).

But December’s still been neat; I made 4 advent calendars (as in, 96 gifts wrapped minus the few from eBay that never came despite being ordered in October!) and my son has enjoyed his very first calendar, and so have we; we’ve started watching The Walking Dead (well, for me it’s re-watching right now since I watched the first 2 seasons a while ago), celebrated my 22nd birthday and went to see The Hobbit (on my birthday, booyah!), so all in all, a very good month so far.

Tomorrow we’ll be celebrating Christmas with my husband’s sister and her family. They’re really nice people but it’ll be SUCH a hassle getting back and forth with 300.000 gifts, a stroller, a weekend bed and a kid – with Fynbus. I really hope it goes smoothly. Having to wake up my kid at 10 pm to drag him out into the cold and then on a bus in a stroller is NOT my idea of fun. But I’m sure we’ll all enjoy the evening so I’m just trying to focus on that.

For my birthday I got a zombie mug, a Zombies Hate book, Harry’s wand, new speakers, a pot (yes, a pot – I REALLY needed a bigger one) and money. I’m veeeery pleased with my gifts and getting told that my Christmas gifts are even better isn’t making it any easier to wait until tomorrow! 😉

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your families and friends!

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For the first time in ages, I just bought something really nice for myself. Granted, I do buy a lot of stuff but usually I buy the cheap versions of everything because while I like buying stuff, I also hate spending my money. They like to live in my bank account for as long as possible (:

Still, I just got the best e-mail (well, for me, not for them) that Bulderbasserne.dk are closing down so everything is 50% off! They have a few really neat things left, included a lot of Disney figurines. It’s really too bad that we don’t have anymore room for things like that right now.

As a bonus, they added in the mail that they are closing down their other web-shop as well, Divalounge.dk, which also has 50% off! Usually I’m not that interested in Danish sales and procentages sicne I buy my stuff much cheaper elsewhere (Hello, eBay and FragranceDirecte) but usually I’m also not very into buying specific and/or expensive brands. Well, since I tried INK by Dennis Knudsen in a Goodiebox, I’ve been in complete love with their Perfect Stay Lipsticks – and Divalounge has them! So I went ahead and bought Coral and Terracotta for 234,- in total, including delivery.

Terracotta – a wonderful shade

They have a lot of other brands as well, though. If I didn’t bite my nails I’d love to get this one:

Merry Christmas to you!

It’s the Citaté Mini Mani Manor Advent Calendar 2014. Originally it was 595,- but now it’s 297.50,- I think that’s quite a lot of money to save and you get a lot to play around with.

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It’s finally here! And better than ever! Okay, so I’ve only gotten two so far, but they’ve been great. The last one had a lot of anti-aging products which really isn’t my cup of tea, but they were definitely quality products and my mother will be getting some really nice advent gifts

So, what about this one? Well, for me, it’s a 100 times better! If you want to see what’s in the box, click through the read-more.

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