retail therapy!

So, I was a little naughty last week on the shopping front. You know how you just get those weeks when you have nothing better to do and before you know it, you've got like five order confirmation emails in your inbox? Well, this was me last week. A few clicks later and I had made a serious dent in the bank account. Unluckily for me, it's a joint account, so I have some explaining to do to my other half...whoopsies! We all need some retail therapy sometimes, no?

I did put some teaser photos on Instagram, so you may already know about the above purchases! But I've managed to keep the actual contents a secret until they all arrived so I could unveil them in this post. Now, I'm not going to go through everything in the boxes, I'll just give you a sneak peak of everything and some of my favourite things. If you have any questions about anything I've bought, just comment below. Let's start with a glance at what's inside...

Look at all these shiny beauty products! I'm so excited to actually try them all! I'm gonna start with the Birchbox. I've finally popped my Birchbox cherry. I've wanted to subscribe to this for absolute ages, so when I go an email offering me free shipping, I finally bit the bullet and let me tell you, I wasn't disappointed. For those of you who haven't heard of Birchbox, you complete a beauty questionnaire online and they send you samples/full size items every month tailored to your preferences. These are great if you want to test something before splashing out on the full size product. I also love the packaging this month, they've collaborated with Harper's Bazaar (you also get a discount on a HB magazine subscription). If I remember right, it only costs about £10 a month to subscibe and you can cancel at anytime. Judging from the contents of this month's, though, I won't be cancelling anytime soon! Below are my favourites from the Harper's Bazaar Birchbox.

 

Next up is the Selfridges Beauty Project Box. As soon as I saw this, I knew I had to have it. It was love at first sight! Considering the amount of swag you get, it's well worth the bucks. This box was launched to celebrate their new Beauty Project campaign, which you can read more about here. Unfortunately, the box is now sold out online, but you may be able to get one in store. My favourites are down below. How much am I in love with this NARS Deep Throat blusher?? I can't even put it into words! I'm also loving the EOS products at the moment, I already have one of their lip balms and it smells as lush as the hand lotion. The packaging of the Eyeko mascara gives me a happy heart!

 

Last, but certainly not least, we have the Benefit b.right! Radiant Skincare sample set. I've wanted to get my hands on this set for a while now. I'm a serious Benefit fan, but have never tried their skincare products before. I have only tried the Total Moisture facial cream so far and I'm loving using this at night after I've taken my make up off. I'll report back once I've tried the other five products. I'm especially looking forward to trying the It's Potent! eye cream, I've been on the hunt for a new eye cream for a while now...any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, fellow bloggers!

 

My debit card has now been safely tucked back into my purse for another month (week) much to O's delight!
Which lovely things have you been buying lately?