Originally Posted by SammieHammie /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I just opened up my box. It arrived Friday after I had already left town and was waiting for me along with my Goodies box when I got home (roomies brought them inside). I must say, the only thing truly luxurious about the box was the packaging. I want to keep the actual box to store stuff in if I can dispose of that awful shredded paper without my cats getting into it. Anyway here's what I got:
~The water bottle looking Jewelmint clutch - the way the clutch opened up fascinated me. The clutch is just barely big enough to fit my phone inside. I have a smartphone that's on the smaller side so I can't imagine a big phone fitting. Looks like the mesh will break easily if it gets snagged on something. I have no need for this so I'm at a loss of what to do with it.
~ I got the 9 different flavors of chocolate - Most of the flavors sound really gross to eat. I'm sharing them with my roommate and we'll bond over tasting them. I can't eat the bacon one because pork makes me sick.
~ Deborah Lippmann Lip & Nail Duet in Love Notes - The lipstick is Let's Do It and the nail polish is My Old Flame (way to remind me of how single I am Popsugar!). I think I might use these colors. The lipstick might be a tad too dark for me, but then nail polish is pretty. Can it live up to the test of lasting more than a day on my fingers?
~ French hand soap in "Fig de Provence" - I don't want to open it because I might use it as a gift. So I can't smell it. It thankfully arrived unbroken though.
~ Epicuren moisturizer in Tahition Vanilla - I like vanilla scents and it's dry winter. This one will actually get used.
~ Tocca candle in Havana - I'm not sure how I feel about the scent. It's a nice scent but it's way to strong just in the package. I don't use candles too often anymore so I don't know if this will get used or not. I wish we had gotten one of those candles with the wooden wick. Now that would've been a little more exciting if we had to have a candle.
Overall I'm rather disappointed in the box. I was hoping to be more excited once I actually opened it up and saw (and smelled) my items. At least I'll get use of 3 of these things. I know it's a women's box and pampering ourselves should be luxurious. But maybe a nice face mask, spa socks, warm items (gloves, scarves, throws) would've been more useful and easy to use. Scented items are very hard to give out because everyone's nose is different. And unfortunately these items were strongly scented. And the Jewelmint clutches? None of them were "luxurious."
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