Rainbow Honey Mystery Box

[DragonChick]

stevia is in food though...

Cupuacu is also a fruit, so now I'm not entirely sure of the reason why it's not recommended as cuticle balm. Ach well.

 

[LethalLesal]

Cupuacu is also a fruit, so now I'm not entirely sure of the reason why it's not recommended as cuticle balm. Ach well.

You've kind of got it backwards, I think.  Stevia is in the lip balm, and Cupuacu is in the cuticle balm.  They don't recommend do use the cuticle balm as lip balm, which leads me (us?) to believe that the cupuacu is the reason why.  

 

[LethalLesal]

I didn't get a scrub in my May mini either - and I got a lime lip balm (that I swapped).  No cuticle balm.

I had recently ordered a candy mountain cuticle balm and already had a sakura matsuri cuticle balm so that didn't bother me so much.  I just wish I'd got the honeymint lip balm instead but that wasn't their "fault".  Oh yeah - AND THE SUGAR SCRUB.

(My mini soap had no glitter in it either, by the way.)

I don't think it's their fault or anything, but since I included it in the note to seller they could have at least said "sorry, all we have is honeymint," or something instead of just sending two of the darn thing.  

Regardless, if the first girl I offered the balm to doesn't PM me her address, or doesn't want to, I'll send you one of my two, if you'd like.  I'm going to keep one of the two that I got today just because it does give a nice tingle for when I have chapped lips, but I would love to share one of them with someone =)

Smelling the leftovers of the full-sized Summer Juice smells plasticy now, actually.  The tubes look more like tubes for lip gloss and not perfume, so I bet that's what's going on with the difference in scent.  I have one of those ridiculously sensitive noses ever since I had my son, so I can detect subtle differences in scent really easily.  

eta - thinking about it... i was recently researching how to make my own perfumes using essential oils, and i remember reading that you need to let the perfume sit for at least a month so that everything mingles together really well.  I wonder if maybe with this batch they didn't let it sit and ferment (or whatever you call it in perfume making, using homebrew terminology here lol) as long so that's why it smells differently?  Idk, I'll stop analyzing this perfume now. 

 

[DragonChick]

You've kind of got it backwards, I think.  Stevia is in the lip balm, and Cupuacu is in the cuticle balm.  They don't recommend do use the cuticle balm as lip balm, which leads me (us?) to believe that the cupuacu is the reason why.  

I'd have to look at both when I get home and compare ingredients. It's entirely possible I'm getting my ingredients confused since I'm running off memory here. Another possibility is the type of fragrance oil that's being used, which doesn't make sense since the rose fragrance was super strong in the lipbalm.

I'm going to stop guessing until I can look at the labels and can see what the differences are again.

 

[Tamarin]

You've kind of got it backwards, I think.  Stevia is in the lip balm, and Cupuacu is in the cuticle balm.  They don't recommend do use the cuticle balm as lip balm, which leads me (us?) to believe that the cupuacu is the reason why.  

I'd have to look at both when I get home and compare ingredients. It's entirely possible I'm getting my ingredients confused since I'm running off memory here. Another possibility is the type of fragrance oil that's being used, which doesn't make sense since the rose fragrance was super strong in the lipbalm.

I'm going to stop guessing until I can look at the labels and can see what the differences are again.

So in the email when I asked about using cuticle balms as lip balms, they just said it was due to different ingredients but they didn't specify which one(s).

 

[LethalLesal]

So in the email when I asked about using cuticle balms as lip balms, they just said it was due to different ingredients but they didn't specify which one(s).

I'm sitting here looking at the ingredients.  Those are the only two that are different.  The lip balm has stevia, and the cuticle balm does not.  The cuticle balm has cupuacu and the lip balm does not. 

 

[LethalLesal]

Heres my Summer Juice cuticle balm and Rose Honey lip balm.

 

[meaganola]

I'm sitting here looking at the ingredients. Those are the only two that are different. The lip balm has stevia, and the cuticle balm does not. The cuticle balm has cupuacu and the lip balm does not.

I wonder if the difference might be an ingredient that is food-grade in the lip balm and non-food-grade in the cuticle balm.

 

[Kelly Silva]

I wonder if the difference might be an ingredient that is food-grade in the lip balm and non-food-grade in the cuticle balm.

That's got to be it, because I just looked up cupuacu and it's just a fruit.

 

[jennm149]

Better pictures:

Spoiler

Ichigo



Pikake



Rose Macaron



Left: Foxglove Foxtrot

Right: Pikake



Glitters are different shapes and to me FF reads lavender vs. Pikake's pink. YMMV.

Hope these help.

ETA: this is 2 coats of each.

 

[LethalLesal]

Better pictures:

Spoiler

Ichigo

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Pikake

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Rose Macaron

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Left: Foxglove Foxtrot

Right: Pikake

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Glitters are different shapes and to me FF reads lavender vs. Pikake's pink. YMMV.

Hope these help.

ETA: this is 2 coats of each.

Thank you!! 

Sorry for saying your original pictures weren't "good."  I didn't mean it like that.  I just meant that I wanted to see closer ups of the polishes themselves.  

 

[jennm149]

No worries -- I knew that's what you meant!  The originals were more "oh, look at what's in the box," not really good for looking at the polish.

 

[Imberis]

Thanks for the swatches! I hope my package shows up soon.

 

[meaganola]

As much as I love that we get to try the new products and colors before the collection releases, it seems like it would be bad for business to send out too many colors from the same collection to us, because they we'd be less likely to buy it when it releases. I love Rainbow Honey....I guess I'm just feeling like a negative Nancy today.  /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />

Are you talking about the ones with pastry names?  Something just occurred to me:  The text on the card for Petit Four gave me the impression that this is something they're still tinkering with that may or may not make it into the final collection.  It seems like they specifically asked for feedback on it.  This leads me to believe that we're not necessarily seeing everything in the collection before it's released.  It's possible that we're seeing prototypes that won't actually make it into official release!

 

[LethalLesal]

Are you talking about the ones with pastry names?  Something just occurred to me:  The text on the card for Petit Four gave me the impression that this is something they're still tinkering with that may or may not make it into the final collection.  It seems like they specifically asked for feedback on it.  This leads me to believe that we're not necessarily seeing everything in the collection before it's released.  It's possible that we're seeing prototypes that won't actually make it into official release!

Before I jumped on the RH train, I think it was back in February or so, I remember reading Claw of Cutuhlu's blog post of her opening the bag.  The card inside of that bag said something about "We're trying this out.  Let us know what you think."  I think this month's card said something about it as well.  I think that's definitely what the sub is for them, as a company.  To try out new things, see what people like or don't like, and then eventually release those products.  The lip balms weren't even in their store a couple of months ago. 

BTW - I did finally email in about the new packaging they have for the full-sized perfumes, and my Summer Juice stinking.  I let the, always wonderful, Carolyn know that I was NOT looking for any handouts at all, I was just offering some feedback on the new packaging and letting her know mine sort of stunk like plastic or something else not delicious, and of course she's sending me out a (hopefully not stinky) replacement.  

Other companies really need to evaluate the level of CS companies like RH provider for their addicts, like me, and follow freaking suit.  Customer for lyfe, yo. 

 

[tigerlilly523]

Well, I never got a shipping email, but my box is supposed to get here Monday. Is it typical for RH to not send a shipping email? I thought they were pretty good about that stuff.

 

[LethalLesal]

Well, I never got a shipping email, but my box is supposed to get here Monday. Is it typical for RH to not send a shipping email? I thought they were pretty good about that stuff.

Occasionally they don't, but only recently as they've gotten really, REALLY busy.  I believe they are going through a bit of "growing pains," just like Fortune Cookie Soap is.   

 

[Christa W]

I never get a shipping email just shows up on the 6th like clockwork. Bag smells freaking amazing and I love everything in it!!! My favorite thing is opening up the bubble mailers just for what scent is going to hit me this month.

 

[NotTheMama]

I got mine today, too.  I love the scent of the soap, but ugh...three pink polishes?  I don't wear that much pink.  It's the color I reach for the least when doing my nails.  Oh well, they are all still pretty and I'm sure will get used eventually. 

 

[Kelly Silva]

I got mine today, too.  I love the scent of the soap, but ugh...three pink polishes?  I don't wear that much pink.  It's the color I reach for the least when doing my nails.  Oh well, they are all still pretty and I'm sure will get used eventually. 

Yeah I feel like there should have been a little more variety, especially for June. Maybe three pinks in February, but I did see some swatches and I'm more excited now!