Year of Subscription Boxes: January Lip Factory

Continuing on to my year of subscription beauty boxes, the second one I have subscribed to this year was Lip Factory. They were actually the first I had subscribed to, however given that it is an international subscription, I knew that shipping would take longer.

So for those of you who are reading this and aren't familiar with Lip Factory subscription boxes then the following information will hopefully give you some insight on the service they provide and what they offer.

Lip Factory offers subscription beauty boxes or 'beauty kits' (is what they like to call it) for $22 per month (for US subscribers), $26 if you reside in Canada and $32 for International subscribers. Given the mid price range for subscription boxes, you do get more value than what you are paying for. Your beauty kit is packed with 5-7 full size makeup products (whether they be for face or eyes or both), one will most definitely be a lip product as the focus is on the lips (hence the name). You do get the odd beauty sample thrown in the box now then as well as a bonus product. The products featured in these monthly boxes are carefully chosen by Lip Factory's expert team of MakeUp Artists and Beauty Specialists. Once subscribed it is ideal to fill up your personal beauty profile (in which this gives the LF team an idea on your skin type, favorite makeup trends etc), in order to customize and fill your beauty kits based on your profile.

Lip Factory packs well known brands in their boxes, however they do also throw in new ones, in which I favor. For me the purpose of beauty subscription boxes is to discover and try brands and products I have neither heard of or would not think to purchase. You can try various products (that are on trend) at the comfort of your home without having to go to a department store as these boxes are delivered to your door.

Again with research...

As I have mentioned on my previous post (here) before subscribing to these beauty boxes I had done some extensive research and tried to source out which boxes were going to offer me not just a better value, but a better range/variety of products to try and that suited to my taste in all things 'Beauty'. I had done the usual; googling images of their previous monthly boxes to see their featured brands and read blogs that posted reviews on their boxes for a good 5-6 months. By the new year (this year), I was convinced Lip Factory was definitely the box I could see myself loyally subscribing to and would be loving.

My first Lip Factory Box

So as I had mentioned earlier, I was expecting my box to arrive later than most as I am an international subscriber. Lip Factory is based in Florida (USA), while I am here in Australia. I had received my much awaited (and anticipated) January Lip Factory box only yesterday and I was already getting snap happy with my camera and product testing all the treats that were packed inside.

As you have probably guessed by now, I am a visual person. I love looking at pictures and I love taking pictures. Brace yourself for an array of photos of the products and swatches.

And here's what I got... 

• 29 Cosmetics Preserves Skin Care Collection: Grape Seed Protection (Sample) $4
• TEEEZE Trendy Cosmetics My Mysterious Crystal Eyeliner in Black Onyx $16.04
• TEEEZE Trendy Cosmetics Island Palette Eyeshadow in Sweet Sins $16
• Be A Bombshell Cosmetics The One Stick in Flustered $16
• Bodyography Electric Lip Slide in Berry'd Alive $19

Some looks I put together using the products that were in the box:

Given that it's February today I'm already excited and looking forward to this months box! According to Lip Factory's Facebook page there will be more Teeeze cosmetics featured in the Feb box. I am loving all the products and colors. The Bodyography's Electric Lip Slide in Berry'd Alive being my favorite. The Teeeze eyeshadow and Eyeliner I am also loving too. HOW GORGEOUS IS THE PACKAGING????

The eyeliner has an all day staying power and the eyeshadow is a beautiful brown/green shade that suits any eye color. I am very pleased with the color selection.

So if you would like to  GETCHU SOME, subscribe to Lip Factory you can find their page here and enter this referral number 385793.

Do you have a subscription with Lip Factory? What were your favorite products in your box this month? COMMENT BELOW

Till next time

Z.

It's the year of Subscription Beauty Boxes (it is at least for aZHianBeauty): January BellaBox

I wanted this year to be the year where I am brave. Brave enough to do things out of my comfort zone. Try out new things and try out new products.

Makeup wise I've found that the best way for this resolution to come forth was to subscribe to beauty boxes. 

It's a genius idea. You're offered deluxe samples to try out so you know what works and what doesn't, what you like and what you don't. Quiet often beauty box companies throw in full size products in your boxes so you're getting more than what you are paying for. 

There are wide ranges to choose from, but given that I'm in Australia I'm still on the hunt for the perfect box that gives me full beauty product variety...and those that are able to ship internationally. 

Now as a product junkie, I'm always happy to try out anything in the name of beauty. I believe for a product to be a winner, is if that product does what it says it will do (plump, define, erase, conceal you get the jist), has a variety of color options to tailor most and (sadly) an eye catching and pretty packaging. I say sadly because I've bought products before where I love the packaging but the product itself was a major failure.

Doing research...

After a couple of months (4), of seeing the monthly goodies put in there previous  boxes aswell as Facebook stalking their pages (fess up, we all do it), you pretty much get the idea of what you could be expecting. I also like to see the brands they are associated with and offer so I can see if there's a brand that I might be inclined to try before I buy.

Most beauty boxes contain deluxe size beauty samples and some full size makeup (most often a lipstick or lip gloss), so I had wanted to subscribe to a couple. The first one being Bellabox.  

Now, before I go into detail about what I got on my very first month of subscribing, Bellabox is an Australian beauty subscription box where you get 5+ beauty samples at an affordable price of $15 per month. I joined up early of january (this year) and took the "$10 for your first box coupon", also a week and a half before they were sending out shipping notifications. I received my box quiet promptly without a long waiting time. You also get tracking for your boxes which is a plus and the shipping is already included in the cost of the subscription (double plus).

I received my box last friday-17th of January (2014).

Introducing to you my first box...☺

Product card / contents in the box:

I've never tried Avene or La Clinica beauty products before and even though on the beauty profile (that you fill in about your skincare concerns/type etc) I entered that I have oily skin, the Avene products they gave me was catered for someone with dry skin 😒...

Hmmm...however since this is my first beauty sub box and as a product junkie I'm very happy with what I got. I got 2 full size product y'all!

I've tried the Model Co Fat Lash mascara. I gotta say, I'm liking it alot. It doesn't clump which is amazing. The mascara brush is a genius and its good at getting into hard to reach places of your lashes and it's lengthening effect is amazing. It's also volumizing and doesn't require much layers of coating either. 

I'm very much looking forward to next months box...but before that I'm looking forward to another beauty sub box that I've subscribed to; Lip Factory. 

If you'd like to subscribe to Bellabox or check out their site here.

I'm looking to subscribe to more, so if you know of any good ones or if you have any favorites and are subscribed to, comment below and let me know.

What do you think about these beauty sub boxes?

Till next time,

Z.