Friday 6 November 2015

Subscription box recommendations?

I could use some input here...

I'm thinking of getting (Hubby to get) myself a subscription for a (beauty) box as a Christmas gift.
I do miss receiving the Memeboxes, so a monthly subscription would be fun!
But I'm not sure which one to pick.

There are a lot of clothing and accessorizes options, but that's something I prefer to get myself, so that's out of the question.

The obvious choice would be the Swedish Glossybox, but that one fails to impress me.
The Glossybox
And since the plan is to move back to my native Denmark this summer, it would probably have to limit me to a 6 month subscription.

  • But to compare to the other boxes, 12 months subscription: 1299 SEK with no additional shipping (Yay!) That is 152 USD or 138 Euro.

I would want a box with some full sized products in it. Rather find I cant use something, than get an annoying little sample I find I do like and then having to hunt it down full sized somewhere. I just wont get that done unless I can find it on one of the webstores I already go to.
So the more sample-based beauty boxes are out.
Also I don't mind a few non-beauty items, but not so much it takes over in the box.
So for the beauty boxes, it limits me to
The Beautequebox
and
The Mishibox

  • The Beauteque box is 264 USD for a 12 month subscription with a shipping fee that I cannot seem to find listed anywhere. Severely fail on that! I immediately distrust a company with such a lack of transparency! (And ugh, I would also want to have Beauteque's Mask Maven box. 156 USD with a shipping fee. They probably ship them separately too, so 2 x an unknown shipping fee for that) That is 2254 SEK or 239 Euro with an unknown shipping and handling fee for the "regular" box alone.
  • The Mishibox is 239,40 USD for a 12 month subscription with 5,95 USD for a monthly shipping fee. That is 310,8 USD in total for a year, which is 2646 SEK or 218 Euro.

Then of course there are the nerd-boxes with geeky stuff. Maybe that would be a good idea for me/us?
I tend to be too minimalist to buy figurines and "fun" stuff because I always reason "Ugh, it will just be another annoying decoration collecting dust", so our nerdiness only shows in the book and DVD-collections. Maybe it will be fun because it appeals to the nerd in me, but it will still be stuff I wouldn't have picked on my own.
The Lootcrate

  • The Lootcrate is 312 USD for a 12 month subscription with no additional shipping and handling (Yay!) 2663 SEK or 283 Euro.

Thursday 5 November 2015

Throwback Thursday



Look at that tiny little braid!! It's so teeny-tiny! Almost wider than it's long!!

Tuesday 3 November 2015

Hair inspiration


This was supposed to be one of the hairstyles I've seen, been inspired by and then tried.
But I just can't figure out how to make this one!


How would you guys make this one?

Four braids with two for the buns and two to wrap around?
Two braids, start with the buns and wrap the rest around?
Is the braid wrapped around maybe a fake? It looks a little too uniform in thickness all the way around...

Sunday 1 November 2015

Today's hair

Today's hair is a gigantic pain in my ass. It's freshly washed, slippery and completely uncontrollable.

I tried to make a Nautilus bun, but it started to slip and fail within a minute.

So I tried to tighten it by twisting it and it turned into... Something else. Now it looks a bit like a mangled figure 8 bun. I don't hate it, it's just... strange.