little white truths

I ordered this with LHI's May gift voucher and so paid only $9.95 for it (yaysers!). Mind you, I ordered it on 6 June and it didn't show up until last week - LHI actually had to send a second one to me since the first one didn't arrive. 

That's the third time in less than eight months that I've had an order go missing with LHI and it's had to be re-posted. Seems to be a lot, yes? I haven't had this issue with either Bellabox or Violet Box. One wonders what LHI's internal processing standards are like. And why do LHI's boxes take so long to show up after you get your dispatch email? That always stumps me. My LHI boxes usually show up a week or two later than the dispatch email; whereas with the other two subscriptions, the boxes show up within a couple of days. 

The mind boggles. Anyhoo.

What the fark is with the Hello Fresh vouchers, LHI? I'm yet to see anyone who actually wants/uses them - and even if you did use one, you can only use a voucher once so there's no point overloading us with them. My golly. What else is there to say?

Bille Goat Soap (RRP $8.95 for 100g; received full size)

So cute. I've read other reviews of this box and people say they almost don't want to use the soap because it's so cute - I feel the same. It's hand-crafted using fresh Australian goat's milk and natural oils. See below for the list of ingredients (click on the picture to enlarge it).

I won't be using the soap (as I've said before, I'm not a soap lass), but my husband will definitely use it and I'll update this review once he has, to let you know what he thinks.

UPDATE: A lovely, creamy soap. You can tell it's great for sensitive skin: it's gentle but still does the job well. Make sure you store it in a soap dish so it doesn't disintegrate too quickly. It also feels super nourishing. Big ticks.

Sukin Foaming Facial Cleanser (RRP $9.99 for 125ml; received 50ml travel size)

Sukin's doing the beauty box rounds at the moment, and while I've seen a few items of theirs now, I'm not bored of them yet (unlike eg Aveda and ModelCo) and I'm pleased to have received this. I'm also pleased that the size of the sample is more than decent - you could almost call 50ml a full-sized item.

It contains chamomile, aloe vera, witch hazel and green tea - plus various other goodies. Looking forward to giving this a crack. I'll let you know how I go : ).

UPDATE: I'm loving this one. In fact, while I've only used a few of Sukin's products, I've loved those I've tried - particularly this and the facial mask we received in last month's Violet Box. It has a wonderful smell and cleans well. The consistency somehow feels velvety, though it's just your regular runny gel. More big ticks : )

Natural Glamour 2GLO Mineral Bronzing Powder, Winter (RRP $39.95 for 10g; received full size)

I don't care how good this product is or isn't - the packaging is cheap and bulky and looks like something from one of those crappy pharmacy brands like DB or Savvy. Seriously, what was Natural Glamour thinking when they designed this? Plus my bronzer showed up in all-sorts: you can't tell from the above photo, but the cardboard box had come apart and bronzer had spilled out into the plastic packaging of the compact (it doesn't really deserve to be called a 'compact' - that implies it's, well, compact) and when I peeled off the plastic, product went everywhere. In the below photo you can see some of the spillage - and I haven't even opened the insert yet.

See below - I've swatched it a couple of times on my wrist. The colour is fine, but I'm finding it hard to keep an open mind about this product since it looks/feels cheap and arrived in a bad state.

La Mav Bio A7 Firming Eye Lotion (RRP $39.95 for 15ml; received 2ml sample)

This is a decent sample size for an eye cream and I'm excited to try this product. Apparently it was awarded 'Best Eye Cream' of 2010 by Nature & Health Magazine. Maybe it's just me, but 2010 is a little too far gone for my liking (makes me feel the cream is old news or something). That's probably neither here nor there, though - if it's a good cream, then it's a good cream. It contains various goodies that are meant to increase elasticity, smooth lines and wrinkles, and lift/tone the skin.

I've used it twice now and it's nice and rich. The telling point will be whether, after a week's use, the wrinkle above my right eye becomes visible: with decent eye creams, there's no wrinkle; with shite ones, the wrinkle appears as if by magic. It's a bloody annoying wrinkle too, because most eyeshadows highlight it - so I'm trying to stave it off with good products for as long as I can! I'll keep ya posted ; ).

UPDATE: No sign of my eye wrinkle - waahhhoooo! I do like this but don't think I'll be rushing out and buying it. I've used better eye creams and, while this does the job well, it's not my favourite. Still, very glad to have tried it.

The Jojoba Company, 100% Natural Australian Jojoba (RRP $19.95 for 30ml; received 15ml sample)

Very happy with this inclusion. I love oils! I've been an oil junkie since I discovered Bio Oil when it first hit our shelves. My skin and hair tend towards dryness if not kept in check, so I'll definitely use this. You can use it on your lips, face, hands, cuticles, body and hair. As well as apparently being useful for various skin conditions (eg acne, rashes, sunburn etc), it also claims to reduce the appearance of scars, stretch marks and wrinkles. Geez I bloody well hope so. Ha.

UDPATE: Wonderful. As I've mentioned before, I'm a massive fan of oils. I used this on my hands, body and face and really loved it. It wasn't too greasy for me, more towards the dry oil category but not quite. It's quite a thin oil and absorbs well. Not sure about the smell but it wasn't terrible, just oddly distinctive (probably smells exactly like jojoba, a smell I'm not familiar with. Ha). I'd be looking into buying this if I needed another oil.