Goodiebox May 2015

I have been a member of Goodie Box for three months (March, April, May).  So far I have found them to be the best subscription box service in both New Zealand and Australia.

Originally I had planned on posting my reviews in the correct order as any normal person would, but instead I have decided to go against common sense and write up my first review on the box in which I have just received.

Firstly let me say that May's box was in fact the worst box that I have received so far.  Although I do like the box, March and April's boxes were so much better.

The Theme this month was "The Essentials".

In all honesty I was slightly disappointed when I first open up May's box.  Although every product was full size it just didn't seem all to exciting.  Once I looked at all the products again and read their description I came to realize that I would use every product, there were two products included that I had really wanted to try for a long time and one product that really would change my life.

All received products and product descriptions below:

Sebamed Cleansing Bar $11.50
Sebamed soap-free clinical skin care products have been developed to simplify the skin care regimen of the most sensitive of skins by supporting your skin's natural healing ability and maintaining an ideal pH level of 5.5.  Sebamed products work to not only heal, but protect your skin from harmful environment ailments.  This cleansing bar can be used on both the face and body.

Schwarzkopf Professional BC Bonacure Color Save Shampoo $9.00
Fall in love with every single wash.  This shampoo will give you lustrous smooth hair while restoring the colour.  Containing Amino Cell Rebuild technology ensures perfect care and protection for your hair, it will leave your locks with a luscious, iridescent shine.

Cosmetic Kitchen Cacao Clay Mask $24.95
Cacao is an antioxidant-filled super-food while clay is one of the best pore cleaners for natural beauties.  Hand-made with love, parabean free, cruelty free and vegan.  Mix one teaspoon with one teaspoon of olive oil and two teaspoons of water for the perfect pick me up.

GoodieBox NZ Mascara Applicator $3.00
This life-changing Mascara Applicator is a necessity if you wear make-up on a daily basis.  Protect your flawless makeup look from all mascara smudges...applying mascara is going to be too easy!  Simply place the guide under your top lashes or bottom lashes and run mascara over top, vollia! Flawless lashes!

So Susan Flutter Mascara $32.00
This intense carbon-black mascara is formulated to help you achieve the darkest, curviest lashes possible, in just one coat.  The long brush with extra stiff bristles helps to separate lashes, enabling you to achieve instant volume.  You'll be loving the natural look in no time.  No mineral oils ad hypoallergenic, this mascara is guaranteed to protect the sensitive skin on your lids.

Manhattan High Shine Lip Gloss $17.00
Give your lips the love and protection they deserve.  This lip gloss will give you seductively shiny lips with a flush of color while keeping them beautifully plump.  Be sure to keep this in your purse for the uptown winter look.

I was very happy to receive the raw cacao mask from Cosmetic Kitchen and the So Susan Flutter mascara as I have been wanting to try out these products for a while now.  I have tried the mascara and I did not like it at all.  It does not do anything for my lashes and I find it smudges really bad.

I actually really love the lip gloss it applies beautiful and is lovely and pigmented.  The colour suits me nicely and I am pleasantly surprised by this product.

I am somebody that cannot apply mascara neatly even if my life depended on it.  This cheap and odd looking little device is brilliant.  No more do I have mascara all over the top of my eye lips - it is awesome!  I never knew something so simple would become a staple, must have item for me.  It's cool as it is basically a reusable eye shadow shield.

The shampoo is cool, although it would have been nice if they included a conditioner.  As for the cleansing bar it has a very fresh, clean smell which I kinda like.  I find it really lovely on my dry sensitive skin and am always looking for products that don't aggravate my skin so this was a cool product to receive as it is not something that I would have bought on my own accord.

I may do single reviews on each of these products in the future.

Beauty Review / My Other Blog

I am a member of Beauty Review NZ.  I write up many reviews in regards to beauty products and cosmetics.  You can come read my reviews here - www.beautyreview.co.nz and search my username Janaya.

If you are from New Zealand you can also join up using this link - http://www.beautyreview.co.nz/register/?ref=12334.  

Basically it is a cool site where you find product views.  You can earn beauty points by typing up your own reviews and chatting on the forum.  Each week there are many competitions that you can join and you also get the chance to be selected for product trials.  It is a pretty cool site go to www.beautyreview.co.nz and go check it out.

I also have another blog - https://socialneedia.wordpress.com/.

This blog is one that I had to create for uni and its about technology.

Lemons Lemons And More Lemons

Can you believe that I picked up all of these organic Meyer Lemons for 2.00 today at the farmers market I *heart* farmers markets they make my heart happy.

Worst Moment In My Life To Date

Four months ago my mum was rushed to hospital due to complications with her thyroids.  While in hospital she almost died because her blood pressure was so low but amazingly she overcome this like nothing had happened and was released a few days later.

Looking back that was one of the scariest moments of my life as I have never had anyone that I love so much and would die for ever be so close to death.  It was such a shock and made me release just how precious family really is.

I spent a few weeks with mum after she came out of hospital and it was great!  My whole family and I were so happy to have my mum alive and well and we thought that was the end of the scare..... until the doctors got hold of mum and told her that she has stomach cancer a week later.

Now my mum is the absolute strongest person I know and as gut wrenching as the news was for my family and myself to digest it was toughest for my mum and it was the first time I have ever seen my mum cry.

My whole family felt helpless and were in shock for a while it was hands down the worst news I have ever experienced.  From the beginning my mum always said she will get through this and was so unbelievably positive since day 1.  She started YouTubeing videos of the operation she would have to go through and all information about stomach cancer.

Mum went through 9weeks of Chemotherapy and an 11 hour operation (it was supposed to only be 6 hours) and although the past four months have been tough on mum she has done so amazing and keep 100% positive.  The oddest thing is you would never ever know she has cancer we keep forgetting as she has been so wonderful.  She looks better then she ever has and even mums personality has changed for the better she no longer stresses about the small things in life and apreicates everything.  Her outlook on life has become so positive.

We have had many complications on this journey with mum almost dying multiple times,  the Chemo leaking on the outside of mums body and other things like mum being discharged from hospital only to be admitted back in the next day.  All of this stuff has happened and my mum has gone through so much pain but always maintained to smile and keep positive.  The surgery was a success and all the cancer was taken from her stomach.  This was the best news ever all mum has is 9 more weeks of chemo and we can put this whole journey behind us.....

Except we can't.  Just as we start celebrating life without cancer mum goes back to the hospital today for a routine check-up and they have informed her that everything is great with her stomach cancer and she is healing wonderful and it no longer exists in the stomach but she now has cancer in her Lymph Nodes - cancer is in 6 out of the 9 Lymph Nodes.

Just when things start to look up they come crashing down.