Birchbox - WHAT'S YOUR SIGN - October 2016

You know, there's nothing better at invigorating me than a good Birchbox. This month's is great! But probably not for the right reason...

Shout out to mum's crocheted scarf in the back there!

• Batiste "Volume Spray": Okay so I thought this was dry shampoo and got excited because I use that to death. Volume spray not so much, I hate crispy feeling hair. Then again, it's always useful to have around, and maybe Batiste, the go-to for dry shampoo, will do hairspray well.

• Birchbox Eyebrow Brush: Pretty standard, I have one of these already and it doesn't do much for my thinner brows. Still useful though!

• Doux Me "Pure Spring Mist": Lol, Do Me... So this is a hydrating skin spray? Gotta admit, I need this in the colder months when my face just cracks up from the cold. I'll probably use this like a primer before going full face for a long shift at work. Hey, I'll try it tomorrow!

• Lord & Berry Maxi Matte Crayon Lipstick in "Intimacy": The highlight of my box. And, oops! I got two of them! It looks like I've gotten someone else's lip pencil, not that I'm complaining~. I hope no one misses out thanks to me. That being said, I wore this today. It felt very drying but also light weight. The colour is the exact shade of my naked lips so it was great for a simple, matte look and over-lining. Very pretty indeed, so I'm glad I got two!

• Number 4 "Fluro Elixir Restore & Repair Oil": I saw the bottle and thought it might be nail polish... Still, a hair oil is great! While I don't like my hair looking shiny (shiny blonde hair just looks greasy to me), I do get dry ends as I go for too long without trimming of the splitties. In fact, like the Doux Me spray, I'll be trying this tomorrow.

• Rituals "Hammam Body Mud": Mm~ mud. So I thought I already had this but in a different bottle. Turns out the difference between this and the Dao Mindful scrub that I got ages ago is, other than the flavours, how to apply it. This goes on dry while the other goes on wet. Not sure how I feel about applying exfoliator to dry skin but the Mindful scrub is one of my all time favourites, so I have faith in this.

This month's theme was star signs and space - for whatever reason. I was a bit bummed that my sign (Taurus) got the least pretty of the four boxes on offer: blue for Water, purple for Air, and orange for Fire. That being said, galaxy is galaxy and I really love how this coherent theme clearly has a lot of thought put into it.