Boudoir Privé August Box

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Finally the first Boudoir Privé box arrived this morning.  The brands were already known so I had some idea of what products would be in the box.

I re-tied the ribbon to make it more photogenic.  OCD much?

The box itself is similar to the GlossBox - ribbon, card and lots of black tissue paper.  However the card was hand-written, which is a nice personal touch. (I examined it for a while CSI style to see whether it was actually hand-written and it is)


Included in this box is a leaflet explaining what each product is.  However, the leaflet did not include any discount codes - I was looking forward to a Sachajuan code.  Oh well. I hope they will put some on their website?

Inside the box - Sachajuan conditioner, Jane Iredale Purelash Extender & Conditioner, Olavie Antioxidant Body Butter, Babor HSR Lifting Extra Firming Cream, Bloom Green tea & White tea duo, and 2 Etat Libre d'Orange perfumes.


First impressions - I have to say I was a little disappointed at first.  I knew there wouldn't be a full sized product but the sample products don't look "pretty" - that is, they are not all that nicely packaged, except for Sachajuan.  

My favourite is the conditioner - I've wanted to try Sachajuan for a while, even though I've been on a anti-Swedish thing for the past few months (I dated a Swedish guy for a few months early this year and it went pear shaped).  The body butter, despite the clinical looking sample bottle, smells quite good.  I have not tried the face cream nor the lash conditioner yet.  I'm not so keen on the perfumes because they're not really me - I think it's quite difficult to include fragrance in these sample boxes, as personal taste on perfumes vary so much.

Oops, I just realised I left the tea bags out of this photo.

Bottom line - They really needed to include more tea bags, rather just two (but I guess if you didn't like the taste of them, it'll be wasted).  Again, not everyone ordering these boxes will want anti-ageing skincare (see GlossyBox June review).  Likewise, they needed a "real" makeup product rather than just a lash conditioner.  

It is not bad for £10 (I wanted to buy the conditioner anyway) but not a must have either (for now).  No big wows for their first box, but I already knew that since I talked to Sam from Boudoir Prive at an event and he said there would not be a full sized NARS product equivalent like the first GlossyBox.  

However, I do like that they try to include a wide range of products - makeup, skincare, bodycare, haircare, fragrance and well-being/lifestyle.

I will continue with the September box to see whether it is worth keeping this subscription.

Included with the box is a 50% off discount code for the next box (for new subscribers only, which is a bit unfair).  Not sure if I can publish the code here so leave a comment if you would like a code.  For £5 it was definitely worth a try :)

5 Comments

  1. Hi! would love to try out Boudoir Prive if you still have the discount code?

    p.s love your blog!

  2. Hi. Give me your email address and I'll send you a code :)

  3. I've jsut placed my first order, i'm hoping next months will be a little more exciting as this one just isn't all that interesting lol :)

  4. dear Sylvie,


    could you send me a code, too?

    my email is: languagelovers(at)gmail(dot)com

    thanks

  5. The code expired at the end of August. Unfortunately I don't think Boudoir Prive ships to rest of Europe either. :(

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