So now we’re getting to the point where Glossy Boxes arrive after the month they are associated with. I received shipping notification on the 31st of August for my August Glossy Box and it arrived at my apartment on the 4th of September after a holiday Monday. I’m still okay with it as the excitement of a new box is spaced approximately one month apart but they are kind of pushing it….

Kryolan for GlossyBox in Glossy Pink
Special Edition for GLOSSYBOX members only!
Update: Other Glossies who received a second Kryolan lipstick reported the lipstick was $14.99

While I resisted clicking on links to reviews off the Glossy Box Twitter feed, I did read a spoiler contained within a retweet that one of the items this month was lipstick. I did not know, however, that it was “Glossy Box” brand. Rather, it is made in Germany by Kryolan for Glossy Box, an exclusive item but what is its value?? Amongst many other things, I don’t use lipstick. I’m hard-pressed to apply lip balm and lip gloss frequently enough that the realm of a tube of lipstick seems way too mature to me, hah!
Tried it: I wish the  shade were more red (I’m ready for that!) and less girly and pink but it is a conservative and neutral nude pink that will suit many people. It feels like butter going on which is so pleasant and did not smell like lipstick, I’ll definitely finish off my look in the morning with this. Further, it does not transfer so much onto things like white mugs and has good lasting power. I am impressed.

Sebastian Potion 9 Lite
50 mL / $7.32

My usual too-low maintenance is to step out with damp hair and I hate how it dries with waves in the hair that frames my face. But last week, I read a tip that if you’re pressed for time, to at least dry your “T zone” for a more polished look. That, at least, I can do every now and then. And when I periodically do that, now I have a conditioning, restoring and enhancing product.
Tried it: It’s not a heavy or harsh product, otherwise, I treat it like a leave-in conditioner since I don’t otherwise style my hair. For that purpose, it seems to do the trick.

Befine Fine Food Skin Care
5x 10 mL (@ $2 each) / $10

A sampler pack within a sample box! You hear about the benefits of different foods, when ingested, for your skin and even topically applied. Befine is inspired by the healing properties of food ingredients to create cleansers, masks and scrubs that are paraben free, made with vegetarian proteins and have allergen-free fragrance. A most colourful box holds five samples including:

• Gentle cleanser with sugar, mint, oats & rice this was really runny and lathered to a moderate extent but was effective in leaving my skin feeling clean and rejuvenated
• Pore refining treatment scrub with coconut, jojoba & citrus
• Night cream with cocoa, millet & rice bran practically unscented and rapidly absorbed
• Warming clay mask with cardamom, arnica and pomegranate
• Exfoliating cleanser with brown sugar, sweet almond & oats very scratchy going on as if you are rubbing melted brown sugar with sand on your face but is really refreshing

Elastoplast SOS Blister
1 unit / $1.20

I think it’s a bit of a stretch to tout this sample as “full size”. Yes, it will cover a blister but just one application? This is a highly practical and utterly non-glamourous sample. Yet, I’m excited to pack it when I go to Montreal to have treatment when I’ve beat up my feat running a half-marathon. Usually I just tape it up with medical tape before and after.