Pushing my luck: Reordering the china Glaze 12-for-£12 Mystery Box...

A few days ago I wrote a błog post about  finding this deal by a third party seller on Amazon UK - 12 full sized bottles of China Glaze nail polish for £11.99, with free shipping. The catch? The shades and polish types you'll receive are randomly picked each time, so if you already own China Glaze polishes then there is the chance that you could end up with something that you already own.

In the original post I recommended that fans of China Glaze nail polish try this offer out, because you only really need to get two new-to-you bottles that you like the look of to get the £12 out of the deal. Plus; as well as getting lovely polishes for yourself, you are basically getting birthday and Xmas pressies to give to family and friends without spending any extra money.

Since receiving my box I read a customer review, on the Amazon product page, where the customer said that she got It's Alive in her 12 polishes. I've been lusting after It's Alive (I relapsed into nail biting a few years ago & totally missed China Glaze's 2011 Halloween collection) but don't want to pay Evilbay's inflated prices for it, so I thought that I'd try my luck with another Mystery Box.

As other customers have asked [via the Amazon Q & A page for this product] if reordering the Mystery Box results in getting any product repeats, I decided to make a blog post about my experience so that if anyone Googles for info on this product, then the post might help them decide if they want to place another order or not.

Will I end up with getting the same polishes again? I emailed the seller last time, and know that they pass the order along to their warehouse staff to fulfil it, meaning that the people who pick out the 12 polishes probably aren't the ones who know that I've already bought the same product before. So I'm guessing that I'm going to get some repeats from my last last order, but will I get at least two new-to-me shades? And what are my chances of getting It's Alive?

Who can resist the allure of the Mystery Box? [getting 12 bottles of China Glaze nail polish for £11.99]

I had money left over from a Amazon gift card recently, so spent some spare time browsing the site's beauty section, where I found this deal by a third party seller - 12 full sized bottles of China Glaze nail polish for £11.99, with free shipping. 

Very tempting, but I wondered if the shades are picked totally at random, or if the seller has a certain lot of colours to pick from like in the main photo on the product page [shown above]* - the lack of information made the 'what if's' go through my mind; what if they're all dupes? What if my 12 are all based around the yellow, oranges, silvers, and puke green? What if I get all of the glitters that I'd wear once then forget about?    

*I emailed the seller about this, and they've since said that the colour selection is random.

I have loads of China Glaze polishes already, but getting 2 or 3 dupes won't really bother me at that low price; I only really need to get two new-to-me bottles I like the look of to get my £12 worth, so anything else is a bonus. With that thought in mind I placed an order as Amazon UK & it's 3rd party sellers change their prices on polishes almost daily, and I didn't want to miss out on this bargain...

NOTD: Pure Torture by China Glaze...

For the darker side of love...

Pure Torture dates back to spring/summer 2005, and was part of the Voodoo That U Do collection [which also included Sweet Revenge, Hurts so Good, I'm Not Bitter, Pin Prick, and Voodoo That U Do]. 

I found Pure Torture for £1.99 during a bored 'n browsing "give me something pretty to look at" session (I shouldn't do that, as it almost always costs me money) on Amazon, and whilst Googling photos of it to help me decide if I wanted it, I came across conflicting information on this shade; some of the MUA reviews described it as semi-matte and matte and one review uses the word shimmer, whilst a blog I came across stated that the shade dries "shiny". Is it creme, matte, or somewhere in between? In the photos I found the shade looked like a straightforward creme, but was that due to the application of topcoat? And is there any hidden shimmer in the polish?

What's a girl to do when she's not sure what she would be getting? Well, for £1.99 I decided to go ahead & buy it, and find out for myself...

Perfect potion? Lash Potion Mascara by Revlon...

Revlon makes my favourite foundations (Photoready & Nearly Naked). In addition I also love their Photoready primer, their Nearly Naked pressed powder, their Gel Envy Diamond topcoat, and their crayon lipstick/balm/stains. So I felt that it was time for me to branch out in their brand a bit and see how some of their other products work for me...

First up is a product that I wear every time I apply makeup... A mascara. I got this one just because I liked the name and packaging design.

Were my first Impressions on the money, so to speak?

NOTD: Uh-oh Roll Down The Window by OPI...

OPI's  Uh-oh Roll Down The Window is from the 2011 Touring America collection.  

This is a nice shade to transition from winter to spring & as Amazon UK sell this shade for just £5 I thought that I'd share my opinion on it...