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Boxycharm is a monthly subscription beauty box. Each box contains 4 to 5 full sized items ranging from makeup and skin care, to beauty tools and color cosmetics, with cost as low as $21. The box contains products valued at minimum $100. Being a Boxycharm member allows you access to products that you don't think of buying conventionally. Apart from this, there are regular giveaways happening at Boxycharm providing you chance to win free goodies. Members also receive special discount coupons and reward points redeemable at their exclusive charm shop.

Here is what I received in my July's box.

Hello Beautiful!

Today under the limelight is our very own Luscious Glam Bag for the month of October. Its by far one of the best beauty subscription box available (local), value for money like I say. Lets see what I received this time.

The most popular subscription service I believe at the moment is, ST Effects beauty box with 450 subscribers per month approximately. The service is totally booked for the year with no empty spot left. This box happens to be my last one as I could not continue the service due to my unemployed status for the time being. Here is what I received in the most talked about local subscription, ST Effects Beauty Box, for the month May 2015. This time, instead of the statement ST effects box, I received my items in a jewllery display box. The items being fragile were packed in the tight jewellery box for transition purposes. The ST effects box was due to be sent with the next one. 

Lipsticks and lip glosses are what we usually like to buy and use on our lips. Another substitute to lipstick known as lip pencil can also be used to color the lips. Lip pencils not only are used to define the lips or to make a boundary for lipstick or lip gloss but they can also be used as a substitute of lipstick itself. Today's post is on Bourjois Khol and contour pencil.  

I have not seen this pencil being sold officially by the Bourjois counters in cosmetic shops or departmental stores however I got mine from Chanel store in Liberty Market for Rs. 900. Its a 1.14 gms pencil in Rose wine - 13. Its not a normal sized pencil rather a thick broad one for which a broader sharpener is required. It comes capped with a silver cap. 

The pencil is quite pigmented. The swatch on the left shows the true color of the pencil with a single swipe. The right swatch on the other hand is a builded one with 3 swipes of the pencil. The pencil is truly matte. 

I personally do not use the pencil without a clear lip gloss because I like glossy moisturized lips. Due to the matte nature of the pencil it lasts really long, it can easily stay up to 6 hours on the lips. With a gloss topping it, the gloss wears off after some time but the pencil stays put. I really like the lilac pink color it brings on to the lips, looks different from the normal, everyday pinks. Before applying this pencil, one needs to make sure the lips are not dry or chappy because that will highlight the flakiness over the lips and may cause trouble while applying on to the lips. So make sure your lips are moisturized and not cracked. Using a Vaseline or lip butter might help before the application of the pencil. I rate it 4.5/5 for its color, quality and staying power. 

YAYYYS!!!

NAYYYS!!!

• You find it expensive
• You have dry chapped lips
• Do not like matte lips
• Not a big fan of lip pencils 

I'll be sharing only my haul posts with you girlies till eid now. Here is another one for you to enjoy. Color Studio Professional like always has come up with another tempting promotion for this Eid. Its, buy 3 nail colors and get a lip artist pencil for free. But this offer is only available at Hyperstar in Lahore. I was grocery shopping at Hyperstar and in the end I went to Color Studio to take a look at their new Haute nail colors. I saw some lovley colors and coud not resist buying them. Take a look on the colors I got for myself.

Color Studio nail colors come in a nicely packed cardboard box with a transparent window so that the colors are visble. I really like their packaging.

Sorry for my long disappearance again. It gets so difficult at times to manage work and blogging at the same time. However I am back again with another interesting haul. Hope you will enjoy my buys.