Spring is slowly starting to creep in and overtake winter, and Petit Vour is celebrating the return of spring this month with a theme of, “Spring Dreaming.” We still have a bit of snow on the ground, but the tulips and daffodils are showing signs of life, peeking the first signs of growth out of the ground. The box contained four samples this month and while it didn’t absolutely blow me away, I’m pretty happy with the box!
- The Little Alchemist Cacao & Banana Face Glow – 30 g / $32 – (Sample is 30g, Full Value!) I was a little worried at first because I’m not into banana scented anything at all, but I can happily report that this smells entirely like brownie batter and not like banana at all! It’s hard to imagine, smelling this, that it’s not edible because WOW. It’s kind of spendy for a clay mask, but it makes for a nice addition to the box and is a fun product to try out.
- Juice Beauty Stem Cellular CC Cream – 1.7 oz / $39 – (Sample is .5 oz, value of $11.47) Not really sold on this. It feels thick and heavy on, and while it does a bunch of things from being a moisturizer, repair cream, being a sunblock, and the tint, it’s not something I could use everyday comfortably. It almost feels plasticky on my skin and I hate feeling like there’s something on my face. If I can feel like it’s there, it’s not the cream for me – I’m so minimalist in terms of makeup, so while this would be good for events and whatnot where I need to go full-face makeup, it would drive me crazy pretty quickly. I’m glad this was included so I could try it out without committing to a full size product since I was interested in giving it a go which really is the whole point of subscription boxes!
- Vert Mont Perfumery EROS Perfume – 10 mL / $35 – (Sample is 1.5 mL, value of $5.25) At first sniff, after applying a dot of the thick perfume oil on my skin, the Jasmine jumped out at me. Jasmine is probably my least favorite scent in the perfume world, so I was a little bummed. Going back after a few minutes, the Jasmine faded out and let the sandalwood and Patchouli take over which made this a HUGE win for me! The price is on par with my other favorite fragrance vendor, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and they have a sampler pack of all 9 fragrances on their website, so I might have to give those a try!
- Metropolis Soap Co Lip Butter – .15 oz / $7 – (Sample is .15 oz, Full Value!) LOVE this!! I’m not a big fan of mint, so I was happy to find that the spearmint is very subtle and fades away quickly with the lavender scent lingering on longer. I really like the formula too – rich without being sticky and seems to hang around for a while. I’m a lip balm junkie, so this is going straight into my everyday bag. I would LOVE to see more lavender lip balms from MSC.. Lavender and vanilla maybe? Huge fan of their products from the GoodeBox a few months ago, so this was a nice addition to the box.
The value comes out to $55.72 which is definitely on the higher end for this box! Really incredible value, and even though I don’t like the Juice Beauty cream, I’m glad I got to try it and it really rounded out the box for a good variety of products. LOVE the lip butter and face mask the most, and I’m eager to try out the other perfumes from Vert Mont since the EROS scent is growing on me and I’m a huge fan of essential oil perfumes already so this is right up my alley.