The Makeup Box Shop - Winner!!

Thank you to everyone who entered the awesome giveaway which was hosted by The Makeup Box Shop!!

I had a boatload of entrants, far more than anticipated and because once you get to about 150 comments, half disappear unless you click ‘show more’ I had a fair few double entries as people thought their comment disappeared so it was a long night, writing down each entrant and ensuring their were no double entries counted, and weeding out the anonymous haters and my own comments to ensure a fair competition.

Baking Myself Happy 

You are now the proud owner of the Five Drawer Glamour Box

"With all the features of the Original Makeup Box plus great looking diamond handles, the Glamour Makeup Box is sure to impress.

This Cosmetic Organizer is perfect for organising all of your makeup so that you can find it easily and quickly.  The sleek modern design of our Glamour Boxes has five useful drawers is made from clear thick high quality acrylic.  

The bottom drawer measures 7cm and is perfect for storing your larger makeup pieces. Each of the top four drawers measure 3cm deep. The Glamour Box is the perfect gift for the girl who likes the fancy things in life."

Entire unit measures 21cm W x 24cm D x 22cm H

I've left you a comment, please e-mail me! Hopefully this will lead to you organising yourself happy!

Thanks everyone for entering and reading! 

The Makeup Box Shop - Giveaway!!!

This is like the mother of all giveaways.

You may have noticed the advertisement for The Makeup Box Shop on the right hand column, which will be there whilst this fantastic give away is up for offer. 

Katie from The Make Up Box Shop was so kind as to send me a large glamour box, to aid in the recovery of the hurricane that went through my make up collection. 

That hurricane was named Hurricane Mez. Every day it sweeps through, up earthing products and leaving debris all over the sink. 

I honestly did not actually realize how much make up and crap I actually have until I went through my cupboard and random bags to fill this little bad boy... I thought that as I don't wear much make up, I would not be able to fill it, but the cosmetics just kept on appearing, an t

But I am getting ahead of my self here. Let's start at the start, shall we?

I knew that the make up box was close to landing in my hot little hands when my email tracking showed it was in my area and I got a little bit too excited perhaps. 

What can I say though? I've wanted one of these for ages!! Excitement was to be expected. 

It arrived securely packaged in Styrofoam and plastic wrapping to keep everything in place, but let me tell you, that Styrofoam crap will be the death of me. I swear it flies.

I accidentally broke a few chunks in the fight to get the box out and the little white fluff crap went everywhere, and then when ever I would get close to it, with the intentions of wiping it up, it would fly far, far away. 

The wonder of Styrofoam when paired with the electrostatic charges from the acrylic box.

Who would have thought. Hours of frustration. 

Thanks Katie, you are a doll!

Hard to see its awesomeness due to the transparency of the acrylic nature, but it is far sturdier than expected.

I kind of expected it to be really light weight but it is actually really solid. 

The Glamour Box has the diamond shaped handles, opposed to the standard original box.  

Drawer 1:

I decided to put my more commonly used products in the top drawer for easy access, and it held everything that I need except for my large blush brush. 

The first four drawers are slim enough (3cm deep) that they don't fit the bulkier items, but everything else fits fine in them. 

Drawer 2:

Products that I don't use very often, but still good to have in easy reach. 

I feel like I need to do a slight make up cull. 

Drawer 3:

For somebody who only wears lip balm on a day to day basis, this is slightly concerning. 

It freaked me out that all of my lip glosses, lip sticks and lip liners fit perfectly without a struggle in the one drawer. Perfect fit, some might say. 

Drawer 4:

Basically, random products that only get used every blue moon, except for my Chanel compact which gets shown a good night on the town every so often. 

Drawer 5:

My trusty brushes, eyelash curler and brush shampoo are worthy of their own spacious drawer.

This drawer is 4.5cm deep, so my bronzer brush fits perfectly. 

Drawer 6:

By this stage, I was running out of stuff to store. Who would have thought.

Whilst the box does not look that big, it sure does fit a heck of a lot of crap. 

I thought that I would also take before and after photos of my medicine cabinet, as I took items out and added them to organizer, but I forgot to take photos of my dirty little make up bag. 

Don't worry though, you are not missing out on much.

This is the left hand side of my cabinet, in a split 'before and after' shot.

The right side of the cabinet in a split 'before and after' shot.

Much more organized, if you only look at the right photos! 

Awesome, right?! I don't have space in the bathroom for anything, so my box is sitting on my chest of drawers in our bedroom. It takes up no space at all and looks neat.

Now, for the best part about this post...

The Makeup Box Shop have been so generous as to offer a five drawer glamour box up for giveaway!! 

"With all the features of the Original Makeup Box plus great looking diamond handles, the Glamour Makeup Box is sure to impress.

This Cosmetic Organizer is perfect for organising all of your makeup so that you can find it easily and quickly.  The sleek modern design of our Glamour Boxes has five useful drawers is made from clear thick high quality acrylic.  

The bottom drawer measures 7cm and is perfect for storing your larger makeup pieces. Each of the top four drawers measure 3cm deep. The Glamour Box is the perfect gift for the girl who likes the fancy things in life."

Entire unit measures 21cm W x 24cm D x 22cm H

Click here to see more photos of the five drawer glamour box!

Conditions of Entry:

- Australian Entrants Only (sorry!!!)

- Must be a follower

- Leave me a comment. Anything. Please only leave one comment though! 

The give away will be drawn by random number generator on Wednesday 18 April, 2012. Stand by.

bellabox - March Review

I was lucky enough to be approached by Lauren from bellabox Australia about whether or not I would be interested in receiving and reviewing the March bellabox on Domestic Divinity.

As you can imagine, I jumped at the chance! I’ve heard a lot about these beauty sample subscriptions, but have never signed up for one.

I actually thought that they were literally little sachets of samples, and boy was I wrong.

Lauren emailed me Friday afternoon and the package arrived first thing Tuesday morning and I also received three emails from Australia Post tracking its whereabouts. 

I had done a little bit of research and was expecting to find a box within a box, but I found this calico bag instead which makes me happy as I can shove it in my hand bag on the way home, and it will also make The Husband happy as I tend to keep all boxes that come into the house on the off chance that ‘we may need it one day’ or ‘it is perfect for storing xyz’. 

Lovingly bubble wrapped and a little bellabox sticker. Tick for cute appearance. 

The March theme for bellabox is ‘get naked with bellabox’ and this card has a run down on the products that are enclosed, as well as the price of the full sized product and their rating of either ‘Cult, Classic, Eco-Extraordinary, Cult to Come and Innovative’. 

U Little Beauty Natural Shine Hair Serum ( Eco-Extraordinary)

Tame your hair daily with Macadamia & Argan oil while being rich in Vitamin C, use a little or a lot based on your hair type.

Full size & Price: 100mls $19.95

The fact that this is the full sized product, and is worth more than the $15 a month subscription fee makes it already worth while. Anything with Argan oil involved usually gets a big fat tick from me, so I am looking forward to trying this out tonight. Luckily it is ‘my hair is an oil slick, must wash before someone fries an egg on it’ night.

I could not resist pumping a little on my hand, and oddly enough the scent reminds me of Sorbalene. 


Edit: Well, now I have noticed that this is the Natural Repair Hair Masque, not the Natural Shine Hair Serum as the card said. Shows how observant I am. 


I've just washed my hair and used this product and my hair feels fantastic. I did use conditioner after it though as I am wary of just washing oil based products out with only water. So far so good. 

Yes To Carrots Lip Tint (Cult)

This all natural brand that uses organic fruits & veggies is finally at hand – or at lip! With real carroty goodness, this luscious little number will have you smacking your lips together….

$9.95, 2.6gms  

I was a little bit wary of this as the only way I like my carrots are slathered with Hummus but this does not taste like carrot, fear not.

The tint is dark enough that you need to look in the mirror during/after application, kind of like a lipstick. I made the mistake of not looking, thinking that it was going to be colorless, woops.

Another full sized & full priced product. Excellent! 

Bellamer Eye Balm (Innovative)

Need a soothing experience for the soul – and tired eyes?  This botanical balm is the yoga of products; relaxing the delicate skin around your peepers and giving it a well-earned rest.

$40 15gms

I’m not about to slather this on at work, so will have to get back to you – watch this space.  

Eyelift (Cult to Come)

Pack up your troubles in your Eyelift Kit bag with this amazingly potent product.  Use just a quarter of a pod on your delicate eye area to achieve a smooth and seriously alluring surface.  A particular success at bellabox HQ!

 $29 for 15 pots 

Pods, potency and a mini spatula – looks like fun!

Lord knows that I can carry my excessive shopping hauls home in the bags under my eyes so this is looking useful already and I haven’t even tried it!!  

Pure Fiji Coconut Hydrating Body Lotion  (Classic)

Continuing the yummy theme (from the Carrots Lip Tint) is this refreshing and revitalizing product of purity – the smell will win you over instantly.

$29.95 – 354mls.

I don’t even need to bother trying this one. I already have both the 90ml and 354ml in my drawer here at work. This has been my signature scent since our honeymoon to Fiji in November.  I wear nothing else but this moisturizer and reapply constantly during the day, leading to people walking past me and proclaiming that something smells like a Bounty. Yes people, this is me. I smell delicious at all times!! 

Carmans Rounds – Classic Fruit & Nuts Muesli Biscuit

Low GI & No preservatives

Anyone that sends me free food is a winner in my book. 

So, for $15 a month (or $165 for 12 months) you receive 5 products and you can cancel any time. Sounds better than my gym membership which costs $106 a month and has a cancellation fee. Lord knows I am going to use these cosmetics more than my gym membership, ha.

I spend more than $15 a WEEK on Samosas (I hope The Husband is not reading this, he wants me to kick the habit) and they go straight to my thighs. I am definitely willing to spend $15 and receive a package of beauty goodies!

I’ve had a look online at the bellabox website and they are affiliated with some pretty awesome brands that I use regularly (Bloom, Mor, Milk, Lancome, Napoleon etc) and plenty more that I have never heard of. Sounds like a great way to trial products that I may not have ever heard about otherwise.

For me, this is a win win situation. I feel like I need something bad to say in this review, but I have nothing!!

Do you subscribe to bellabox or any of its competitors? What have your thoughts been so far? 

Thanks again to Lauren and bellabox for giving me the chance to review this awesome product!! You have a new customer signing up, that is for sure.

This product was received gratis. Only my personal opinions are conveyed in this blog post.