Summertime! Caudalie Divine Legs Review

Welcome to a bit of a different post! I was lucky enough to be sent a full size bottle of Caudalie's Divine Legs from the lovely people over at BirchboxUK to review. I've never really used a product like it! I've always been slightly afraid of any kind of tanning or tinting product, honestly I'm not quite sure why! I think I have the fear of the white patchy factor, or looking like I've missed a bit! I must be just more than slightly paranoid about it! I've never been that brave about getting my legs out, so anything that might help can't hurt to try I guess!

Divine legs is basically a tinted body lotion. It's quite light and goes on easily. You really just need one pump for each leg. It does look a little frightening (read: very dark brown) when you pump it out to begin with but it spreads easily over the legs and just leaves you with quite a subtle and shimmering tint of colour. It has the classic Caudalie smell, the same as the divine oil, which is nice, it doesn't have the usual fake tannish smell either so that helps! It's meant to suit all skin tones as well, bonus! The other exciting thing about this lotion is it is also meant to encourage your skin's natural tanning process, so I was impressed with that, nice to know it does more!

With it being such a lovely sunny week here in Scotland, I have braved bare legs a few times. I've popped this on in the morning and it looks really nice and did seem to last all day. I've put in on the rest of my body as well, so it's not just for legs! All I would say is, this clings to your hands when you put it on, same as most tanning products I guess, but make sure you wash your hands after putting it on! It's great that this product does just wash off with water as well, so you can use it when it suits and get rid of it when it doesn't! Overall I'm really impressed and I think I might need to get more into the habit of using something for tanning, rather than just waiting until I head somewhere on holiday! It looks nice on your dresser in it's nice glass bottle too! This sells for around £26 so it might be a bit of an investment, but you do need so little it should last well!

Birchbox June 2014 Global Strikers

Ok. So I know I'm running super behind with everything. Life's been getting in the way I guess. But with today off, I thought I'd try and use it to get all caught up. So be prepared for several posts today probably! 

First up, it's June's Birchbox. This came when it was world cup time in Brazil and it was celebrating some amazing global beauty brands. My box included products based on Brazil, some from France and some from America. So let's have a nosy!

France

Yves Rocher - Sheer Botanical Lipstick £9.90

This product is a sheer colour lipstick. It contains cherry oil and is very moisturising on the lips. It gives a very sheer wash of colour and I really like the packaging too. It's actually a really nice product and I'm comfortable with the lighter colour effect since I'm not really used to wearing lipstick anyway. 

Brazil Inspired

Birchbox Keyring

A cute wee extra. Might be handy for my new house keys! 

United States

Coola - Classic Face SPF30 Cucumber £26

Suncream for your face. And it smells like cucumber. Nice. It's been a handy sample size to have, especially since it's been so damn hot this last week. But there's no chance I'd be shelling out £26 for the full size. Nope.

Brazil Inspired

OPI Nail Polish - Full Size £11.95

This is a polish from OPI's Brazil collection that came out earlier this year. From what I can see I got the colour called 'Where did Suzi's Man-go'. This is a orange polish, not something I've really owned before and I would be unlikely to pick up at the beauty supply. But still, it's a nice summery colour and I'm sure I'll get it used up!

France

Caudalie - Divine Oil £18

Now, I've had this same sample size of this product before in another box at some point. And I've still not used all of it up! This is a oil that can be used on the face, body or hair to help hydrate. I've tried it in my hair, but I find that even a very small amount in the ends makes them look a little greasy, so I've preffered to use it on my face just before I go to bed. It's a nice product and has a nice spa like scent. It just seems to be taking me ages to get through! I would think if you used it on the body it would go quicker though, I might pop it in the spray bottle to use after the shower and see how that goes.

United States

Beautyblender and Blendercleanser Solid £16

Now this product is quite a cult one. And all us subscribers were very happy to be getting one on our boxes in June. I've seen this spoken about on many blogs and youtube beauty gurus seem impressed by it's ability to help apply your makeup and blend products flawlessly. I was keen to get trying it. And I was impressed it came with the cleanser to keep it clean as well, this stuff is great for cleaning brushes too by the way. I'm still not sure what I think of the blender though. I feel it does help blending everything into the skin well. it's just a bit of a faff because you need to wet it first. I'll keep trying to get used to it though, it's a good find.

I really liked June's box. Everything is useable and will get used so I always appreciate that. It was nice to have a different coloured bag everything came in too, I love putting stuff in those for when I go on holiday!