February’s Petit Vour has arrived! This month’s box includes the theme, “Love is Bold, Love is Kind,” highlighting the love shown by using cruelty-free products. The product card goes on to say that they, “wanted to share the most mood enhancing and confidence boosting beauty products,” which carries through pretty well. There’s a coffee-mint scrub that can be followed up with the chocolate mint body butter, two perfume samples and an amazing full-size mascara. I’ll say it again, I’m not vegan – I eat meat (albeit from local sources where I know the farmers and how they treat their animals) – but I definitely support cruelty-free products, and vegan beauty products tend to have better ingredients and a higher quality. Anyway, onto the box contents!
- Balanced Guru Scrub Me Body Scrub – 8 oz / $23 – (Sample is 1 oz, value of $2.88) I received this sample is the December 2014 Goodebox as well. I’d still love this a lot more if the spearmint wasn’t so front and center in the scent – I’m just not that big on mint, and it smells kinda like spearmint gum. That said, it is a fantastic exfoliator, and the coffee part of the scent is a nice wake-up in a morning shower.
- Ellovi Mint Chocolate Body Butter – 3.5 oz / $26 – (Sample is .5 oz, value of $3.71) USPS must’ve beat the snot out of this box, because mine arrived cracked down the side (how that even happens, I don’t know, because the container is really sturdy). It also looked like this melted and froze at least once because there was an outline on the lid where the product had settled sideways and showed up frozen flat in the bottom of the pot. No idea. Anyway, USPS flounder aside, there’s still product to try and OH MAN does this smell delicious. Simple ingredients, and it smells like mint chocolate chip ice cream or Thin Mints or Andes Mints. It’s pretty greasy for use on hands, but I’d imagine that following up after a good scrub with the Balanced Guru scrub on dry legs and arms would be amazing!
- Harvey Prince Damask Rose & Gardenia Perfumes – 8.8 mL / $26 – (Sample is two 1 mL spray containers, value of $5.91) Okay, I’m not a big fan of floral scents, but these seem to be straight up Rose and Gardenia with no other notes trying to push out the rose and gardenia. My sniffer is a little broken due to a rotten head cold, but at first try, the rose seems really nice – totally basic, not too sweet or overpowering. The gardenia too, shockingly, which I think I might actually like better. It’s not a scent I’d ever pick out for myself, but it’s working really well with my skin and has a nice warmth to it that’s quite pleasant. So, these were really nice surprises for something I wasn’t sure I was going to like at first look!
- Lily Lolo Vegan Mascara – 7 mL / $20 – (Sample is full size, value of $19.98 per lilylolo.us) Interesting note on the price, the same mascara is £10.99 on their UK site which comes out to about $17 given the current exchange rate. The product is pretty great though. It’s not as thick and doesn’t build as well as other mascaras, but it’s really great for a soft, everyday look with the bonus being that it doesn’t make my sensitive eyes puffy and itchy. It doesn’t feel as heavy or stiff or plasticky either – very natural and like it’s not even there. It removes easily with soap and water, no special makeup remover needed which is a huge win in my book.
Overall the total value for the box comes up to $32.48 which is on the lower end for Petit Vour, but still double the cost of the box. The mascara alone covers the cost, so it’s absolutely worth it, and one of the better boxes, IMHO in the last couple of months!