Hey guys! I am so excited about today's video because I'm starving, for one.
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I just had breakfast and I was working all day and I haven't had time to eat anything.
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But today I'm going to be reviewing the Vegan Cuts Beauty Box and the snack box.
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And when I decided to turn vegan, I was kind of sad
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because I knew that I wouldn't be able to get the Japanese snack subscription boxes that I really enjoyed.
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But, I started searching for vegan subscription boxes and I found so many nice looking ones.
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I'm just like even more excited about subscription boxes now because I can not wait to try all these snacks.
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But let's start with the snack box, so I can eat something because I'm so hungry.
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So, this is what the snack box looks like; this is the June snack box and at the top it looks like we've got lots of coupons.
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Now the thing about these coupons is they're only good in America.
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So, for me, they're useless, but I know that lots of you guys are located in America so they would be really great for you.
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A dollar off some non-dairy beverages, ooh hemp milk! Hemp milk is really good.
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If you've never tried it, definitely try it out.
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Uhhm what's this one? Soy products maybe? I can't tell, but again another $1 off coupon.
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That's really cool. Ooh and another one here for cereals! I'm so jealous that you have this in your grocery store.
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I would kill for some of those right now.
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So yeah, they give you some coupons it looks like.
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And then, there's a little card here that has all the social media and a little description about every product that is in the box
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On top, we have a huge bag of dried coconut.
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The ingredients are just coconut.
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Yum! Okay, we are gonna try these right now
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This is a really big bag, that's nice.
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The texture is really cool; I've never had coconut chips that are this thick.
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These are really thick and I love the texture it's really like, kinda similar to styrofoam.
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The way that it pops in your mouth when you chew on it. I love it.
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This is so good. That's a great snack to just have on your desk to pick at when you're working.
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Alright, the next thing in the box is kale chips.
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Ingredients: kale powder, potato starch, potato flour, sunflower oil, sea salt, and sugar.
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Really simple ingredients. I've actually never had any kind of kale chips before so these will be interesting to try.
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Wow those smell good!
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These are soo good!
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Super big thumbs up for these kale chips, I looove them.
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Next, it looks like we have a bag of popcorn. Bombay seasoning? A unique blend of savoury, spicy, and tangy spices.
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I have no idea what to expect for Bombay flavour.
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I don't think I've ever had anything Bombay flavoured before.
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If I look at the ingredients, it says garlic, onion, paprika, turmeric, cayenne pepper, and sea salt.
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So that sounds really yummy.
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They smell really good.
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Smells like Indian curry.
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Holy crap these are delicious!
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Really nice textured popcorn with the most delicious curry flavouring ever.
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I'm loving this box so far, I'm so happy! Totally recommend these ones aswell.
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Next, we have Fruigees, I think it's called. 24 Carrot Orange organic fruit snack. So it looks like carrot and orange juice
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in a jelly consistency. I think it's kind of like jelly? It feels like it. Let's try it.
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Mmm smells really good.
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I got lipstick all over it.
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Oh my god this is so good.
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It's like an orange fruit snack liquefied into a thick jelly kind of liquid.
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Oh my god this is so good.
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Okay so far these snacks are better than anything I've ever had in any snack box up to date.
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I know lots of people think that vegan food is like "It's healthy so it's not gonna taste good" or
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"It doesn't make good snacks because it's not actual junk food," but these are all super yummy and flavourful.
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This is so good. If you can find this where you're living, go buy this right now.
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I've had absolutely no problem finding vegan foods that are absolutely delicious and filling.
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It hasn't been hard at all actually. I feel really stupid for procrastinating going vegan until now because
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I was scared it was going to be really difficult, expensive, and just inconvenient living in Japan, but it really hasn't been any of those things.
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So I'm pretty happy about that
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Okay, next we have chia shot. It's just a little package of chia seeds that you can add into your smoothies or your
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oatmeal or what else can you put it in? I always put chia seeds in my smoothies and my oatmeal.
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There's just enough to throw on top of your oatmeal or something so that's really cool.
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These look really good as well. The packaging is all really nice for these products as well.
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Ooo black rice crackers. Rice, oil, salt, and nothing else. Yum.
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These look really good as well. The packaging is all really nice for these products as well.
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They are very black.
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Mmm you know what they taste like? Triscuits. Have you ever had those? They taste exactly like Triscuits.
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Even the texture of them is similar, almost identical.
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Everything is so good.
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Aww look. They give you a little box of those cereals they give you a coupon for.
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As a breakfast cereal addict, this makes me very happy.
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Power O's made with beans: navy, lentil and garbanzo beans no wheat or corn. Chocolate flavour, that's interesting.
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I can't try these ones right now because I want to have them for breakfast, but I'll let you guys know on Twitter how these are.
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Ooh what's this? Oh my god. Is it a package of fake meat? That's so cool.
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I did not expect something like this to come in a snack box. I can use it for cooking. It looks like it's a vegan "meatloaf" kinda deal.
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And it's soy free. So what's it made with? Made from wheat protein, red beans, and sprouted lentils.
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15g of plant-based protein per serving. I could cut this up and put it in pasta or just fry it and eat like that
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It looks like they've made a little sandwich with it here.
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That's so exciting for me because it's hard to get this kind of stuff in Japan.
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Ooh sweets! Yaaay! So everything was savoury, oh except for the drink an the cereal I guess.
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Uhm all the snacks I tried were savoury, but Vanilla Cupcake sandwich cookies. I could go for something sweet right now.
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Oh god they smell so good.
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They smell like vanilla Girl Guide cookies.
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They give you three in a pack so that's a nice serving. If they gave you a whole box, I would probably eat the whole box.
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It's probably good that they don't.
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They smell so good.
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They really remind me of the Girl Guide cookies, these are so good.
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They're the perfect amount of sweetness, they are quite sweet.
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Which is nice because sometimes with these "healthy snacks" they try to cut the sugar content
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down a lot so they are not super sweet, but these are nice and sweet.
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It's enough sweetness so that when you're craving something super sweet it's perfect.
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Ugh these are so good, oh my god. I want to eat them. When I'm done this video I'm just gonna eat the rest of this.
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Because it's all so delicious.
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And I don't even care if it's a lot of calories.
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Okay and the last thing in the box is Guru Organic Energy.
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I have always avoided energy drinks because they just contain some weird things.
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And more often than not, they contain artificial sweeteners, which I do not like
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they make me feel very sick.
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It looks like this one is sweetened with organic cane syrup and some fruit juices.
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Oh and then it's got interesting things like echinacea, ginseng, green tea, and guarana extract
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for the "energy" part of it.
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Let's try this out and maybe if I drink this now, I will have enough energy to edit this video right afterwards.
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I wonder what it's gonna taste like. It smells like your typical energy drink; I expected it to have a different smell.
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Like it's a good thing, it kinda smells like bubble bath. You know how they kinda smell like bubble bath? No? Just me.
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Oh my god that's delicious!
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That is so freaking good. It kind of tastes like cream soda but less sweet.
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It's carbonated and I hate carbonated drinks except for root beer and cream soda.
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I think those are the only two that I like just because I really like the flavour. However, i would prefer them
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if they didn't have bubbles in them, but this is so good because it tastes like cream soda so I love it.
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Alright that is it for my June Vegan Cuts Snack Box. I am so happy with everything.
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Every single thing I tried was really delicious. I recommend every product that I tried in this video.
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And I totally recommend this box because holy crap that was an awesome selection of snacks.
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I'm super happy with it and it's even a better deal if you live in America because you can use these
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coupons that they give you, so sweet.
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So if you would like to sign up for your own subscription to the Vegan Cuts Snack Box, I will put the link down below in the description box so check it out.
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Let's move on to the beauty box! Now they packed mine together with the snack box
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So this isn't how it will come if you only order the beauty box, it will come in a regular cardboard box like this.
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But, they packed it in this super cute pink bag for me so that's exciting.
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I am so excited about this lip product.
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So there's a little postcard that has all the products.
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Alright let's look at the lip product first because I'm really excited about this.
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OFRA long-lasting liquid lipstick in Laguna Beach. It's actually very similar to what I'm wearing on my lips now
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so I think I'm really gonna like this color.
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Let's see if I can show you guys what the color looks like. It's very red it has lots of red tones to it.
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It kind of looks like Candy K. I feel like this can be a vegan dupe to Candy K which was the only lip kit
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Ooh it smells like vanilla, yum.
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I wanna try it. I'm gonna swatch it on my hand so you guys can see what it looks like because I'm
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wearing lip gloss and stuff and I don't think it will swatch very well on my lips so let's try this.
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Wow that's really pigmented and pretty.
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It feels really creamy.
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I'm excited to try this on my lips.
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I'll wear it in a photo and put it on Instagram or something so you guys can see what it looks like.
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Ahh that's so nice and I think that it's such a flattering color for anybody.
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This would look great on darkskin, lightskin, tan skin.
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Okay next we have My Couture vitamin C and E revitalize oil blotting paper.
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Yay oil blotting paper!
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Okay so you probably heard me complain about the humidity and the heat in Japan in the summer,
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I love blotting paper because my skin is very oily to begin with and the summer here makes it a million times oilier.
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So I always have blotting paper in my bag so this is nice.
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Let's try it out, aww cute little package.
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Watch you'll see how much oil will come off my face. I literally just did my makeup an hour ago it's already oily.
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You can see the oil that came off my nose. It feels really nice.
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And it doesn't look like it removed my makeup or anything so awesome.
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These will be great.
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Next is a little pot of perfume. Glow for a Cause Perfume.
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Now I'm very very picky with perfumes. I hate the smell of most perfumes, so let's see if I'll like this.
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That's actually really nice. It's got kind of a musky smell. Musk is one of the scents that I like.
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I wanna say like baby powder kind of.
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I don't know. I like it though, it's really nice. It's not overpowering and it's like one of those fake perfumey smells, ugg.
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Ah! You know what it smells like? Frankincense.
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I like how it's solid, I don't really like spray perfumes because I feel like you always use to much.
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With this you can just kinda dip your finger in it a little bit and rub it wherever you like.
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I'm very happy with that, that's nice.
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Next we have Solar Protecive Moisturizer broad spectrum SPF 30 mineral sunscreen.
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That's perfect for me, I actually really wanted a sunscreen because I'm going to the beach in a few days with Taylor, Kim, and some other people.
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Let's test out a little bit.
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Feels nice and thick and creamy.
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It doesn't feel oily or anything.
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It smells like very subtle coconut, if it has any scent
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That might just be something that's on my hands. It is definitely not heavily scented at all.
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That's really nice. Oh wow it feels nice.
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I can't even feel it anymore. It just feels like I put a nice lotion, light lotion on my skin.
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Next we have ClariSea Sea Salt Solutions rapid detox charcoal exfoliant.
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Neat, it looks like it's a loose exfoliant
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It says directions: Blend a quarter-sized amount with your favourite face cleanser, gently scrub onto skin, then rinse.
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It looks like this.
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Very fine powder, like a very fine sand.
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If you can see that.
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I love how fine it is. Yeah I feel like that will be really nice for cleansing my skin.
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Cool can't wait to try that.
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And the last product in the bag is quite big. This is the PureSol Konjac Facial Sponge.
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This a 100% natural sponge for cleansing the face.
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It's made from the konjac root plant by steaming the edible fiber, no chemicals added.
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So I guess your cleanser on and you clean your face with it.
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Massages and promotes cell growth.
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Cool. I've never tried anything like this before so this will be fun to try.
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That's what I like about these subscription boxes is you get things you wouldn't normally buy so you get a chance to try them out and see if you like them.
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It looks like this and its got a little string on it. it's really tough, I expected it to be soft. So maybe when you add water
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to it it gets soft.
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Oh cool. They include a little suction cup so that you can hang it on the wall in the shower. That's neat I really like that.
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Soak the sponge until it's fully soft, yes. So it does get soft when you put it in water.
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Cool. I am really excited to try this! Again I'll update you guys on Twitter.
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With how these products are. Maybe I'll make a blog post. That would be a good reason for me to start using my blog again.
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Maybe I will do that.
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Alright, those were all the contents of the beauty box. Again I'm really happy with everything.
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It's lots of stuff that I don't own already, like an exfoliant powder and that facial sponge and the sunscreen I
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definitely needed so I'm really happy about that and the lipstick is gorgeous.
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and the perfume smelled really good, so I'm really happy about this as well
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I'll link the beauty box link down below if you guys want to sign up for that.
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I haven't decided if I'm gonna do a review video every month. I'm definitely gonna order the beauty and the snack boxes, but
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we will see. Let me know if you enjoyed this, if you did I will make it a monthly thing
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Thanks for watching guys and I'll see you soon. Bye!
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