I have a confession to make – I am a slight Francophile. It
all began on a family trip to Paris years ago, and was heightened when I fell
in love with Gustave Flaubert’s Madame
Bovary (namesake of the blog and all!) I love travelling and can’t wait
to experience France with Mister for the first time, but until then I’m to be
kept happy with French travel novels, eating large amounts of soft cheeses and
playing with beautiful French beauty products. Adore Beauty, thank you for making the last point a gorgeous
travel sized reality (I adore you!)
French women have this thing about them, wouldn’t you agree?
I may just be lucky, but all of the French women I know are divine and they all
have great skin – perhaps thanks to some of the products in this Adore Beauty
sampler*? I’ve trialling a few of these samplers over the years (here is a
makeup sampler, and here is a serum one!) and this theme is probably my
favourite! Stars of the sampler are either being saved up for our honeymoon or are already residing in my handbag for ease of use!
I'm a big lover of the cult Bioderma Crealine H2O, and having another of these teensy 20ml versions is a welcome addition to my travel skincare loot. I've popped the 30ml L'Occitane Shea Butter Body Lotion into my handbag to remind myself to keep my elbows soft, love how sturdy the packaging for this is.
You also receive a card with 5 French beauty secrets and a Cult French beauty booklet going into detail about each of the gorgeous products in the sampler. Icluded is a 15% off code for you to use when repurchasing any of the products you've trialled, plus two sample sachets and a Tim Tam (a staple with every Adore Beauty order, how awesome!)
I much prefer these samplers to ordinary subscription boxes as I appreciate the transparency from Adore Beauty - they tell you what products you are getting (and their sizes) from the get-go. I also love that they have chosen an even enough spread of body vs facial products, plus one sachet of the Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse Multi-Purpose Dry Oil (which is also a body product) I guess it just comes down to whether or not you are a fan of paying for sample sized products - you either love it, or you hate it!
The Adore Beauty French Cult Beauty Sampler retails for $39 AUD and is available here.
What country is your obsession, your holiday favourite?
Emma x
*Provided for consideration. Honesty, always.
Oooh I was thinking of whether to get this or not when Adore Beauty announced this! Tempted! Haha how cute is the small Bioderma bottle? I have one that I refill often. :)
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute, and the travel sized ones I have are so cool too!
DeleteThis little kit sounds amazing - definitely something I'd love to try! My experience with French skincare is limited, though I do really like most things I've tried. The mini sizes seem so hand for travel as well!
ReplyDeleteTasha // shiwashiful.
I've tried bits and pieces here and there and all have been lovely, thumbs up from me!
DeleteLa Roche-Posay items are great - very lucky getting this package!
ReplyDeleteI love working with Adore Beauty, a great company for sure :) I love LRP too, have repurchased their stuff many times over
DeleteThis looks like such a good pack. I didn't know about it actually until now. Will have to check it out! Hmm as for country of obsession... off the top of my head, I've always wanted to visit the US. I'd also love to visit somewhere like Paris x
ReplyDeleteI've not had a hankering for the US bar the great shopping I've heard about (and seen on blogs) but now that I'm heading there soon I am so pumped for it. Paris is amazing, and I'll always want to return to Scotland where all of my family live :)
Deleteaww the small bioderma is super cute! i've one lancome multi-lift! but i often lose these small cute trial packs! great article!
ReplyDeleteXOXO,
Sarah