YouBeauty's October Discovery Box

I stumbled across YouBeauty's Discovery box at the very end of September and I promptly signed up for their October beauty box. YouBeauty's Discovery Box is different to other beauty boxes that I've tried before. Each month there is a menu of different products and you get to pick two from the list that you're guaranteed to receive and You Beauty then add a couple of little extras to your box. Coming in at £6.95 including postage I found this system quite affordable and when I saw what the choices were for October's box I was pretty much sold...

The two products I chose from October's beauty menu were a full size Wild About Beauty Eyeshadow and a full size Illamasqua Glamore Lipstick. 

Wild About Beauty is stocked in FeelUnique who price their eyeshadows at £13 and I received a very wearable brown shade called "Eva". The brand Wild About Beauty was co-founded by Louise Redknapp and make-up artist Kim Jacob. The range is paraben free and contain ingredients designed to benefit your skin. Whilst I'm not convinced that their make-up is "good" for skin the product is cruelty free and the shade I received is a very wearable as an everyday colour which is a nice change from some of the beauty boxes I've tried before where I've received lovely products but in completely unwearable shades. I'm definitely going to be giving this eyeshadow a try to see how it performs.

The Illamasqua Glamore Lipstick is priced at £18.50 on Illamasqua's website and I received the shade Minx, which just happens to be one of the shades I've had my eye on for a while now. I don't know what other shades featured in this month's box but Minx is advertised as a dark, rose-hued "nude". After falling in love with Illamaqua's matte lipsticks I'm keen to see how their new Glamore lipsticks compare and I'm planning on doing a comparison post soon. 

The beauty extras I received are really not much to write home about (a collagen drink and a sachet sample of a Cowshed night cream) but I'm really happy to have been able to pick my own products and I think the overall value for money of YouBeauty's Discover Box is incredible. It's also really refreshing to be able to find a beauty box where you can choose to just receive make-up - as someone who likes to regularly try new make-up this really appeals to me! If you're interested in nabbing yourself a box (and remember if these make-up items don't appeal to you there are 6 other products to choose between) then you can still find them online here.

What do you think about this month's YouBeauty Discovery Box?