Review: December Meowbox

Getting back into the routine of things after the craziness of the holidays! It was an incredible Christmas filled with lots of love, family and TURKEY... So much turkey.

As much as I love this time of year I am also happy that it's now behind us and I can get back into routine, go to bed on time and look forward to 2018!

In true form of return I'm back with review Wednesday in full force! Over the month I received Princess's and Montana's Meowbox! The beautiful Christmas Meowbox.

The December Meowbox

Every other month I receive Meowbox by mail. The ultimate subscription for the cat lover. You have the option to get it monthly or every other month. I find getting it every other month is perfect otherwise you find yourself with a large abundance of cat toys. I believe we've now hit our anniversary with Meowbox, there's been a few hit and misses in certain boxes but for the most part I still really enjoy getting this and I think the girls like it too.

This box included:

Wool Holly Cat Toy

Tuna Can Cat Toy

Snowman Ball with Bell

Kitty Treats

Christmas Light Cat Toy

The nostalgia of this box was such a winner. I love love love all the designs of the toys. They are all so unique and puts me and my kitties in the Christmas spirit.

Wool Holly Cat toy from Meowbox

Wool Holly: We've received multiple wool toys in these boxes, sadly our cats are not overly interested in them past the first unveiling. So as much as it's a very cute toy and gives the room a little more Christmas cheer... It really lacks interest to my cats.

Tuna Can: We had a similar issue with this toy: It's super cute but the cats had very little interest in it. Luckily I have some spray cat nip from a previous box that can make any boring toy desirable.

Snowman cat toy from meowbox

Snowball: This one was a win. Loved by both cats! It's fuzzy with a cute bell and has an adorable face (for me)

Chicken bites from Meowbox

Treats: I am very happy to say that these treats were delicious! The girls couldn't get enough of them. There's been a few packs of treats that they were not a fan of so I'm always happy when we get something they approve of. Most are locally made with good ingredients as opposed to the grocery store brands.

Christmas light toy by meowbox

Lights: This is my favorite toy! There was some decent thought into this toy, there's even a little shine to the bulbs. My girl isn't a huge fan of string toys but Montana loves them so her and I had some fun.

Montana with the puffy snowman between her paws

Overall the box wasn't the greatest on the cat side of things but for cuteness it was a 10/10

I also wanted to take a little time to showcase some of my work from the month. I had tons of fun with some custom cakes for young boys birthday!

2 Birthday Cake equipped with trucks!

Hockey themed cake equipped with stick and puck!

Review: FabFitFun Winter Box

Been taking a little break lately to get prepared for the holidays. I can happily report that Christmas shopping is done, 95% wrapped, parties have been attended and the halls have been decked!

Sporting a pose with my candy land themes Christmas tree!

During this time my Winter box from FabFitFun arrived.

The winter box has arrived! As Mike has said, this is the moment of truth. With the exchange rate, shipping and add on's it was close to $100 CAD for the box....  ....  ...

Items this season included:

Cozy socks infused with Aloe (polyester $19 USD)

A poncho (acrylic and polyester that's somehow worth $70 USD!?)

Eye shadow pallet (worth approx. $70USD)

Chocker Necklace (worth $58USD?)

Ceramic mug ($16 USD)

Deep sleep pillow spray. ($29)

Exfoliate face cream (... $75 USD)

Hand cream ($33 USD)

Hair repairing cream ($23)

and lastly for an add on...

An art kit ($9 USD)

The socks are very soft and comfy, the aloe definitely makes them smooth and almost moist (but in a good way?) great for curling up on the couch to watch a movie.

The poncho is thin.. Not overly soft or comfortable. This was incredibly disappointing because this was the product I was looking forward to the most. 

I don't think I will keep this, it's just.. Not nice. I didn't even bother with a photo (I also almost immediately spilled something on it... ) 

The eye shadow pallet is nice, the shades are vibrant and I will definitely use it. This is my favorite product from this box. (and almost justified the price)

It came with 8 vibrant shades and are refillable.

The necklace is cute and shiny.. But I would never spend $60 on it... There's no stamp on it indicating the material so it's not sterling silver, probably a coated stainless steel. After the day ends it gets uncomfortable, and it's currently sitting in my basement where I happened to be when I shedded it.

Next up is the ceramic mug: it's large which is great for coffee! And the saying is cute (and also a great disclosure). I will use this... It's a mug I have no other comments.

The deep sleep pillow spray intrigued me.. Sadly I wasn't able to pronounce any of the ingredients that are in it and it's not an overly attractive smell for my pillow.

The exfoliating face cream stinks... It's only meant to be used once a week so I haven't seen any benefit from it yet.. So.. So far it just stinks.

The hand cream is thick, with a nice scent. Great for everyday use and not greasy. Good product! I'll keep it on the desk. *thumbs up* (keeping track of the useful ones yet?)

Lastly, the hair repairing cream. It's only meant to be used once a week as well so I haven't seen any benefit from it yet, but it's leave in cream which should be beneficial for the abuse I've put my hair through lately.

Along with the items in the box you can also get add-ons that will be shipped for free (or included in the shipping price- however you want to look at it.) so I got the art set for around $9USD. It's very sweet, and it comes with paint, stencils, and a canvas. It'll be great for a winter weekend activity.

The verdict:

I've unsubscribed to this box... Out of 10 items that arrived at my door, I liked about half of them which barely makes it worth it considering the shipping costs and exchange rate. It's fun getting a box every few months full of goodies but I'm not really into having a bunch of beauty products hoarded in my house that have no practical purpose. I'd consider re- subscribing if they ever develop a warehouse in Canada. Until then, I'm taking a bow FabFitFun, your box lacked luster.