Bellabox Review: Is it worth it?

Last July I signed up to Bellabox.com.au because I was interested in seeing what I was missing out on Health and Beauty wise.

I had done a bit of research, and whilst there was the occasional issue here and there, it was overall positive.


Last week I cancelled my subscription.

Why?

For a number of reasons.


- A lot of the product samples are cheap supermarket brands.

- There is little consideration for your beauty profile. I keep receiving foundation samples for medium shade. Which is amusing for someone who is incredibly pale.

- Continuing frustration with Aus Post. I would receive the shipping information a week to ten days before the package was shipped.

- There was a lot of repeat samples. In particular Palmers and Aveda.




All in all, if I was 15 and looking at getting into make up, I would love this.
But I'm 28.
A lot of the stuff I was being sent I have used and not like (or it didn't like me) or I was already using or I would see at the supermarket when it was on special and buy to try it.

The pricing is competitive for the market, even with the recent price rise. But for $3 more I can get really great things from places like Lust Have It (which have their own problems)/
Communication occassionally can be a bit off and I've also found that the box delivery date is never a set time of the month, which is frustrating.

trying to be kawaii for AI Con next weekend

so next weekend is the state's anime convention.
and in an effort to be more adventurous and outgoing I'm entering the Fruits Fashion beginners contest.
I know I will fail epically, but hey! You don't know if you don't try and I'm sure it's going to be fun anyway.
I've got most of my outfit together but I have to make some sleeves.
I'm not good at sewing so this should be interesting to say the least.
If you want to go Pre Registration finishes 28th of feb.
for more details look at this awesome website here> Anime Island Convention

Ummm America, what are you thinking?

America.
Why must you meddle when you don't actually know what things are about when you can't even control your own country.


The ad that the US believes to be racist has been taken out of context.
Anyone who has been to the West Indies they can tell you that Fried Chicken is like a HUGE thing over there, not a racial stereotype.
How about you guys stop bitching about what is happening in Australia and start looking at yourselves.
The constant shootings you would think prompt some sort of strengthening of gun laws BUT NO, if anything more guns flood on to the streets.

So just a tip; instead of complaining about ads THAT AREN'T EVEN SHOWN IN YOUR COUNTRY and start dealing with your own social problems
til next time

a small mix of things

Hey everyone, may I apoligise for the lack of blogging.
Been busy organising things.
anyway it's friday!
so it's time to wheel out the awesome basket.
http://thatwillbuffout.com/
is in the awesome basket for it's incredibly lolworthy photos of cars

www.gaiaonline.com
it's cool this week because it's halloween event looks pretty awesome

get up stand up's advertisement that sends up the "clean coal" campaign that the Australian coal is running


in the fail basket
The opposition infighting in Australia about the Emmisions Trading Scheme

The treatment of asylum seekers by Australian government.


til next time!

are Australians racist?

From the outside looking in Australia has had a dubious past with race and racial issues, begining with the treatment of Indigenous persons when The First Fleet arrived through until the 1970's when the white Australia policy was abolished to wednesday nights episode of Hey Hey it's Saturday where people blacked out their faces and act like the Jackson Five.
Let's face it, all countries have some form of racial bias no matter how hard they try to hide, Australia has always been bad at hiding it.
There's just a difference in how it has been handled.
A lot of people ignore it, others will be outraged and some will try to use the episode as tool to teach people not to be so inconsiderate of others.

There is good and bad in all societies
Please don't lump all of us together for what a select few people are doing
til next time

So long Sol, it's obvious, you won't miss us

Sol Trujillo, the CEO of Telstra for another month has left Australia already back into the safe loving arms of the Americans.
Supposedly Australians are racist, from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, down to the lowliest bogan.

Trujillo has been the CEO of Telstra for a few years and has ran into the ground, service in regional areas has suffered whilst prices have gone up, yet he's walked away with 30 million dollars. When he announced his departure from the job, Kevin Rudd was quoted as saying "adios" (spanish for goodbye) Sol being of Mexican decent has seen this as a racial slur and in a recent BBC radio interview called the whole country "backward"

The week in dot points

*rumors about next weeks Australian Federal Budget were abundant - in particular the axing of the 30% Private health insurance rebate, superannuation contributions and paid paternity leave

*Malcolm Turnbull accused Kevin Rudd of being "hot headed" after a supposed incident over not having a hair dryer on his last trip to Afghanistan. Speaking of Turnbull, he announced rather pigishly that He and the Liberals will be ready whenever the Labor party are for the election. All getting rather childish in Canberra by the sounds of it, I expected him to be poking his tongue out after he said it as well.

*Death total from Swine Flu currently stands as being under 200, whilst the world wide hysteria kicks into overload and everyone uses alcohol hand sanitizer like Niles Crane from Frasier.

*Everyone learned that those in the Congo Army believe that sodomising Pygmies give supernatural powers

*In Australia the gender test for pregnant couples has been made available - which has struck fear into those hate filled right to lifers (who will gladly kill you if you ever mention the "A" word around them) saying that couples who find out the gender of their unborn child at 8 weeks will lead to more abortions.

*In Tasmania, it was found out that opposition leader Will Hodgman spent $13000 on his website - gee and I spend nothing for mine, he's really being ripped off

30% rebate loss hype – is it justified?

Rumors have begun circulating in the Australian media concerning what measures will be included in the Federal Budget next Tuesday night, the most predominant one is the axing of the 30% rebate on Private Medical Insurance.

Thing is, there will be conditions and an income test for the rebate put in place so those individuals who earn over $150 000 a year or families who earn over $240 000 a year will lose the rebate completely.

But that's the thing, if your family was earning $240 000 a year would you really have a problem paying an extra 30% for Private Medical Insurance?
Really, in all honesty???

As someone whom has spent the last couple years living on under $850 a month whilst at university and payed rent, bought food, paid phone, power and internet bills whilst still finding a bit of cash to save, one would imagine that a family on 240k or an individual on 150k a year would find the adjustment easy.
Maybe cut down on a few lattes or trips to the theatre?
and thats another thing the Private Insurers are running round going "OMG OMG OMG IF YOU DO THAT WE'LL HAVE TO PUT UP FEES TO COVER THOSE WHO CUT OFF THEIR INSURANCE!!!"
I say "Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft"
The private insurers are already making a bundle, and even if they do lose some business the only reason that put their fees up is for greed, nothing more.

Random news

Ok looking at random news stories from random places, it appears that a girl in Switzerland received an extra surprise in her McDonalds Happy Meal when she discovered that there was a condom in it. Swiss branch of McDonalds is not commenting until the investigation has been formalised.
Now that's a meal that comes with a happy ending

In Australia, Kevin Rudd, the countries Prime Minister has lost 5 % of his popularity according to a Newspoll. The reduction is popularity is most probably due to the recession and how one off "stimulus" payment scheme has not been as sucessful as first hoped. This comes off the back of yesterdays announcement about the 12 month delay on bringing in a carbon scheme and it's rejection by the senate.


And finally, something that will all non smokers and enjoyers of a healthy lifestyle, In China it was discovered that officials in a central Chinese province have to smoke 230 000 tobacco cigarettes annually that are made in the region or face being fined