It's that time of the year again, DJ's have released a new look book, and therefore a new beauty bag (For those who aren't aware, a couple of times a year DJ's run a promotion where you buy any full priced beauty product and you are entitled to buy a bag of goodies for $19.95). I love DJ's beauty bags, they are a great way to find new brands, and are made up of lots of deluxe samples (this one is valued at over $108). There are 2 variations, usually they are numbered, however i can't see one on any of my packaging (although my receipt says it's tote 1).
To be eligible i grabbed another Dr Bronner's liquid soap, this time in lavender (I bought the rose and peppermint to get the last beauty bag, and the bag itself had a sample size lavender bar soap. I love the scent). I use these for almost everything, cleaning my makeup brushes, washing my hands, as a body wash. I've even used them as a cleanser with no ill effects. They are organic, use lots of lovely oils (the lavender one has coconut oil, olive oil, hemp oil and jojoba oil) and smell amazing. A 59ml bottle retails for $4.95, i know it sounds small but a little of this goes a very long way. But buying one of these qualifies you for the beauty bag.
Then on to the tote itself. This one is a lovely canvas tote, mine has a Sydney map printed on it. It's the nicest one i've seen for a while, and will get plenty of use.
It contained a clear plastic zip-up bag (which i haven't taken a photo of) with everything else inside.
Both version 1 and version 2 contains:
Dj's beauty Vit E enriched day cream 60ml (full size 120g rrp $17.95, sample rrp $8.97 )
DJ's Beauty Vit E night cream 60ml (full size 120g rrp $19.95, sample rrp $9.97 ) - mine is not a night cream, mine is a Vit E skin care cream 75ml ( full size 75ml $5.95)
Kosmea 24/7 Youth Boost 3ml (full size 20ml rrp $39.95, sample rrp $5.99)
Molton Brown Orange and Bergamot Body Wash 30ml (full size 300ml rrp $39.00, sample rrp $3.90)
OPI Nail Lacquer 3.75ml (This one is hard to price, but a set of the 4 mini colour top coats sells for $24.95, so 1 would be $6.24)-This is a tint top coat, mine is blue "i can teal you like me", but i also saw a pink in a bag.
Then:
Blinc Mascara 0.7g (full size 6g rrp $35.95, sample rrp approx $4)
Circa Home Pear and Lime mini candle 60g (set of 3 60g minis rrp $29.95, 1 rrp $10)
Crabtree and Evelyn Verbena and Lavender hand therapy 25g ($10)
Kora Organics Sachets (body wash, day/night cream, body lotion)
Laura Mercier Primer 14ml (full size 50ml rrp $45, sample rrp $12.60)
People for Plants Cleanser and Eye makeup remover 30ml (full size 120ml rrp $24.95, sample rrp $6.24)
Philosophy Purity Made Simple 3 in 1 cleanser 30ml (full size 90ml rrp $15, sample rrp $5)
Total : $78.89.
Not quite equal to their claim of over $108, is it? Unless the kora samples equal over $30 value (somehow i doubt they do), or the bag is included in the final total.
However i'm excited to use the candle (it smells amazing), and to try the Laura Mercier primer, the Blinc (i know it made the rounds of the sample boxes a while ago, but i never received one) and the cleansers.
Great post, I really like your detailed review of sampler bag and its really unfair that the total value of samples are 78$ instead of 108$. I had DJ bag last year and it was really around 105$.
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that was a great bag! I missed that one, i got the one before, and the one after :) usually they're better then this one, it just didn't quite hit the mark
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