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“With the weather heating up we wanted to bring you a box of beauty items that will be staples for you this summer! Don’t forge to bring these essentials with you on your summer holiday!“

Prize

This month, the winners of the mini-contest could receive some skin care products perfect for the summer weather. That perfect white clay looks a lot like something I got sometime back, a facial product, but I’m not sure if its the same thing.

Glam Gift

Meanwhile, we have a variety of brands I never heard of before- with the exception of the pink face mask up in the corner, if you recall in June’s KiraKira box we got the exact same thing, but it was a blue one.

July’s Must-Have Summer Item!

And this months horoscope is a must-have item for summer. Find your month and tell me down below, do you have these things? If not, would you want them or like them?

I don’t wear flip flops anymore, but I did own a pair of pink ones when I was little.

Alright! So let’s get started with this months items!

Prreti Pure White Milk Cream & Hatomugi UV Milky Gel

Okay, so starting with the item I already own, the Hatomugi UV Gel. This is a skincare product ideal for moisturizing and conditioning the skin for sunny weather. The one I own of this is right across the room from me, and from what I could tell there was virtually no difference between them (obviously, but it doesn’t hurt to check).

I’m not crazy for item repeats, but in this case I can make an exception because this is a really good sunscreen/moisturizer. It isn’t sticky or greasy and it soaks into the skin really quick, and the scent is extremely light and non-invasive.

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The Prreti Pure White Milk Cream product is made from natural ingredients like milk protein extract, white flower complex, and peach extract to help give the skin a natural glow in place of heavier makeups or foundation. It can even be used to add a little shine to the armpits, elbow, and knees. It’s has an.... off-peach-ish sort of scent?

What’s nice about this product is that unlike fresh applied foundation, it’s a clear lotion-like product that soaks into the skin and won’t rub off on your hands or something else that touches it. I’m not actually sure it could replace a foundation, but I feel like there’s a difference where I applied it, just a little bit of one. It feels like the Hatomugi UV product in hat it’s un-greasy and feels really light on the skin.

Frill Makeup Pouch

This is a first for NMNL, we are receiving an adorable makeup pouch, a must-have item for carrying around your makeup essentials, or honestly any sort of purse or essential item you might want. I know the pic makes it hard to see, but the purse has a gold and white woven texture, and the ruffles and zipper segment are rose gold, this would be perfect for the beach :3

I know some beauty-based boxes do give away items like purses or pouches or some extra-item so I was a little surprised because usually NMNL and KiraKira Crate don’t. I like the idea so I hope we see more~

Sakura Blotting Paper and Bandage set

For summer, it comes in handy to have some blotting paper. Before I ever got some I never really thought about it, and now I really like having them- just in case. To celebrate spring into summer, the pack features a simple sakura design, and it even comes in 2 bandages! I never saw that one before. The sheets also have a very faint hint of pink coloring on them, which is a nice little additional touch.

There isn’t really much I can really say about blotting paper. It might feel a bit weird using if you never did before, but it does a great job collecting the excess oils and sweat from your skin. I’d recommend trying them if you never did before because you might end up liking it.

Bling Bling Eye Stick & Yum Yum Lip Syrup

As usual I always look forward to the makeup items, and these were no exceptions. First up we have a crayon eyeshadow by Etude House, available in a few differently glittery shades perfect for summertime! The color I got was Pinky Star Rain. It’s a really pretty gold-copper-ish color, with a hint of pink- I suppose it’d be rose gold too?  

It applies smoothly and looks really pretty on the skin, whether you leave it as is or blend it out, or use both techniques to create a sort of natural-ish hue with sparkle.

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To go with our glittery sun-kissed skin, we also have a fun "lip syrup” by the SAEM, available in 3 different yummy scented, delicious tasting colors; from the cherry red one I got, to a strawberry baby pink, and a natural peach. This goes on the lips very smoothly and gives them a nice, healthy shine.

It smells good, tastes fine (should it get in your mouth, I’m not saying to eat it), and it eventually dries onto the lips, leaving behind a hue for some time afterwards. It’s not sticky on the lips, nor greasy, just wet. I’m not really for lip products like this, but I actually really like it. It smells like cherry candy with a hint of medicine in it, but not overbearingly. It applied really easy and smoothly (especially in comparison to a couple past products I got that made my lips look patchy, or I had to apply a lot), and it’s not a terrible red shade either.

CHOOSY In Air Beauty Gummy

This is another first for NMNL, an edible item! But of course, it’s an edible item perfect for this kind of box (and by Choosy Lips of course), it’s focus is to improve the plumpness, smoothness, and overall quality of the lips in a fun little lip-shaped gummy. They were available in either peach or yogurt and contain collagen, calcium, hyaluronic acid, and dietary fiber.

Besides being fun to squish, the gummies taste pretty good. It’s sort of like a milky, yogurtish peach flavor. I’m not actually sure if they really do anything though, I want to believe they do, but I can’t tell.

Foot Moisture Pack

This is our last item, a fun moisture pack for your feets. What they call socks, I was calling booties. Each set comes in a fun color and has a dotted pattern on them; ironic that I got yellow huh?

Well on the upside the product was scented like delicious lemon~ I love bright citrus scents like that, and even without the product I can still pick it up from the package. 

Besides the fun design, I like how the adhesive tapes were actually included, in fact they were on the socks already, all you had to do was pull the sheet off of them and wrap it to the side. I did notice the product seemed small though, and while I could feel it on my feet and they came out slippery and moist, I can’t say it did as well as others I’ve tried. It did feel good to use with all the walking I did the past four days with the hospital though, and it did help “repair” the skin. 

♥ Cutie Ranking ♥

Content - 5 out of 5. Everything was nice and worked fine, I didn’t have any sort of unpleasantness or issues to deal with. I liked everything.

Theme: 4.5 out of 5. For summer a summer theme is perfect, and I agree that most of these items served as a summer essential. I’d say there was 1 or 2 that really didn’t, but for most part I believe the theme was great and well thought out.

Total Rank: 10 out of 10. For summer I feel like this would be an essential box to get ;3 The items were good and it had a fun variety!

♥ Cutie Scale ♥

1. Lip Syrup - It’s so cute, and it doesn’t look that bad on me like some red shades have a tendency to do. It smells delicious~ 

2. Makeup Pouch - While I loved the idea and am happy they included it, I initially didn’t really like the style of it much. But the more I looked at it the more I ended up liking it. It’s perfect for a summer look and carrying around makeup essentials.

3. Choosy Gummies - I love squishing them, they’re so cute~ 

4. Bling Bling Eye Stick - It’s pretty to look at and it’s a subtle glittery shade in a natural color that’s still fun to look at.

5. Foot Moisture Pack - The packaging/booties were fun to look at and they smell amazing. Although I’m not sure I liked the quality of these ones in comparison to others, I’d buy it for the scent.

6. Hatomugi UV Gel - I’ve already gotten it before, but it’s an item I like so I’m okay with that. It works.

7. White Milk Cream - I love it’s cute milk carton package. I’m still not sure it did much, but it felt nice to put on.