It’s incredibly easy to be sucked into buying things like beauty subscription boxes, mystery makeup bags or curated cosmetic edits because they promise products worth double - or often more than double - their retail price.
But when they arrive, you realise you won’t use a third of the products inside, the shades aren’t the best, or the quality just isn’t all that, leaving you feeling a bit cheated.
That said, we have seen some seriously good value beauty boxes in the past, like the LookFantastic Beauty Egg and Boots x Indiyah beauty box.
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Ahead of Easter, MyVitamins released their twist on a beauty egg, containing a range of health products and supplements worth more than £27. Priced at £19.99, it’s not the biggest saving, but a saving nonetheless, and considering it’s since sold out, it’s clearly been rather popular with shoppers.
A health conscious alternative to a traditional chocolate Easter egg, I do think I’d be a bit disappointed if my mum or boyfriend bought me supplements for Easter, but if it’s something you were treating yourself to, it wouldn’t be quite so bad.
The contents feature a selection of Myvitamins’ most popular beauty supplements, said to ‘help you look and feel the best from the inside out’, including gummies, collagen and ‘glow bites’ - but there was only one product I would genuinely use and repurchase individually.
The first product I tried was the Collagen Beauty Shot, worth £2.99, which is a pineapple and coconut flavoured drink supplement that’s said to offer a range of benefits for overall well-being. While it was pretty nice to drink with a strong tropical flavour, you need to be taking these once a day quite regularly to see any benefits. It’s not quite the same as getting a £3 lip liner in a beauty egg you can use over and over again.
Similarly, with the Plant Collagen Powder, worth £3.98, there was only one sachet of the vegan friendly formula, but one pouch isn’t enough to see any results.
With many beauty boxes, even though some contain a number of mini products, you can still usually get a number of uses out of them. I like to consider them more ‘travel’ size, rather than samples. Samples are more like what you get stuck to the inside pages of magazines for free because they’re very much disposable, which is how some of the products in the Myvitamins egg feel.
Grumbles aside, the glow bites were surprisingly tasty, unlike many protein bites and healthy snacks I’ve tried. There are two packs in a Salted Caramel Almond and a Lemon Drizzle Cake flavour, mostly made up of dates, which I only recently discovered that I liked.
These bite-sized snacks are packed with essential nutrients, including vitamins C and E, biotin, and collagen, that promote healthy hair, skin, and nails. Easy for enjoying at home or on the go, they’re high in protein and fibre making for a guilt-free snack.
However, Easter is all about breaking a fast and being a bit indulgent, and if given the choice between glow bites and a packet of mini eggs, I can’t say it would be a difficult decision to make.
There was one product that I did really enjoy, though, and that was the hair, skin and nails gummies. Valued at £17.99, they’re almost the price of the overall Easter egg, so potentially make the spend worth it as a gift.
I’ve long been sceptical about health gummies, but I’ve recently seen some extraordinary results from people I know using them long-term. As such, I’ve decided to give them a go. The Myvitamins egg comes with a month’s supply of their blueberry flavoured gummies, and they both smell super fruity, and taste delicious.
Containing a range of essential vitamins and minerals to support the health of my hair, skin and nails, they are a fun and convenient way to try and give my hair and skin a boost. There are 60 gummies per pack, and users should take two of the little jelly-style supplements per day.
I’m currently a week in, and can’t wait to see if I actually see results after the four weeks are up. And if I do, they’re something I’d definitely invest in as an effective way to support my beauty regimen.
While I didn’t fall head over heels for this Myvitamins beauty egg, I know some people who take their health as seriously as a religion absolutely would. The gummies were by far the biggest sell for this product, and while nothing went to waste, I still think I’d prefer £20 worth of chocolate this bank holiday.
If you are looking to treat yourself to a beauty egg this year, though, the LookFantastic offering is still in stock, providing £200 worth of skincare and cosmetics for just £60. While more expensive, it seems that the value compared to the actual cost is much greater, making it much more worth your money. You can find some of our top picks of beauty Easter eggs for 2023 here.
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