The You Magazine Discovery Box is a classic monthly subscription box, that costs just £6.95 including delivery.

Now that all of a sudden I'm Mrs Makeup, I wanted to check out some of the subscription boxes you can buy online, which let you try a handful of samples of different brands every month. The big names are Birchbox and Glossybox, but ever the bargain hunter I spied the You Discovery box cost just £6.95, saving £3 a month compared to the other subscriptions.

You still get to try brands you might not otherwise buy from, independent companies and bigger, well known brands like Body Shop. The September Revitalising themed box includes a gift card for £10 off when you spend £25, which I'm thinking of using it before the October deadline and buying some Christmas presents.

The other products are a seaweed & aloe eye gel, several samples of Skyn firming eye gel, face masks, a serum and more. Another unique feature of the You box is every month you can choose two samples from a selection of brands on offer. So as well as some surprises in the post, you are guaranteed at least two products that you really want to try out.

As well as the monthly box there are limited edition special boxes on offer, such as this Burt's Bees themed collection.

All in all its the beauty box for me. It's cheaper, I can choose two samples, and who doesn't like getting a little present in the post, even if it is from themselves?

Next I want to mention a product I'll be trying out over the next few nights, and which I'll tell you all about properly after that.

On Thursday night a group of local bloggers were invited to come along to House of Fraser to listen to representatives from five beauty brands giving us a short talk on their newest and most innovative products.

The ladies from Clarins showed us this amazing new wrinkle eraser, but also spoke about one of their top products, the multi-award winning Double Serum. As I said I'll tell you all about it after my trial, but apparently it's a real game changer of a product, so I'm excited to try it out.

The House of Fraser event was to launch their Beauty Confidential promotion, where a selection of products across all the beauty brands are £10 off. That includes the Clarins Double Serum which is now £59 down from £69. So I have my little samples and I will tell you in a few days if I notice a difference from using my usual Boots No7 serum. I'll also tell you a bit more about the other beauty brands and products we heard from last night.

I've just bought a beauty book. If you knew me growing up as a makeup-less tomboy, you'll know that's the last sort of book I'd ever buy. No, actually, it's more unlikely I'd buy a chick lit, but anyway, I've just bought The Science Bit. by London-based, long established beauty blogger, Hayley Carr.

£2.05 Kindle Edition. Cheaper than a mascara!

I met Hayley at the first ever Cosmopolitan Blog Awards, when I was up for the lifestyle category and she the beauty. We spent the morning together drinking the most expensive tea in London Town, and eating Cosmo pastries and scones.

Hayley is a really down to earth blogger, no crap from her, and she takes no crap from brands either. If you any you beauty reviews stripped down to the positives, negatives, how-tos, with no BS, then London Beauty Queen is for you.

Hayley also lets me contribute on occasion, giving my spin on how the naive beauty wannabe finds certain products to use.

If you're a brand, London Beauty Queen can help you too. Hayley owns her own social media advice business.

This week her first ever book has arrived on Kindle, pre-printing. Typically no-nonsense. It's a straightforward Q& A layout means its easy to read in bite size chunks whilst commuting, and very fast to hunt down the questions on topics you need answers to.

Questions like: "Why are facial wipes the worst invention ever?" And " Why Do I need to use face cream anyway?". A handy book for pros and beginners, or to buy your teenage daughter. Available on Kindle now, and publishing 'proper' soon. I wish you great sales and loads of luck, Hayley.