nomakenolife is a monthly subscription box of Japanese cosmetics and beauty products. Japanese women take their skincare very seriously, and their beauty products are superb quality. They are also very big on products which contain natural ingredients, including collagen, and avoiding harsh chemicals.

Here are the basics:

They have one-, three-, six-, and 12-month subscriptions costing from $29.99 (£21.37) for one month (longer subscriptions are cheaper). Shipping is free.

The shipping box is nice and sturdy.

This month is a special sakura edition, and the menu booklet is decorated, very pretty!

The menu contains details about this month’s items, as well as competitions and social media.

This is a Rapunzel gift set from Disney Sakura Aromatica. It contains Body Cream, Bubble Bath, as well as a puffy bath sponge. The body cream contains shea butter and olive oil, and both are sakura scented. This series is a collaboration between Disney and the Japanese fragrance company NOL.

This amazing-looking package is a Japanese Art Sakura Face Mask. It contains sakura essence and aloe.

Now a mask for your feet! This is an Argan Oil Foot Mask, containing argan oil to soften an hydrate the skin.

This lovely Sakura Soap is cherry blossom scented and shaped like a sakura flower.

Finally, these Beauty Stone Nails are little stickers with tiny gems on, to add some sparkle to your nails!

I love the sakura theme of this month’s box.

The Rapunzel gift set is both cute and smells lovely. Bubble baths are such a treat, and body cream is always useful, especially to keep skin moisturized in the hot weather.

The soap is small but again, nicely scented, and would look lovely by the sink as hand soap.

I love sheet masks, and this one has the bonus of being a lovely design!

Now the weather is warmer, a foot mask is a very clever idea, as feet are going to be on show in sandals after a winter hidden in shoes.

As for the nail jewels, they are a fun addition to your manicure!

Now to value. As these are all Japanese brands it’s often very difficult to find prices on these, so I’m not going to do an individual breakdown. I will say that I’ve never had a box that wasn’t good value for money.