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JolieBox June 2012 - Birthday Box

Saturday 7 July 2012


2 weeks after its dispatch, I finally received my first JolieBox. I unsubscribed to GlossyBox last month and since this month's JolieBox is their birthday edition box, I figured it was as good a time as any to subscribe. I know there's been a lot of frustration and anger surrounding the delays with the box, but I'm not going to talk about that here because I'm really pleased with this box so I'm keeping it positive! The box costs £10 a month plus £2.95 P&P, and you receive 4-5 luxury samples.

There were 2 different box designs this month. I had already googled the spoilers to death, so I knew that I wanted the orange box and I'm so pleased I received this design. It's bright and colourful and will look super lovely as storage in my room.


As if the orange box hadn't pleased me enough, I opened the box to find the products in a cute little draw-string bag - more handy storage! I'm a sucker for pretty packaging, and JolieBox has definitely impressed me in that aspect.


Time for the exciting bit! I received 5 products this month plus the additional nail file.

1. Leonor Greyl Volumizing Shampoo - I'm really excited to have received this as I do have fine, limp hair and I've been looking into buying a volumizing shampoo for a while now. I tried to find the RRP online but I can't find a UK stockist, so if you have better luck than me then please let me know!

2. Institut Esthederm Bronz Repair - I've heard great things about this brand and the sample size tube will come in handy when I go on holiday in September. The anti-wrinkle aspect isn't something which I'd particularly go out of my way to find in a product, but I'm looking forward to trying this anyway.

3. Elysambre Long Eyelashes Mascara - I was really hoping to receive one of the Elysambre lipsticks, so I was a little disappointed to receive the mascara. I got it in a brown shade, and since I don't own any brown mascaras this might come in handy for a "no make-up" make-up day instead of my usual intense black mascaras. The thing I do love about this brand is that they use 99% natural ingredients, which is great.

4. L'Occitane Angelica Hydration Cream - I already talked about this in my June Favourites post, as I received it in my Latest in Beauty skincare box. I love it, so I'm glad I've got a second mini pot because they're so handy for traveling and it means I can pop one in my handbag, and keep one at home.

5. Yon-Ka Pamplemousse for Normal to Dry skin - this was the first box where JolieBox offered a customized product for those who had filled out their online beauty profiles. However due to the delay and box mix-up, we were told that we may not receive the correct customized item. I have oily, blemish-prone skin, so I was a little gutted to receive the dry formulation. But I've tested it on the back of my hand and it's not too heavy or greasy and it smells divine, so I'm hoping I'll be able to use it at night since I do still love a nourishing moisturizer at night.

There was also a JolieBox nail file as an additional bonus product.

Overall, I'm really happy with this box. If I'd have received the oily formulation of the Pamplemousse (isn't that just the best word you've ever heard?!) cream, I'd have been even happier. Even though there were a lot of problems with this month's box, I'll still continue to subscribe for next month.

Did you receive a JolieBox this month? What did you get?


8 comments:

  1. That looks really good, what a nice birthday box! I have recently unsubscribed from Glossybox, and I am searching for a new one. This looks far better value for money. I shall have to search around and find the other box design that Joliebox sent out! x

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    1. I've heard great things about the SheSaid beauty box, I'm tempted to subscribe but I can't really afford yet another monthly sub at the moment. The other JolieBox design was also really pretty! xx

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  2. I do like the bright orange box! I haven't tried the L'Occitane Angelica cream yet but I've been using their daily exfoliator recently and really like it! x

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    1. It looks so pretty as storage! Ooh, I'll need to check out more of the L'Occitane skincare as this cream has really impressed me. xx

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  3. I'm look for a good beauty box to join and I'm leaning towards this. I feel that the products are better value than Glossybox. The orange box is also cute! New follower x

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    1. Much better than GlossyBox from what I've seen so far! xx

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  4. This looks like such a good box! I get Glossybox but I'm definitely considering swapping! x

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    1. It was great this month despite the delays! Hopefully next month's will be just as good. I'm tempted to resubscribe to Glossybox but I've only had 1 good box out of 3 and their customer service is awful so I'm trying to stay away. xx

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