My 1st beauty box

I took the plunge this month and decided to try out the various beauty boxes on the market, so I subscribed to two on the market for a direct comparison and when Glossy Box sort their payment screen out I will try that as well.

So this month I was expecting a delivery of both The Beauty Box and Jolie Box. Today the Jolie box arrived and what a treat it is. To be perfectly honest unless the other two show up with a gift wrapped gold card or similar, I think I know which one will earn my annual custom.

The Jolie box was well packed with no excess packing  and as only in cardboard it is recyclable. The box itself is classy, sturdy and practical, could easily be recovered for a trinket box. Inside was an original styled bag full of treats. There is a sample menu to explain all the samples and the months theme. It also explains the rewards points available. There is a separate glossy magazine full of interesting articles.

I received in total 7 different items in my Jolie Box.  full size winter lip balm, travel sized cleansing wash, and 3d glitter body lotion. There is also a miniature L'Occitane angelica hydration cream (to those who know me you can imagine the squeal of delight). There was also a vial of Yardley daisy perfume (which mum volunteered to trial a little to eagerly for my liking) . There is also two sachets, one of BB cream and the other is a hand cream.

As I sample these you will get the write ups, but for the moment I am more than happy with this selection and wait to compare the other boxes against this, although I have to admit the bench mark has been set very high.

The reason I opted for doing this was I have for the last couple of months been doing the free samples via Latest In Beauty. Whilst all it cost me is £1.50 per month, the samples were very limited. I do have  couple of write ups for my blog to do on the products, but I do think sending 10 q tips in a tiny plastic carry wallet as one sample is a little bit of a stretch when it was described as portable makeup correction sticks.

Most of these samples I have received are ample enough to give me at least a weeks worth of sample, that is enough to give an honest report and detect any re actions or downsides. For £10 per month plus £2.95 p+p this is more than reasonable.