ROCCABOX UNBOXING - AUGUST 2018 BOX

Well hey everybody,

I'm going to start by saying that it's literally been  forever since I've blogged anything so I'm so happy to be back at it. I really miss it when I lose my routine.

I'm going to let you all know exactly what I have received in this month's Roccabox. Plus I have a little giveaway as well for all my readers and viewers over on my Youtube channel. (You can find me under Josephine xoxo by the way) If it's not up by the time this blog post is just keep checking back.

And for those of you who don't know what Roccabox is, well it's a beauty subscription box where you pay a monthly cost and get a box every month with beauty products filled inside.

Roccabox costs £10 a month with £3.95 postage. Usually they team up with a beauty blogger or influencer, etc, but this month doesn't feature a collaboration.

So in this month's box there is a total of five products with two being full sized. You get a bit of everything in this box from a cosmetic item to a lip mask and a vial of a new perfume on the scene.

I'm bummed this isn't the full size (we wish) but the scent of the Oscar De La Renta Bella Blanca perfume is beautiful. Heavy in freesia, jasmine and sandalwood, it's a scent that I think would last for a long period of time and leave you showered with compliments. Honestly, if you can get a hand on this perfume to smell, do it.

So I'm not really thrilled with this product because I dont like the look of the wand. The Doucce Punk Volumizer mascara is only a sample size but it boasts the appearance to look like a good pair of falsies.

As for the third product, well I'm not convinced how well it will work but I am definitely excited to try it out and will definitely try it out on my channel and maybe review it on here too. The Beauty Blvd Divine Hydra Gel Lip Mask is designed to plump and smooth dry and damaged lips.

And the fourth product is probably such a bore for some but I'm not mad at receiving the Wilkinson Sword Intuition FAB Women's Razor. There's nothing wrong with have plenty of the stuff we use frequently in every day life. Well for me personally.

And lastly, I've got to say I'm not wowed by the Ordo Travel Toothpaste just because I have a few to try out now and I usually like to stick with the same toothpaste.

1. Oscar De La Renta Bella Blanca Perfume Vial - SAMPLE SIZE - Full size Rrp £76

2. Doucce Punk Volumizer Mascara - SAMPLE SIZE - Full size Rrp £17

3. Beauty Blvd Divine Hydra Gel Lip Mask - FULL SIZE RRP £7.50

4. Wilkinson Sword Intuition FAB Women's Razor - FULL SIZE Rrp £11.99

5. Ordo Travel Toothpaste - SAMPLE SIZE - Rrp £2.50

So is this box as good as the first one I received? Absolutely not. But I mean I'm not mad though. Granted there is one or two things I'm kind of meh about but that's just how beauty boxes work. There's plenty of other future boxes to come. I'm pretty intrigued about the lip mask and the Oscar De La Renta perfume is divine. For my second box with Roccabox, I'm cool with it. I'm definitely excited to receive the next one.

Have you received this box? If so, let me know your thoughts.

Xoxo

I SPENT £5 ON A SURPRISE BEAUTY BOX ON EBAY AND THIS IS WHAT I GOT

Well hey everybody,

So I had the idea to buy a beauty box off Ebay and see what I could get from it. There was honestly so many different boxes at different prices, offering all sorts of products, not just beauty related stuff.

I opted for a beauty box costing me a mere £5 pounds and giving me no real clue as to what products I would get. At least brand wise I mean.

I have done a YouTube video for this and you can find me under Josephine xoxo by the way.

But I really wanted to blog this too because if you're on a budget but want to feel a bit of excitement then this might be a fun thing for you to purchase.

So when I bought this box the only description they had was that there could be a mixture of beauty items such as haircare, skincare, makeup, and beauty accessories. That was it.

So I thought why not.

And this is what I received....

So the products came tissue wrapped in a normal mailing box. Nothing exciting but who cares, right.

This was the first product I unwrapped

Not that I have anything against wash cloths but they're not something I use. I find they're quite unhygienic and you just have to keeping washing them all the time so you'd have to own a few to use between washes and just eh.

Anyway, the second product was this

Not excited by this either as I've got way too many haircare products to use up but shampoo is probably the thing I would usually get through quickly out of most haircare stuff. But still..

And this was kind of a surprise

I like candles. I don't use them often because of having cats and you know how that can go. I didn't expect to see this in the box either. I wouldn't really class this as a beauty accessories but I guess it goes with the whole relaxing in the bath kind of thing.

Now I didn't mind this in the box because I get through shower gels pretty quickly and it's always good to have spares

And the last product I was kind of meh about too

I'm not really big on body lotion. I have found most of the ones I have used just break me out and make my skin feel really greasy so I don't know if I would use this. I do have a body lotion to grab if I ever did need to use it and I would probably use it over this one.

So that's all the products I received. Five products for five pounds.

Was it worth it?

Probably not. But I didn't buy this box without knowing that most, if not all the products could have been a let down. That's just what happens when you don't know what you're going to get. If you like a surprise and want to do it for a bit of excitement and fun then do it. But remember you could become disappointed if you look at it like you're wanting to get your money's worth.