Violet Box September 2014

For those who do not know, Violet Box is an Australian based beauty subscription service. Each month you are sent a variety of items (approx. 5-8) and they also have a shop for the products that appear in boxes should you want a replacement full size or have finished the sample and love it. You can find out more about it here or by clicking on the banner at the bottom.

My main complaint with Australian Beauty Boxes is that mine never seem to arrive within the month they are for. It’s a small thing I guess but I would personally like to receive my July box IN July not August etc. I am known to have a bit of a sook over this in my house.

Scandalous Fabulously Flirty Dry Shampoo 150ml (rrp $16.95)
Dry shampoo is always a handy product to have and I hadn’t heard of the Scandalous brand before. Guessing I’ve been living under a rock? Either way I’m not sure I would repurchase this item based on an RRP of $16.95. That seems excessive when you can get products like Batiste for much cheaper than this.

Foltene Nail Treatment (rrp $29.95)

We received a Foltene Eyebrow treatment in a previous VioletBox so it was nice to see another product from the same range. I was fully expecting this to be some kind of polish that you applied daily or something but to open it the brush is the exact same as you’d get in a lip gloss. I was like ummmm accidental? But no it’s not, it’s supposed to be like that because of the way it’s used. It is definitely a different item to those currently available in that way. I still prefer Butter London’s Horse Power but that’s just me.
 

Girlactik Eyeshadow (rrp $23)
Hmmmm silvery blue is really not my favourite shade. You cannot complain about a full size eye shadow though and I wonder if I can mix it with some other colours to dull/darken the blue. I like the more navy/sapphire combos so I might see how I can use this with those colours.

 

Starlooks Ultra Olive Gem Pencil (rrp $21.50)
I really struggle with the idea that a basic eyeliner has an rrp of more than $20. This product reminds me of all the NYX and BYS ones that you can get from Kmart and Cosmetics Plus for $4 each. So for the rrp of this one product you could get 5 different colours of those other brands. I’m not saying it’s a terrible product I just feel like it is severely overpriced for what it is.

 

Polished London Nail Enamel (rrp $8)

I received in a dusty pink colour which is a nice fairly normal colour. We have previously established how “amazing” I am with nail polish so I will not be fanatical about it but it is very similar to the colours I will ask someone else to paint my nails if that helps any?

 

Overall
Ok so complaints about shipping across all Australian Beauty Boxes aside the contents of this Violet Box are pretty good. Everything was full size and there were some really useful items like the Dry Shampoo and the nail treatment. Violet boxes are a good way to keep up with new mainstream products rather than some of the others I receive (i.e. Memebox which has taken over my blog). I think it would be great if you could add some kind of beauty profile to your account that might change what colours etc. you receive but I can understand why that might work out more bad than good for Violet Box.

Do you receive Violet Box? What did you think of this boxes contents? Are you having shipping issues with other boxes? Let me know!

 

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