Joliebox June - The 1st Birthday Box (and a mini rant)

There doesn't seem to be a month that goes by without some drama surrounding a beauty box.  I don't know what it is about these subscription services and whether it's a UK thing or not, but my oh my!

The June Joliebox was delayed due to an apparent mix up with delivery labels, which has also led to some subscribers this month receiving boxes that aren't customised to their beauty profile (unfortunately I'm one of them, but after emailing Joliebox today, they have responded saying "Please know that aside from the June box, we have not and will not yet be offering customized boxes.")

This drama seems to be very reminiscent of what has happened in the past with Glossybox, and I just can't comprehend why it so difficult for a company of this size, to deliver such a poor service to its customers.

When you pay for something, you don't expect to be waiting around to receive the goods for such a long time.  I know that random, unplanned for things can happen, but it seems to be all the time with these boxes!  Why?!?!

Anyway, mini rant aside, the June Joliebox actually seems quite promising contents wise.  It's packaged in a wonderfully bright orange special edition box to mark their first birthday, and is filled with French goodies.

In my box I received:-

•  a full size Elysambre Eye & Lip Pencil in 10, which is a pink-toned brown shade.  The pencil is soft and smooth, and it's 100% natural, plus features 50% vegetal active ingredients.  You all know that I love trying out natural make-up so I'll look forward to using this as a lip liner.
• 20ml sample tube of Institut Esthederm Bronz Repair Anti-Wrinkle Tanning Cream.  This seems to be like a top up that you can use for extra protection over your regular SPF cream (as it doesn't contain any SPF).  I generally don't like putting too many products on my face when I'm out in the sun because I find my pores get clogged very easily, but I'll try this out and see what's it like.
• 15ml sample tub of L'Occitane Hydration Cream from their new Angelica range.  I love, love, love anything by L'Occitane so I'm excited to try this out, but have a feeling it may be too rich for my skin, so I'll give it a go first as a night cream.  For the eagle eyed among you, yes, this was given out free with Glamour magazine recently, but was packaged in a tube instead of a little tub.
• 50ml Yon-Ka Pamplemousse Protective and Vitalizing Cream for Normal to Dry Skin.  Unfortunately not for my skin type, so I'll probably pass this on to a friend or try it later in the year.
• Joliebox nail file, always handy to have one of these in your bag.

There was also some promo flyers with discount offers and a special 'Jolieticket' in which I won £5 off voucher to use in the Joliebox shop.  Whilst this is a nice freebie to have, does anyone actually buy anything from the Joliebox shop?  They have a flat rate shipping which is £5.95, ouch!  So the voucher is more like an almost free shipping thing really.  If anyone can make use of it, let me know and I'll happily forward you my code to use.

What are your thoughts on the birthday Joliebox and the drama?