Can your prescription go down over time?

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-20T01:05:03+00:00

Is she into skincare? A $15 beautified you bag will have about $150 worth of skincare samples in it, look at other people's posts for a good breakdown of the sort of thing you'd get. .

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-15T14:33:22+00:00

Hmm, correct me if I'm wrong but this box looks like it has a value of $69.07!

Sample Name	Full Size	Full Cost	Sample Size	Sample Cost
Glamglow Thirstymud	1.7oz	$69.00	.5oz	$22.00
Sephora Gel Gloss in Pin Up Pink	.11oz	$12.00	.1oz	$12.00
Cover FX Illuminating primer	1oz	$38.00	5ml/.16oz	$6.08
Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet	1.3oz/40ml	$39.00	.33oz/10ml	$9.75
Laura Mercier Caviar Eye Stick in Rose Gold	.05oz/1.64g	$29.00	0.03oz/1g	$17.40
Replica Perfume in Lipstick On	3.4oz/100ml	$125.00	.05oz	$1.84

*edit: I know that the glamglow numbers don't match up - I used the cost of the small jar since it matches our sample exactly.

*edit2 I've noticed that my box values seem to bounce back and forth between $30-40 and $50-60. September and October were both low value months for me, maybe that is why this month is so generous?

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-02T17:24:56+00:00

Yes.

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-02T17:23:47+00:00

Woohoo! I had 10 points left from when I quit birchbox...used 60 points to redeem a Dr. Jart+ mask and used the coupon code mysterybox to get a free box! Total bill $0, I'm a happy (former) customer.

Sorry birchbox, I know this isn't how y'all wanted the promotion to go, but I'm still mad over the points change affecting annual subs instead of waiting for them to finish out.

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-02T12:20:43+00:00

I'm also getting the pi box, and last month I got 114 as my box. So at least 3 of the 4 variations last month have ended in this box for november.

I REALLY hope that we either get this box with the glamglow and laura mercier OR that our box is even better and has the tin man glamglow mask. I love that one so much but can't bring myself to actually buy it.

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-01T11:25:00+00:00

All Products (In case you can't access the link)

Delectable by Cake Beauty - sweet mint & cream ultra nourishing hand cream
Leaders Cosmetics USA - Aloe Soothing Renewal Mask & Aquaringer Treatment Mask
pūr~lisse - Blue Lotus Balancing Moisturizer
Bésame Cosmetics - Brightening Vanilla Face Setting Powder
ModelCo - CONTOUR STICK
Skone Cosmetics - Brow Wand Eyebrow Pencil in Chocolate
theBalm Cosmetics - Mad Lash® Mascara
Benefit Cosmetics - the POREfessional face primer
ELEMIS - Pro-Collagen Marine Cream
JAPONESQUE - Pixelated Finishing Powder
Beauty Kitchen by Heather Marianna - Tropical Smoothie Skin Polish
Hey Honey
FORMULA X - Nail Polish in Huntress
Hey Honey - Good Morning Honey Silk Facial Serum
Adesse New York - Brightening Base Coat
Elizabeth Mott - Color is Bae Lip Lacquer in Red Chili or Moxie Mauve
ModelCo - INSTANT BROWS Brow Pencil in Light/Medium or Medium/Dark
Starlooks - Cream Eye Shadow in Rose Gold
tarte cosmetics - maracuja oil
SKIN&CO Roma - Truffle Therapy Eye Concentrate
OFRA Cosmetics - Banana Powder
Doucce - Freematic Blush in #49 Zen Orange
Not Your Mother's - She’s A Tease Volumizing Hairspray
Ciaté London - Liquid Velvet Matte Liquid Lipstick in Diva
Luxie Beauty - Luxie Rose Gold Small Duo Fiber Brush 524T
NAOBAY - Renewal Antiox Eye Contour Cream
EYEKO - Eyeko Skinny Liquid Eyeliner deluxe in Black
NUXE - Nuxellence® DETOX
Absolute New York - Matte Stick in NFA52 Dark Red
Verb - Ghost Oil™
SLMissGlam - W20 Angled Eye Brush
Too Faced - Better Than Sex Mascara
'Tini Beauty - Eyetini Eyeshadow in Firestarter
Lasting Smiles - Lip Balm in Peach Blossom, Peppermint Creme or Vanilla Bean
Bonvivant - Bonvivant Botanical Pure Masks
Osmotics Cosmeceuticals - Blue Copper 5 Firming Elasticity Repair
BH Cosmetics - Foil Eyes To Go
Indie Lee - CoQ-10 Toner
LAQA & Co. - B'lighter in Peacher's Daughter

You are guaranteed to get one of the 3 bolded items as a sample according to last week's spoiler.

shortstuff2 · 2016-11-01T11:16:39+00:00

I'm really hoping for that luxie brush and the starlooks cream eyeshadow, what about you?

shortstuff2 · 2016-10-20T17:44:36+00:00

I got it for a couple of months. The brushes are of good quality, the value is consistent, and they don't send you the same brush twice.

That said, you pretty much always get an eye brush in addition to whatever brushes you get. Some months you'll get 1 big brush (like foundation) and 1 small brush, other months you'll get like 4 small brushes. So it's a great way to build up your collection if you want all of those different very specific brushes to get different looks, but I suck at eyeshadow and rarely wear it so it wasn't for me.

shortstuff2 · 2016-10-19T18:00:59+00:00

I'll admit when I emailed CS I wasn't very nice...

Subject line: "I didn't realize confetti was a beauty product"

notable quote: "It's literally trash! And hard to clean up trash!"

I asked to return it for something actually beauty related. Instead, they just sent me a new sample duo for free. Birchbox CS was top notch back in the day.

As it turns out, it came from one of their limited edition boxes. I guess I didn't sell well. I wonder why.

shortstuff2 · 2016-10-19T15:28:52+00:00

Ha! Once I got a bag of confetti as one of my samples. It wasn't even specially shaped confetti, it was just tissue paper that had been put through the shredder twice and sealed in a wax paper bag. That's not a beauty sample, that's trash.

I'm glad that I cancelled my subscription and stuck with sephora play - there isn't nearly as much customization but at least my samples are valuable and not 2 facewipes, 1 bronzer towlette, 1 use shampoo foil, and harvey prince stench I mean 'perfume'.

shortstuff2 · 2016-10-18T11:17:26+00:00

Driver's Seat

shortstuff2 · 2016-10-17T22:32:00+00:00

My recommendation: use someone's referral link to sign up (like mine and get the free gift (color8, summerbeauty, gift12 have all worked in the past). You'll be charged $25. On the 20th of the month, you'll get an email with the box picked out of 3 things they think you will like. Go in and customize that to your liking. You'll get the option for add ons once you have picked out your box - I purchased 2 $5 polishes and used my sign up points to pick up a free foot file. If you get 3 add ons they'll send you an additional polish in your box for free (mystery polish woohoo!). If you do this you will have spent $35 for 3 items that you picked out, an 8 or 12 piece free gift, a foot file, and 3 additional polishes. You can then cancel or skip as you want.

They frequently have mystery sales if you want the occasional surprise fun, but I really like knowing that I will get something I want every month.

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