Sephora Play! October 2019 Subscription Box Review

Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.00 monthly + tax

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month our favorite money sucking store Sephora sends out a curated box of higher end samples to try out. Every month you receive 5 samples and a perfume sample. The boxes are customized with a few different variations being sent out each month.

There is a small survey that Sephora has you take that helps Sephora curate a box to your needs. There is also a card included in the box for a complimentary mini makeover and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.


I have canceled this subscription because this box annoyed me so much and I just haven’t been happy with it in awhile and I rather save my money. So this will be the last review for Sephora Play!

Beauty Blender Bounce Foundation in 3.25

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $40

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $6.67

I don’t like foundations in packets because it is a pain that you can’t reseal them but this is resealable so I hate it slightly less. That said it is really tacky of a foundation like I could feel it on my face and it felt sticky while I was wearing it. I don’t like that. It did look really pretty on though it didn’t look as heavy as it felt and it was flattering.

Tarte Rainforest of the Sea Water Foundation in 27S Light Medium Sand

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $6.50

I love this tiny cute bottle. This is a pretty watery foundation so I will either really like this because it’ll be light and comfortable or it’ll be streaky and messy and I will hate it. As a very infrequent foundation wearer I can’t test out three types of foundation in a month and am so annoyed that they sent three baffling to me.

Make Up For Ever Matte Velvet Skin in Y315

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $38

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $6.33

I have had good luck with Make Up For Ever base foundation products so I feel like this will be good for me I have high hopes for their foundation products. Sephora has sent me so many Make Up For Ever foundations though that it is like wow can we be a little more creative.

Moroccan Oil Night Body Serum

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $62

Sample Size: 4 ml

Value: $2.48

I love a body oil so I am hyped for this. This is a one or two time use vial so I will use it for a night away so I don’t have to go with out or bring a full size one. I don’t love the scent on most Moroccan Oil product but we’ll see.

Smashbox Photo Finish Smooth & Blur Primer

Full Size: 1 oz

Full Size Cost: $36

Sample Size: 0.25 oz

Value: $9

Oh look a primer that everyone and my mother has tried lol I mean it is a great primer but like really. So old school. This is a blurring smoothing silicone primer it makes your skin look super smooth but it is pretty slick and not all foundations stick well to it.

Urban Decay All Nighter Setting Spray

Full Size: 118 ml

Full Size Cost: $33

Sample Size: 15 ml

Value: $4.19

This is the best setting spray and This is the only like tried and true that I am not upset about getting repeats of because I like the small sizes and I do go through setting sprays.


All the repeats and now sending three foundations I just feel like I am not getting value out of this box. I am not excited when it comes so I am saving my money and will not be getting this any longer. Good Riddance.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $35.17

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 5

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 6

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Sephora Play! September 2019 Subscription Box Review

Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.00 monthly + tax

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month our favorite money sucking store Sephora sends out a curated box of higher end samples to try out. Every month you receive 5 samples and a perfume sample. The boxes are customized with a few different variations being sent out each month.

There is a small survey that Sephora has you take that helps Sephora curate a box to your needs. There is also a card included in the box for a complimentary mini makeover and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.


This was kinda a shitty month this month I am not happy.

First Aid Beauty Pores Be Gone Matte Primer

Full Size: 1.7 oz

Full Size Cost: $28

Sample Size: 0.34 oz

Value: $5.60

Starting with the best product for a change because it only starts to go down hill from here ant this isn’t even that wow of a product. so this is a pore filling gripping primer but I like that it doesn’t feel sticky and gross on my skin I like this. It is soft and smooth just the way I like my primers.

Fresh Sugar Strawberry Exfoliating Face Wash

Full Size: 125 ml

Full Size Cost: $33

Sample Size: 20 ml

Value: $5.28

I can be sensitive to strawberries in face products sometimes so this has me a bit nervous. I patched tested it and it seemed ok but it left me kinda red to so I don’t know. I like hte idea of this though.

Hourglass Caution Extreme Lash Mascara

Full Size: 0.33 oz

Full Size Cost: $33

Sample Size: 0.12 oz

Value: $12

They couldn’t even sprig for a full size mini after sending the umpteenth black mascara. AND I think they’ve sent this before.

Belif The True Cream Moisturizing Bomb

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $38

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $7.60

I’ve definitely talked about how I don’t like these moisturizers I feel like they don’t do anything and they smell unappealing to me. But its in here it’ll get used. It has also been sent a few times.

Yves Saint Laurent Libre Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $104

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $2.50

This just smells like lavender and you don’t need to spend 104 dollars to smell like lavender oil. You can do that for way way cheaper. Also I don’t like lavender.

Bite Beauty Lip Crayon in Glace

Full Size: 1.56 g

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 0.8 g ?

Value: $12.31?

This makes me so angry that I don’t even want to add it into the value. This is the third time I have been sent this product in this shade. I hate the shade and the product. The batch code is always stamped over the size so it is kinda a guess at how big it is because it is really hard to read I am just so annoyed this is dusty rose color but it a very pink way and I am not even opening it so it ca get passed on. So mad.


I am really getting pissed with all the repeats they send. I think if next month doesn’t wow me I will just cancel because it is getting ridiculous. They are not taking care of people who have been subscriber for a long time by sending repeats and the pamphlets are trying to play it off like well these products are loved, yea that means we all have tried it or have it. Send new products or new shades.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $45.29

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 3

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 4

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Sephora Play! August 2019 Subscription Box Review

Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.00 monthly + tax

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month our favorite money sucking store Sephora sends out a curated box of higher end samples to try out. Every month you receive 5 samples and a perfume sample. The boxes are customized with a few different variations being sent out each month.

There is a small survey that Sephora has you take that helps Sephora curate a box to your needs. There is also a card included in the box for a complimentary mini makeover and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.


Wow this is a star studded box this month.

Laura Mercier Caviar Volume Panoramic Mascara

Full Size: 12 ml

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 3 ml

Value: $6.25

This glossy black packaging with almost steel looking silver designs is giving me feels I really like it. This is supposed make your lashes look bold but also like soft and touchable at the same time. I will never run out mascara as long as I live. The brush is the kind I like with natural bristles and a nice twist in it that I feel really lengthens and defines my lashes.

Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dance Fever

Full Size: 2.4 g

Full Size Cost: $27

Sample Size: 1.8 g

Value: $20.25

This is a nice brown nude I think this is one of the new shades they just launched but I am not sure. I like The Nars Matte pencils they are super smooth and feel really comfortable on. Don’t confuse them with the Satin pencils though those slide all over your face.

Sunday Riley A+ High-Dose Retinoid

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $85

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $14.17

I have another tube of this I can’t remember if it came in Sephora or Macy’s but I am waiting until fall when I am in the sun less to try retionol for the first time. But more of a super expensive retional is not going to upset me I now have a third of a full bottle.

Moroccanoil Moroccanoil Treatment

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $6.80

I love this hair oil it absorbs really well and makes my hair so soft and shiny.

Algenist Genius Sleeping Collagen

Full Size: 60 ml

Full Size Cost: $98

Sample Size: 8 ml

Value: $13.07

This feel really nice on but I don’t know about long term yet. It feels really moisturizing and just good and soft on my skin.

Biossance Squalane + Omega Repair Cream

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $58

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5.80

This is a very thick heavy cream I don’t know how that will work for me I am not into super thick or heavy creams.


This was a really star studded box with really big name expensive brands I am super happy with this months box it was really great!

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $66.34

Skincare: 3

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 5

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup