Category: Sephora Play!

Sephora Play! July 2019 Subscription Box Review

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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 the month of stuff in my bag getting absorbed by people in my life lol

Ren Ready Steady Glow Daily AHA Tonic

Full Size: 250 ml

Full Size Cost: $35

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $7

I think I am going to like this alot. This is something you have to use over time to see results but my skin was feeling really dry and like there was a bunch of dead skin that wasn’t sloughing off so I used this and it definitly took that feeling away but as for glow that would take time. It did leave my skin feeling a bit tight but I can combat that with a moisturizer.

Shiseido ControlledChaos Mascaraink

Full Size: 11.5 ml

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 4 ml

Value: $8.70

This has a brush with super spaced out thin bristles so I am hoping this does give that really all over the place messy rocker eyelashes type look that I really go for some times that perfectly undone kinda look I like and I really like Shiseido products.

Milk Makeup Hydro Grip Primer

Full Size: 45 ml

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 4 ml

Value: $2.67

Milk packaging appeals to me so much and makes me want everything even if it is products like this that serve no purpose for me. This is a gripping primer and it is quite sticky but it does set and it smooth when it dries so you wont be sticky all day. I don’t wear foundation often and rarely the kind that is full coverage enough that you would notice if it is wearing off. I will keep it around because it is pretty and maybe I will use it.

Atelier Cologne Clementine California Perfume

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $135

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $2.70

I love this perfume it is one of my favorite super pricey perfumes this smells like oranges and citrus but not in an orange juice way I love this perfume so much.

Indie Lee Brightening Cleanser

Full Size: 125 ml

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 15 ml

Value: $4.08

This my gf claimed which is fine because I have tried this before and I hate it. Makes my skin feel sticky and gross and not clean at all.

Living Proof Perfect Hair Day Triple Detox Shampoo

Full Size: 160 ml

Full Size Cost: $28

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $5.25

This is a hair and scalp clarifying type shampoo I would have tried this because I like that for like a once a month once every two month cleanse but my dad got all excited and really wanted it so I let him have it. He felt it was very important for everyone to know that the shampoo is black so cute. He liked it though.

Pretty average bag like this the kind of products every one has and doesn’t need more of but there were cool brands like Shiseido and Milk in it this month so that makes it better.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $27.73

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 6

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Sephora Play! June 2019 Subscription Box Review

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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’m just super ready to be done with month so feel free to hate read this some what what boring post from a very exhausted blogger.

Sephora pulled it out this month with new samples I almost fell on the floor.

Jouer Long-Wear Lip Topper in Rose Gold

Full Size: 5.9 ml

Full Size Cost: $16

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $5.42

I did not like this is it way to glittery and the glitter gets everywhere.

Farmacy Green Clean Makeup Meltaway Cleansing Balm

Full Size: 90 ml

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 12 ml

Value: $4.53

I love this cleansing balm so much. It is so gentle and takes my makeup off so well and doesn’t sting my eyes at all and has a nice herbal scent I love this even more then my beloved Clinique one.

Laneige Lip Sleeping Mask

Full Size: 20 g

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 2.5 g

Value: $2.50

I have been using the grapefruit one but this smells even better then that one. I like it alot it is sorta like a heavy coating good for night time when I am not gona be drinking so you get a little dry. It isn’t my favorite lip balm ever though.

Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $38

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $7.60

I don’t love the belif moisturizers I find them too heavy and not enough moisture for the level of heaviness but I’ll use it up for travel or hand lotion it is a small tub. I don’t love the fragrance on this but it is light that you can kinda ignore it.

Klorane Sun Radiance Shampoo

Full Size: 200 ml

Full Size Cost: $15

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $0.75

Klorane Sun Radiance Conditioner

Full Size: 200 ml

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $1.00

These I am worried would mess with my pink hair dye so I am going to pass these along.

Tarte Foundcealer in 34S Medium Sand

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $6.50

I got two Tarte foundations in the same shade this month. I rarely wear foundation so I actually prefer tiny little foundations because they prove to be plenty for me.

Very small samples and very low value this month.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $28.30

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 2

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 7

Sephora Play! May 2019 Subscription Box Review

nightmareb4

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 a really uninspired month from Sephora Play! as you will see I am unimpressed and not at all excited. How many times are you going to send Bite lipsticks in the same fucking shade. It is so boring and Bite has so many interesting shades not the same brown or pink nudes over and over again.

Carolina Herrera Good Girl Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $94

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $2.82

This is a floral perfume not my taste. I don’t mind the perfume samples though I like them for travel so when they are scents I like I actually appreciate them.

Coola Mineral Sun Silk Creme Sunscreen

Full Size: 44 ml

Full Size Cost: $42

Sample Size: 7 ml

Value: $6.68

Always like a sunscreen sample in my quest to find some that I am not allergic to and don’t cost an arm and a leg (this does). I got at least one but I think two sunscreens last month though so that is kinda like wow Sephora did you put any thought into these boxes?

Lancome Cils Booster XL Mascara Base

Full Size: 4 ml

Full Size Cost: $13.00

Sample Size: 2.07 ml

Value: $6.73

I linked to the mini size because it is a far better value then the full size the mini is 4 ml for $13 and the full size is 5.6 ml for $26 so you could but to minis for the same price as the full size and end up with more product so always check the prices and sizes of the minis sometimes they really are the better deal. I think I already have 2 of these in my stash either from here or Macy’s and I just never use lash primer so this is not joining my horde. I don’t always love Lancome mascaras either.

Sol de Janieiro Coco Cabana Cream

Full Size: 240 ml

Full Size Cost: $45

Sample Size: 25 ml

Value: $4.69

I love this lotion so much I got the travel size one in a Boxycharm and so good. This has a delicious coconut cream scent that smells so yummy and good. The lotion itself is moisturizing but a bit sticky I like it so so much but it is just too expensive to ever buy.

dp Hue ACV Hair Rinse

Full Size: 8.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $35.00

Sample Size: 1 oz

Value: $4.12

I wish this came a day sooner because this was exactly what my hair needed after getting back from vacation. Alas it will have to wait now. this is like a shampoo alternative for when your hair feels really dirty and laden with product.

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Chai

Full Size: 4.35 g

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 1.5 g

Value: $8.97

I have Chai in a matte formula and now I have it in their cream formula too. Joy. I don’t love Bite beauty lipsticks they have a weird very raw ingredient scent and they really drag across my lips not my favorite. The bullets also wiggle in the tube and are not stable and break off pretty easy this arrived broken but I was able to fit it back into the tube.

I wasn’t really happy with this box there is no excitement with this box anymore its like Sephora just doesn’t care and is chucking what ever random shit in these boxes. The same tired products over and over.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $34.01

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 1

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 5

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