Category: Sephora Play!

Sephora Play! April 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.

Some stuff I am excited about and some stuff I am less then excited about.

Clinique Take the Day Off Cleansing Balm

Full Size: 125 ml

Full Size Cost: $29.50

Sample Size: 3 ml

Value: $0.72

This is my favorite way to remove eye makeup I love this product so so much. This little sample is probably not exciting to most people but to me I am thrilled because now I have this tiny little thing to take on vacation ad I don’t have to take my bigger travel size jar. A little of this goes a long way so this should last for at least a weeks worth of make up for me.

Clinique High Impact Mascara in 01 Black

Full Size: 0.28 oz

Full Size Cost: $19

Sample Size: 0.14 oz

Value: $9.50

Repeat brand and repeat item alert they have definitely sent this before. I don’t like Clinque mascaras they do nothing for my lashes leaving them kinda flat and not pretty looking.

Make Up For Ever Step 1 Mattifying Primer

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $37

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $6.17

They have sent these primers before but not as recently as that mascara. I don’t need any more primers in my life and the primers I have tried from Make Up For Ever were nothing particularly special in my opinion.

Fresh Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment

Full Size: 4.3 g

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 2.2 g

Value: $13.30

Another thing I’ve gotten in Play! before but this i really like so it gets a pass. This is a really nice feeling lip balm on the lips but it absorbs so quickly so you use it pretty fast because it is such a soft formula. I love how even the minis have the same packaging as the full size that nice metally plastic with a top that screws down so it doesn’t come apart in your pocket or bag. This clear one has an almost sweet lemon scent/taste but very faint.

GlamGlow Good in Bed Passionfruit Softening Night Cream

Full Size: 45 ml

Full Size Cost: $54

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $9

This is a very thick soft cream it really coats the skin. It smells nice like passionfruit and feels super soft on the skin but it is heavy and I don’t know how my skin is going to get along with that on a long term basis.

Youth to the People Adaptogen Deep Moisture Cream

Full Size: 60 ml

Full Size Cost: $58

Sample Size: 7.4 ml

Value: $7.15

So this weirdly smells like beer to me. I guess they were going for like a day cream and a night cream but I don’t like that there are two moisturizers in the same box. That said this is more suited for my skin it is much lighter in texture and absorbs alot faster. Feels nice and light and a bit cool on the skin too.

So many repeats. Ugh I hate that. I am happy with 4 of the 6 products but 3 of the 6 are repeats.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $45.84

Skincare: 3

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 4

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Sephora Play! March 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 (which are complimentary any way so I don’t really get that) and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.

Another month another Sephora Play!

Ouai Wave Spray

Full Size: 148 ml

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $5.27

They have set this before and i don’t use or need products like this. My hair doesn’t do the beachy waive thing really.

Sephora Lashcraft Big Volume Mascara

Full Size: 12.5 g

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 5 g

Value: $5.60

I don’t like the Lashcraft mascara I don’t think it does anything for me and I can’t remember but it either flaked on me or made my eyes itchy so this is another no for me.

Replica Music Festival Perfume

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $126

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $1.51

This has patchouli, cannabis, and leather notes. It is supposed to be reminiscent of Woodstock and music festivals. This legit smells like East Meets West and there are way cheaper ways to smell like this any local hippie store should have perfumes that smell like this for way less. I hate this scent by the way I don’t like those very earth scents and I HATE patchouli.

Dr. Jart+ Cicapair Tiger Grass Color Correcting Treatment

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $52

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $5.20

I have wanted to try stuff from the Cicapair line for so long but it it is so expensive. I am excited to try this out because it didn’t break me out in a patch test which is rare for a sunscreen and I really want to find a sunscreen I can use this year. This is cool because it starts green and then turns like a nice neutralizing beige. I don’t know that this will work once I get tan but this should be good for spring at least.

Shiseido Ultimate Sun Protection Lotion

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $40

Sample Size: 7 ml

Value: $2.80

I have never used or needed a spf 50 sunscreen and they really could have sent a bigger sample this is tiny.

Nars Powermatte Pigment in American Woman

Full Size: 5.5 ml

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $9.45

I really like the formula of these I like that thin mousse velvet matte lip and I love that these are all named after famous old rock songs. I have Starwoman and now American Woman that is a nice nude rose color.

Once again only keeping half the box even though I like the products I am keeping It is still a bummer when I don’t like half the box.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $29.83

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! February 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 (which are complimentary any way so I don’t really get that) and 50 extra points if you purchase something in store and now online too.

So I know this is late but better late then never. It just has been busy and just I haven’t had time. Plus my new way of cataloging everything that comes into my collection has made posting so much more work that I kinda drag my feet wanting to post sometimes.

Kat Von D Saint Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $65

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.95

Kat Von D Sinner Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $65

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.95

I have definitely had this exact sample from Sephora Play! before I am not hugely into the repeat samples that seem to be happening in subscription boxes of late. Any way I like Saint it is lighter and sweeter Sinner just isn’t my cup of tea it is too heavy of a scent.

Wander Beauty Baggage Claim Gold Eye Masks

Full Size: 6 pairs

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 1 pair

Value: $4.17

I am not sure how I feel about gold in skincare I have read alot of mixed things about whether or not it is good for your skin so I haven’t really been using any of my gold skincare. This is another thing I have gotten in a subscription box. Maybe I’ll be brave and try it.

Lancome Hydra Zen Anti-Stress Moisturizing Cream Gel

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $48

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $4.80

I have alot of feelings about this first it is so heavily fragranced that it is sickening. Second why would you need a moisturizer with salicylic acid that is anti stress that makes now sense to me. Also I tried this out because it has an ingredient that is in the rose family but isn’t a rose so I decided to give it a shot but nope made me itchy so can’t use this. Also this tiny sample is like one or two uses at most.

Caudalie Vinosource Moisturizing Sorbet

Full Size: 40 ml

Full Size Cost: $39

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $11.03

I don’t like this face moisturizer it is like a light nothing waste your time type of moisturizer. I like a light moisturizer but I still want it to feel like it is doing something.

Clinique Quickliner for Eyes Intense in 09 Intense Ebony

Full Size: 0.012 oz

Full Size Cost: $18

Sample Size: 0.005 oz

Value: $7.50

I am not swatching this because I don’t like the regular Quickliner and I don’t have a pressing need to try this eyeliner and I’d rather have some one else get good use out of it. The regular Quickliner fades on me so so fast that it isn’t even worth putting on.

Bite Beauty Amuse Bouche Lipstick in Maple

Full Size: 4.35 g

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 1.41 g

Value: $8.43

I wished I liked these lipsticks more because they are so freaking comfortable and they have some gorgeous shades. I justt am not the hugest fan of a shiny lipstick that can move around so I rarely wear them. This is a beautiful brick red shade though and I love it so so much.

Not hapy with a box that only 3 things I will use and one is a perfume sample. I did get more then $10 of value with the products I am keeping but still it isn’t exciting to get a box of things you don’t want.

Total Value: $39.83

Skincare: 3

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 2

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 6

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