Category: Subscription Boxes

Walmart Spring 2022 Beauty Box Subscription Box Review

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Walmart Beauty Box

Cost: $6.98

Cycle: Every Quarter/Season

What is it: Every season Walmart sends a little sample products of all sorts of health and beauty type items. It used to be a free sample box with $5 shipping. But they have now changed it to a $6.98 box with free shipping with the promise of better and more full size items.

Always so excited for this box like it really is a favorite which is kinda funny really for how inexpensive it is and being Walmart you just wouldn’t think that this would be such a great box.

Bliss Rose Gold Rescue Gentle Foaming Cleanser for Sensitive Skin

Full Size: 190 ml

Full Size Cost: $13.99

Sample Size: 60 ml

Total Value: $4.42

I didn’t even know Walmart sold Bliss products. I want to like Bliss but I feel so meh about most of the things they make. This has rose water in it I will have to give it to my girlfriend but she likes foaming cleansers so she’ll enjoy this.

Milani Make It Last Matte Setting Spray

Full Size: 60 ml

Full Size Cost: $8.97

Sample Size: 35 ml

Total Value: $5.23

Well I have seen great reviews for this but I always have so much setting spray that I never need to buy it but I am happy to have this now and be able to try it.

Covergirl Clean Fresh Skincare Weightless Water Cream

Full Size: 60 ml

Full Size Cost: $14.98

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Total Value: $0.37

I love this I will definitely be buying a full size. I love cactus water in my moisturizers I love water creams this is a nice gel formula it is a little tacky but not in a way that annoys me.

Liquid IV in Golden Cherry

Full Size: 30 packets

Full Size Cost: $37.49

Sample Size: 1 packet

Total Value: $1.25

I really need to try these this is the second one I have had now This sounds like the kinda thing that is totally right up my alley and I am going to be taking a trip in a few months where this kinda thing would be super useful if I like it.

Lottie London Stamp Eyeliner in Starry Eyed

Full Size: 3.56 ml

Full Size Cost: $6

Sample Size: 1.3 ml

Total Value: $2.19

I love eyeliner stamps they are so fun and make doing cute designs so quick and easy and they always make me really nostalgic for those scented stamp markers and it is just fun. This is a pretty clean stamp and pretty black for a stamp. The eyeliner side isn’t anything spectacular though not as dark and opaque as I like.

Nyx Shout Loud Lipstick in Red Haute

Full Size: 3.5 g

Full Size Cost: $8.47

This is a very bright cherry almost tomato red which is not the tone of red I prefer so I can see this getting decluttered after a few tries.

Not Your Mother’s Anti-Frizz Smooth Moves Shampoo

Full Size: 286 ml

Full Size Cost: $7.99

Sample Size: 10 ml

Total Value: $0.28

Not You Mother’s Anti-Frizz Smooth Moves Conditioner

Full Size: 286

Full Size Cost: $7.99

Sample Size: 10 ml

Total Value: $0.28

This is a newer range from Not Your Mother’s that I have been curious to try I will definitely be trying this out the next time I wash my hair.

Another great box from walmart.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $22.49

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 3

Hair Care: 2

Tools: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 4

Sample: 3

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Ipsy April 2022 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $12 monthly, $132 annual

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month Ipsy sends out a cute makeup bag of samples and full size items. You can review your bag for points that you can trade in for reward items. The rewards change often and the range between 300 points and 1000 points. You can get around 95 points every month.

If you want to subscribe you can subscribe HERE and skip the waitlist. That is my referral link so I do get points to spend but I’m not an affiliate I don’t make any money or anything it’s just the same link any subscriber would get.

You can choose one item in your bag every month which I really like. I will say the quality of the actual bag every month isn’t as consistent or as good as they have been in years past.

This is a cute springy bag I like the little daisy zipper pull.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops

Full Size: 40 ml

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $4.25

I love this brand I have not had a bad experience with anything I have tried. I picked this for the month and I am happy I have a full size of this but you can never have to much nice skincare.

Maapilim Exfoliating Solution

Full Size: 4.2 oz

Full Size Cost: $63

Sample Size: 0.5 oz

Value: $7.50

I don’t really love toners they just feel like such an extra step. This is so wildly expensive and I can’t imagine that this is going to live up to the price exfoliating toners are not hard to come by so I could not imagine paying this much for a toner.

Dionis Goat Milk Body Lotion in White Jasmine & Shea

Full Size: 1 oz

Full Size Cost: $3.99

I don’t know that I will love this scent but I have wanted to try these lotions for awhile. Weirdly enough you can only get this scent in this size at cracker barrel now even though I know Ulta used to carry it. It is very thin for a hand cream. So well see how this goes for me I can see me decluttering this.

Context Nude Balm in Girl School

Full Size: 2.8 g

Full Size Cost: $20

I don’t like this at all the color is far to pink and the gloss balm thing while very trendy right now is not something I am a huge fan of. Swatched Below.

V. Kosmetik Lightweight Powder Blush in Natural Kiss

Full Size: ?

Full Size Cost: $23.74

Sample Size: 2.2 g

Value: $5?

This is such a pretty blush very neutral but also very peach and I am hyped to use it. I hate when brands especially small brands don’t state the full sizes on their website it feels shady or sloppy depending on the vibes from the brand. Swatched Below.

Well this felt better then last months bag at least.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $40.74

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 2

Deluxe Sample: 1

Sample: 2

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Macy’s Beauty Box April 2022 Subscription Box Review

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Macy’s Beauty Box

Cost: $15

Cycle: Every Month

What is it: Every month you will get a bag, a $5 off coupon (that used to it) with a purchase amount which I hate (SUCH A DOWNGRADE), 5 deluxe samples and 1 bonus sample. Why not just say 6? I don’t get it. Lately we have been getting between 6 and 8 items per month you never really know how many things you are going to get.

All the brands will be brands you can find in Macy’s which is cool since they sell Mac and a lot of other brands that are never to rarely seen in subscription boxes.

This was just a mix of odd choices and repeats. There feels to be no consistent theme with Macy’s anymore.

Macy’s Shower Cap

Full Size: Yes

Full Size Cost: $5

I just linked to a shower cap of similar quality but like what an odd thing to add. I won’t use this.

Clean Classic Rain Perfume

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $44

Sample Size: 1.5 ml

Value: $1.85

This smells nice very light very non offensive not strong I’ll definitely give it a go.

Tony Moly I’m Red Wine Sheet Mask

Full Size: 1 mask

Full Size Cost: $3

I like these masks just fine I don’t feel like they do a ton they are just genericly hydrating and and nice to wear they are comfortable.

Mineral Fusion Nail Polish Remover

Full Size: 89 ml

Full Size Cost: $6.99

Alight I can say I don’t think I have ever received nail polish in a box before. We got a nail polish from this brand before and it was terrible so I feel like this nail polish remover is not going to be great either.

Rituals The Ritual of Sakura Foaming Shower Gel

Full Size: 200 ml

Full Size Cost: $12.50

Sample Size: 50 ml

Value: $3.13

I haven’t liked any of these that I have tried but I always want to so I will continue to try them. I just always feel like the scents lean too perfumey for me to end up liking them.

Clarins Body Fit Anti-Cellulite Contouring Expert

Full Size: 200 ml

Full Size Cost: $72

Sample Size: 8 ml

Value: $2.88

Well I thought this wouldn’t be enough for one full use but it was. I didn’t really feel anything special from it no tingling or anything like that. Obviously I can’t see any results from one use.

Mario Badescu Coconut Body Scrub

Full Size: 170 g

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 14 g

Value: $1.15

I am super picky about my scrubs and this was not for me it was not scrubby enough and it sorta melted away as I was using it which I hate.

This is weird because this is not a selections of items I would have mostly chosen but also the two things that I was most interested in I have actually already used which is a great and the ideal but I am just not super excited about it.

Total Value: $24

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 0

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 5

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 3

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 3

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