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

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