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Sephora Play! September 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 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

Walmart Summer 2019 Beauty Box Subscription Review

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Walmart Beauty Box

Cost: $5

Cycle: Every Quarter/Season

What is it: Every season Walmart sends out a box of samples and sometimes coupons in their “free” subscription box. The box is a flat shipping rate of $5 and the box is considered free.  There are two categories of boxes “Trendsetter” which you receive if you provide a birth date that has you aged at under 35 and “Classic” if you provide a birth date that has you aged above 35.

So this is the summer box even though it is september but what ever that’s fine this box kinda just shows up when it shows up.I love it though I always get usable things and it is so cheap.

Bic Soleil Sensitive 3 Blade Razor

Full Size: 3 Razors

Full Size Cost: $5.99

Sample Size: 1 Razor

Total Value: $2

I love disposable razors for travel so that I can toss toss the whole thing and save luggage space. and this so happens to be the brand I already use because with coupons I can often get it for free or dirt cheap. These aren’t the sharpest razors and the shave is not close or wonderful but it gets the job done on a budget.

If anyone is wondering why razors are never in my empties its just that I go through at least 4 or 5 a month and it seems silly for me to count something I organically use up so fast.

Maybelline Master Precise All Day Liner in Black

Full Size: 0.03

Full Size Cost: $6.29

Sample Size: 0.02 oz

Total Value: $4.19

I love how this is almost full size in amount but they put it in this tiny liner for like no reason lol. Also this is $2 more at Ulta then target wtf. Anyway this liner isn’t great it isn’t easy to work with the tip is too long and it is not black enough or long lasting enough for me. This will get passed on while I work on a different mini of this that I have.

Nivea Aloe Vera Body Lotion

Full Size: 500 ml

Full Size Cost: $5.48

Sample Size: 4 ml

Total Value: $0.04

Not enough to even do one leg but I’ll just use it as a hand lotion or something. Aloe lotions often make me feel sticky so it is nice to get to test out the feel.

Biore Witch Hazel Ultra Deep Cleansing Pore Strips

Full Size: 6 strips

Full Size Cost: $5.88

Sample Size: 1 strip

Total Value: $0.98

These are always fun and they temporarily make the pores on your nose look cleaner so I like them I use them but I don’t buy them. I do find these Biore ones to work the best though.

Dove Refresh + Care Fresh Coconut Dry Shampoo

Full Size: 141 g

Full Size Cost: $5.88

Sample Size: 32 g

Total Value: $1.33

I have wanted to try this dry shampoo since it came out because I love coconut lime scents. I am so excited to have this in my stash now!

Bioderma Sensibio Miceller Water

Full Size: 250 ml

Full Size Cost: $9.99

Sample Size: 100 ml

Total Value: $4.00

I have always had really bad luck with miceller waters they always burn my eyes and leave my ski feeling oily and gross but this is a raved about miceller water so it does make me curious to try it. I don’t know what I should do.

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Quick Summary:

Total Value: $12.54

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 1

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 0

Other: 2

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1 (I’m counting the razor)

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 3

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

Ipsy September 2019 Subscription Box Review

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Ipsy Bag

Cost: $10 monthly, $110 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 one beauty junkie to another.

Though that is changing now so I’ll talk more about that later and next month.

The bag this month is so so cute I love the constellations on it and the fake quartz zipper pull and that it is a nice canvas. This will be the first bag in a while that I am keeping.

Glow Recipe Watermelon Glow Sleeping Mask

Full Size: 80 ml

Full Size Cost: $45

Sample Size: 10 ml

Value: $5.63

I love this sleeping mask but it is so expensive. It really does leave my skin looking glowy and and hydrated and soft when I use it.

L.O.C.K. COLOR Unicorn Glow Hydrating Primer

Full Size: 30 g

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 10 g

Value: $4

This is supposed to be a collagen infused primer that makes your skin look plumper and I would say it did do that but it is nothing particularly spectacular.

111 Skin Space Defence Bright Eye Lift Gel

Full Size: 15 ml

Full Size Cost: $190

Sample Size: 7.5 ml

Value: $95

I fucking choked when I saw the price of this. For that price it better do some magic. I tried it before looking at pricey and didn’t feel like it was all that special but um maybe it gets better with time. Because for that pricey it better do magic for my eyes and cook me dinner too.

Ofra x Madison Miller Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Oh My Ry Ry

Full Size: 8 g

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 6 g

Value: $15

I feel like every Ofra Liquid Lipstick I have is in this same mauve color. The formula on these is pretty light and mousse so they aren’t too uncomfortable to wear.

The Beauty Crop Eyeshadow in Seren

Full Size: 3 g

Full Size Cost: $?

Sample Size: 3 g

Value: $?

So they don’t seem to sell single eyeshadows anymore so I don’t know how much this is but it is full size. This is a pretty metallic plum color. Very smooth and creamy.

So i got a full size eyeshadow and a crazy expensive eye cream that is almost worth what i spend on the this whole subscription each year so that is a win.

So starting next month the Ipsy bag is going up to $12 a month, $132 a year. The bag will now be worth $50+ a month (which it almost always was anyway…) and you will get to customize one item each month starting with the October bag so I will see how that goes next month and talk more about it then.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $119.63

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 3

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 0

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 1

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 2

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup