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.

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Well let’s pretend I am not totally behind on my reviews 😛

I really like this clear plastic bag that snaps shut. It is really different then any bag I have ever gotten in a subscription box before. Also I know its not but it really looks like I got way more stuff then usual it was a really stuffed bag.

Sunday Riley Ceramic Slip Clay Cleanser

Full Size: 125 ml

Full Size Cost: $45

Sample Size: 30 ml

Value: $10.80

Oh I am so excited to try this and it really is an amazing large sample size for Sunday Riley. I am always excited for clay anything my skin loves clay I am saving this for when it starts to get a little warmer and my skin and pores get even worse. This is meant to clean out pores and I am sure it’ll do a great job.

sure it’ll do a great job.

Christophe Robin Cleansing Purifying Scrub with Sea Salt

Full Size: 2.7 oz

Full Size Cost: $19

Sample Size: 1.35 oz

Value: $9.50

I actually have a sample of this somewhere that I never got around to trying so I guess Sephora really wants me to try this product. I don’t use purifying things on my hair more than like 2 or 3 times a year I find them too drying but next time it is time for me to use one I will try this one.

Grande Lips Hydrating Lip Plumper

Full Size: 0.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $27

Sample Size: 0.1 oz?

Value: $5.40

This did sting a little and made the outside of my lips a little red but was not unbearable and definitely did plump my lips. Normally I am not into plumping products but this on I think I might actually like it was more of a moisturizing plumper then a stinging type plumper. And for a gloss it was not super glossy either. There was no size on this so I am approximately guessing that it is 0.1 oz or 1/5^th of full size.

Replica Perfume in Beach Walk

Full Size: 100 ml

Full Size Cost: $126

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $1.51

It smells beach and typical girl smell I do like it but not my favorite scent I’ve ever sampled and definitely not at that price point.

Nudestix Magnetic Matte Lip Color in Greystone

Full Size: 0.1 oz

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 0.088 oz

Value: $21.12

I love the formula on this it is so creamy but still matte and really lasts well but this 90s brown I just don’t know if I can pull it out but they name is super cute (Weird NJ anyone?). I am super interested in picking up some other colors like Burgundy or Vino. This is also almost full size which I love when Sephora does that they don’t often but it is so nice when it happens. Swatched below.

treStique Mini Highlight Stick in Maldives Luminescent

Full Size: 6.1 g

Full Size Cost: $34

Sample Size: 1.1 g

Value: $6.13

This is another very pretty highlight this is a pinky champagne that will be pretty as highlighter or eyeshadow and treStique has such cute packaging. I did not know they were sold at Sephora. Swatched below.

That lipstick feels so nice but that color I don’t know if I can do it. And the highlight looks gorgeous on my skintone.

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This is a very high value for Sephora Play! I really liked the curation on this box and the sizes are great which doesn’t always happen with this box. I am super please with this month’s. June’s box looks like it might not be that great from spoilers I have seen but I am keeping my fingers crossed.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $$54.46

Skincare: 1

Makeup: 3

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 1

Other:

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 4

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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.

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We are back to our usual Sephora style bag. This one says the “Best things in life are me”. Not my particular cup of tea.

Here’s our 6 products this was not the box variation I was hoping to receive.

Make Up For Ever Aqua XL Eye Pencil M-10

Full Size: 1.2 g

Full Size Cost: $21

Sample Size: 0.5 g

Value: $8.75

This is almost half the size of the full one and this is pretty tiny so $21 dollars this better be a pretty fantastic eyeliner. When I swatched this it held up through rubbing pretty good. I like how intensely black and matte it is that is hard to find a really black as my soul eyeliner pencil.

Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Intensive Exfoliator

Full Size: 0.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: 0.25 oz

Value: $12

I didn’t like this. It is supposed to be an intensive exfoliator and I didn’t find it to be intense. What I did find was that it made my skin feel awful. It made my skin feel really dry and tight and stripped. Then about an hour or two later my skin felt really greasy. This did not work for me at all.

Marc Jacobs Daisy Perfume

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $90

Sample Size: 1.2 ml

Value: $2.16

This is a very floral perfume. Which is a pass for me. If you like florals you will love this is is a very heavy floral but some how light and summery as well.

Sephora Waterproof Eye Makeup Remover

Full Size: 200 ml

Full Size Cost: $15

Sample Size: 25 ml

Value: $1.88

Well a nice little bottle of makeup remover this will be good for traveling. I have to much open makeup remover to really try this out right now.

Peter Thomas Roth Water Drench Hyaluronic Cloud Cream

Full Size: 48 ml

Full Size Cost: $52

Sample Size: 7.5 ml

Value: $8.12

This is a pretty nice moisturizer and there are very few moisturizers I can or will put on my oily skin. This absorbs quickly but does leave a little slip to your skin. I actually and this is terrible really like it as a hand lotion but it would be way to expensive to use it that way oh well.

Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer

Full Size: 1 oz

Full Size Cost: $16

Sample Size: 0.25 oz

Value: $4

This is one of my very favorite primers it is a great silicon primer that adds a lot of glide and smoothness to your face when you apply your foundations. Smashbox makes great face primers. Pro Tip if you buy this always buy the travel size which is $16 for 1 oz the full size is $36 for 2 oz which is so stupid. you can get two travel sizes for $32 and get 2 oz and save yourself $4. Smashbox must think we can’t do math.

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The value is good with this month and we got 3 decently valued samples two that are almost the cost of the box (eyeliner and moisturizer) and one that is more then the value of the box (exfoliator). I am really excited for the primer and the eyeliner. The cloud dream will get used up and the other two are just meh.  This is always a great box and I highly recommend it if you like high end products.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $36.91

Skincare: 2

Makeup: 2

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 0

Perfume: 1

Other: 1

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 2

Sample: 4

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup

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.

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Not my favorite box ever everything was kinda the same in my box I got one of the crappier variations in my opinion.

Verb Ghost Oil

Full Size: 2 oz

Full Size Cost: $14

Sample Size: 0.57 oz

Value: $3.99

I actually already own this and I love it so I don’t mind getting a duplicate. This really is a weightless shiny hair oil it does not weigh down my hair. I used it in Florida and it really helped combat frizzy from the humidity. Look how cute that little ghost is, I love him.

Josie Maran Surreal Skin Argan Finishing Balm in Etheric

Full Size: 0.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $32.96

Sample Size: 0.1 oz

Value: $6.60

This is functions as both a primer or a finishing balm. I don’t really know how well this would work over foundation but I think It would be really pretty all over when you aren’t wearing foundation but want some glow. It has a shimmer almost duochromatic sheen to it that really is very ethereal.

Urban Decay Eyeshadow Primer Potion

Full Size: 10 ml

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $4

Who hasn’t tried this? This is like the OG eyeshadow primer that every one has used. Yes this is what I use every day but come on Sephora step it up give us a sample of a new and different eyeshadow primer that we don’t all have samples of from Ulta already. Any way it’s a good eye shadow primer there are others I feel like they all kinda do the same thing.

Benefit Watt’s Up Highlighter

Full Size: 0.33 oz

Full Size Cost: $30

Sample Size: 0.08 oz

Value: $7.27

I was not expecting to like this but boy is it pretty. And this is the largest Benefit sample I have ever gotten normally they are super tiny. This is a very pretty champagne cream highlight very glowy a little glitter but very easy to blend out. Swatched below.

Glamglow Glowstarter in Nude Glow

Full Size: 50 ml

Full Size Cost: $49

Sample Size: 7 ml

Value: $6.86

So this was odd. Very hydrating, not sure why it has shades because there is no color this I could see really being an oil slick on my face so I don’t really know how I plan on wearing this yet, It is super glowy though.

Left is the Glowstarter and right is the Watt’s Up.

Atelier Cologne Clementine California

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $75

Sample Size: ~1.5 ml

Value: $3.75

I love this this is an amazing brand of perfume they are mostly unisex and are so amazing smelling so fresh and real. Their citrus scents like this on are my favorites. This is a nice bright orange scent.

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Not my favorite box, overly dewy is not a look I ever do but I will use this box to try and branch out and try something out of my normal comfort zone. I am not impressed at all with the eye shadow primer I really look to these boxes to be new and different. I feel like a lot of the other box variations were better than mine, my box felt very one note a got three nude/translucent glowy face products that is very one note to me. Definitely one of the worst boxes I have received from them. I am still happy with the value for what I pay and most I not all the products will get used up so I do not feel like it was a waste just not exciting.

Quick Summary:

Total Value: $32.47

Skincare: 0

Makeup: 4

Tools: 0

Hair Care: 1

Perfume: 1

Other: 0

And as far as sizes:

Full Size: 0

Deluxe Sample: 0

Sample: 6

<3 Nightmare Before Makeup