Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.70 monthly

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.  Even one used to receive the same samples but they have now been introducing box variations.

Sephora has continued this month with their new box variations system and I’m still on the fence. It inspires a lot of box envy (all those people who got the purple glamglow I wanted to try) but it does mean you get a box that is a little more customized to your needs and preferences. There is a small survey that Sephora has you take.

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Here’s this months bag not their cutest design I don’t know that for me they will ever top the Magritte reference.

 

Stella McCartney Pop Perfume

Full Size: 0.25 oz

Full Size Cost: $25

Sample Size: 0.05 oz

Value: $5

Was not a fan of this smell at all very typical perfume smell if that makes sense to anyone.

The Estée Edit Dissolve the Drama 2-in-1 Makeup Remover + Cleanser

Full Size: 6.7 oz

Full Size Cost: $32

Sample Size: 0.5 oz

Value: $2.39

I like the Estée Edit brand much better then the regular Estée Lauder brand.  Makeup remover is so expensive its one of those things I hate buying so I pretty much live on free samples I get so a new one is always welcome around here.

GLAMGLOW SUPERMUD® Clearing Treatment

Full Size: 0.5 oz

Full Size Cost: $22

Sample Size: 0.3 oz

Value: $13.20

I have tried this mask in the past and it one of my favorite clay masks I have ever tried. I was hoping to receive the purple or the black glam glow that I have not tried but not going to complain about receiving a pricey product that I like. Since I know that I won’t be going out to and getting a $69 clay mask. This mask is nice and tightening and leave my skin very smooth.

Laura Mercier Caviar Eye Colour in Rose Gold

Full Size: 1.64 g

Full Size Cost: $29

Sample Size: 1 g

Value: $17.68

So for some reason I didn’t take a picture of this open sorry about that, been a crazy two weeks.  I have one of these in a full size that I’ve had for a while in a taupey/grey and these are beautiful. They are creamy but dry without being tacky and they don’t dry out in the stick. They do crease a little but these are such day time colors in an easy to apply format that these are my like just need to run out for a little while casual light make up type looks.

Swatches with out and with flash:

Sephora Collection Ultra Shine Lip Gel in 17 Pin Up Pink

Full Size: 0.11 oz

Full Size Cost: $12

Sample Size: 0.1 oz

Value: $10.91

This comes in a crap ton of colors omg. I hate lipgloss with a passion and this is sealed so nicely that I am not going to swatch it so that I can give this away to someone who will appreciate it a lot more than I will. In the tube this is a super bright Barbie pink lipgloss.

Cover Fx Illuminating Primer

Full Size: 1 oz

Full Size Cost: $38

Sample Size: 0.16 oz

Value: $6.08

Clearly the universe really wants me to try this primer this is the third one I’ve gotten of this exact same sample so I have to try this now. I generally don’t love illuminating primers they tend to make me look oiler then I already do.

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Total: $55.26

This is an amazing value from Sephora I believe the best I’ve ever had this box tends to have a lower value that you make up for in getting to try some higher end products.

And for a quick summary of product types and sizes in case that’s interesting for anyone:

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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Sephora Play!

Cost: $10.70 monthly

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.  Even one used to receive the same samples but they have now been introducing box variations.

I would normally be annoyed if I got a little sample size of perfume as an item in a subscription box but because it is sort of a bonus item it is actually nice to help me test out new perfumes since I tend to be a perfume loyalist to my Juicy Couture Perfumes.

The box variations I have been having a love/hate feeling towards.  It is nice to have a sort of customized box and a little bit of a surprise but it does lead to box envy when you don’t get the product you wanted that you saw was an option.

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This month’s theme is the cool cut. Which i really didn’t understand but there  were alot of very “cool” interesting products. The box came very late this month usually I get it early in the middle of the month and this came only a few days before the end of the month.

So there is the box in its entirety with the cute little bag that says “Lipstix and Chill”.

Madam C.J. Walker Beauty Culture Scent & Shine Coconut Oil

Full Size: 1.7 oz

Full Size Cost: $26

Sample Size: 0.15 oz

Value: $2.29

Omg I love how they packaged this with the little dropper separate from the bottle so cute why I think this is cute who the hell knows but I found it adorable.

I have never heard of this brand but it smells amazing I love coconut scents and I love hair oils so as soon as I use up my current hair oils I’ll be using this one up.  It is also a great size for travel so I may end up using it for that I don’t know yet. But this is a serious win product for me.

The Estée Edit Flash Photo Gloss in 01 White Flash

Full Size: 0.27 oz

Full Size Cost: $20

Sample Size: 0.1 oz

Value: $7.41

There is nothing to swatch here it is literally a clear gloss. Meh I don’t like gloss this one is particularly sticky which make me hate it I didn’t notice any teeth whitening effects and it is supposed to be vanilla scented and it really isn’t this is just not my cup of tea I’m gona keep it around for any off random chance I need a clear gloss because it is nice packaging and looks pretty in the tube. *cough* pack rat *cough* Weird that I got two lip products in one box, but it is worth almost the cost of the box so that’s a plus.

Smash Box Always On Matte Liquid Lipstick in Drivers Seat

Full Size: 0.13 oz

Full Size Cost: $24

Sample Size: Not listed but I am guessing about 0.05 oz

Value: $9.23

This was so hard to get a good picture of the color so sorry about that. The size isn’t listed on the sample but I have seen the full size and this appears to be about half that so I am going with that. Normally I would not guess but it really appears so close to half to my eyes.

I love matte liquid lipsticks so this is great to try a new one but I’m not a huge fan of  the color. Drivers Seat is described as a Warm Pink but on me it pulls a very almost a light orange tinted nude.

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Farmacy Skin Dew Hydrating Essence Mist & Setting Spray

Full Size: 3.3 oz

Full Size Cost: $44

Sample Size: 0.68 oz

Value: $9.07

This smells really nice and herbal and I’m into it.  It does feel moisturizing and refreshing on the skin. As a setting spray I do not know I’ll be able to test that claim because it isn’t really a mist so must as a thick blotchy spray probably because it is a sample  size and the pump is different as a full size maybe the mister is better.  It smells good so that good I like facial water mist type moisturizers since they aren’t as heavy and don’t make my face feel oilier and over moisturized.

Drunk Elephant T.L.C. Framboos™ Glycolic Night Serum

Full Size: 30 ml

Full Size Cost: $90

Sample Size: 5 ml

Value: $15

We have come to the product I am the most excited about. I have heard tons about how amazing this brand is but Drunk Elephant products are so fucking expensive. $90 dollars for 1 ounce of product it better be god damn magic. So I am thrilled to try it out. It is a clear gel a little seems to go a long way to rub into the face and it sinks in well where I have oily skin and its just a tab bit tacky where my skin is on the more normal side.

Derek Lam 10 Crosby Silent Street

Full Size: 1.7 oz

Full Size Cost: $95

Sample Size: 2 ml

Value: $3.8

This was a heavy musky scent not for me.

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Overall

The total value of this box came out to $46.80 which is the highest value I have ever had from the Sephora Play! box.  Can’t wait to see what they do now that were coming into the holidays.  I had two really big hits with the drunk elephant product and the hair oil which makes up for the misses in the lip products and the perfume.

If you are not subscriber keep trying the wait list never seems to work properly so I would just keep trying every so often until you get on. It really lets you try expensive brands at an inexpensive price.

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