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Glossybox: beauty products, $21/month
Promo: save 20% your first box by clicking on link above (limited time promo)
I paid: $9
Box retail value: $40
Glossybox is a monthly subscription which sends you five beauty items every month, generally a mixture of skin care and makeup and of full size and travel sizes. They started in Europe so they often send out European brands that are new in America.
Glossybox’s regular price is $21 a month, but it’s a good idea to be in the look for special offers. I got a year subscription through a Gilt deal and I ended up paying just $9 a box, an amazing value.
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Items come in a very pretty, sturdy box that can be easily reused (just put a sticker to cover the brand name). In January we got the regular pink box, though some months they have special designs. The presentation inside the box is also first class.
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Beware that shipping of boxes can be erratic. I got this during the third week of January, but I didn’t get my December box until the end of the month.
Glossybox also allows you to fill out surveys on the items you’ve gotten in exchange for “glossydots” which you can then exchange for a box, though it’ll take you many months to save enough dots for that to happen.
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I was fairly happy with this month’s box. I got two makeup items, two skin care items and a hair item that I’ll actually use. Alas, only one item (a cheap lip crayon) was full size. The box had a total value of around $40, which is not great if you paid full size and you don’t like all the items. Still, I was happy with four of them and paid less, so I was quite happy with it. This is what I got:
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MeMeMe Lip Glide in Playful Peach, full size, $12.50
This lip crayon gets pretty good reviews. It’s supposed to have a lot of tint and last all day. Alas, the color is just not me. It would probably look good on my girls, and it can be used as a lip primer (really?), but I’ll probably try to swap it. I like that it’s made in Poland – what else is?.
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Royal Apothic Cream Creme in Cutting Garden, 1.25 oz sample, $4.5
I have a feeling that this body cream is all style and no substance, but I’m glad to have the opportunity to try it. I love that it comes in a metal tube and in a box. The price is ridiculous, of course. It comes sealed so I won’t actually open it until I’m ready to use it. Made in the USA.
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Emite Makeup Diamond Heart Base Primer, 15 ml sample, $12
For a reason I don’t quite understand, primer is super expensive. But since my daughter started wearing it, she cannot do without it! Fortunately, it seems to be primer season for subscription boxes so I get to stock up. I couldn’t find much about this primer other than the fact that it has a soft peach color which blends away and that the tube is very full. It’s a little under half the size of the full size one. It was developed in Sweden but made in Italy, ’cause salaries must be much lower down there.
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417 Foot Nourishing Cream in Ocean, 1.7 oz sample, $9
I’ve been getting quite a few foot creams lately, but I’m not complaining. I know that I will use them. I’m not as good in moisturizing my feet as I should be, but it makes such a difference when I do! This one is made in Israel. It has a light fruity, beachy smell. The sample is half the size of the full size.
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Beautiful Nutrition Lemon Rinse Gentle Clarifying Treatment, 2 oz sample, $1.
This is a product that you use in the shower after the conditioner. It supposedly helps get rid of build up and restore PhBalance. The 2 oz bottle has just 2 applications, so this is all in all an expensive product in a per-use basis. I don’t think I have much in the way of product buildup, but I’ll be happy to try it. It doesn’t say where it’s made, but I’m not as particular with products I put on my hair and wash off.