February's inaugural box came packaged beautifully in pink and ribbons and chock full of some really great products. My preference when it comes to these services, is to get products I haven't tried from brands I know, or have at least heard of. And on that score, this box hit a home run!
Ahava Mineral Hand Cream - sample, Elizabeth Grant Skin Care Moisturizing Stick - full size, Essie Nail Enamel in Neo Whimsical - full size, Oscar de la Renta Live in Love Body Lotion - sample, Elizabeth Arden Prevage Night Anti-Aging Restorative Cream - sample and Beauty So Clean Sanitizing Wipes and Mist - sample.
My particular loves from this box are the Ahava Hand Cream (so needed these days), the Elizabeth Grant Lip Balm and how can I not love the Essie polish - so pretty!
It will be interesting to see as the months go by if they can keep up this level of brand quality, I have my fingers crossed for them!
The service also encourages you to review the products you receive and to get your friends to drink the GlossyBox kool-aid. In return they reward you with GlossyDots - 20 for every product you review (up to 5 a month) and 200 for every friend who joins. When you reach 1,000 GlossyDots that month's box is coming your way free!
You can check out all the GlossyBox details and their blog at www.glossybox.ca.
- Lisamarie -
looks great! But it is more expensive than the other boxes out there (Top Box, Glymm, Luxe) so I'll have to see if it's worth the extra money!
ReplyDeleteOooh.. I'm excited about this new service. I kind of splurged on a new subscription in a fit of school stress-induced madness. :) Seeing the quality of your goodies makes me feel better.
ReplyDelete@OPI Addict, the thing is, Glossybox's price includes S&H, so the price difference isn't as big as you think. :)
If anyone would like to try Glossybox, I would love it if you'd consider using my referral link: http://tinyurl.com/BooBooGlossy
I believe I get some GlossyDots if you sign up through my link.
Lisamarie -- please feel free to delete my link. I couldn't find a rule against posting urls, but I want to be respectful of your website!
No worries, rules make me itchy so I don't really have any! Now that's interesting - do the other sample services charge S&H on top of the $12 or whatever it usually costs? In that case it would come out about even!
ReplyDeleteBest, Lisamarie
I believe both Glymm and TopBox charge S&H, which brings their monthly totals to $11.20. I don't know about Luxe Box because I don't subscribe to them.
ReplyDeleteI actually jumped on the Glossybox train because of a bad experience with my last Glymm box. They omitted one of my products but instead of just sending it to me, they want me to pay S&H because I've canceled my subscription. The other two options they presented involve me purchasing more products from them. Needless to say I'm a bit annoyed. :P Thanks for letting me vent! (I just received an email from them.)
Back on topic -- so, Glossybox does end up being $3+ more expensive, but I'm encouraged by their track record in the UK. They seem to put really good items in their boxes!
WOW! I hope that my first box is this great! Did they send any shipping information because I haven't received my first box yet. :(
ReplyDeleteNope, it just showed up! I know they did get things shipped out later than they were expecting so hopefully yours will show up soon!
ReplyDeleteBest, Lisamarie
I finally decided no more Luxe box, at least for now..but have been eyeing Glymm and now you show me this! ;)
ReplyDeleteThe press box is different from boxes others have been getting, I got my box and I have to say I am rather disappointed. Hopefully they will redeem themselves next month
ReplyDeleteI got my box (regular subscription, not a press box) and there were a few differences; if you want to check out my glossybox review, my blog is http://citygirl55.blogspot.com/
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