GlossyBox May 2014 Bergdorf Goodman Box Review

So I originally ordered a box and also ordered a gift box. They sent the original May box to the wrong address and now I received a generic e-mail saying that the box is out of stock and that they would credit my account 1,000 glossydots and issue a refund for the box. Well, I just think that well it is good that they are refunding me and giving me 1,000 glossy dots, but that means that the box that was meant for me was returned to them and sent to someone else. I think that’s terrible. Now I get 1,000 glossydots to use on another box that will pale in comparison to the May box with the $25 gift card. Too bad that I signed up for an annual subscription. I will have to seriously consider if I will be renewing after my one year is up. On top of that I received my Mother’s Day box late because they had the wrong address on there as well. But I still got that even though it was “sold out” by the time that they mailed it. Anyone else in the same situation?

So I used my $25 gift card at the Bergdorf Goodman website a couple of weeks ago. I also signed up for their e-mails (hey, it entered me into a sweepstakes to win a $2000 gift card). And today BG sent me a $25 promo code to use off a $100 purchase. (Can’t share it because it’s tied to my e-mail address.)

Their stuff is kind of pricy for me but if I can combine this with eBates or other deals, and/or buy clearance stuff or makeup that has gifts with purchase, this might actually be worthwhile.

I feel like I’m losing my mind, has anyone else STILL not received their May box?

Well, I don’t know what was wrong with my Glossy Box but when I tried to use the gift card on BG’s website the company charged my credit card for the entire amount and then told me that they did not recognize the gift card. I had a week’s worth of back and forth e-mails with the customer service reassuring them that the gift card WAS indeed from them and is legit. When I called the headquarters they told me that Glossy Box did NOT collaborate with BG and gave me a full refund. What the heck? Am I the only person this happened to??

I just got this and I am astonished at the value of this Glossybox. I don’t know how they do it. So much more high-end than Birchbox or Ipsy, and with their annual subscription deal it’s only a few dollars more per month! Glossy box has a terrible website interface, non-existent customer service and everything is shipped late, but when they finally deliver, boy do they DELIVER.

Just got my first box. I love it and I think the Rose cologne smells wonderful. I was worried because rose is typically an older persons choice fragrance but it has spicy tones and is very clean smelling. I used my gift card to buy a bar of soap same fragrance. Mascara is great and excited to try creams primers and the rest.

I received my box yesterday and LOVE it! The perfume wasn’t for me but still the box is so fun and a great value. I just went online to Bergdorf Goodman and used my $25.00 coupon to purchase another glossy box. The shipping is free so it cost me $15.00 and I’m now looking forward to another one, I hope I get a different mix!

I am very happy with my box, I was hoping for a mascara or even a lip gloss both which are on my profile as favorites. I received the Lancer eye serum, Lancôme elixir, the Revive eye cream, the perfume and the cream rinse. But I will get to try the Diorshow mascara for free. 🙂 I am anticipating the June box, I want those sneak peeks!

I LOVE this box, it feels so sophisticated. I got a rose hand cream instead of perfume and it’s nice and very subtle. I love the packaging on the napoleon primer. I can’t wait to go to bergdorf goodman and buy something (for the first time in my life I think). I adore this box! Glossybox is such a treat every month!

Can we talk about the gift cards we got for BG? I have 2 of them and I’m seeing not much you can get there for $50. I’m so torn between getting something practical (Clinique items I already use which are affordable), or something I can’t find locally (Alterna hair products that I’ve sampled and loved), or just some ridiculous item that I’d never actually spend $50 on. So, has anyone used theirs yet and care to share what you found? Liz, maybe we could have a whole post on this – what did you use yours for?

Am excited about this box which I received today, except for the cologne (eww) and the Philip B conditioner. Definitely don’t need another rinse out conditioner and was looking forward to trying the CC Cream leave-in. Oh well, half good, half I’ll probably toss. At least I didn’t get another mascara.

Oh no! This was my first glossybox experience and I hate every product I received. I’m also a newbie to the subscription boxes in general but have been avidly reading mysubscriptionaddiction for a few months and carefully picking my first few boxes (birchbox should be arriving any day now!).ci was hoping for the CC cream,mascara and ReVive
Intensité Volumizing Eye Serum and didn’t receive any of them, instead mostly anti-aging products, which I’m not using yet. Also, I received 3 eye firming products! Really?! Thankfully the gift card makes this purchase a wash (and I will be posting my products on the swapboard ASAP 😉 ). But mostly I’m sad my first box was such a let-down. 🙁 the box was cute though and all products are in perfect condition.

YAY!! I just got mine and am happy with everything in it. 🙂 I was a bit leery about how floral-y the perfume would be, until I opened it…the little bit of added spice makes it smell very good. I also got the Lancome Regenerating Ultimate Elixir rather than mascara or lipgloss or whatever else may have been in place of those. Rather than the CC cream I got a Philip B conditioning cream rinse, but all the rest of the products were the same as the box Liz has posted. This Elixir is fantastic, but no way would I spend $360 on the full size, so the mini will just have to do. 😉 The overall value of this box is fantastic, over $200, granted, I won’t be repurchasing many items, so the opportunity to get mini sizes/deluxe samples is great. Glossybox did another great job! 🙂

I got mine yesterday but instead of the mascara I got the face wash (which was a great makeup remover last night). I honestly don’t have anything bad to say about this box. People can complain about the shipping, the products, the lack of variety but I personally have nothing bad to say. With the $25 GC I was able to buy my face wash & toner (smaller size #4) at Clinique for $1.50 + all my goodies I get to try. I’d say this was a win win for me! 🙂

i just received my box today and i was looking at hashtags of this month’s box and it seems like everyone got pretty much the same thing (primer, lancer, cc cream), with the exception of either the lip gloss or the cleanser… perhaps some got the mascara but i was expecting a bit more variation between subscribers. but of course what i saw was only a fraction of what everyone got. lol.

I got the same box except instead of mascara I got the iluminage cleanser

Got almost the same box as Liz (and at least half the other people who posted comments): just had lipgloss instead of mascara. I’m not too upset about that as I have 4 or 5 mascaras I haven’t even opened yet (granted, I have like 20 different lipglosses at the moment). I have tried the Alterna CC cream before from Sample Society. Not sure that I need TWO eye creams but I’ll give them both a try. Used my gift card to buy a bra from the sale section of the BG site (got it for $11 out of pocket and I needed new bras).

As far as shipping time goes, I got a tracking e-mail 6 days ago and received my box on the 28th. Got my April box on May 8 so there is some improvement there, for me at least.

I do wish they would make the tracking number clickable. I never even would have known which carrier’s tracking to check if not for someone who posted their tracking info. for the April box. What good is a tracking number if you don’t know the carrier?! (I know the carrier now. But it’s NOT obvious from the e-mails.)

This is a strange question but can the gift card be used at neiman marcus? I have been given gift cards before that could be used at both. I think they are owned by the same folks.

I was all excited for mine to arrive today. Tracking said “out for delivery” at 10:18 AM. Well…it is now almost 11 PM and it STILL says “out for delivery.” Maybe tomorrow…

Think I’m going to use the gift card for underwear. I am in need of some and they have some stuff in the sale section that would normally be outside of my price range but with the gift card and the sale, it won’t be too bad.

I got mine on Friday and am happy with the samples as well as the sample sizes. Did anyone get the Kevin Aucoin mascara sample? I did not get it and instead got the Chantecaille lip gloss instead. I am fine with that but would have liked to try the mascara. I got the Aucoin eye shadow set in the Net-a-Porter Glossy Box limited edition box and i love it.

Thanks for your blog- I check it every month to see what I am about to get in the mail!
I saw a previous poster mention that she put an item up for swap. I have several items at home that I won’t use. Where is the best place to swap items, and it it trustworthy that the person you’re trading with will really send you the item you traded for?

Thanks!

I received my Glossy box yesterday, so excited ,this box was totally worth the wait. I got the same items as Liz also except I got the lip gloss instead of the mascara. I did three months so I hope they do another discount soon.

Got my box today :). I love all the stuff! I can’t wait to try everything in it! So glad I ordered it! I got a mini chantecaille lip gloss instead of the mascara – I was hoping for the mascara. It’s cute lip gloss yet a bit to sparkly for me.

So, May is the end of my 3-month subscription and I’m debating whether to renew or not. I haven’t gotten my May box yet – it is looking like it will arrive around Wednesday. However, I bought 2 gift boxes for May – one for ‘me’ (I used my hedgehog’s name) and one for my sister. We both got them today – and at only $15 each. She and I got the same items:
1. $25 Bergdorf Goodman gift card (good until June 15th – so going to add this to the $25 when I get my box – $50 can actually buy something there).
2. Napoleon Perdis – Auto Pilot Pre-Foundation Skin Primer
3. Atelier Cologne – if you loved Alex and Ani Scent 7 you’ll love this (yuck.. I’ve already put it up for swap)
4. Revive Eye Serum (holy heck this sample is worth $70)
5. Chantecaille lip gloss – this is the only item I got that was different than what Liz has listed above – in place of the mascara she got.
6. Alterna Caviar CC Cream – I’ve been dying to try this – been stalking swaps trying to get it so now I have it and maybe my box next week will also have it – Alterna has been the best find from these sub boxes.
7. Lancer Eye Contouring Lifting Cream – my sister is substantially younger than me (she is 22 and I’ll be 40 in a few months) and this was an item she tried out and really liked but of course we both are not wanting to like it since the full size is $95 for 1/2 ounce.

This box has me wanting to re-sub, and also the idea that if I love a box I can order a ‘gift’ one for my hedgie for $15 – and get it sooner than my own… ha! I never did get the Lotus Cream on my original 3 month subscription (promo code) and contacted them and they insist they’ve mailed it out 2x now.. but I’m sure they didn’t and just trying to get them to respond is painful so I don’t know. For June I subscribed to Sample Society/Beauty Bar which is $6 cheaper and features 2 brands I really like – Dermalogica and Alterna. Maybe when I hear some June Glossybox spoilers I’ll decide.

I’m getting kind of worried … I haven’t even received the shipping information yet. My Glossybox account says that the box was paid for and now it says packed, so I guess I’m just waiting around like everyone else this month. I was so surprised to see that this post was posted on May 12th, but then I looked at the comments and saw that most other people haven’t gotten their boxes yet.

I mean, if Glossybox wants to ship out their boxes at the end of the month all of the time, that’s fine, just give everyone one date that the boxes get shipped out and an on or about date for when everyone will receive theirs. This is ridiculous, especially when some people are receiving their boxes three weeks before everyone else does, and then some other people are getting their boxes in the first week of the next month.