Update – Total Beauty Collection Clearance Now 3 for $30!

I ordered both summer prep and anti aging. Received summer prep almost 2 weeks ago but not the anti aging. I have sent an email and left a phone message with no response. I did think the summer prep box was great and hopefully will get the anti aging box.

I wanted to let you know how great Total Beauty’s CS is:

I contacted them since one of the items in my bombshell grab bag was not included.

They promptly replied, sand soon I had a package in my mailbox. Not only did it contain my missing item, it also contained a NYX lipgloss, a Your Best Friend Primer d/s, and a ruby crystal sugar scrub d/s!!! 😀

This was the worst $30 that I’ve ever spent. I bought Illuminating and Anti-aging grab bags but since everything was in one box, I can’t tell which product belongs to which bag. The majority were so tiny – yeah, samples – that I don’t care about. I’m sure I can punch some numbers and figure out how much these packets really worth, but why bother? I would never pay for teeny samples like these anyways. The lip gloss and the lip butter are so “tween” looking, I would never use. I should have gotten a box from the Sample Society ($15/box!), instead of spending $15 each for these pathetic boxes.

I got it today. What a bummer. Never got a shipping email. I emailed them the other day, no response but the box came. Was that the response? I can’t believe what I got. I wish I knew how to post a photo. Never again total beauty. What they meant by grab bag was left overs. They shouldn’t have named them it backfired from marketing to losing customers. I got green, anti aging and bombshell. This is not worth $30 and I can’t believe they charged some people more than $10 for these. I got
Bosley hair treatment spray 2.5 oz full deluxe sample?
2 of the Nelson j “styling conditioners” 4oz spray full! Two of the same thing! And I don’t use hair spray ever. This was the biggest product. Eww crunchy hair.
Evolvh shamp/cond deluxe sample 2oz each
Revlon colorstay quad eyeshadow in sea mist full
Revlon lip butter in pink lemonade full
Nyx roll on shimmer in platinum full
Neutrogena natural lip balm full
Illuminating hair serum deluxe sample
Cotz face spf tiny bottle sample
Élan Veda skin oil sample in one of those teeny perfume samples but smaller
100% pure shampoo teeny foil enough for a pixi cut, mine is to my butt
Dove hair oil deluxe sample 0.4 oz.
The green:
Green polish isn’t natural it is just green color but at least 4 free lol full
Cuticle conditioner full
Blue pencil liner full
Eye mask full?? It’s tiny foil packets but they say full
Lash food deluxe sample
Eye serum teeny sample
I guess I’m upset because I got so much hair stuff! I would have ordered hair if that’s what I wanted. 8 of these were hair. Im picky with hair. 5 makeup. 7 skin/ conditioning. At least boxy charm came the same day. Maybe they spoiled me?

I received mine today, not ordering from them again but what do you expect for $10 a box? Nothing at all bad about them, great customer service. I would just rather spend my money elsewhere. I received three……..the thing is when you look at the box and realize you spent $30 on the total items in the box, then it seems totally a rip off for $30…….but if i had just received the hair box for $10 or the summer with the Purlisse it would seem like an ok deal…..i know this probably doesn’t make sense.

Got mine today. No idea which was “bombshell” and which was “anti-aging,” but here you go:

Revlon Colorstay nailpolish (full size) in “Trade Winds” (basically nude, which I don’t really need but oh, well)

Purlisse SPF 30 (full size) — this will get used, for sure

Nelson J Beverly Hills Argan Oil 7 Styling Conditioner (4 oz)

Revlon Colorstay eyeshadow quad in 585 Sea mist (blue, purple, turquoise, and a peachy nude)

Cotz Face Healthy Mineral Complex SPF 40 (2g I think but the print is small and I can’t read it with my contact lenses in)

Juara Candlenut body creme 0.17 oz (I think, tiny print again)

Semi di Lino Diamante Cristalli Liquidi illuminating serum (no idea if that’s the brand name, there are a lot of foreign words on the package and I can’t tell), size not listed

Skiin Soothing and Smoothing eye cream ampule (3 mL)

Neutrogena naturals lip balm (full size)

suntegrity natural moisturizing face sunscreen and primer 0.07 oz (foil packet)

Elan Veda Skin Renue (size not listed, pretty small but recloseable package)

NYX roll on shimmer in light blue (think this is full size)

100% pure honey and virgin coconut restorative shampoo (tiny ketchup packet, not even enough for one use)

Two full size Revlon colorburst lipsticks in 053 Sorbet and 047 (can’t read the color name, see above re: small print and contact lenses)

I am totally not above using drugstore brand products and I certainly couldn’t have gotten all of this for $20 at Walgreens, so I am satisfied (I got 2 grab bags for $20). Glad the lipsticks are different, the eyeshadow is a little bold for me, and wish the nailpolish wasn’t neutral (just not a fan of neutrals).

Now if the UPS lady would only show up with my Sample Society box!

I posted a message on their Facebook page regarding the tracking. Mine has also been stuck on “shipping label created on Sept 2”, and I haven’t received anything. Hopefully, they respond and don’t just delete my message.

I am not sure I will ever order from Total Beauty again. My tracking number still says shipping label for a week and I just noticed in the corner it actually says pre shipping, even tho the email said your order is on the way. What I don’t like is they don’t have an 800 number and when I called their cs number I got a recording to leave a message and someone would call back. I just sent them an email asking where everything is. I would like to get the purlesse but just remembered I have another one on the way from Fab Fit, so if I could get my money back I would do that, but somehow I feel like they would do everything they can to send something out so they wont have to refund. I shouldn’t have to go through all of this “work” ……oh well, live and learn.

According to USPS my package is at the post office undeliverable on Saturday because “the business was closed.” LOL! My house was closed?!

My tracking info still says shipping label created Sept 2 Cincinnati OH. It was in the Your item has shipped! notification last week. I’ve never seen one stuck so long. It seems like they created the label and it was never actually shipped. I guess as long as it arrives before next summer so I can use the Purlese.. Haha. I still have one from pop sugar. They must have had an amazing deal for all of these subs. I am noticing dupes of items here and there on some subs. I wonder how the whole thing works, and who reaches out to who? Does anyone know?

what I think happened – They were bombarded with orders and the people making up the boxes started throwing stuff in boxes like crazy trying to get it all done. Or is that just too obvious?
I used to think foil samples were ok but now I think they are a big waste using all that foil to put in a drop of something. I would like to see an end to them all together.
In the three boxes I ordered I can probably uses 1/3 of the items. I like Purlese so, I guess I got my money’s worth. Or will get it when it arrives lol.

I found this spoiler online. I haven’t received mine yet, but according to makeuptalk the Bombshell grab bag includes:

Neutrogena naturals lip balm – I believe full size

Nelson Argon Oil 7 Styling Conditioner [Volume] – nice 4-oz pump. This may be full-size

Revlon Lip Butter in Pink Lemonade (REALLY light pink)

Revlon Colorstay Eyeshadow in Sea Mist

Alfaparf Semi Di Line Diamante Cristalli Liquid (nice size hair oil sample)

Cotz Face small sample sunscreen

NYX green roller glitter stuff

Elan Veda Skin Renew sample (skin oil – little shorter than an average perfume sample)

I still have not gotten a tracking # or shipping email. All I got was a confirmation email and payment taken out. 🙁

Does anyone know how good the customer service is? I ordered 6 boxes total and only received 4 today. It was missing the anti-aging and jetsetter box (I think). The cards didn’t say which box was which and no invoice. I emailed the company and now am just waiting to see what’s going on. Birchbox did something similar (forgot to ship my mermaid box along with other things) and totally hooked me up with 400 birchbox points. I hope this company hooks me up and doesn’t try to rip me off.

So this is weird. I think they bit off more than they could chew. For one thing, it took longer shipping than usual from them. But the main thing is – wth did I get?

I ordered summer prep and anti aging. Today I received a shipping box with some crinkle paper (ie no trademark black TBC box inside) with the following, all loose together inside:
– Summer Prep card with the summer prep items Liz got/ reviewed (purlisse, gleam, kitsch, foils)
– no other card (no anti-aging card)
– random other products that have few anti aging qualities: Revlon nail polish in Trade Winds, Revlon lipstick in Sorbet, duplicate purlisse sunscreen, tiny single use packet of Juara candlenut body cream, tiny vial of eye cream, really tiny shampoo foil with enough product to wash the hair of a toddler.

Is this the anti aging grab bag??????

Shipping label printed on the 29th…post office received on the 3rd…expected delivery on the 8th. Seems to be the month of slooooow shipping for me. 😛

Got my first box today, anti-aging and illuminating.
15 samples, some small, some medium, a couple that might be considered big. All in one box with some crinkly paper. No wonder they were vague about the different boxes LOL. Worth $30 for 2? (got them the 1st day). Eh, hope the others are at least the same quantity and quality for $10 each. Look for swaps comprised of groups of items. I’m happy.

I do hope people post what they received. It was hard for me to determine if it is worth it for me between the rosacea and the no-sulfates preference so I passed. At least I can now determine from others if it will be worth it in the future.

Thumbs up on that :). We will have to keep telling ourselves, if it sounds too good to be true…..

Even though I know I won’t use most of what’s in them, I impulse-bought the Green and Hair boxes. I want to try the eyelash serum and I usually like things like argan oil for hair. I’m really crossing my fingers that I didn’t waste $20. My husband’s annoyance at me disregarding the budget is SO not worth it then! 🙂

I got the green bag last week at full price ($25) (d’oh!) and it was only ok. Basically cuticle oil and an eye serum and another eyeliner. And half the value is some eyelash serum sample I don’t care about. I smacked myself because I hate when I fall for the old “$85 value for $25” when obviously it’s only $85 in value if I were going to have bought all those things anyway.

So THEN I went ahead and got 2 for $20 (a good deal admittedly) – the anti-aging and the summer prep, completely forgetting that Liz had reviewed the summer prep already and it has almost nothing I want in it (more purlisse! more hair ties! more foil packets!) so now I am smacking myself again.

All of this is a long way of asking people to smack me if I ever even think about getting another TB Collection box. While they may technically be a good value, they are not for me since I am uninterested in most of the contents. But I can really be a sucker. So smack me? Please? Thnx.

Looks like as of today Summer Prep and Green routine are still available.

Liz, thanks so much for letting us know. I had stuff in the cart and ready to go last night and just said nàaaa you don’t need it. Today I grabbed green, hair and summer prep. I’ve never ordered from them so can’t wait.

All grab bags are now SOLD OUT!

I ordered these when they were a deal at $15. I see now many are sold out so I’m glad I ordered when I did. I did also get 2 more @ $10 each. I was going to get 2 of one of them but when I did that they came up @$15 each so I just did 2 @ $10 each.

I caved and thought it was to good a deal I got the bombshell, hair and summer prep boxes would have liked to get the jet setter instead of summer prep but I’m excited for what I picked