Beauty Box 5 Review – November 2014

I was also pretty disappointed with this month’s box — obviously I’m not the only one! I wasn’t too happy with the last two months either really, but I keep telling myself to hold out for one more month because the box might get better. If I don’t like the December box I think I’m going to have to unsubscribe. I know it’s a cheap subscription but I can’t justify getting all excited to open up a beauty subscription box just to be super disappointed month after month.

Not too harsh at all. I actually like most of the items that I got in this box, but the value just wasn’t there. I signed up for BB5 because I wanted to try new things, but I can get a full-sized dove body wash, dental floss, etc. for waaaay cheaper at the drug store. I’d have been pissed if I got the empty bottle; I got a sparkly nail polish instead. The hair oil is nice at least, and I’ll buy that if I see it in stores. None of the products was objectively bad, but none of them are really the kind of thing you want to get in a subscription box.

Yeah I signed up with a deal of 3/30 and a free month so I got 4 boxes for 30$. Also paid 39$ for suprise box with 100$ retail..All were a disappointment to me. I do not think I will continue after this last box. When I got the 39$ box it was same as a monthly box and complained to them and they told me it had a value of $100 so I went online to find prices and it wasn’t. .I got 5 pieces of stuff I wouldn’t use but this month’s box was the worst! I’m canceling and starting swag box to replace it. Lip factory..ipsy..glossybox and boxycharm I have had no complaints about yet and would like beauty box 5 to have same standards.

I got the same box you did and I was in disbelief over the tooth flossers and empty bottle! What’s weird is, a while back, BB5 sent out a questionaire asking how they could do better and what brands we’d like to see in the boxes. I’m sure that people must have complained because it’s been getting worse every month, but nothing changes!

I honestly feel bad for people who are papaying2 dollars for this subscription. There’s no way they’re getting even half their money’s worth.

This would’ve been my next box has I not unsubscribed last month…and phew! I’m glad I saved those few dollars. I loved getting a little package each month, which is why I stuck with BB5, but I was also getting Ipsy and quality difference was so vast I just had to cancel BB5.

I’m so glad I canceled this box a few months ago. I know, I know… what do you expect for 10 bucks. Price wise it’s comparable to Ipsy and BirchBox, but Ipsy and Birchbox have much better items and the BirchBox points program is EXCELLENT!

This is a bad week for those that received Sample Society and Beauty Box 5. Here’s to better beauty boxes for the remainder of the month.

Figures! I am new to subscription boxes, having started with Julep. I had no idea these all existed (I am in BIG trouble) Anyway, this is my second box…I only ordered because I had a code for a free box. Looks like I will be cancelling as soon as it arrives 🙁

This box was jaw-droppingly bad. I got the same box as Liz but with coconut lime cream. I’m wondering if BB5 isnt paying too much attention to what they’re shipping out in the sub boxes lately, since nearly every day I’m receiving emails from them pushing stuff to purchase in their online shop. They’ll never compete with Birchbox there. Seems like us box subscribers were mere stepping stones onto something else for them. There wasn’t a fun or interesting item in the box this month, and like so many other commenters, I could have gotten all this stuff (not that I’d want to) at Dollar Tree. The empty plastic bottle – that had to be a sad joke – my jaw literally dropped when I unwrapped that. But then I read on the card that the retail price for them was 2 for $8.95! In what world would anyone pay that for 2 small empty plastic bottles?! Again, buy a complete travel set from Dollar Tree for a buck, or cheaper still, just raid your neighbor’s recycle bin. Sheesh!

I was so disappointed with this box! I’ve never received a full size item either. Even after I canceled my subscription, they still charged me for next months box. Ugh! I don’t need things I can pick up at the dollar store. Idk what’s up with bb5!

I got BB5 for two months and cancelled. The first month was not that great, but I figured maybe it was an off box. Nope, this is one of the worst subscription companies out there. The toothpick things could maybe come in handy, but they’re not sealed in any way. Maybe I’m a bit too much of a germaphobe. Also I just bought that same Hask today at Sally Beauty for like $2-3?

so happy i unsubscribed a few months back. their boxes have been so terrible, especially compared to boxycharm, sample society and ipsy. that being said i might cancel sample society soon too. the september box was amazing and since then the boxes haven’t been as good.

I finally dropped this sub once and for all after they kept sending me products for curly hair when my profile said “fine/wavy”. That, and the consistently small samples of things I wouldn’t normally even pick up at Walmart…the boxes are just always very lackluster, even the specially curated ones you can buy aren’t that great.

I actually received that Dove body wash yesterday. It was a free sample that I signed up for from Dove!! I’d be upset if I’d gotten a box with that in it.

With it costing more than BB and Ipsy, you would expect more value, everything was drug store and I like some other received the Loreal Polish I’m gold, pretty, but not exciting at all. Feeling duped and am also canceling my subscription.

I got a gold nail polish instead of the bottle, and cherry blossom instead of peony. I gave the toothpicks to my aunt the moment I saw them. The lotion is very baby prostitutey, but made my skin feel like a baby’s butt, so Idk. The hair oil is great, but I’m shocked that that tiny tube is a full size item. And the dove. I love dove, but I already have like three of these that were shrink wrapped to other dove products years ago. It’ll get used eventually, probably on vacation next March, but utterly forgettable. But that’s been my experience with bb5 so far. The products are never like, bad, they just don’t do anything for me. Next year I’m going to give glossybox a try, it seems to be more my style.

In my 6 months with BB5 I never once got a deluxe let alone a full size item unless you count a Chapstick mini. One of the worst value and quality subs out there and I’ve tried pretty much all of them in the last 2 years. This may be one of the 2 worst monthly beauty sub boxes I’ve ever seen period. Just. Wow. Dental picks? Travel Dove shampoo? A .50 plastic bottle? I’m also curious about the expiration on the lotion as that looks like a LA product from a while back. That leaves the Hask oil. Hask hair mask is the only thing I discovered in all of their boxes that I both liked and used (and even purchased again). I honestly do think they might be headed down the old Ch 11 tubes.

I almost subbed to this a few months ago, so glad I didn’t. Is BB5 going bankrupt or something? The last two months have been unbelievably bad.

I cancelled a few months back, 3 months ago I think. I was getting good boxes and some boxes had high values and wowed me. I was paying by the month $12 so I cancelled after my last box just being okay which was the Nicka k eye crayon. The last few boxes have been terrible! Some on FB liked there box but this was terrible. I thought the Loreal nail polish was pretty! I hope someone reaches out to BB5 or that they read this to see they need to step up there game. I was slightly disappointed I missed out on the Bellapierre last month but just one good item is not good enough to get me to resub.

The hair oil was there spoiler email I received. I checked it out and the full size is $1.99-$2.99. So that was not a good spoiler to me and plus I have a enough hair care. I was suprised no makeup was in the box now that you pointed it out, I didn’t realize it.

I am really happy with Birchbox and Ipsy lately and my Boxycharm is pretty good. Birchbox, I have had a few issues with but for the most part I am happy. I received my mystery packs finally from BB from referrals 12 packs in the same box and all the same conditioner and hair serum packs from birchbox which is suprising and slightly disappointing. It’s free so I can’t complain too much. I guess that’s what they sent for referrals. Not all different mystery packs. Obliphica conditioner and serum foil packs? =(

Anyway.. I hope to see a good BB5 spoiler to draw me in but even there spoiler was a bust for me.

I will say that I was not charged again after they cancelled my account though. They responded to my email I sent to cancel a few days late so I was charged one time but cancelled late in the month so got the next box. I hope they improve as well as Sample Society, I would like to join if I see good spoilers with there $5 off coupon.

I could pick out a better box at Dollar Tree, at least there they have Maybelline, L’Oreal, Revlon, or Physicians Formula sometimes. I already have 4 of the Dove body wash samples I got for FREE. The dentek’s are really odd to get in a box, don’t like that they’re not sealed and you can get 4 in a pack for a dollar. I got coconut lime body butter, which smells pretty decent, but again only sold in a pack that they divided up. I did get a L’oreal purple glitter nail polish instead of an empty bottle that I actually do like. My hair is thick and long, I might be able to get 2 uses out of the hair oil, but not sure. This box was the last straw for Beauty Box 5, last month was super disappointing then this month I canceled immediately. Their boxes are never exciting, always forgettable and I have more than enough nail polish to last 3 lifetimes.

This was a horrible box this month.

This subscription has been soooo disappointing. I finally unsubscribed after getting this horrible disappointment in the mail. Smh. These boxes should be free

I received the same box. I travel a lot, so these items will get used (eventually). However, these items were not worth the $6.50 I paid for this box. I don’t need the empty bottle. I already have several samples of Dove body wash that I’ve received for free (and the Target box). I can get dental floss for free from my dentist. The body butter feels like slime, and my lemon scent smells like Pine Sol!

Just got my November Ipsy box. I’m new to boxes and it was my first beauty box – OMG it was sooo good! If I’d have gotten Beauty Box 5 instead, I’d have been really disappointed.