Beauty DNA Subscription Box Review – February 2015

I was able to add my allergy to roses to my profile. I had marked ‘no’ to everything that seemed related to roses but got something with it as an ingredient. I emailed about it and they replaced the product and added it to my profile. So perhaps they could accommodate your request. I love my beauty DNA sub and have mostly gotten very good value each month.

I thought Beauty DNA was suppose to send you FULL sized products. That is what they advertise.
I stopped by sub with them, but I loved them. I just can’t keep up with all of the products.
My last box contained a $150 serum, and my previous boxes were all high quality, 2 of them contained 2 full size items as well. Perhaps I got lucky or perhaps I was just very picky with my profile, that it only matched me with expensive stuff lol.

I was toying with the idea of subscribing, so I went to Beauty DNA’s website to check out the super in-depth profile quiz. Apparently you take the quiz after you pay for your subscription? That is a problem for me. I want to make sure that they have options for my preferences, which include no animal testing, natural products, no creepy parabens or phalates, etc. I probably will not be subscribing without that assurance.

I have been getting this box since the first box they released. I went through a huge purge of sub boxes about 4 months ago and cancelled over 10 boxes I was getting. This one and a couple others were the only ones I kept, this is or was one of my favorites. The last three month have been bad months. I received one month a conditioner that was worth $30 which was disappointing but forgivable. The next month I received a shampoo that was worth about $30, which really made me mad but I thought I would give them one more month. Yesterday I received a self tanner for my face with a value of $30. I emailed them within minutes and cancelled. Three months in a row of receiving items that barely covered the cost of the box doesn’t work for me. The good news is I will be saving $25, but I am very disappointed as this was one of my best boxes for over a year now. Good Bye Beauty DNA. 🙁

Beauty DNA is probably my second favorite subscription box, right after Blush Box and right before Glossybox.

My first Beauty DNA box contained a full size tub of MEG 21 Smooth Radiance. It’s become my holy grail moisturizer, but I never would have tried it on my own due to the cost — over $100. I’m totally going to buy it again though because it works so well.

Although I do love high end products, I got a huge bottle of C serum worth about $40 for a dollar on Amazon.

The sub does sound intriguing. But someone mentioned a sample size bottle for their $25. I would be very unhappy if this happened to me.

I would need a good sale to even consider this.

I think I’m resubbing. I did 6 months last year and got some amazingly high quality (and pricey) full size products. It’s how I got hooked on Kate Sommerville, Lierac (who makes, hands down, the best anti cellulite cream I’ve ever tried and I’ve friend them ALL; even better than my HG Strivectin) and Coola. And I just finished the last of my Kate Sommerville Dermal Quench so I have a perfect excuse. I guess I got lucky and all of my matches were high value. I only received a 2 product box once (at the time many thought they sent 2 if the value of just 1 wasn’t going to member their claimed value) and the combined value was still over $75. Based on my past experience I’m hoping my good luck streak continues.

I love beauty DNA. They always did a pretty good job matching me and their skincare items were usually $65+. As soon as I can afford to, I am going to re-sub. I highly recommend it! 🙂

I kind of miss BeautyDNA. They generally did a good job matching me. But it doesn’t make sense to subscribe again. I still have literally all but one product they sent me in the few months I subscribed (even though I quit in October for financial reasons). Because I cannot finish off full-sized products that quickly. Especially not when they’re things like serum or eye cream that you only use the tiniest bit of.

Hmm… I didn’t realize they sent non-full sized items. I got a S.M.A.R.T. Skin Perfecting Polisher from Grand Central Beauty. It has a retail value of $38. It matches my preferences really well, but I’m not super thrilled with the value this month. However, last month I got an $80 serum, so I figure it balances out.

This sub sounds great. If I wasn’t swimming in products right now, I’d jump on this.

Liz! Dottiebox is doing $15 mystery boxes! Woohoo! 4-6 items of their unsold inventory & you may even get a jewelry piece! (They said No Requests Please & shipments might take longer than 3 days). Yay!