Beauty Joy Box Subscription Box Review – March 2015

I wasn’t overly thrilled with this box. The necklace in my box was super short so I had to give it away. I got a glitter nail polish which was just kinda…meh. Now that I know the eyeshadow may be old, it makes me question this service. It just all seemed very thrown together to me.

I have personally checked with Bare Minerals/BE about expiration a on their loose mineral products and was informed they don’t expire if unopened and even after being opened so long as there’s no cross contamination (as from dipping a reused applicator brush into the container itself instead of poring some out to then apply; not even sure how one would manage to do the former given their packaging design). That said, I have used some of the same mineral shadows for years now and have never had a problem (and I have super sensitive eyes, hence why I asked the question in the first place).

I love Phamacopia. Sometimes brands will contract with hotel chains in order hopes to get people to discover their products. That’s actually how I discovered Bliss, another of my favorite brands.

Didn’t know the BE loose minerals had an expiration date? I’ve heard from BE representatives & read from BE that there is no expiration dates on their loose minerals? Assumed if there was one, it pertained after you opened it, use it with water, or just usage (put the powder back into container after you have used it/touched with brush)? Thought that was the rule for most loose mineral powders?

Hey, I just wanted to let everyone know I just used the coupon code SUBSCRIPTIONADDICTION and it is still good (when I found it it said it expired Feb 28th). It took $2 off. That was enough for me to give it a shot so hopefully my first box is a great one!

interesting…. that pharmacopia is given out a midtier hotel in ny (normally i tend not to take the stuff) but its kind of shocking to see it in a toiletry that i felt was filler for hotel in a subscription box

Beauty Joy had a great box in January so I signed up for February, and it was unmemorable, then this box I kept the $2 lotion which smelled great and swapped everything else. I got the same nail polish and eye shadow. I’ll give it another month or two and see what happens.

I am somewhat concerned about the Bare Minerals shadow also. I owned this same shadow about six years ago. The Ciate item I received is a colored powder in a nail polish bottle. I’m not really sure what to do with it. I will give them another month…