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Check Your Email – Play by Sephora Subscription Waitlist
Check your email - many MSA readers are reporting getting their invite to the Play by Sephora subscription box. Based on this email, the invitation has an expiration, so make sure to check asap!
I haven't gotten the email yet, but fingers crossed!
PLAY! by Sephora is a monthly beauty and makeup subscription box. Each month, Sephora sends you a mix of six samples (including cosmetics, haircare, skincare, fragrances, and other beauty products) personalized to match your preferences and a PLAY! BOOK of tips and tricks.
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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I just got my invite today!!! Signed up immediately! So excited!!!
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jen
Check your email! They just let me sign up. So excited! 🙂
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Kassie Kaebisch
Anyone know when they will be launching in Wisconsin??
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Amy
California….still nothing. Yet another month to watch everyone get excited about their box while I wonder what I did to deserve being left out. I’m glad some of you got you’re notices, but I’m starting to not like how Sephora left alot of us behind. I’m just bummed and being whiney about it. Lol.
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Christine
Got my box this week, I live in Cincinnati. In addition to the items, and I got the same as you all, I was also excited about the “play 01” pass that you can redeem for 50 extra points with purchase. I hope we get one of those in every box! Also, Liz can you please add this box to the swaps section?
Yes – we’ll get it listed tonight. Sorry about that!
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Lynn
I got my box today!! Love it!!! The box is bigger than I expected and really like the booklet inside! For 10.00 a month this is going to be a fantastic box! The samples are generous wih the exception of the perfume.
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Kelly
My box arrived today too! Nice samples. The perfume is small but smells amazing!
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Lynn
Yes it does!
jhoran
My box shipped yesterday! Not sure if they are shipping by region, but I’m in the Boston area.
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chillybeans
I’m in the Boston area too, and my box shipped yesterday as well
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Laurie
As did mine!
sowmya
My box has been shipped (yay) and here are the items i am getting for september:
Sephora Collection Rouge Infusion in Peony, Marc Jacobs Beauty Highliner eyeliner in Blacquer, Bumble and bumble Hairdresser’s Invisible primer, and Glamglow Supercleanse facial cleanser.
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Melanie
My Play box has shipped. It contains the following:
Marc Jacobs gel eyeliner in blather
Bumble and Bumble hairdresser’s invisibl oil primer
Sephora rouge infusion lip stain in color no. 19
Glamglow supercleanse daily cleanser
Elizabeth and James nirvana white perfume
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heat7918
I just got my shipping notice! But where do you see the exact items you’re getting??
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Melanie
Go into your account on Sephora and click on Play by Sephora. Once you do that there will be a link that says something like see what you have received in your past boxes. Then it will bring up your samples
Melanie
The eyeliner color is blacquer not blather. Stupid autocorrect
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heat7918
I live near Cincinnati and I’m signed up for this box. And I just got a “teaser” email about the contents!
I can’t get my phone to copy & paste it… but it talks about favorites including a hair primer (??), moisturizer and a lip stain. So excited!
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Pamela T.
I’m a VIB and live approx. 10 miles south of Cincinnati, Ohio… I received my invite about a week ago…
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Christina
This may be a ridiculously STUPID question… But I don’t understand how they can target any certain area? Awhile back when we all tried to sign up and were placed on the “wait list” the only info they were given was the email address we used. There was no other information taken. How could they have any idea where we are from?
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jhoran
Christina – my assumption is that they potentially ran all the addresses on the waiting list through their database first, and weeded out those not from the select markets.
Did you receive any more replies after signing up for the waiting list? I live in one of the market areas and I got my “invite” a few days after signing up for the list.
It is also possible that those who do not have accounts with Sephora are automatically wait listed, since you wouldn’t be able to tell their location.
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Ali
I live in a really small town in Louisiana, about an hour from Baton Rouge, 2.5/3 from NOLA. I got my invite yesterday. I’m only a beauty insider, pretty close to being vib though. I typically focus my spending on Ulta, since I get so much more back there.
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Luisa
I’m bummed, it looks like TX got their emails, but not me. I’m in Austin, TX, and no invitation yet. 🙁
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Rebecca
Sorry, I didn’t see this was a few months old! I searched from the home page and picked the wrong post!
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Rebecca
I’d log in to your Sephora account, then search for “play by Sephora”. Enter your e-mail address and see if it works. I was still shut out if I didn’t do that, I got in, and *then* I got an e-mail.
Birchbox let me add the remaining months of my second sub to my first, and now I’ve added Sephora!!!
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Terri
I live outside San Antonio so it looks like they are including major cities in Texas. I’ve seen lots of comments from Dallas, Austin and Houston. Does anyone remember the contents of the 1st box? I know Liz had it posted at one point.
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Alyssa
Also I will add since I got invites on two accounts on only one account did I sign up for the waitlist. The second account I never signed up, but still got an invite.
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Khaleesi142
I’m annoyed with Sephora too, been buying for years and I’m a VIB. But it seems like they’re doing biggish cities but not the biggest like LA/NY (I think, pls correct me if I’m wrong) because they want to test the box and the in store experience without it being to overwhelming. I hope everyone can get them soon, I’m dying to get an invite 🙂
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Brittany
I received my invite yesterday, and signed up. I am an hour’s drive from the nearest big-city (San Antonio, TX). That wasn’t one of the 3 cities they originally said they would be testing it on, so I think it looks like they’ve now opened it up for everyone…
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Melanie
I got mine yesterday. I am a VIB Rouge and I live between Dallas and Fort Worth. I was able to subscribe and I got the confirmation email quickly. I like that there are 6 samples and your sub fees count toward VIB status. Can’t wait for the first box! ?
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Cat
I’m a VIB Rouge member and have been since that new tier started and was VIB for several years when that was top level. I spend inordinate amounts there and didn’t receive an invite. Bummed.
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Lorelei Marie
Same here. I live in western Massachusetts…I don’t think we’re on the radar, though I believe Boston was.
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Lyla
I received my invite yesterday and signed up immediately! I’m in Houston. When I signed up for the wait list when I first heard about it I also signed my mom up for the wait list as well. She’s also in Houston (and spends a lot more at Sephora than I do!), but she didn’t receive an invite-I wonder why? Kind of a bummer-now I’m going to have to share….ha ha!
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Cat
Oh I see, I gather it’s select areas right now? Double bummer.
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Monica
I don’t think so as location wasn’t required to sign up for the wait list.
Joy
I just now realized that my Sephora account had my old address on file, far from any store, but now I live with 3 stores within 10 miles of me. Kicking myself for not changing it earlier.
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sarah
I received the email on 8/20 and subscribed right away. I’m in Dublin, OH just outside of Columbus. I believe Columbus was mentioned as one of the early roll out cities…
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Kelly
I am in Fort Worth, TX and received my invite yesterday!!!
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AngieR71
I am in Texas and I live 85+ miles from a walk-in Sephora store (Dallas one way/Austin the other way), but we do have a JCPenney Sephora, and I am a VIB Rouge. I received my invitation yesterday. Hope this is helpful to those wondering who is getting the invites!
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Amber
Yay I got my invite!! I’m in Texas but not in any major city, however I am a VIB and have a small store inside the JC penny’s (which sucks we don’t have the big store). SO EXCITED, it says I will be billed the 9th and shipping is the third week of September.
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AngieR71
I signed up too! You don’t happen to be in Central Texas, do you?
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Jen
Signed up!! I live in a small town outside of Houston, and my closest Sephora is in a JCP in Deerbook mall in Humble, TX. I’m a VIB Rouge too! So friggen excited for this box!!!
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