Petit Vour Vegan Subscription Box Review – January 2016

An update on the cream: Petit Vour removed all of the negative reviews for the product on their site. Super shady. I’m seriously considering unsubscribing for all the sneaky business practices lately.

Also, the eyeliner brush they featured in the box appears to be discontinued. Womp. The have a very different brush available on their website.

I’ve tried both Olive Oil and Shea Butter products over the years and find that neither have a long shelf life, (without preservatives) and they need to be kept in a cool dry place. After a long DIY bath remodel, I was checking product stored in my guest room where I stupidly closed the A/C vents in summer to save $. At first sniff both the Shea & Olive oil items seemed ok, but as soon they hit air and I swatched, yuck, and it all went in the trash.

So sorry you all had to go through such hoops. At least the company who makes the product is being transparent and offering replacements. Hopefully, next month will be better.

Has anyone else in Canada still not received their box?
I emailed CS and got the run around. I figured with the big snow storm y’all had that the boxes would be late, but at this point I’m wondering if it will come at all. Tracking seems to have stopped in Delaware..

I wanted to love this subscription, but sadly I did not. I haven’t been wowed any of the 3 months I received it. This month I (like many others) received a very awful smelling SW Basics cream. Petit Vour said nithing was wrong and suggested I slather myself in this lotion anyways, and the smell should dissipate. You shouldn’t give your customers the runaround if there is a problem. I cancelled.

The cream smelled like cheese to me. It was gross.

I absolutely love the gel liner and brush! That discovery alone was worth the sub price for me this month (I’ve been subbed for over 2 years and think that every month, lol). I also really liked the lip scrub and face wash sample though I found the latter to be a bit harsh at first. I opened the SW Basics cream and almost gagged. I’ve been making my lotions for ages and have never smelled anything quite like that. So I opted to test it on my husband, who can rarely smell anything period. He opened it this evening and said “what’s with the rotten lotion?” He thought it smelled like spoiled milk. I don’t disagree. I’m very disappointed to hear folks are having less than pleasant experiences with CS as well. I emailed when I couldn’t apply a coupon code that came out the same day and got a quick albeit somewhat dismissive response that essentially said I had waited too long to use it; it was announced 2 hours earlier via email. while I appreciate prompt responses (I really do, a lot), I don’t ever care to be blamed by a company to whom I’m handing over my $. There was no offer or attempt to verify the code’s validity or identify a possible tech glitch, just the assumption that the free GWP was sold out already. I find that pretty hard to believe. They weren’t handing out the latest US Naked palette as a free gift for heaven’s sake; it was a small moisturizer sample. But since I have enjoyed their curation for so long I chose to overlook it. For me it’s worth it to keep the new beauty discoveries coming. I already ordered the full size liner as a matter of fact. They would do well to offer each month’s items for sale a lot faster than they typically do. None for Jan have been posted, at least not as of yesterday. So I got it from Birchbox. I’ve found I usually have to go to the companies directly when I find a product in my PV box I love.

SW is sending me a new cream after I complained about the smell. I thought it smelled rancid but wasn’t sure if the unscented product just didn’t agree with me. They said there was possibly an issue with the olive oil. We’ll see how the new one smells!

I am a soapmaker and the SW Basics cream smells just like the raw shea butter I buy for soap making. The good stuff from Ghana that isn’t refined and is a nice dark yellow. It has a fire/char smell to it from the way it is extracted from the nut. I have actually grown to the love the smell. 🙂

I find it disturbing that SW Basics say they used different olive oil for the Cream samples. Beauty samples should be made of exactly the same ingredients as the full size product. Are they using some cheap oil on this batch? Kind of makes you wonder if other samples in beauty boxes are made differently to the original product.

this has always been one of my favorites, but this one didn’t cut it. nothing really impressive at all.

I didn’t like this box. My cream smelled like a barnyard, I don’t think Petit Vour’s response to all of our complaints was appropriate. With so many people bringing the problem to their attention, I would have liked to see them take a proactive approach and contact SW Basics for their customers instead of dismissing us and telling us to contact SW Basics individually. This makes me want to cancel.

This box is a miss for me. First time in over a year I am listing a whole box for swap.

I like this box but I’m already subscribed to Vegan Cuts beauty box and its $20 but $15 sounds better.

I had to peek here to see what I missed… I just finished a 6 month sub with them in December, and I decided not to resub. This box just doesn’t wow me. I’ve been happy about a few things here and there, but it’s few and far between. I don’t see the value there with the tiny samples.

And there are too many products that are overly simplistic with ingredients. I mean, I can mix up a brown sugar scrub with various carrier oils and essential oils at home. I need products that deliver with active ingredients, and less fluff.

And the makeup never, ever pleases me. There’s typically little to no pigment, and too many products disappear into my skin. Not what I’m looking for in “prestige” (read: expensive) makeup lines.

This month was a total miss for me. Icky lotion, hate using my finger to apply lip stuff, when am I going to “paint” my eyeliner, and mystery powder stuff never goes well.

I thought the cream smelled a little odd too. I didn’t think those 3 ingredients would smell like much of anything. But I’ve never used this stuff to know differently and I know sometimes natural stuff has a different scent to them. Now I’m wondering where can I see this in the store to tell if there’s a difference from mine?

My SW Cream smelled terrible too-figured bad batch since can’t imagine SW putting anything out this bad-Someone should step up and replace all to keep the reps of both companys

My SW Basics cream smells fine – predominantly like shea butter.

My SW Basics cream smelled so horrible, it was unusable. I emailed PV customer service. They first told me it was fine. When I assured them it wasn’t, and that I was sure they never would have chosen it for the box if their sample smelled like mine, they passed me off to SW Basics customer service. Turns out, this batch was manufactured with a different olive oil than has been used in the past, which accounts for the change in smell. The company is making new cream with the original formula, and sending me a replacement when it’s ready, so I am satisfied with that.

Hey, Liz, I’ve been reading on other blogs that the SW Cream came rancid. You might want to smell yours, just in case.