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(FYI - Play! by Sephora is only open to subscribers in certain test markets right now, but you can sign up on their waitlist to get notified when you can sign up. Boxes are $10 a month).
What do you think of the April 2016 Play! By Sephora box? I'm loving these brands! And the NARS lip pencil looks like a great size!
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.
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BEWARE! Notification of being able to subscribe after being waitlisted is FALSE!!
Many of us, judging from the comments in the Sephora Play site, were notified via email that “You’re invited to Play! Great news, you’re off the waitlist.”
It allowed 8 days to do it.
When I followed the link to subscribe, the message pops up: “There are currently no spots available. We’ve added you to the waitlist and will notify you when a subscription is available.”
This is just shoddy planning and execution on Sephora’s part, and a counterproductive rollout of what could have been – and may still be – a fun subscription box.
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Kristin
I followed the link above and subscribed and got confirmation email. I was on the wait list from day one but didn’t sign up from that email.
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Melody
Overall, the box looks fantastic. This will be my first and I can’t wait! That Nars lip pencil is the same one we got as a birthday gift last year. If it’s the same thing, it’s deceptively small. It’s just the tip (not trying to be dirty). There was no way to sharpen or twist for more product… that I saw anyway.
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Grace
Got my off the waitlist email today…signed up! You have 15 days to sign up after they email you. Think I’ve been on the waitlist for at least 3 months.
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Tia
I finally got off the list too! I put in my email address and was sent to the spot to add it to my cart. I used two email addresses to join the waitlist so my little sister could get a subscription too (I pay for it) and was able to get both subscriptions. I’m not excited to here that changing the shipping address is such a hassle because I am moving in 2 months. Maybe when they go national it will have an easier process and can be done online.
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pri
I just got off the waitlist and I am in the bay area! I had been adding my name every month to the waitlist
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Alicia
Finally off the wait list in Las Vegas! I was on that list for a loooooooong time; I sure hope it was worth it! 😉
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KittyGlitter
Having trouble posting today and yesterday but possible May Box Spoiler⬇️
Along with Forces of Nature Play booklet I see Tarte eyeliner, Korres cream, Origins sheet mask and a mini red tone lipstick and brown liner swatch? Spotify playlist offers clues- Wild World as in Korres Wild Rose?? Sea of Love is hopefully Tarte Rainforest of the Sea
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chillybeans
I’ve been a subscriber since the first box and absolutely love it!
Their shipping is super fast, i get my box w/in 2 days (Boston area)They bill and ship when they say they will.
Nothing has been missing, or broken. The booklet they include is the best and most informative out of any of the sub boxes I’ve seen. They have included Fresh (one of my favorites )about 3/4 times so far. The brands are high end and no teeny tiny samples.
And it’s five samples plus perfume-and they have “Play ” parties/events if you live near a Sephora.
Ladies…..enjoy!!!!!!
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Cheryl
I was just today able to subscribe. I love the contents spoilers for this box. They all look great. I look forward to being a long time subscriber to this box. Sephora has been one of my favorite stores for a very,very long time. Love and thanks for the spoilers. <3
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Blondage
I got off the wait list today. Does anyone know if I subbed in time to receive this box? That Nars shade is one of my absolute faves. WANT!
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Lauren
I was able to subscribe (finally) but my mailing address ended up wrong so I called the 1-877-SEPHORA number…waited 10 minutes then finally got a clueless customer service rep who has nooo idea what Play! by Sephora was and took another 15 minutes to try to figure it out. Hmm not a good start…hope this box is worth all the hassle and wait!
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Lacey
Don’t ever move is the only advice I can give. I moved last month and called to change my address and my billing address. The first time I called I was on hold for two hours. The second time I was assured my address would be changed. My card was still not charged, so I called back and was assured all was well. The next day my card was still not charged, so I called again and was told my address was not updated in time and I would not receive the April box. I am super unimpressed with Sephora. I will say that they did give me 200 points as a courtesy. I’m probably just bitter, but that didn’t really make me less upset.
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Samantha
I’ve subscribed from the beginning and moved in November…it took three calls to get my address changed. It was a really obnoxious process. It was actually the biggest hassle of the entire moving process! I have no idea why you can’t just change it on the website. The box has definitely been worth it though!
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Dawn
OMG! I signed up for this and was on the waiting list since it started. Living in Oklahoma I thought the subscription would only be available for LA and NY, etc. After reading everyone’s comments here I went back to my Sephora account and put my address in again and GUESS WHAT?????? It let me sign up again and pay for the subscription. I’m in! Woohoo I’ve never been more excited to give someone my money. 🙂
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Amy Byers
California! Just got OFF the waitlist today! Woohoo! Been waiting since August!
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Chieme
It looks like the waitlist has opened up, I was able to subscribe and I live in Georgia. http://www.sephora.com/play
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Maria
I got in! As soon as I saw your message I went to the page and got in! So excited. Thanks for the heads up!
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Barbie
OMG!!! I can’t believe it! I didn’t get an email (checked my spam box too – nothing).
Went to the Play site out of desperation, put in my email, and it allowed me to sub!!!!!
WOW!!!! I’m finally in the club!
Ladies, do keep trying to put in your email at various times. (I’d been just randomly checking – putting in my email for weeks.) It works!
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Barbie
By the way, a couple of weeks ago, I did set up an unused Sephora account with the email that worked. (I think I have a couple of items in my cart I was thinking of buying, but didn’t.) Maybe that tilted the scale for me (?)
For reference, I’m in Northern Virginia.
I hope this info helps anyone interested to get off that horrible waitlist.
Hooray!!!!! Sephora’s gonna allow me to give them money! 🙂
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LisaLisainSC
I’m in Indiana. I think I signed up in January and was on the waitlist one month. I got off in February and March was my first box. I don’t know how I happened to have such luck. So excited for all of the Play boxes. Where else can you get high quality samples for $10 a month? Birchbox is playing around and the only thing keeping me with them is the points because it’s literally like you’re only paying $4 a box once you do the product reviews.
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Destiny
YAAAAAAAYYYY! I got an email last month to join (Madison, Wi). My friend also got the email she lives about an hour from me in a small town. Not sure how they pick, but not complaining since we made the list! Patiently waiting for this AWESOME first box!
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Iris
Great box! Still waiting, wah 🙁
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Stephanie
I just can’t be excited having to wait months upon months for a business to take my money. I don’t know why I came in here to get upset all over again lol
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Natalie DeLuca
I pasted my email into the “subscribe” section and was told they’d let me know if there was a spot. A couple of days later, I saw an edit to the review of the Play box, and the edit said that some people were pasting their email repeatedly over a period of time, and one day it worked. I did this for a while, and just 30 minutes ago, it worked. So i’m much closer now, ha.
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AmyM
Sephora Play is the Mean Girls of subscription boxes — “You can’t sit with us.” Boo!
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Kiales
So much this haha. Stop making me want what I can’t have!!
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Ann
Looks like an amazing box!! Very excited to get it!! 🙂
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KittyGlitter
POSSIBLE SPOILER⬇️
It looks likes you can see the May box products along with Forces of Nature Play booklet- I see a Korres cream, a Tarte eyeliner and an Origins Sheet Mask, can’t make out the fragrance. Also mini lipstick and swatch of liner? The Spotify list is telling. Wild World as in Korres Wild Rose? Sea of Love? Hopefully Tarte Rainforest From the Sea
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AshKay
It’s getting harder and harder to care about this box, which is now invite only through someone who already has a subscription? And whatever happened to the Macy’s box?
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Natalie DeLuca
Like I just told someone else, I got in through repeated pasting of my email address. Yeah, it says, “We’ll let you know when there’s a spot,” but screw that. I kept pasting away, and this morning I got in. I checked my email to see if they sent an invite, and nope, they didn’t. Just got lucky to steal a spot, I guess. Not that I know how their system works, because it doesn’t seem to make any sense whatsoever.
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Deb
I contacted Sephora recently after spending 6 months on the Play! waitlist and drooling over the boxes, which seem to be eternally out of my reach.
They replied (after a week) and said the box is “currently offered on a limited, invitation-only basis during a market test period….” Yadda, yadda, yadda….”We understand that this may be extremely frustrating”….blah blah blah…..”We deeply appreciate your patience…”
So alas, I shall continue to wait in vain, softly sobbing each time a new box is posted…
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Judith
Is anybody receiving two of them? I would be happy to cancel my Birchbox for a second Play subscription.. I have a couple of girlfriends who are dying to sign up but are still waitlisted. I would love to get a second one so they can Play! too!! Lol..
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Christy Wheaton
I received the invitation at the beginning and since it goes by email, you can only get one 🙁 I even called and asked if I could get an extra one because I think it’s totally worth it but, sadly, the answer was no.
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Cathy Spicer
I’m excited! I’ve been on the wait list since the news broke and was thrilled when I received the notification last month to subscribe. I’m in the middle of nowhere southern Minnesota (about 60 miles southwest of St. Paul); so it’s obviously not tied to being in a metro location to get in.
I didn’t mind waiting as I’d rather they work out their distribution and fulfillment pieces first. I can only imagine the uproar if it had been open to all without testing first.
These are all new to me items that I’m excited to try!
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Adele
I’m looking forward to this box and I don’t mind the repeat NARS color because I broke the one from my birthday gift. I called Sephora to ask about when it’s fully launching and she said they are going national next month, but she didn’t sound too sure, so who knows, but I think that’s promising and if not next month, hopefully soon.
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Kat
I hope next month or the one after that. I live in the NYC-metro area and my area wasn’t picked any sooner. I changed my e-mail address so I made sure to list my new e-mail address on the wait list. I, also, have been on the waiting list since Play! by Sephora came out. Attempting to save money for it. Thanks for asking questions. You are a big help. I will keep my fingers crossed.
-Kat
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Mia
In the same area and try to subscribe 1-2 per week and still no invite. I did write and comment about the number of bloggers that seem to have the box, but received the same old general answer.
BTW LADIES: IF YOU ARE A VIB COLLECTING POINTS BE SURE TO CHECK THAT YOUR POINTS AND DOLLAR STATUS IS CORRECT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE USING THE APPs INSTEAD OF YOUR ACTUAL CARD. I HAVE A HUGE DISCREPANCY. THEY UPDATED THE POINTS BUT ARE NOT ABLE TO UPDATE THE AMOUNT TO UPDATE OR KEEP YOUR STATUS. PLEASE KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS AND TOTALS SO THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN TO YOU. IF IT DOES, PLEASE CALL YOUR APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE TO CORRECT.
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