POPSUGAR Must Have Mini – April 2016 FULL SPOILERS!

This looks amazing and I love the smell of melon. I am very sad that I didnt sign up for one 🙁

My box arrived today and I ended up cancelling immediately. The candle was coated in some sort of oil so I had to wash it off. The lip gloss was super underwhelming and not something I would ever purchase. I never buy any pot lip products. They just aren’t easy to apply and seem kind of gross and germy. I thought the first box of a new subscription would be amazing… Sadly it was not.

For 20 and to get 30 dollars worth of stuff. But when you buy the 40 dollar one it comes with a 100 +.Anyway this was my first PopSugar and I wanted it to rock my world, but it was ok. Candle smell sooooo nice and I normally don’t care for melon. I thought the beautiful lip item was small for being 16.50.Its to pretty to use. If they put so small samples, candle to fill the box somewhat I would of not just cancelled. Ohh well….

anyone tried the candle yet? i like the smell but i hope it’s not overwhelming when you light it. i have plenty of scented candles but this one is nice, though i doubt it will top my hot apple cider one. 🙂

i think i’ll gift or swap the lip balm, lavender and mint aren’t really my thing. mother’s day is coming up!

It’s OK- I have small kids so the candle is not doable for me. I feel like I have 900 lip balms. But I guess OK. Underwhelmed.

I just got mine and I’m really happy with it. I think both products smell amazing, really fresh and perfect for spring. When I opened my box, I could not stop sniffing the items. My cat came over to see what I was doing, so we sniffed them together. He agreed that they were pretty great. I don’t subscribe to the main box because of the clutter factor. I hope they keep playing it safe with mini and don’t start including random “creative” things like those novelty wine bags. Yeah, I already have candles and lip balm, but these are the nicest and move immediately to the top of the rotation. All I want is a couple of nice things I can actually use and a little mood boost at the end of a long day. If mini continues like this, I will definitely stick with it.

Oh my goodness….the candle smells so amazing!!

I just got mine today, and didn’t spoil it for myself before hand. I had hoped that since this was the first mini box, it’d be amazing. The lip balm is something I kept pining for every time I went to Sephora, but not in the strawberry scent (I really don’t like strawberry), and I don’t really need another candle, but would have been cool with it if it hadn’t smelled like white melon. I’m disappointed, unfortunately. I wonder if anyone would wanna swap a candle for a different flavor lip balm?

Pop Sugar is overhyped. For the price of the mini box every item should be incredible. If you want to be the box everyone wants.They hv a CFDA? box for 200 bucks. Every item is suggested retail price and we all know what that means. I wanted the mini but after getting my first must have box I was slightly happy with the items my gripe is the price. Give more items that is the only way I can see making it a real must have. You can’t please everyone, you might not pick the best items but if you give a “box full” more than any of the other subscription boxes that is what would make me happy. 2 items that will be a hit or miss and are the price of 2 boxes (ipsy & birchbox). Some people just want to be able to say they hv it. Sorry to be so long winded but I just hate these overpriced boxes

Um, ok. I am getting one, bUT it’s really not thrilling. I love my monthly PopSugar box, and I like the LeBoxes for the most part too. Sometimes I get one I don’t love totally but it’s fine. I did expect more wow factor here for the first one. Maybe even a few sample size items to be thrown into it too… I like the items, but I’ll wait until next month to see if it’s something I’ll keep. I like my Glossybox more than this

I got mine today. It is okay, the candle smells good and the lip balm is alright. I think I will give it one more month and if it isn’t great, I will just cancel the mini and keep the regular PopSugar box.

Hmmm… well, I guess this proves I do not like being a guinea pig for a new box, lol. I am meh about the candle and not at all into the lip balm, so that’s $20 for two things I never would have bought myself. Sub boxes are a risk, it is true, and I do dig the surprise, buuuuuttt…. only 2 items means you better love the heck out of one of them (at the very least) and I do not. I will probably cancel, if this is the way things will be for the Mini….

My mini subscription isn’t allowing me to cancel? Anyone else having this issue? I’m hoping it is a temporary glitch…

I maybe in minority but I LOVE THIS BOX! I LOVE THE CANDLES and love the lip balm. I wanted to try this already and this sounds awesome! So excited!

I just received My box today .. And holy cow that candle smells AMAZING!!!!

The Mini reminds me of the Birchbox beta sub in which people paid additional to receive 2 full size beauty item.

With the current sub market (price vs contents vs quality vs “value”) I don’t Think this will be around at the end of the year.

I wanted to get this box, but now I’m glad I didn’t. Neither item is something I want, nor something I’d be able to gift. So they’d both just wind up on the swap site. I like candles and lip balm, just not these particular ones. I wonder if PS upped the price by a couple bucks and included three items instead of two if that’d be better. It’s a big risk with just two items that you won’t like anything in the box.

I wish I would have been able to get the Serendipity box. Those look so much fun and only $10 every other month. Perfection!

I was expecting to be blown away by the inaugural box. They played it way safe. That said, both items are easily giftable/swappable if I don’t care for the scents, so there’s that.

I am happy with the contents. They said up front to expect a $30 value. I have been wanting to try that particular lip balm and I can always use another candle 🙂 I would rather see them include “safe” items like this that have a wide appeal than random stuff that doesn’t even make sense as a gift. I am excited to receive the first mini 🙂

I am super happy I passed on this one… I think a couple of boxes will have to be rolled out first in order for them to get a value or products people are happy with. I was, however, extremely tickled that someone is already selling this box on ebay and are asking for the value of the box ($35) when people are upset with the $18.95 price tag….lol….

This is about what I expected, since it’s exactly what was advertised…. two items with a $30 value.
I didn’t sign up for one, knowing that this was the risk that was run (it wouldn’t compare with the value of the full-sized box, since it was very clear that it wouldn’t), so I don’t really get why so many people are shocked or disappointed? I’m not sure what else they are going to do besides more things like this, since they’re only aiming for a $30 value. *shrugs*

Super lame..I figured they would WOW us with the first box. Yeah total fail. Part of me wants to cancel..part of me wants to see May and then decide. Not even excited to receive my box now. I hope they read all these reviews..

Makes me glad I have Serendipity for my mini box! Too bad its only every other month!

I can’t believe I paid $20 for a candle and some lip balm. I’m so disappointed. You’d think with the value you get in the regular box they’d up their game a bit. I’m also irritated with their sketchy advertising how they’re “sold out” til July’s box. I’m sure plenty of slots will open up when everyone cancels! So lame 🙁