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My hair is seriously an inch and a half long, and I am so tired of getting hair products when I specified that hair is my lowest priority. Unless it’s shampoo/conditioner/gel/hairspray, I won’t use it. But still I get all these dry shampoos, oils etc. that I have no use for. So sick of it!!
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April
I agree! To many hair samples!.. I would MUCH rather have Makeup.. I barely ever use hair products and I rarely paint my nails. Lol. But it seems like that’s what I mostly receive.:/.
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Candace
Looks like a cute box. Hoping it’ll be good; August will be my last box unless it blows me away. I have too many boxes!
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Dianne
The brow product is not worth anything. Only has about 3 uses. Got it at Sephora for free with purchase with 4 other items
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Patty
Boy how deep is birchbox trying to dig their hole? Hair products? they really think a foil packet and probably either a dry shampoo ( I love dry shampoo don’t get me wrong but I have yet to find one I like better than batiste that I can pick up at Ulta) a hair oil ( and who doesn’t have at least 5 or 6 sitting around I know I have a ton at this point) or sea salt spray which only works for a small portion of users and again I have a ton of them. Sorry birchbox you’re not swaying too many people back, I gave them July to see if they’d wow us to make up for a drastic change, and since I got my box today I wasn’t able to review for points which I’m guessing will be a large part of subbers. When I saw the eye serum in a foil packet I was so glad I cancelled, it wasn’t a bad box, but it didn’t make me want to stay. I’m back with ipsy for now, and the two months I’ve been back have had really good samples.
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Kay
I went for the curated box for July and I was able to review before today and got 70 points (total of 7 products and I was able to review all). I am going to give it another month. Hair products are my least favorite category as I have a relatively easy-to-manage hair, but let’s see when the sample choice time comes…
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Ashlee
I’m jealous. I just reviewed my curated box and I only got 50 points…just waiting until September when my gift subscription runs out.
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Kim
So lame………this is awful! I got two hair samples this month that I didn’t pick….any guesses?!??!?! Parlor—OF COURSE….shampoo and Rene Furtere styling cream…..ughhh if I didn’t have a prepaid gift subscription I’d be OUT! You can tell they are just using up what crap they have 🙁 NOT impressed Birchbox!
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Organiclove
Anyone else unable to view July’s box? I still cannot view what’s going to be in my box and it seems that it hasn’t even shipped yet. I’ve gotten no tracking email and the only shipping info on the site is from June’s box which arrived on the 10th of June. Really wondering what’s going on and if I’m the only one. Seems like a lot of people were able to view their boxes July 1st and some have even received theirs already.
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Britt?
Same. I never received a tracking email. Just been tracking online.. It says it left on 7/7, that’s exactly 2 weeks ago. Still in Indiana, though.. I’m so confused! Fortunately, almost everything in my box, I’ve tried. So, I filled out my reviews a while back & got a full 10 points for each one I did. I hope I’m still able to do reviews for the couple I haven’t tried.. The strange thing is last week I ordered twice from the BB shop, as I was trying to exhaust some coupons/vouchers & then points. Both packages came separately but within 3 days of me ordering them. One came with a free “monthly box” which was the curated one from JULY! I did not pick the curated one this month, I went with a sample choice. So.. in summary: Ordering from their “Full Size Shop” was a HUGE priority, over my monthly box. It’s clear now they are completely focused on the happiness of their non-subscribers, ordering full sizes. How in the world can my monthly box be sitting “in transit” for 14 days??? Did they run out, by giving away free boxes with purchase? Another side note: I did an “add-on” for July. I added the new Benefit Ka-Brow. That’s the item I want. They can keep their box. Just give me the Ka-Brow & keep it moving! I could’ve been using that for the last 5 weeks if I had just ordered it separately, or better yet; just went to Sephora, the day it was released! UGH! So frustrating!! It’s not like I got a deal, by doing the “Add-On!” It was FULL PRICE!
Wow! I literally just worked myself up so much writing that, my cheeks turned bright red. Birchbox: I’m trying to hold on & hold out, but you’re really not giving me anything to work with! Time for a team meeting, or better yet a team reorganization!
?(←←Me right now)
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Organiclove
My extremely lackluster box finally did come on the 18th. All items I either don’t want: a bottle of water and ONE set of eye patches or items I can’t/won’t use: a hair serum and a setting mist that’s sure to break me out. And the final item that was suppose to be my choice of mascara but instead they just sent me whatever mascara they wanted. Glad next month will include TWO CHOICES, if only they actually send me MY CHOICES. -_- If not it will definitely be a cancel for me.
Lindsay
I got a shipping update on the 9th… but couldn’t see any of my samples until late last night online. Previous months I could usually see my samples on the 4th/5th a few days before shipping. Go figure. Looks like they’re purposely holding off on letting people review July’s stuff until after the date it counts for our 5 remaining reviews.
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colleen
my profile says skincare and makeup are my preferences and every month I get a least 1 but usually 2 hair care products, no makeup except for the mascara this month, the gimme brow last month, and an eyeliner the month before.. They don’t even look at your profile. This will be an easy pass unless the curated box is exceptional.
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colleen
and i don’t count sunscreen as skincare
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Nikita
Why don’t you count sunscreen as skincare? It’s preventing your skin from getting a burn, getting early wrinkles, and reducing your risk of skin cancer. Do you consider it it’s own category?
Danelle
This is the nail in the birchbox coffin. This makes it so easy to cancel!!
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paige ammann
I’ve been very disappointed in BB, too. I liked it a year ago and even ordered a yr. sub. as a birthday gift for a friend. I’ve been so embarrassed. And I messed up and didn’t cancel before they “auto renewed” my own yr. sub. I e-mailed that I was no longer interested in subbing and they wrote that they wouldn’t renew when my current sub. was over – NEXT JUNE!! OH WELL! maybe they will improve (Hope).
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Rebecca
I was subbed until August of 2017 (long story), but they let me cancel when I (nicely) expressed my feelings about their points system changes.
Go to your box pages and review everything TODAY, y’all. I had a seven item box and got 70 points for reviewing the samples, so I guess I’ll stay on until August or maybe cancel and wait for a month with better sample choice spoilers.
This is a yawn worthy spoiler, ugh. I think that hair products are the #1 thing I’m not willing to change up because I have my basic routine and don’t use any hair styling products or tools. Unless it’s dry shampoo or hair oil, I have zero interest for trying new hair products.
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Rebecca
That’s because the new points system doesn’t take effect until 7/11, which is when most people get their July box. I bet you that you’ll be able to get 50 points for your August box. Lucky you!
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BTrue
This post could be very misleading for those who don’t know how Birchbox works. You don’t get to choose what you get. Their items arealways “curated” for you.
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Gabriela
5 months of Birchbox, and I always received 1 or 2 hair product samples. What’s new here?
I’ll be cancelling as soon as I receive/review July box and cash out the points.
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nana
They usually only have one hair item unless you are getting extras (like this month I’m getting 3 hair items, but 7 items altogether). I know because I hate hair items 🙂
I think they made a huge buy and they’ve lost so many subscribers that they don’t know what to do with them, so they ended up with the hair box and now this.
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Kristin
I’m actually really excited about this Box!!! ?
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Brandy Eurto
I’ve been with BB for 2.5 years and some boxes are hits and some are complete misses. I really feel that things are more of a miss lately. I was super surprised this last week after placing an order and getting the bonus 2 sample add on that one was a loreal shampoo sample. I saw this same travel size sample for $2 at Target. I worry that they are going to go cheaper and cheaper with each box. I see more repeats of items in curated boxes when I thought the point was to discover new things. It seems they have had the Avene, Oribe, and Stila lip glosses over and over.
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mfrances
My July box had Shampoo and conditioner in it. Looks like August will be a repeat. I hate getting shampoo and conditioner it’s such a small expense to begin with and it’s sucking the enjoyment out of my boxes. I expect it in Wal-mart boxes but I don’t want it in my nicer boxes. BOOOOOOOO!
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Lynn
Does anyone know if you cancel the sub box, does ACE status also cancel? Or would you still receive free shipping on purchases? I don’t know if there are even any other benefits to being an ACE anymore?
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Rebecca
I cancelled last month after the points debacle and still have Ace status.
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Lynn
Thanks for letting me know! I think I will be canceling too. I placed an order last month and the bonus sample pack had a value of about $3, and yet they price it at $10. I received a 1 oz shampoo sample, probably a couple of uses, but 1 oz is tiny for a shampoo sample. The other item was the tiniest sample ever of a Clarisonic face cleanser (0.14 oz) to use with one of those fancy face washing brushes that I don’t even have. I can’t imagine that will last for more than 1 use, maybe 2. I always felt I had good luck with the bonus sample packs and didn’t understand why some people complained, but I do now.
Ruchi
Pass. Cancelled this sub in June once they announced the changes. Once any company moves from being customer focused to being only commercially focused, it’s game over. It’s downhill from there.
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Jillian
It’s a sad last ditch gimmick. I had used all my points buying a gift, so it was easy for me to cancel in June when the changes were made. Katia made it perfectly clear that she never intended this company to focus on the sample sub box, so let’s just stop pretending that you suddenly care about the box subscribers. It’s sad.
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MJ
Too bad we are unable to get the UK version of the box. I opted out /cancelled and will be getting the Look Fantastic Box . Something different
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Cindy
According to this site, the Look Fantastic Box has been cancelled. Is it still ongoing? Thanks.
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Candace
I just ordered the 6-month sub from LookFantastic, so they are still going!
Luna
I agree! BB’s UK version is SO much better. I even tried to see if I could subscribe earlier this year too!
I noticed we have a much better Glossy box version though.
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Elena
Looks like they’re trying to clear out their warehouse. I was hoping for more exciting stuff as people are leaving 🙁
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Heather
Considering they literally JUST put out the Haircare kits (like yesterday??), this seems like an odd decision-to put MORE Haircare products in the next box… *sigh*
I got my Birchbox subscription as a Xmas gift, so I have several more months of the boxes… Otherwise, I’d have cancelled already.
Without the stellar point system, you just can’t hang, Birchbox!
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Dianne
The benefit brow product was free with purchase at Sephora online. 5 free samples with purchase.
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Jocelyn
Ulta had a coupon for a free gimme brow or ka-brow sample in your choice of color, no purchase required at all, in their sale ad this week. Not sure if they’ll have any left since it’s the last day of the ad, but if you have one and haven’t looked at it, it’s worth a try! I own the gimme brow and have used it for over a year. I got the ka-brow and loved it.
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Luna
I just received the brow sample with a Sephora purchase today (which I didn’t select as one of my five samples, so I gave it away), and it’s got to be one of the cutest, most perfect miniaturized version of a full-size sample I’ve ever seen. I feel like a giant holding it. 🙂
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Cat
I got this one too, I pretended to draw little eyebrows on my hand, like if you were doing the talking mouth think to see how it looked with tiny strokes and how it wore down and my hand looked all cute haha. It was so teensy adorable for a sample.
Pearldrop
I received my order today too and I had requested the brow sample but they skipped it and put a stupid perfume vial instead :/ That was the reason I placed the order, I’m thinking of returning them all.
Gemma
They are out of the brow one, darn!
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Missy
I got it though! Go me! Lol
JesH
Ugh! Swear, summer going so fast I can’t keep track of the months!!! Replace June with July, July with August,
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