GlossyBox Subscription Box Review + Coupon – June 2016

Are the people that are getting the crappier items in their boxes (sinful polish and shave oil instead of nuxe oil and lipstick) ones that bought the discounted subscription vouchers? I’m curious if the accounts are marked to get cheaper stuff.

I’m pretty new to beauty boxes, so each one is a thrill to look forward to, and then open! This was my first GlossyBox, and because I love bargains, I got it with the 2 random free boxes from the past, making them $7 each.

I saw that this said June on the box, and so I opened it first. I seemed to remember several comments here that they didn’t like it, so I was prepared for disappointment, but I loved it! I live in Hollywood, so I’m always happy to see companies celebrating entertainment (even though the Tonys are more Broadway.)

Haven’t tried anything yet, but I got Sebastian Whipped Creme, which won me based on name alone. I got the blue denim Kylie polish. (No fan of that family in the least, but it’s a conversation starter. 🙂 ) I don’t have that many non-reds, so great to try it.

I guess my mascara is half full, too. What a strange thing to save money on. Didn’t think about it til I read it here, but it has no pull about half way up. However I LOVED the info card, which tells you how to save and re-ignite old dried up mascaras. 🙂

Did anyone get a mascara that had a tiny sample amount of product in the full size tube??
Just wondering if mine was the only one. If the July box isn’t any better than the June box, I will be going with the Beauty fix. Seems like a lot of you have been saying great things about that sub.

I tried to stay positive with GlossyBox, but June was probably the least exciting one for me. I received my lip gloss in “Sugar Rush” which looks much softer and better color for me. I also received Vichy water spray instead of nail polish and I prefer that as well. I won’t use the hair spray and tan towels, but I am happy to hear Liz’s review on the oil to tame the frizz. My July box is arriving in a few days, and hopefully it is better.

I enjoyed this box, and started tucking into it as soon as I got it. Love the hair spray & hair oil a lot.

The only thing I really wasn’t excited about was the tan towels, but I did like that they sent two.

I haven’t tried those masks yet, but I am excited to have received them.

Overall I’m usually very happy with Glossy. Typically, there aren’t more than one, maybe two items (if there’s a mascara) that I’m not happy with per box. I’m experiencing dreaded product overload syndrome, but I’m planning on keeping this sub.

I really liked this box (once again, I see I’m definitely one of the few!). It came right before vacation and provided 2 things (travel size hairspray and waterproof mascara) that I would have gone out to buy anyways- so saved me some money there. I’ve never tried Tan Towels so that was an exciting find for me. Even though applying was a PIA, I found it gave me a nice even tan. My Kylie polish was clear with blue glitter. I put it on over another color polish and it was cute. My daughter picked it the last time I polished her nails and she loved it (she’s 3)! I loved the 2 step mask. The heating and cooling sensations were a little intense but my skin felt great after. I noticed the mascara was half empty also but because I use waterproof mascara so little (only for the beach or pool), it didn’t bother me. I figure I’ll only use it for the summer season anyways. The only total dud in the box was the lip gloss because I can’t wear orangey-reds, so I gave it to my mom. I haven’t even tried the hair oil yet although I like the size for traveling. All in all, to me it’s a great value for the $8-9 value I paid using the Gilt City deal. Although, I will caveat that by saying I would never purchase this box full price. Using a Black Friday deal, my BB sub comes out to about $7 per box and I think Glossy beats BB in value and usefulness every month. Especially with BB changing their points system, I’m just waiting for the year to be up and then done.

I actually got a hair mousse in my box along with a shimmer blue polish. I wanna say I feel bad for people that got an annual sub cause it seems to me Glossybox has been running a lot of specials that consist of extra boxes. Last month I got a bonus box then cancelled this month I’ll be getting 3 boxes for the price of one! No annual sub can beat that! I’m certain I’m just gonna keep cancelling so I can get these awesome bonuses! It’s is worth it to me!

This was such an awful box I canceled after receiving this box, but not in time to not be charged for July. Verdict is still out for me on whether I receive the Nuxe oil or not. But what makes me most angry is the fact that I wrote a review for the June Glossybox on their website and it still has not appeared. When I submitted the review a little box popped up letting my know my review would be submitted to be moderated. This was about 2 weeks ago. I believe that Glossybox did not publish my review because I left 2 stars on the review. Every single review for this box on the website is a great review (I guess they only publish the good reviews), while other independent sources (Reddit and comments on this website) have only said negative things about this box. It really angers me that glossybox is playing this censorship game. So glad I canceled.

I was not thrilled about this box. the mask was fun, and there was enough of it that I could share it with my daughter, but it didn’t have miraculous effects on my skin (I’m not sure anything would given all the products I already use regularly). Still, it was fun.

I did get a great Granite color for the nail polish that really works for me.

But the other stuff was really a miss – and it has been hard to swap too!

This nail polish has no place in a Glossybox. Putting it in a Birchbox would’ve been a stretch, but this is a $21/month box. Sinful is sold for $2/bottle near me, and it’s not a even a good product (I’ve tried several different colors that I received as a promotional thing). I feel like it was only cool enough for GB because it has Kylie Jenner’s name on it, which holds no weight for me. (In fact, it’s sort of a turn-off.)

One of my Glossydots surveys last month was about GB in general, and I brought up this specific nail polish. Hopefully they’ll listen, and there’ll be no more cheap products.

Also, I only got one tan towel and was wondering who the heck would only want to tan half their body! I mentioned that in the survey, too. Looks like I should’ve gotten two, so hopefully they’ll read between the lines that I only got one for my complaint to make sense.

I actually just signed up (I know most of the comments say they’re disappointed) but I thought that 2 free boxes on top of the monthly box sounded like a really good deal so I figured I’d try it and then cancel if I didn’t like it but I didn’t find a lot of information on their website about these two free boxes and when I completed my order it said absolutely nothing about two free boxes and only said I was ordering the one monthly box subscription… So I’m hoping that I actually end up getting the 2 boxes? I emailed them haven’t heard back yet but I just found it strange it didn’t add anything else to the order so now I’m wondering if it’s just saying you get 2 free boxes like the next two months? I’m not sure, If anyone knows please let me know!

It’s funny. I got almost the same box and loved everything. I thought it was the best one in a long time.

Funny that this review should appear today. I was just doing my reviews for my glossy dots when I realized I hated this box. I had the Sam assortment as Liz but my polish was purple. I clicked on the chat with us link and gave my opinion of the last two boxes, including that I got 3 Nioxin conditioners missing at least one of the products on my card. I was offered a free product from a huge list. It pays to complain.

Liz, are those masks meant to be used back to back or on separate occasions? I got that pore pack with my Sephora Tokyo bag and I haven’t tried it out yet.

I cancelled Glossybox way back after a couple boxes because I didn’t like their cancellation policy. I was getting boxes too late to decide if I wanted to receive the next month, but it was too late to cancel without being charged and receiving the next month. I got two, cancelled and had to pay for a third, and never regretted it.

Instead of the nail polish I got full-size bottle of CLEAR by LUE, an herbal/natural acne spot treatment that retails for $15 (really, not just what GB claims). Between that, the Caolian pack, and the box itself (I love the boxes and use them for storage), I feel like I got my $9 worth from the Gilt deal, but GB is really not making a good case for keeping them once my year is up.

So I just got my glossybox for July. & what I wanted the most, that nuxe oil, I didn’t get. In its place I got some shave oil plus all the spoilers. Someone said here on MSA that glossy suddenly took off the oil from the spoilers & that they were wondering if glossy went back on what they put out & wasn’t sending the oil anymore. Usually when they put out spoilers, it’s something that will be included in all variations. Did anyone receive their July box & actually get the Nuxe oil?

I’m so happy that I am no longer wasting my money on this crappy box. 🙂

I hate to be Debbie Downer but I have to cry foul on the retail value Glossybox posted for the LA Splash diamond lip gloss (I posted this when they came out with the spoiler and I’m posting it again now because I find it pretty agregious…). I found a set of 5 of the LA splash diamond lip glosses on a website called The Dance Shop of Logan (?) for $10. So that’s $2 each. It’s hard to tell the size from the photos or description but it looks the same as what we received.

So couple that with $2.50 nail polish and two tan towels that very few people use and you have the makings of a pretty poor box. Never ever in a million years would I have expected that yet another hair spray sample and random mascara would end up being the “good” items in a $21 box!!!

This one is a HUGE miss for me…oh well. ?

I did not care for the cooling mask at all. It “cooled” to the point of burning my eyes (camphor?) and I couldn’t wash it off fast enough. Also, I agree with Bonny – I am really on the fence about cancelling my Glossybox (as well as Birchbox) as both are more miss than hit, with, it seems, less and less for the money. What are other MSA’s folks thoughts on this box? Thumbs up or down? And Mary K – I so agree with you. Just putting your famous/infamous name on a product doesn’t mean it is a good product – or that you had anything to do with the creation/development of that product. I am so sick of that family. Other bigger issues in this world that need are attention more than to them. ((sorry to vent)).

I was just thinking about how I miss the days when Glossybox partnered with Bergdorfs…I think that was my most favorite box. The recent ones have all seemed blah. I even have a free one pending with Glossydots that I’ve never bothered to cash in.

Liz, I would correct your assertion that the Icona mascara was full-sized. The TUBE (container) was full-sized. Mine was almost empty of product… It ended up in the trash anyway, because the “waterproof” assertion was complete bunk. A couple of tears, and it was down my face. Third crummy Glossybox in a row. Once my annual sub is up, I’m gone.

That nail polish looks great on you! Lip gloss is perfect for the red carpet as well.

I can’t be the only one who positively cringes when a Kardashian/Jenner product is included in sub boxes, right? I make a lot of mistakes in life, but I can at least sleep soundly knowing I never willingly contributed a penny towards that vile clan… (It doesn’t help that I hate that coral-toned red color, too.)

I received Glossy Box a long time ago. I cancelled last year because the items did not thrill me. I just subbed with the promotion ( free two boxes). Their boxes are so hit or miss. I’m spoiled by Boxy Charm and Beauty Fix, I guess.