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Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
Liz is the founder of My Subscription Addiction. She's been hooked on subscription boxes since 2011 thanks to Birchbox, and she now subscribes to over 100 boxes. Her favorites include POPSUGAR Must Have, FabFitFun, and any box that features natural beauty products!
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I got my box today and it was worth the wait. I got the Vintage pink highlighter, the studio palette, Patchology masks, crown brush and a full size Doucce mascara! SO HAPPY!!
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CT
Just received my November box and I’m so happy =D
Other than the palette everyone is receiving, I got the Skyn product (what I wanted the most), the face highlighter, Bella Pierre lip gloss (pretty colour), and the brush. Thank you BoxyCharm =)
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Jacklyn Singer
Just saw all the possible products for November on the BoxyCharm website and I’m not as excited now because I know I’ll get the crappy pick 🙁
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Jessica
I’m so excited for any variation of this box. I signed up for the palette not expecting to like anything else in the box. I can’t wait to see what I get.
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Donna H.
Done with this box and their widely valued variations. Not fair to customers, Boxy, so will see you in my rear view mirror. It was a nice run, but a girl only wants to come out on the short end so many times before she throws in the towel. Next up: Goodbeing. Have high hopes for that one and it is the same sub price.
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Caitie
I always get the cheapest box.
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Toni
What color are those shadows lol now it’s driving me nuts ???
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Jackie
From all the swatches I’ve seen it looks like they are reddish berry brick colors with a few light eggshell colors and a few dark colors. I thought the last one in the palette was black but it looks more charcoal/grey in the swatches. I haven’t found a true color description for the palette but if you watch a few of the unboxings on YouTube, you can see them a lil better than picture swatches.
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Toni
Lol I watched four of those and with everyone of them the color’s looked different .That was the last straw so to speak ?
Jackie
OK maybe not eggshell, but like eggshell with a pinkish brownish tint? And I swear a few of them look more brown than burgandy. Maybe my eyes are just that bad lol!
Alisonka
I got my box today. I got the Icelandic eye stuff. I need eyelid, not under eye. Considering swapping. The lip color looks great and the eyeshadow colors couldn’t be more perfect for me. I also got the highlighter. I’m a bit disappointed in that. I was hoping for the blush as I do not use highlighter. This looks really pretty, but I know it’ll look horrible on me. However, it may be possible to use it as a blush considering its pink. Hmmm… do I try it or swap it?
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E
Swap it. Just letting you know so you don’t have to swatch it and can save it for swapping. I wanted the blush as well as I don’t wear highlighter at all. This is very pretty mind you but it’s a pinky highlighter and not a blush as it has that highlighter sheen to it. Just my opinion of course but yeah, it’s shiny.
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ChereeK
I’m definitely going to use mine as a blush. It will make a beautiful blush for evernings!
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Toni
I’ll swap if I get blush
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DAWN KING
how do you know what you are getting? i never get shipping info or details of any kind.
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Jackie
You don’t until you get it. They like you to be surprised. Last month I emailed them and they told me, but this month, they said it was a “one time only” and they wouldn’t tell me again. You should get your shipping info within 10 business days of your payment and then within 10 business days after that, it arrives. Hope that helps.
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Tiffany
Out of curiosity, how much did your box weigh and what did you end up getting?
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Michelle Ford-Copley
I am SO excited for my Boxy! It’s like Christmas every month! I had unsubscribed for a couple of months because of financial obligations and my service dog needed an expensive surgery but now I have both ipsy and boxy back again and I couldn’t be more happy. I subbed to Sephora but promptly cancelled before getting my first shipment because everyone was so unhappy with their packages.
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Jessica
Love your positive attitude, and hope your service dog is doing well!
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Luna
Awww, I love the enthusiasm of your post! I really hope you enjoy all of the products you’ll be receiving in your Boxycharm and Ipsy. 🙂
Did you look at the products Sephora was including in their box before you cancelled? I say give them a try if you’re interested. Just because a majority of commenters (which make up a miniscule amount of subscribers) don’t like the bag they were assigned, doesn’t mean the subscription itself is bad. It’s probably just not right for them. You should take a look at MSA’s spoilers for the past few months to get an idea of what’s been in prior months bags and see if you wouldn’t mind having received any of those variations. It might be worth trying for at least a month or two. 🙂
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fabSB
I have been subd for about 2yrs, and although I LOVE boxy, I despise the variations. I have NEVER gotten the extra item options (when it says “or both”), or gotten the highest value of all variations. Lately I’ve consistently gotten everyone’s least-faves, and am Always getting my last choice 🙁 I think that loyalty to the box should account for something; long-term subscribers should be more likely to get the better stuff (not all of it, but more of it to reward people for taking the good with the bad and not bailing every time there is a lame month). So I hate variations, and I also dislike the turn lately towards reduced sizing and singles of multi-pack products cuz the plan I subscribed for stated I would get all full-size items. (For example the eye mask is way smaller than the full-size one shown in the link). I would also like to see who is getting free boxes and extra-loaded boxes because in 2yrs those are more myth than material to me.
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Lorraine
Boxycharm is my favorite subscription and I love the Studio Makeup palette from September, so I was super excited when I found out we were getting another one! Studio makeup is an excellent brand. Thanks to Boxy I also have a blush from them and I wear it often. Everything else this month will just be a bonus, as long as I get that eyeshadow palette!
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Mel
The only reason I subscribed to this box was for the eye palette. Everything else is a bonus, although I’d rather get the highlighter over the blush….I bought a Z palette and then promptly filled it with eyeshadow. oops
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donna
i love my nov box,i got the eye cream ,studio eye palette,vintage highlighter its gorgeous, liquid lipstick ,the crease brush,i love everysingle thing in my box.yy boxy ,i cancelled sephora box it was a waste.
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Brittnee
Hey Liz, just got an update from Sephora the box for November is “best in glow” ! Hopefully we get the milk highlighter this month 🙂
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wildelise ortiz
I want the marula oil and the highlighter so bad!!!! This will be a great box for me ?????
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Mira Aguirre
I want the blush. MUG products are so good. I would prefer something I know is good vs something of unknown quality.
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Kendall
Am I the only one curious to know what the top of the Vintage highlighter looks like? I love interesting and unique packaging which I would expect from a company with this name. None of the pictures show it though. I’m pretty happy with getting most of the variations. The only one I’m really hoping for one item over the other is the skincare. I hope I get the face masks!
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Jackie
If you look on BoxyCharms IG page, like the 3rd or 4th row it shows the vintage highlighter packaging. Its not as pretty as I thought it would be. Its just a white compact with “Vintage” written lightly on it. 🙁
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Kendall
Boooo, that sucks. In that case, I hope I get a blush, preferably in a color I can use. Thanks for the heads up though!
Evelyn
Kind of sad I passed this box. You can’t never have enough palettes. Oh well
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Lenna
Is there a way to know what will u get in the box??? Like in ipsy for example.
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Jackie
Unfortunately no. Last month was my first box and I emailed customer service and asked and they told me but they also said they don’t tell us what we are getting because they want it to be a surprise, but I think with all these new variations, they should tell us. I’m subscribed to ipsy as well and I may be cancelling after this month because I got a crappy pick and everything was sooo tiny. :/ but you can try emailing boxys customer service and asking them what you will be getting
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Jenna
It dawned on me that one set of subscribers received their boxes with the oil (aka the expensive item) which means that other subs, including myself, would end up with a less valued item like the temptu. I think it’s super unfair. Sorry girls, just venting! It’s just ridiculous and I may unsubscribe pretty soon.
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CherèeK
After I read your post, I looked up the price of each one. Makeup Geek blush is a $10.00 item. Way less than the Vintage cosmetics choice! I think that the oil is 0.23 oz version, but I cannot read the exact size of the oil..
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homesweetgliese
Yep I got the oil and it’s 30 ml RV $58. I put it up for swap. I’m overloaded on facial oils atm.
Jackie
I believe one of the unboxings I watched said the oil was 1oz and retails for $58! Way more than a $10 blush 🙁
Ashley
The oil is a $58 value they said
Jackie
Im with you. It’s not fair that some people get a $60 item while others get a $10-$20 item. I haven’t even gotten a shipping email yet, so I know I’ll get the crappy pick.
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Toni
Gee I wonder if the all the subscribers who got the yucky stuff will get the good stuff this time or will it go to the same people.Speaking as on of those people who got the crap I’m hoping we get the good stuff .Because I’m done with box envey ,when I signed up it was because I believed all got the same box and I liked that.I love you Boxycharm but I’m not doing this anymore.So I’ll just take the money from this and Glossybox and go buy what I want
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Dianne
Makeup is getting so boring. I want the oil. I want some hand creams and farmacy products and natural products next year. On eye palette overload. I did like the Temptu bronzer last month. I use it with my beauty blender. Looks very natural . Vintage looks promising. Lip stick overload also. Every color is to dark or bright. Still excited.
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wildelise ortiz
Then you should go for another box like beauty fix! They send more skincare items than makeup 🙂 I was subscribed to it and it’s pretty awesome! ?
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MommylovesMU
I would’nt have minded the temptu but I got the water proof cargo bronzer which was great. I just don’t want another highlighter. I hope I get that oil!!!! loved last month’s box except for the cuticle oil but I didn’t hate it either. I received a crown brush from ipsy once and it is my favorite brush so far. So I wouldn’t mind if I got that too. Just not the face masks. But for $21. Can you really complain? Best subscription box in my opinion.
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Luna
That’s funny you mentioned about wanting to see natural products next year, because I was just thinking today how nice it would be if Boxycharm, Allure, etc would do an all-natural box for a month.
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Jo
Have you checked out Benevolent beauty box? They have awesome boxes! Their Holiday box is going to be amazing and a great price too!
Patty
Skip taking the 20 bucks and getting a UD electric palette Finally now that it’s way more affordable only thing I’d be excited for is the palette and I have those colors already so not this month here’s to December!
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Alice
I see other people are figuring this out too
I used to get 5 subs a month, now I get 2. I realized I could spend that extra $60/month hand picking items I really want..rather than overloading on sample-sized mascaras and weird lip colors
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CherèeK
I’m going to refrain from putting the number of subscription I had at the highest, but it was REALLY high. I sat down and saw how much I was spending – it definitely was a big revelation! This is my last box from Boxycharm, and they sealed that by having 2 months of variations. Only kept Cate and Chloe, Luxor, & Your Bijoux Box. (Bijoux is ending after December, kept Luxor because I never buy that kind of stuff for myself.)
kirsten eaton
I think I’m going to have to drop boxycharm, and it’s the only sub I get. I’ve never once gotten the high dollar or high end ‘ors’. Pretty sure this month wont be any different. Just doesn’t seem fair and gets kind of depressing when the other items are too similar every month. (plus poor colors for me). It’s a cool sub, but I haven’t even unpacked the last five boxes. Guess I kept hoping for the ‘one’. On the bright side…I have lots of stocking stuffers and shelter donations.
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