BoxyCharm Subscription Box Review – December 2016

can you tell me why this pallet looks exactly like the Urban Decay, Naked 3 pallet just with a different name?

Hi! I just signed up for this subscription, hoping my first box would be December. Got an email saying I’m on the waitlist. Does anyone know if that means my first box will be January or is the waitlist the default message everyone gets at first? If anyone knows, I’d love the info!
Thanks!!

I’m a new subscriber 🙂 and have been waiting for my box to arrive for what feels like an eternity. After reading all of your reviews and comments I still don’t know what to expect! Mind you, I’ve never has a subscription service other than my utility bills 😛 But I’m very excited. I like the fact that I atleast know the gist of what I’ll be getting and I’ll have 2-3 surprises which is pretty awesome. I’ve also inherited 2 sister in laws that I will be gifting any products that better suit them.

Side note: My box weight is .9 lbs
(I’ll update what I get when it arrives)

I got the same box as Liz, except my Makeup Geek eyeliner was called Royal and it was definitely purple. I love the shadow palette and the eyeliner. I feel like they work well together with the lip and nail color.

That said…that lip color was quite the shock. I love purple lipstick, but this is so dark it looks black. The first time I tried it, I felt so goth and immediately wiped off what I could and then went over it with my beige Bossy lipstick from this month’s Glossybox. (see Glossybox December reviews if you want to see that shade). That toned it down slightly so I felt I could go to work. After that I was afraid to wear it again. There it sat, unused, as I continued to make pretty combinations from the shadow palette and wear them with my purple liner.

One day, about three or four days later, I decided it was time to face my fear of the dark lip. (I am a pale lipstick lover, golden tan skin and dark golden blond hair). I swiped that blackish purple lip color on and…ROCKED IT. I think I went slightly darker on the eye shadow than I had the first time, and I just decided to wear it like it belonged there. Posted my pic on facebook, with the Boxycharm look and reindeer antlers on my head, and got tons of likes and compliments, some specifically about the lipstick.

I feel so liberated. Will it be my go-to? No, especially because it’s harder to maintain the color than my pale faves. But I know I can wear it. Thanks, Boxycharm, for getting me out of my comfort zone. Because isn’t that the real reason many of us love these boxes…the surprise and trying new things?

I signed up this month for boxy charm because I read this review and was so impressed by the items. My box promptly arrived this morning. I received everything that the review box except for the Iby gold brown pencil I received. Over all I’m very pleased. The only thing that was disheartening and makes me think twice is the broken Pure palette. Love the colors in it. So exited to try it. Just was broken and all over my box. Sent in a picture to there customer services. Im curious to see how this will be handled.

Totally subbing on Friday. I <3 Ofra and purple so that alone makes everything else what $2? I only wish they would go as bold on the eyeshadow palette as they did on the lip.

Yayyyyyy I got the exact same box as shown, except a golden brown eyeliner by IBM instead. Works for me!!

I love BoxyCharm! This month purple lipstick was gifted to a friend who saw the spoiler and wanted it. And everything else I liked: eye shadow palette, lip liner in a shade of pink, nail polish, Cougar powder. After trying out a few different beauty boxes, I am starting to weed. I am definitely keeping Boxycharm! And probably BeautyFix as well. Said goodbye to Sephora Play, just not for me. I also said goodbye to Beauty Box 5, although I liked them a lot, and recommend it for the price. I have honestly collected so many products in the last 3 months, I think I am set for the next year! And I still have more coming in the FFF box and the Zoe Report box. Plus some things from various PopSugar boxes I have ordered. Entering product overload, oh my!! Just curious: Do any of you ladies actually use up these products? Do you gift lots of items? Do you have huge collections? Do you toss the items that aren’t getting much use?

Received mine today. Last month I got leftover items, so feared the same…but happy to see I got same as Liz except eye brightener instead of pencil. But gosh that purple lip is worse than expected! This box will forever be known as “the month with that purple lipstick.”

I’m getting mine on Tuesday. I really want the eye brightener. If someone who got it would post the weight of their box, I’d appreciate it! My weight is .9 lbs. I’m going to try the Ofra lip color as an eye shadow because it looks too dark for my light skin.

I am so over these palettes we’ve been receiving, I guess I’m just being bratty, but I would like for BC to switch it up a bit. With that said, they are all pretty pigmented I just have way too many palettes.
I loved the OFRA dark purple lipstick. It was so pigmented, so opaque, with such a beautiful sheen (yet still matte), and comfortable!
I’m putting the makeup eraser in someone’s Christmas stocking.
The brown lip liner didn’t make sense. Why send brown lip liner and purple lipstick? But regardless I’ll use it, it just didn’t seem fitting.
And I loved the color of the nail polish (vampy red), but it’s such a terrible formula..surprising for such an expensive polish.
Part of me every month wants to cancel, then I don’t because of the overall value of the items.

I received the variation of IBY eyeliner in olive pearl. Very surprised that there was NO cap on it. ( and no not in the box at all ) The tip was broken and smeared off onto other items. I have never received an uncapped eyeliner, was anyone else missing theirs?

I Got
-IBY lip liner in coco (more like brown eyeliner color)
-Ofra Lippie in Napa Valley (more like metelic purple black)
-Pure eyeshadow palette (comes apart when opened)
-Butter nail polish (bloodred color)
-Magic Eraser tiny size about 2″ wide by 5″ long. Sample?
Most of the box seems Gothic theme?
Is that still in style?
Not for me this month.
Next month do you think it will be pink!? I hope so!
The eyeshadows are powdery but I like them the best out of the box.

This is my first box and I am blown away! I got the pallet, the lip colour, lip liner, bronzer and a eye serum.. total value of the box is $179!!!!

I got my boxycharm today, online tracking said it weighed 0.8.

– Pure Cosmetics palette – we’ll see what I think. If I don’t think I’ll use it, I’ll give it to my sister or a friend.

– Ofra liquid lipstick in Nappy Valley – my 40 year old self is never going to pull this off without looking like I’m trying too hard. I tried it on and sent a pic to a friend for a laugh, then my 11 year old daughter saw me and her expression pretty much assured me I’ll never wear this. I do seem to like the formula though, only wore off around the inside of the lips while eating, it dried fast, good consistency, applied well, isn’t sticky, so I’ll have to try it in another color.

– Butter London nail polish in Ruby Murray – love this! I’ve always wanted to try Butter London polishes, I’ll have to give it a go tonight and see if it holds up as well as my Essie gel setters. Would the Essie base coat and the gel setter top coat be ok? Or what does everyone use with their polishes? I seriously only use Essie’s, so I have no idea. My card said I’d be getting the Model Co bronzer, not this polish, but I’m good with the polish, the color is so pretty!

– IBY lip liner in Classic Red – this is actually perfect as I don’t wear red a lot, but when I do, I need a liner, so I’ll use it.

– Blinc black lash primer – I just bought more Benefit lash primer last weekend, but I’m always up to try something new, have never heard of this. The packaging is very nice. Based on the spoilers and weights over everyone’s, I thought I was getting the mini make-up eraser, but I’m much more pleased with this,.

Overall good box, but that purple lip, eek.

I got the palette, the Ofra lip color (can’t use. Way too dark. So disappointing), the butter polish, the lip scrub, and a navy IBY liner. I was disappointed when I thought it was a black liner. When I realized it was navy, I was much happier. So happy I avoided the bronzer! I love Butter polishes!

Love this box!
Pure Cosmetics Buff Collection Palette – Already winning!
Butter London Nail Lacquer in Ruby Murray – Card says bronzer but received this beautiful shade of nail polish from BL so can’t be upset with that!
OFRA Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Napa Valley – Look forward to trying this brand in another color. I love the metallic shimmer but can’t pull off this shade. Probably for the best as the yummy buttercream smell would have me biting my lips.
IBY Beauty Lip Liner – Classic Red – Finally a red lip liner and not a red lipstick.
Blinc Black Lash Primer – I love getting mascara so I can’t wait to try this primer. If this product is as good as its’ packaging (picture a metal tube with a twist off cap that has a mascara inside with a paper instruction pamphlet), I’m going to love it.

Winning Bigly!

Boxy, I am so sorry, but this is goodbye forever. Last month I so badly wanted the oil and didn’t get it. This month I was so excited about the lip scrub. Didn’t get it either but instead got a flimsy little makeup remover rag and a lip liner which I am not excited about at all. To make matters worse, now I get to read from those happy subscribers who received the lip scrub how wonderful it smells and how great it tastes lol! Please don’t get me wrong, I’m happy for all of those who were lucky enough to get it. But to dangle a nice product like that or the oil from last month in front of your loyal subscribers and then only give it to some is not the business model I so admired and enjoyed. There are way too many variations in the boxes at this point for me, and this month, again, the value of my box was much lower than others. I have been a subscriber for over two years and will miss the excitement of opening a box each month from you, but I’m so disappointed. Thanks for the memories. Bye.

I’m a bit miffed at Boxycharm today. I got an email saying come back and here is a 25% off code, so I go to sign back up and it says the code doesn’t exist. WTH???

Please double check that the pigments in the lip color are safe for eye use. Sometimes they aren’t, especially if there is carmine in it.

I received the eye pallet, the ofra, the butter polish, and….cougar body shimmer and an Iby lipliner in shade lovely,whichwould probably be good for spring. I am unimpressed. It seems lately I only receive older items that are left over as fillers, and never the spoiler items. I figured, at first, that it would all even out, and I would get the best picks sometimes, but I really feel now that this has gone on long enough. Boxycharm, I am leaving you.

I got the palette and ofra liquid lipstick like everyone got. I also go the nail polish (yay!!), a blinc eyelash primer and an iby red lip liner

I must be the only one but the palette was a total miss for me. It’s basically just the urban decay naked 3 palette but poorer quality. everything else was nice though.

My lip product smells awful, nothing like what was discribed here. So bad I don’t even want to give it away .

I’m new to box charm subscription. I love it. I do want 2 sub services.. Someone mentioned beauty fix? I don’t want my subs to be too a like. What’s your favorite next to boxy charm?