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I just received the “special” $15 December Target box and it has all foil and blister packs of L’Oreal and Aveeno shampoo, Olay and Maybelline moisturizer, Amlactin lotion, and an Avatara face mask. The only actual products in the box are: a tiny .18 oz tube of cotz face sunscreen, a 1 oz tube of Garnier sunscreen, a 2.8 bottle of Renpure shampoo, a tube of S. W. basics lip balm and a small pack of Colgate wisp optic white brushes (I think they are for on the go brushing). I was so excited to get this….not so much anymore and won’t be signing up for future Target boxes because I feel they were emptying out their summer sunscreen samples and the foil and blister packs are sent to me from the manufacturers free any day of the week! What a ripoff for $15 🤔
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Gwynn Guiliano
And I wondered why the shampoo stinks since most coconut scents smell good….it expired in May! Shame on Target for sending out junk and charging $15 and having a no return policy! They advertised beauty products and showed pictures of beauty products, not foil and blister packs and sunscreen in and expired shampoo! This is the most disappointing box I have ever received. I’ll stick with Sephora Play, Boxycharm and Ipsy. At least with those, there are actual products such as lipsticks, primers, eyeshadows, application brushes, setting sprays, moisturizers, eyeliners and mascaras!
It looked to me that it was basically foil packs and possibly a Sinful nail polish (do NOT get me started on Sinful *cough* Glossybox *cough*), plus it said contents may vary – meaning I could get it and not even get the Neutrogena chubby stick thing (a pretty good product if you like the color). Thus I didn’t bother, especially since I didn’t have $30 that I needed to spend on beauty products at Target and money is tight right now. They offered it for $15 for anyone who didn’t feel like spending $30 on beauty products, but based on what I saw that didn’t look like a real value.
In other words, I wouldn’t base my opinion of the monthly Target beauty boxes (not free with $x purchase) on that “bonus” or GWP/FWP (whatever you want to call it) box.
However, expired samples are not cool. I would contact CS about that.
Debi
Well this was my first Target box…… I wish all beauty box’s quit giving out brown lip gloss/sticks… Why they cant do clear, light colors…. Everything else was just ok… Some of the stuff looked like it had been used. I will try one more time see what happens
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Gwynn Guiliano
I’m how did you get lipstick? Wow, did you see the list of junk they sent me^^^
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Rebecca
I think you’re mixing up the Target December Beauty Box with the “free with $30 beauty purchase” box, which you could also just buy for $15.
Nan
Used? Yuck!
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Rebecca
Got my women’s box today. The lipstick came in some fuschia color even though the card says red. I’m a little bummed because red I could have done, or I could have done a more neutral color. I have to decide what I want to do with it.
The good news is, the coupon expires in January. Someone else mentioned that their coupon expired in December (same date as coupon from November box).
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Jessica
I also received the fushia, but would have preferred literally any other color. The worst part was my box was missing an item. Neither of the asterisked either/or items was included.
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Amber
you aren’t missing out on anything….i got the cleanser, tried it twice, and threw it away. i tried it once on a wet face, cleaned nothing, and just smeared my mascara all over my face. then i tried it the next day on dry skin, same thing.
LaurenL
For folks who ordered both the Men’s and Woman’s Boxes…. A couple of questions did your boxes come together? If not did they come separately with the same tracking number? Or did each box have its own number? Did your orders come with differen My order number listed both boxes as having the same tracking number. So I figured both boxes would show up in one giant box. But, low and behold as of tonight only the men’s box showed. So I looked my order backup through Target to see if there was a different # for the woman’s & there wasn’t. Just called Target and the woman on the phone claims each box has the same number and they were just split up. But, to me it just sounds so fishy.
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Rebecca
As a follow-up to my previous comment, the one tracking number I was given for both boxes (though I’ve already received the women’s box) has the men’s box set to arrive today via USPS (UPS–>USPS). However, I just checked the tracking, and while it got to the main post office in Charleston, SC (where I live) on Tuesday around 1:30PM, it shows that about an hour ago it was checked in at a post office in – get this – INDIANA! Mind you, this package started in Illinois. So if tracking is accurate, it went from Illinois to Charleston, SC, where I live, then back to Indiana, one state away from its origin. I wonder if that’s an error or if it was actually sent to Indiana. We’ll see. I’ve heard crazier things from the post office.
I know that’s not Target’s fault, but the whole tracking situation on these boxes has been very weird. Whenever I’ve ordered multiple boxes in the past, they have always come separately, and I’ve always gotten separate tracking numbers for them.
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Toni
Mine were all different
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Nan
Every time I have ordered multiple boxes from Target they have showed up separately, sometimes on same day, sometimes not, but never together in one box.
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Rebecca
Same with me, except the opposite. Got the shipping confirmation for the men’s box first, then the shipping confirmation for the women’s box came a day later. Both had the same tracking number, tracking says set to arrive tomorrow. Women’s box arrived today, tracking number still says set to arrive tomorrow. I therefore assume (and hope) that the men’s box will arrive tomorrow, that they just didn’t give me the proper tracking number for the women’s box. Whenever they’ve had a men’s box, it has always come separately from the women’s box.
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Heather F.
I received separate tracking/shipment notifications and received women’s yesterday & men’s today. Womens had $3 coupon expiring January but mens box coupon already expired Dec. 3rd.
Liz Cadman
Our boxes showed up separately on different days, too. Hope that helps!
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Julie B.
Yay! Got the rose lip color. Almost didn’t order this because I don’t wear red, and even the enclosed card says Red, so maybe they ran out. Happy with the bag and hair stuff too.
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Jenna
I received my box today and was wondering if anybody else felt that the derma-e lotion was a little off. Mine is brown and doesn’t have a very pleasant smell. Most derma-e products have a nice clean smell but I’ve never used this one before.
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Rebecca
Mine is definitely off-white to tan (I wouldn’t say brown) and doesn’t smell clean like the other derma-e products I’ve tried. It’s definitely not rancid, nor is it really unpleasant, IMO. I don’t know how to describe it. I’m guessing it is an unscented product, so it just smells like whatever is in it.
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Jet
I didn’t receive my box yet, but this sounds very wrong. Any cream I’ve had that turned brown had gone rancid (usually because I have too much stuff to get through, but does this stop me? Noooo!😂) Can’t hurt to call CS and ask if they know. Maybe they can send a replacement or give you a credit for sending something rancid- certainly doesn’t look good for them, especially if you left a review saying this😉Good luck!
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Amber
I was looking forward to that Nivea hand cream….but it is so highly fragranced that it’s giving me a headache. I may need to go wash my hands
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Kelly
Received mine Saturday and the lip color is rose instead of red 🙄 Really wanted red for holiday parties!
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Amber
I got fuschia. Womp womp
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Kerri
My daughter put the lipstick on 2 hours ago, drank and ate a grinder and it still hasn’t come off at all!!! We can’t believe it haha. The lipstick alone is worth the price of the box for us.
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Kerri
Update lol, the lipstick is STILL going strong, I asked her if she re-applied it, she said no…unbelievable!!! We got a red, not sure of name, looks great.
Christina
I got raisin! I like the color and would’ve loved rose, but I also really wanted a holiday red
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Toni
Wish I would have got your color and you mine I got a shade of red that I can’t wear.I can only wear reds with a blue base
Victoria
I didn’t receive the cleanser or the sunscreen. I’m going to contact customer service and see if they’ll adjust the price. If not I’ll be return it. First time I’ve had an item missing.
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Steffenie
Has anyone ever received duplicate/not one of the listed products and contacted them about it? I received two of the eye makeup pads and not the derm e moisturizer, which was one of the main reasons I bought it. I did get the lipstick in a pink which I’m happy with.
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mimefan
I just got mine– two of the Vichy cleanser. I would have far preferred the sunscreen– have no need for the cleanser since I use waterproof mascara and I doubt it could work as well as Neutrogena wipes.
And there’s no Tresemme’ prewash conditioner, just the shampoo. Useless! I can’t even give this away!
I did get the red lipcolor, but have tried the product before and it doesn’t stay on me. Tends to dry up and come off in little specks. More for the stocking stuffers box.
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mimefan
Chatted with Natalie in customer support and will get a $5 gift card by email. That’s better than nothing but with two items messed up, this was definitely not worth the $10. Was not even offered a reorder. I’ve skipped the last three boxes, and maybe that should be a trend.
Gabriela
In a previous $5 men box, my box had one item missing. I contacted their CS and they gave me a 5 gift card to apologize (in that case, that was the price of the whole box).
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Steffenie
Thanks! I just contacted CS and they are ordering me a replacement, I’m not sure how this is going to play out because they are sold out, but we shall see.
Becca
Got my box today. I like it. 9 products altogether. I got the one with he Vichy cleanser instead of the Anthelios sunscreen. The outlast red lipstick is actually really nice and looks good on me which is surprising. It’s the first red lippie I have ever been able to wear. The Tresemme came in smaller bottles than i usually get from sample shampoos. It’s 1oz enough for one use. The Modella bag is nice. Good size and quality material.
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Renee
I received mine this evening. Great box. The samples are as described, although I do miss the Laneige from the picture. The sizes are good and my lip color was rose instead or red. Win. 🙂 The small make-up bag is perfect to fit in a small purse. I get general toiletries from hotels, so am happy for the more esoteric. More like this!
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Luna
I also was hoping to get the Laneige item pictured (even though I have no idea what it was supposed to be!). I feel like I’m one of the very few that actually enjoy receiving a Laneige product in each box. 🙂
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Jet
I’m with you, I enjoy getting Laneige in the boxes😃
Christina
I was also looking for the Laneige item 🙁
it looked like the Multiberry Yogurt mask
Lauren
Has anyone received shipping confirmation? I ordered both the women’s and Men’s box on Monday and my order is still processing? I’ve never seen Target take more then a day to send out ship confirmation.
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Steffenie
I ordered a men’s and women’s. 8 got shipping notification of the men’s this week but the women’s just arrived in my mailbox today. Hopefully I’m still getting the men’s.
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Amber
Received shipping confirmation for Women’s just now. Did you notice they photoshopped the Laneige mask out of the picture? Kind of unhappy that they advertised that would be in the box, let people purchase it, and then took it out.
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Rebecca
Oh my goodness, I just noticed that on my shipping confirmation. I love Target beauty boxes, I really do, but they need to stop putting erroneous information out there. We all buy it, then they remove the picture of the Laneige? It says 11 items, then it’s changed to 9?
I mean, I didn’t expect the Laneige to actually be in it because it wasn’t in the list of items, and that sort of thing has happened in the past, but I still feel like it’s somewhat deceptive. The item number threw me because, even if you included Laneige, it still didn’t add up to 11.
In short, they need to actually review these before they go live, not after they’ve been live for half a day and sold to probably hundreds of people.
Nan
Mine haven’t shipped either. Typically I order them on Monday and have them by Friday. I ordered something else last week and it arrived within 3 days so I don’t think the delay is necessarily due to the holidays.
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Rebecca
I ordered one of each on Monday, and I got the shipping confirmation on the men’s box today. No shipping confirmation on the women’s box yet. For me, that’s not unusual, and I’ve gotten literally every box but one since September or October of 2015.
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Toni
I received the men’s shipping that night and the women’s today
Johanna
All gone of course as I didn’t get on it yesterday. However, I noted that the men’s boxes look pretty good, so I snagged four of them, one each for my husband, brother and two nephews. I had to do the purchases in separate transactions, but it actually worked out fine as they were all being mailed to different places anyway. 🙂
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Becca
It’s now sold out. It says currently unavailable
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Emily C.
As of this morning, the boxes still haven’t sold out yet. That’s unreal! Normally these sell out in a flash.
So to anyone reading this who hasn’t gotten a box yet as of 12/6 (in the AM), you still have a chance at getting both the men’s and women’s boxes!
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Lauren
Sold out now :((
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Dorian
So I bought this based on how much I love the Laniege mask only to find out despite being in the picture it’s not included, now I’m trying to get the order cancelled because I don’t want the rest of it enough to justify the price. I’m really irritated they posted the box with an inaccurate picture, does anyone know if it’s possible to return the boxes to the store as log as they’re unopened?
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Tat
If you want the Laneige mask, go to Target website. For 5 dollars, you can get substantial trials sizes of the mask and the water moisture product.
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Kyla
I did the SAME thing. I was able to cancel my order from Target.com (my account/order page) on my PC at work. And I was soooo happy I did. I am bummed they didn’t include the Laneige…if they had, I would have bought multiples.
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Dorian
I contacted customer service last night and they told me they couldn’t cancel it unless it was within a few minutes of ordering it. Do you know if it can be returned to the store?
Toni
I’m really wondering if this photo wasn’t taken on purpose it’s funny they’ve now changed the amount of products listed in box.Ifis in the photo it should be in the box.To be honest I don’t always read the list,if I like what I see I get it
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Heather P
They changed the photo on the website so now it doesn’t show the Laneige 😭😭😭😭. Also, the description now says 9 pieces, not 11. Dang! I really wanted to try that face mask!
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Toni
Things that make you go hmmmmmmm
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Kp
Lol the whole time I thought u needed dfferent emails to order more than 1. So what’s the difference. When you can you. Make another order
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Johanna
You can place another order right away. I just placed 4 separate order’s for the men’s boxes.
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Julie B.
If I were a normal person I would think “$10 for a bunch of cheap stuff” but because I’ve become a MSA addict, I think “ooh a hair tie! And I don’t have any red lipsticks so I’ll see what I look like in red!” And not only that, I also bought $25 worth of socks browsing Target.
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Luna
I feel the exact same way! If I saw this (or any Target box, really) in the actual Target store, I’d pass in a heartbeat, but just because I see it here (or online, in general) I feel like I HAVE to have it. It’s been fun though…. I end up using most of the products anyways.
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Heather F.
Just getting on here so idk if anyone else may have posted same comment. But has anybody else noticed that Target is sure to put the beauty box availability AFTER the expiration date of the $3 off coupon that we receive in the prior month’s box?? Coincidence?…i doubt it. 😒
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Debbie B.
I told my story much earlier (3 am dog let out) and ordered 3 of each. Men-grandson, granddaughter’s boyfriend and the last one for either hubby or grandson for his hockey tournament bag. Ladies-granddaughter, her mom and myself. 3 separate orders to separate addresses. I don’t subscribe to a lot of boxes so don’t have a lot of products. Lol Lipsticks are always snapped up by her friends. My granddaughter volunteers at a shelter a so nothing is ever wasted. Target and Walmart boxes are always welcomed!! PSA-feminine products are alway needed and they package them up discretely for the women and teens. Things we never give a second thought to.
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Nan
I wasn’t going to order these, then hubby reminded me I had a stash of Target gift cards I picked up for free here and there. I ordered them both lol.
I never had this problem till I started frequenting this website, by the way.
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Ariana
No FOMO here. Saving my money! Thanks to the MSA comments for keeping me sane and not just jumping on buying a box or two.
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Melissa
Blah… I actually wanted one, looking at it yesterday, but seeing the reviews and the actual products included, I’m passing!
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