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Violet Grey “The Beauty Set That Gives Back” Box Available Now!
Thanks, Luna, for letting us know about this new limited edition box from Violet Grey. And the best part of this natural beauty box?
One hundred percent of the revenue will benefit the annual Make March Matter fund-raising campaign for the nonprofit pediatric Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
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 have sort of talked myself into buying this despite detesting the scent of honey: I really want to try the masks and the deodorant, my SIL has rosacea and might benefit from the day cream and I already use the mist so it would be nice to have a travel size.
Wondering if anyone has any experience with either the masks or the deodorant and can comment about them.
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Luna
I think both products are fairly new to the market…. which is why I’ve been wanting to try them out for a little while! 🙂
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Melissa W.
If I didn’t have so much skin care.. I would be all over this!
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Diana
I’m upset I missed the space nk, I wouldve loved it
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Luna
Cindy’s right. They usually do their GWP bags 2x per year, once in February, and the other in September. You might want to also check out Bloomingdale’s site, as they have a sort of partnership with Space NK, and they do a similar sized GWP as well this time of year. Sometimes, they’re similar (which I think I read it was this time around), and sometimes they’re mostly different, while still having the same value. Also, sometimes they come back in stock since they didn’t sell out.
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Cindy
It should come again in September.
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Cindy
Does anyone have experience with the May Lindstrom cleanser? How much does it smell like honey? I love her products, but, and it’s a big BUT, I can’t stand the smell of honey in a skin product.
Also, agree with those discussing the GWP events. I love those!
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Kate
I think it smells a lot like honey, but you can order a sample kit from the detox market for 7.99 for any 4 samples of pretty much any product they sell. Not huge samples but enough for 1 or 2 uses, you can definitely tell if you like them. Shipping is 1.99. Takes less than a week. It’s completely worth it for these expensive products when you don’t live close to any major shopping areas.
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Lauren
I think it smells like Bailey’s Irish Cream. 🙂
Claudia
What’s the detox market? I hate investing in full sized versions of products because my skin often reacts
Cindy
Thank you. I know I would not like it in that case.
CaliforniaJanet
Liz, please review! 🙂
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heat7918
I’ve never heard of Violet Grey or any of these brands except Tata Harper (not unusual for me) but these products all look lovely – too bad the website doesn’t have reviews on them.
Would love to see a review of the box! I don’t need more beauty products in my stash (except sheet masks – never enough!) but I like that all the proceeds go to charity.
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KarenG
Violet Grey is a store in Los Angeles on Melrose Place that carries all the newest and greatest “Hollywood approved” beauty lines. They usually get the latest and the greatest, some of whichever are exclusive to them. Somewhat pricey but worth every penny if you’re an addict like me 😜
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JeanneF
Agree re the Space NK gift! I couldn’t find a link to the Barney’s Love Yourself gift. Could you please share? Thank you!
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Luna
Just thought I’d mention… the Barney’s lady I’ve been in contact with has said their GWP will run from 3/7-3/11, and they’re doing pre-orders 3/1-3/6.
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Lauren
I’m interested! Do you happen to know what the GWP is?
Cindy
Love Yourself starts on the 8th. The ‘buy in’ is $200. Quite a few lines are doing step up gifts as well as the bag. The step ups are not all the same in each store so it pays to determine what it is and what the threshold is for the step up that interests you. I have already placed two ‘pre-orders’. You can pre-order with an associate at the stores.
Not familiar with Skinstore….can anyone educate me on that GWP event please?
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Luna
Skinstore is actually associated with Lookfantastic. Last year, their GWP occurred around the end of March, had a $250 buy-in (but there was a 20% off coupon that could be stacked with the GWP), had a $518 value, and had 35 items. They featured brands you’d find in stores like Sephora, Nordstrom, and Dermstore, to name a few.
KarenG
Hi Jeanne, they don’t have it live in the website yet. It officially starts on the 8th. If you’d like to presale, you can call the Beverly Hills store, ask for Henry 310-276-4400. I think the threshold is $200 but we all know, we can hit that really fast! He can ship to you for free too!
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KarenG
There’s Luna again making me spend my money! 🙂 Thanks Luna, for sure grabbing one of these.
BTW, totally different note, Barney’s Love Yourself is on pre-sale now and the Space NK gift was superb!
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Luna
Oh! And, I think Blue Mercury is having one right now too, but I think I’m going to pass on that one since they tend to do GWP’s multiple times per year. I just did one from The Detox Market, and of course Space NK, and with the others coming up soon… 🙂
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Luna
Hi KarenG! I got this too! Such a great deal. 🙂 I’ve been looking for an excuse to purchase a May Lindstrom product, and for $10 more I get all of the other goodies for “free”! All of which I’ve been wanting to try already (with the exception of the lip mask, which will be gifted).
Yes, the Space NK gift was awesome as usual! 🙂 I’m already in talks with a Barney’s rep to possibly do a pre-order (she gave me a list of all of the skincare brands my location sells), but I’d prefer to go to the store myself as I like to touch & feel the products before purchasing them. I’m not sure if you’ve ever shopped at Cult Beauty, but they should be having their tri-annual GWP bag coming out soon too. It’s pretty awesome (the last one had a full-size May Lindstrom The Youth Dew!). Also last year Skinstore had a pretty awesome GWP around this time too (same buy-in as Space NK, but over $500 worth of goodies!). These GWPs are so awesome, but it’s too bad they’re not spread out a little so I wouldn’t go into shock after seeing how much I spent in such a short period of time. ha! 😀
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Amy
For all who might be interested, the Cult Beauty Goody Bag is now available with a £110 purchase. I’ve been eyeing a moisturizer that happens to be exactly £110 so I went ahead and pulled the trigger. FYI, after the UK sales tax was automatically subtracted (since the order is shipping to the US) my total came to something like £95 and my order still includes the goody bag, so as long as the total WITH UK sales tax is at least £110 you’re golden.
It would be nice if they could give us a little breathing room. I just shelled out for space nk in February, now Barneys. I’m definitely going to check out cult beauty. I’m going to buy these items anyway, might as well get gifts 🎁 too! I’m in ❤ with Diptyque so I can always buy more Baies candles
Tarah
I just wrote all these down- I missed them all except the cult beauty:) (side note- I have Skincare addict FOMO and of course think of cost only after I’ve clicked buy:)
do they notify in their normal mailer? Not sure I can stomach more daily emails, and knowing me, I’d miss the one with the details:).
I would be endlessly grateful if someone let Liz know if/when these gems are coming up for pre-sale:)!
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