Macy’s Beauty Box Review – August 2017

Benefit Gimme Brow has been recalled. Benefit is saying ALL gimme brow products since January 2017 are under recall. I have been disappointed with this subscription and now even more so. Sephora Play offered refunds to all customers who received the Gimme Brow in their monthly subscription. Macys customer service says they can not replace samples since they were free. I tried to explain to the representative that these were not free, they are a paid subscription service. She did not understand and said there was nothing they could do from a product that was delivered in August even if it is recalled. These companies should be contacting us if there is a recall, not the other way around! The only thing that made the box comparable to other subscriptions was that the $5 off coupon could be used on MAC products at Macys.

First box and last.. CANCELLED! I only have Sephora and Boxycharm left and yes i always get target cause it’s cheap and always kinda usable in some way.

I already received my SEPTEMBER box the other day..(before Sept. lol) and I must say it is a helluva lot better than their August box.

I am going to stick around with them another round and see if they get better.
: )

I guess that Macy’s is on a waitlist? I signed up in July and received a welcome letter. No charge or word yet. Do you know if there is a yearly plan. Would really like this August box.
Thank you,
S andra Holloway

If someone is interested you can’t use more than one coupon online. I’ve swapped for one coupon more to try. Nope. 🙂 I had to make 2 purchases and to spend way more money I’ve intended to. Sneaky Macy’s!

This was my first box. Not good and on the potential chopping block. I’m not even sure there is product in the ridiculously small mascara. I’ll give them one more month.

I’m still waiting for my box! It shipped from California on 8/4, arrived in Illinois 8/8 and stayed until tonight; it was supposed to be delivered tomorrow and has changed to day after tomorrow. Boo. I bought a sampler from Philosophy for maybe $10 which included the Purity & there’s only a couple more uses of it left so I’m glad to get that product and the Tarte looks promising. The others, ehh. That’s kinda how I feel about the Sephora boxes though

So I tried using the $5 off online… what a nightmare. I got an error, so it directed me to the customer service line. He got an error, so we had to pull in a supervisor and start the process over… and now it’s the next day, and I never got the confirmation email I was supposed to get, so now I have to contact CS again…. definitely NOT worth the $5.

This was a tough decision for me b/c I actually liked the Macy’s box. It arrived way quicker than the others do & via UPS so right to my door instead of mailbox (a bit of a walk). I liked the clean, simple info booklet and the bag quality was way nicer than Sephora’s drawstrings or even Ipsy. However, I am *swamped* by beauty products so one of my 3 beauty boxes had to go. I couldn’t let go of sentimental favorite Allure that I’ve sub’ed to for 3 years now, even though they’ve overlooked me all four times in the freebie giveaways (sniff…). I almost cut Sephora instead of Macy’s, b/c I hate their variations, but it’s $5 cheaper, so it won out. I would’ve loved this Macys box had they done it 2 years ago when first announced. I’m afraid they just entered the game too late to be as impressive as they otherwise would’ve been.

I’m pretty pleased with this box. Love the colors in the eye shadow palette, though I will probably save it for fall. I’ve never used any kind of facial oil before, so I’m looking forward to using the Tarte oil. I absolutely love the Carolina Herrera perfume sample! OMG it is wionderful!!!

Sephora usually has a price point of like $35-50 and they are only $10 and give you a 50 point bonus card which is gold to me and the main reason why I shop so much at Sephora now. Glad I am not getting this box because I literally have everything besides the MAC mascara and little perfume sample I could care less about. It’s a hard pass for me.

Fastest sub and cancel ever. I thought they were kidding with the sneak peek. This box is all kinds of not worth it.

Got mine yesterday and the gimme brow is dry. Not very excited about my first Macy bag.

I subscribed to this a ways back but they never charged me and now I’m glad, this is generic and awful IMO. I went into the website and cancelled, I’m really hoping I don’t get charged for this month’s.

I liked the brands and products included, and bag itself. Loved the mini pallet colors and the brow item.

Would love to see larger samples. (I liked Sephora Play too, but ultimately canceled because of the sample sizes.) The Philosophy size was great, but whenever I see a mini mascara, I find it really aggravating.

I’m willing to stay on board for a few more bags to see how they progress. I’ll get use out of the $5 coupons, too!

I completely agree with the statement about this sub being the first on the chopping block when I decide to decrease my number of subs. I don’t consider this in line with my $15 boxes. It’s closer in line to my $10 boxes. Not overly impressed and the $5 coupon doesn’t matter to me either, I’m certainly not going to be placing monthly orders with them in order to take advantage of it.

The coupons expire in 2 months!?! When my MAC concealer gets low, I might sub for 2 months (if the coupons stack) for $10 off my go-to concealer, otherwise, I’ll stick with Sephora. I love their brands.

This is gonna sound horrible but…this bag sucks.

Nothing really new or interesting, here. Pretty bag, though. Unless they step it up, Macy’s won’t be getting my money.

i signed up weeks ago. no problems with money avail however subscription still says pending. no confirmation email or anything. whats the deal??

I got my bag Saturday which really impressed me. Not sure why the other subs ship on a slow boat to China, as my dad used to say. I wasn’t wowed by anything but it’s worth $10. After the $5 coupon. I will give it another month and if it’s as blah as this one I will move on.

I’ll personally stick to Sephora Play. I like to shop at Sephora or Nordstrom, so the $5 coupon in this box doesn’t sell the price point for me. I can see how it would attract someone who already shops at Macy’s often and hasn’t had luck with the other $10 boxes.

The Tarte oil and Philosophy cleanser are boring to me, especially considering skin care is booming right now with fun and new products. But at least they are well known brands I guess.

Did anyone else receive theirs with any items missing?? I did not receive the Tarte oil :/
I’m going to email customer service but what can they really do? I fee ripped off.

Not really worth the $$ even with the coupon. My brow gel was either empty or dried out. The items were very small. I’m not very happy. If CS wont help me i’m cancelling for sure.

This is their ‘new’ subscription box, they should make sure everything is great so they dont lose customer right off the bat.

Not bad but not exciting either. I want to try that eyebrow gel.

Purity is pretty bad for skin in case the name misleads anyone into not checking the label 😉

I’m not sure how I feel about this sub…

I was initially confused about what was going on when there was no charge when I signed up and no communication for six weeks (signed up 6/15 next communication was shipping notice in 7/28). I cut them some slack for first box issues but then I was like…wait…this is Macy’s they should have their act together.

I knew I subscribed so I didn’t have any payment issues but I still think they should have charged right away (what company doesn’t want your money right away?).

As for what’s inside the box. I love the brands they sent. I wish that there was a high end lip product in there and not three “eye” products (eye shadow, mascara and brows).

I also wish the bag didn’t have that cheap looking image printed on it.

So, I’m torn… I do lime the brands they sent but I still felt “meh” after looking at this box. Add to that the customer service issues others have had and this sub isn’t sitting well with me…